The Penn's Grove record., 1900-11-16
HUNrINc THE BRoWN MAN.

HUNTING THE BROWN MAN.
a Penn,s Grove Boy Has Fun In tho
PHILIPPINES Shooting and Loot
Ing the Natives.
Albert Smith who lived hOr some
years with William B. Dolbowin Penn's
Grove, enlisted in Company c28th Regi.
mont. q. s. Infantry . year ago last
summer. He has written the following
letter to Otis Peterson:
Taal, L. l., Philippine Islands.
August, 10th. 1906.
DEAR BROTHER,
I will drop you q few lines and
let you know how ! am and SO you can
let the rest know how / am. We are
having 9 great time Of it over here.
Sometime6 1t is rough and other times
everything goes good. l will give you
2 few little ketches of my time in the
army.
After ! enlisted I went to Camp
Meade, then to Presidio, Cal. We were
there q month. when we left for Manila,
Oct. 18th on board the transport Tar.
tar. We stopped at Honolulu. That
Is 9 great place, the garden spot Of the
world. We were there two days, then
we resumed u trip to Manila, nearly
5000 miles.
We landed November Oath. We were
In Manila two days, when ordered out
on the south line at Bacon. We were
there two nights. when ordered to
linus to support the 4th infantry. The
niggers we're pretty thick. They were
that close you could hear the bugle
calls. Then We went from there to
Parnaka and Los Pinus; were there
from Dec. 2 to Jan. 2, when ordered to
linus again. Were there four days.
Oh the 9th left for Benechyem; camped
there over night. We left there next
next morning for Pistol where we had
. fight. Had 8 men hit. some killed;
niger loss, 104. about that many
wounded. Fight lasted for 2 hours.
On the same day the Second and
Third B~attalions Of this Regiment
went through linus aud engaged the
enemy outside Of linus and won in fine
style. Attic we went to where they
were they started about / o'clock and
there wa scattered firing near dark
ness. As the columns advanced next
morning we were on the head of the
column. Company 9 had a little skir-
mish near Das Marms about IL o'clock.
No one hit. Nothing but the 1st Bat
TALON was in that fight Of the 7th, OF
Jan.
Jan. 18th, we marched to Taal, 60
miles, 4 days march over mountains.
II wal fierce. It rained about half the
time. So we have been here ever since.
/ have been in three pretty lively fights
since We were here. Feb. 4th engage
ment With niggefs rear Calaca. No
body hit, niger loss unknown. Moth
ing happened worth telling till July 6.
The niggers attacked this town. We
had Z men hit, none bad. Niggers lost
about 38 killed. They attacked the
Down about 4 o'clock in the morning.
The fight lasted about 3 hours and wal
/ pretty hot for while it lasted.
On July nth, Col. Berkhiemer took
q detachment from each Company OF
the 1st Battalion, went out about 3
miles aud run into them about 300
strong. No Americans hit; niggers
lost about 81 or 40, do not know exact.
lx,sa
Nothing interesting has happened
since. Things are going on pretty
sm0othe now around here. A detach-
ment went out to q town not long ago,
but did not get no niggers. It has been
raining for the last three days here;
don't know how much lenger it will
last.
Say. you people Owe in the States
don't know what is going OF over here.
When l get back l can talk a little bet
ter than while l am here, for y soldier
is q know nothing. We have a mount
ed detachment OF scouts here. l have
been in it ever since it started. / find
it better than soldering with the COM
pany. There is lots Of fun III it.
We had 6 men to die since We came
to the island. One out Of our Company
was bolo by 8 niggers, died the next
day. Another wal shot in a scrap by
Go. A. He died about q week later.
The other 4 died Of fever. This is OF
the 1st Battalion only. Three Of these
men were from our Company.
How are all the folks2 Read this to
the fellows in the lodge, SO they can get
an idea of this place. Let them put it
into the paper. Send best regards.
ALBERT SMITH,
Go. 9. 28th Reg't Inf. Manila.
The following letter WAS received by
VIM. Dolbow.
TAAL, P. l., August s, 1900.
On the 18th Of July the cavalry Of
which ! am q member, consisting Of %
privates and one corporal ard one CON-
pany Of our battplion went outside Of the
town near st. Louise and had "a warm