The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-24
M THE FIRING LINE.
BOYS NOW WITH THE
ARMY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
write Letters Descriptive OF Incl
s.rfs in Battle and of the Coun-
try Through Which They Pass
rr,epdIines. of Pacified Natives.

s..c,.t dispatch 10 the Post-Intelllgencer.
1roT.FAx, Feb 9.-Letters have just
lar received from Frank Blachley and
rsnrge w. Hull, Colfax boys, now mem
,.,s If the Thirty fifth regiment, on the
s,sns line in the Philippines. BIaehley
.r,tss from San Miguel on Christmas day
and says
awe have moved down on the south line
,ow The fighting here is rather tame.
The MACE where the Thirty-fifth was to
make It's big reputation surrendered to
d without a struggle. They fired q few
sbots on the advance guard, and got two
raiievs in return, which wounded several
~ them and put the rest TO flight.
"A scouting party OF twelve men, com
c,anded by Mai. Short. went out few
Savs before the hight TO see how the roads
-rre before We moved on the town. We
we're moving along the road talking and
laughing, when, all AZ once, we we're fired
On by 800 Of the enemy In ambush. The
rnads there were all lined with tall grass.
fffeep or twenty feet high and we could
~ nothing, But Maj. Short, who il one
n The brayest Of the brave. gave the COM
msnd to charge. That brought us TO n
niece OF open ground, where we had a
show for our lives. and we went at them
in proper shape. All we could see to shoot
n were the little puffs of smoke. The
enemy began to fall In TO cut OFF our re-
treat. but we outmoved them. The COM
mand was given to fail back. and they
followed us for about three miles. firing
man was hit In the heel. II was quite
laughabie He stopped and held up his
foot and showed II to some OF the boys,
near they came to shooting my fool head
off-just five feet and seven inches. Pret-
" close isn't itg' Then he laughed and
went hopping on. u was close call for
us, 40 our major said. He stated that if
we had been five minutes longer breaking
through their lines we would not have got
out alive. for they were forming a heavy
-
across a rice field. and then fell back
slowly to "A town eight miles from where
We started In the morning.
"The Fflipinos are queer people, but
those who have found out that the Amer
leans will not eat them alive, as they
thought. are a pretty nice class They are
not stingy. While on the march, IL a
house IL passed. there viii be young
sarettes for those that want them--and we
al DO n the captain IL not looking"
The letter from Mr.. Hun was written be-
tween December 3 and 20. and Is post
marked at TaleVeras, Island OF Luzon. lie
says:
"Ths IL undoubtedly the finest country
on earth. The roads and streets are very
narrow, twenty TO twenty-five feet. and
the sides are one continuous mass OF fiow-
err. large palms, oocoanut trees, maugoes
and fruits Of the finest flavor.
Il will try and tell you of the hardsaips
and pleasures of a soldier in the Philip
pines, we TOOK the tram at Mania, No
yember ?. after thirty SIX days on the ship.
and went up TO San Fernando. From there
we mixed or walked all the rest Of the
way. We left Taieveras. December 5, and
have been on the march ever since 1
leave camp tomorrow at n. m In COM
pany with forty-two men OF Company O
and ninety mea OF q ana II. 20 go out and
attempt 20 capture a general who is trying
to set down 10 the south line.
II was In real hattie on December H.
We left San Isidro at 7;3o OF tho morning
Of That day, and marched fourteen mics
70 San Miguel. and we're attacked at 9:45
BY the insurgents A nice little fight was
put UP by the Thirty-hfth on one side OF
he city and tho sixteenth and twenty