The Southern herald., 1900-03-23

after three months experiences as
a real soldier. wrote you a short
letter while al Honolulu, and one
since We landed here, but for lacA
OF lime did Not tel you much. A.
. | have more time now | will en-
dearor to give you brief De
scrIplon OF my wandeungs. We
landed on the transport Sheridan I
Sept. 80, 1899, and after seven days F.
On the rough waters We land
ed a, Honolulu, one Of the lowell :
rst places | ever visited. The
scenery is graud-Ju one side OF
The city are hign mountains cover
ed with many kinds Of tropical
plants, ghlle on the other as tar as
the eye can see i nothing but the
flamlng waters OF the Pacific. The
town Is quite up TO date in almost
every respect. They have good
schools aud many OF the natives are
we'll educated,
had a splendid opportunity OF
learning to nurse the slck III about
"a hours after we letl SanFrauclsco,
as nearly every BOY on board was
sea sivk, Tut escaped the punish
mvnt, and III tell you | dId not
raise any kick about II either.
After three days at Houoiulu We
I set sail for Manila, and ON Oct. p
= anchored in Manila Bay; remained
: uu board two days aud then went
ashore to the city. From there we
= marched about miles to Latunld
d Church, where We did outpost du-
~. This was our experience on
tue firing hue After six days there
we marched back to Manila, went
!, Oh board the Sheridan aud sailed
. around the island Ut LuzOn and
anchored in San Fabla bay Nov. I,
- We were accompanied by four gui
b. boats that bUmOaIded the town d
n san Fabla. Duung the lombard
meut we were paid oil, went ol
:, board small buats and started toI
the shure, aud as We drew near WI
j, were fired Oh by the natives, but die
not return the tire. We drew near
~ sr aud they fired again, slightly
Wounding one ot cur men. We theI
. returned the FIRE aud at Tho SAINT
y time sprang ashore into the BAN
boo thlckets, where we killed anc
T wounded about fifty without the
% loss OF an American man. We ther
Il marched on aud captured the town
j. without further trouble. The mex
l. morning scouts were sent III all dl
p reclions, but the Second BataIloT
:, of the 33rd, under command o
Ie Major Morris, was the only on,
that met the enemy. ~ night tool
y place and lasted about tOue hour an(
a. thirty minutes, the enemy retreat
Ie lug with the loss VI thirty men. W.
at were fortunate again aud did no
.use man. The rainy season no
IS being over, and marching being al
$ most impossible, we were allowed
le TO rest until Dec. II, when WI
h started for San Jaciuto, about nv,
miles away. We were marching
W along as jolly as could be, singing
D Just Break the News to Mother,
le and The Girl Left Behind Me-
Ie when, very Unexpectedly, Their
came a volley OF bullets among u
from the tree tops. Iua few min
d utes we were skirmishing acros
l. the rice fields and our "crags" play
ID "hot time" while we advanced
through mud and water, knee deep
D. while the rice was up to our necks
D. The fight had lasted about on
IS hour when one Of the boys Of II,
is company fell with a bali through
his heart. Major Jno. a. Logan
n commander OF our battalion, saw
x him, and rushed to pick him uI
es when ball pierced hm througI
a, the brain. He gave one loud scream
D. and said he was gone. This st
the boys Oh fire for vengeance ant
ID cry Of vengeance or death" cam
b. from every man. The trumpt
ii blew charge and we rushed to tn
ne front. The battle lasted four hour
in with loss of eight killed and foul
ir teen wounded on our side and fiv
hundred killed and wounded on tn
be other.
II. My company is in the town
nj Candor now aud we are having
ed very nice time. 1t is only shoI
IRE distance to the beach, SO we il
be dulgs in q salt water batn ever
day. We have plenty to eat AZ
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