The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-08-02


on the approach of American solder
was because of fear that the soldiers
would commit acts of cruelty in order
to make them reveal some secret con
corning the movement of the insur-
rectors, which they would suffer death
rather than do. For six months were
we kept upon what was known as the
firing line garrisoning. We had
three fights during our stay
upon this slime" At San Antonia
near Paete Jan. 9th, Lonnbong
Feb. 18th aud Sinlloan Mav 3Oih
We had a number Of small skirmishes
during this time but Of which no
record was ever kept, June Sth We
were sent to Malabon to do garrison
duty, at which place we were kept
until April 22nd last, when we were
ordered on the Luncta to JOIN our
regiment and come home, leaving
Manila homeward bound at 4 O'Clock
May 29Ch on board of the chartered
transport "Ohio," landing in the
harbor of Frisco June 22nd, disem
barking and going into camp the same
day, where we remained until June
9th. when we were forever mus,ere
Vut of the 42nd U. S. V. Regiment
Of Infantry.
Now, | will speak of few Of NV
experiences, etc., while was in
the islands. Gu the morning Of Jan.
24th we he-ir,l tor the first time hos.
tiegun, f,r ID company of ,ur reg.
iment had gone out to reconnoiter
among the mountains at the foot If
which we had slept the night previous
La few minutes after the first vol
ley we received orders to move in
line Of skirmish up the ST, cp incline.
But the mountain being 50 steep and
having such heavy growth of un
derbush ON it we had to 90 in siuglc
file up one narrow path until We
reached the -op where we received
our first v"ilev from the insurrcc -ors
who were hid and were awaiting our
arrival. Every one ,f us stood our
g'ound and replied t. them with our
kr"gS so forcibly that there was
hot old time for twenty minutes or
more. Fortunately no one of our
men was scratched. but we managed
to get four of the ''little brown men,
ami Judging from the amount of blood
that was in the trench tnat they were
IN We must have wounded or killed
as many more. We moved on over
the mountain until noontime when
we heard the welcome sound of our
bugle sounding retire. We went
back to the foot of the mountain, al
most exhausted and footsore, where
We drew three days more of rations.
Salmon, bacon, coffee, sugar and
hard, tack that had arrived during
our absence up the mountain, On a
sulall U S. Government gunboat
After dinner we proceeded on our
.j"urney towards Santa Cruz. In
passing through the small town of
Lom- bong We were surprised to see
60 many of the inhabitants on the
streets and in the windows of the
bamboo and mahogany houses.
Women stood about on the narrow
sidewalks with their babies as:ride of
their hips trembling for fear that we
would treat their children and them
as the Spanish soldiers u-e to do
1t is said that when the Spanish WAS
marching through this hostile region
Of Luzon that they committed all
kids of depredations and the most
heinous and diabolical,, crimes known.
such as onatching young babies from
the bosom of mothers and dashing
their brains out befnre the mothers
eyes and then accomplishing other
inhuman purposes with the fainting.
grlef'craz"d mother. They had been
told by the Spaniards that we were
as inhuman, and our treatment Of the
Indians (though greatly ami faslely
exaggera ed were told to them as
proof as to what they said. But it
would have done anyone god to see
Big Ell Furlong, who was about six
feet in his socks, and ~ kind in
speech as he was big and strong, step
up to beautiful coffee colnred girl
Of about eighteen summers (ior they
have no winters who was holding
pretty little baby in her arms and
begin to pat it tenderly on the head
and then upon the checks, and the
poor girl was 80 frightened that she
Almost suffocated the little one by
pressing 1t so hard to her bosom, but