The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-04

constant strain and stress from an
enemy tbat was extremely active, on
three SIDES. aud we were only able te
protect our rear by the reserve and
from tho fact that there was 70 line
dawn from Manila 10 Calooean. The
machine shops had been dismaDtled,
the machinery broken, aud wherever
10 had been possible for these fellows 10
destroy anything that might be- helpful
10 ~, II was ebeorfully done. but
shortly after there was 10 be some
destroying by the soldiers themselves.
Everything bnd been left open. The
insurgents had simply looted every
conceivable position, and there were
pianos, sewing machines, rolls Of silk.
bright aOIorad ~ealio0s, rniIrond per.
quisiias, books, aDd MI the stuff that
nsunIly enn be found In u hrstelass
warehouse, lying around just where
They lind boen left and the soldiers
didn't do u thing but gather all this
stnff together that II WAS possible, and
Tiers being NJ owners, linking ~ into
the city md selling " 10 the Jews, tbs
Jows being entirely Cinnamon
Friendly relations wers soon estnb.
lisbed between the seDtries on either
side, md tho distance between their
lines and ours being less thnn u hun.
dred yards, " was often tho ense that
our mon would 40 over OD their sids
tho trench, ~ they w0nld come over on
our side, aud swap t0baeo0, cigarettes,
poffee mud ten, There Nv something
funny IN tho way Tint traditions md
customs ape handed down, for when
the colonel WINS told Of excursions Of
this kind, md jnpupsioHs AN VOL, DO
sDii 10 reminded him Of 400,
WHOM the Johnny reds md the fnDls
DDgDnnd ~ tho sDme s0pt " pnstilDp,
and oven would sing their songs IN
common across, Tho lines while they
wopo pacing their weary boat. IN the
spite Of tho night when, supposedly,
NIL about TN were Shopping, tones 81
most exquisite music would come 10 w
from tho vicinity ~ lbeiI Inns, when
some ODD Vt tho natives, either on u
p0pnal ~ spmo Of the other musical
instrument thnt were No common
among them, wonla while AWAY tbs
passing hopG
Onr quarters our hrst night here
woyo not pleasant, None 0f tho com,
mjssDFy supplies lind been brought pp
from Tho rfV, tho roads being OBJ
slpnpFad md sbn@pshoolnrs being w tbp
troos md shooting ~ tho carbon 10
cripple our progress forward 10 this
llpst night WIS not u plnnsnnt ono ~
remember Tho only things TINT TO-
mniDhd w mo wore my pants and th0
blne shirt thai ! Ind on, and the cam'
pnign hptI and Tint night ~ "
0'Olook, when lying down W slnop, the
only thing TINT covered tha doctor md
myself, wRs y place " mosquito pet'
Ting that IN A0ND way Ind become
lost by some one ~ tho 0tlp0rs OD the
other side, md bNd not boon missed,
The ground wNs not very soft, md thn
night wNs not very warm, Tha 0nF-
como of " WINS thNt wN aid not slopp
mnohj hDt tho noSt day things WnFo
hett0r We moved hnpk u quarter of y
milo and occupied Tho llonphns md
snoh buildings IN were hnbitRblo,
Wills General Arthur, with his snito,
occupied the o@nthndINl, md The Wiil'
lory, tho resident managers residence,
sone llltle way IN front ~ oar posi-
Hon
The first American dag 10 10 PM ~
0n ground Wpoaled from Tho ennmy Waa
raised AT lnl0ooDn, W Wns my llnpped'
sion thnt " was Zion, Thomas pnrtef
wh0 mndA thn statement NJ M nnthnai-
natio meeting held IN hew York some
months Agn, thnt whore oyer tho
American ting had been nnna ~ Tho
bINosn Oh lind acquired from thn
hnomy, Ihnt either Nn Hiahmnn Ind
plapiNd Tho o0lora ~ assisted IN w DO
Ing, Vol, this WINS ~ h0 No exception
M pnloooan, f0p GnHoy, tho terror NJ
Company nM,N always w tvNnhlo,
never ahlN 10 squire himself, Twins 0n
ihp hopl THAT there WINS IN Tho lind,
md yet IN Tho gnmdhNuao whenever no
could pnt himself there laaNy, Tho w.
popreHpl bic, rushing NhNnd ~ tho llnn
whom arriving NJ QNl00onn, nlimhnl
Tho dngatNlf nNNr th0 hOnan NJ aoNopDl
MonNHnr Higgins, md pulliNH fr0m hia
lAtleInd CLOTHES tho stars and stripes,
Ind lhnm nnnR 10 tho MoOao ~ ,lhn
llmN when yiOlory came 10 ~ In tliA,
orr flst hand 10 hand conflict VhnrN
WIS u Will yell, lnlH wont w tho NV,
And nanin lhp onAmS received \ hAOkApt
whom thoy heard Hint nnoWlhly noise
coming from w many American
lhlOAta'
tTo no continued noSt Friday
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