The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-06

the Spanish General Weyler hanging
over the door. There are hundreds of
mechanical toys in glass faced cup
board. The dining room table top is q
slab of mahogany over 20 feet long and
six wide, one single piece, finely polish
ed. The dressers contain very fine
china table pieces with the owners
name painted on 1t; the glassware, all
cut glass water, wine, champagne, &C.,
all with the owners initials on each
piece. Most of these things have been
imported from Paris. In the rear Is
q fine garden; flowers and shrubs, a
large well, q big wine tank to hold
rain water for drinking purposes, a
large bath room with plunge and
shower baths; large fine, well-built
table, IL box stalls, q coach house con-
tanning several coaches and rigs. The
owner of the place Is part insurgent
and part Amigo, or friend as they call
themselves; he is part Malay and
Chinese with possibly some niger
Blood has a sugar plantation across
the bay in the island of Negros, and
has an income of $4,000 (Mexican) per
year. However, he skipped. We each
have boy or native, Zone old or young
always called boys) whom we pay So
Mexican or 81 gold per month and feed
rice and syrup and whatever else they
| steal from the mess. He makes our
| beds, cleans up room, waits on table,
| looks after horse for each man and any
| thing else needed. Mine takes off my
| boots and puts on slippers, and / am
| making hom learn English which ought
| to be easier for him than Spanish or
| Tagal for me. All horses here are pony
| stations. Mine Is a black and a little
| larger than the pony your next door
| but different build, very strong; they
always fight If left together. He carries
me very we'll with full saddle bags,
blanket roll, &c. Most of them are loot,
that is taken from the insurgents and
used by us until we can grab a better
| one; If bought a good one costs from
| $100 to 5000, Mexican. All timber is cut
by hand, Coolie labor, and 1 should
think a saw mill would pay; If not
now, as soon as things are settled.
The campaign started last week in
this island. One body of troops are out
now. I was attached to the Eighteenth
infantry, but have been transferred to
the Sixth artillery and have the medical
charge of the battery here. The in
surgents have trenches and troops
around three sides of this place and are
continually firing bullets; hit this house
very often but do not scare anyone
very bad. Every man carries revolver
all the time. 1 have a large AZ Colts
which shoots like a cannon. One
division went in the campaign last
week but were obliged to return or
account of the bad roads. The wagor
trains were unable to get out more thar
, three miles. The force consisted oi
two batallions of the Eighteenth in
, fantry, two companies of mounted
scouts, battalion of the Twenty sixth
infantry volunteers and the artillery
Several insurgents were killed ant
several others wounded. We are nov
practically in the field and only wait
ing for the rain to stop and the roads
to dry up somewhat so that we may e.
out any day again. This typhoon ha
delayed things and wrecked the cruiser
, Charleston, on northern end of Luzon
, A bullet has just come through tn
, roof and landed in the hall. I eXpec
these people to run after the first fev
, VolleyS, for they are poor shots ant
' always fire too high, that being tn
' reason these bullets get in here 70
' they are fired at our outposts, a thou
! sand yards away.
+ Dec. 3. From Jaro, Panay island. Re
q turned here yesterday after being Il
n two good fights and am not dying 70
Q any more of them. as have never hear
n of a contract surgeon getting a pen
: sion for wounds. AS 1 told you, l ar
;. acting surgeon to Battery S, Sixt
a artillery, and we with two battalion
o Of the Eighteenth infantry, left here a
q day light, on the 21st ult, and an en-
q gagement started inside Of three
d fourths of an hour: the firing was prett
n lively to which the Eighteenth replie
q in volleys. A quarter of an hour afte
: the battery was ordered to charge u
# to good range of the enmies first BARR
o cade, which 1t did at a galop, stoppin
|. at 800 yards range My pony kept u
n although / was wishing he would dro
! dead every second as the enemy had tn
a range of the road down fine befor
we were unhitched and the guns point
7 ed. had one sergeant killed instantly
!, shot through the head and chest; tn
n first sergeant who is an Englishmal
"a who served in India and the Zulu wa
> shot through the belly; and, privat
q shot through the upper part of tn
"a chest and an Eighteenth infantry ma
through belly, with the bullets lant
! ing all around me while dressing the:
10 men. So / expected to be hit ever
10 second; however, the third dose
,e schrapnell in their trenches put IL
70 enemy on the run. Any artillery g
10 ing that close to fully equipped arm
would have never had chance
+ fire for they would all have been kille
ID The next fight took place two mill
,s further on at river in front of Il
lo town of Pavia. The enemy having fiji
N entrenchments on the opposite bank
W the river with cross fire on the ros
nf we had to advance on. The artillel
n. put in several shrapnell at 1,1OO al
al 1900 yards and then advanced to
tv 1000 yards and plugged in few MOI
,d They had the range Of us then and W
rv bet blade of rice looked like b
"a thing to snuggle up to, as we were 6
" told to lie down. THE infantry advan
= ed through the rice fields while Il
n artillery fired shrapnell until tn