The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
RALPH BURNS PATTERSON.
Interesting Information Gathered
from His Comrades.

remains were shipped by express
from San Francisco, Friday even.
ing, July 18TH. The remains
reached Mercersburg, last Fri
day morning, July 10th, and
we're brought TO McConnellsburg
on the evening of the same day
by undertaken Stoper
The funeral took place from the
residence Of Il. Sharpe Patter.
son, brother OF the deceased, on
Saturday afternoon, and inter
ment was made in the family lot
in Union cemetery four miles
south Of this place.
In addition to a large umber
of friends present at the funeral,
King Post, G. A. Il. attended in a
body, and eight 0f Ralph's com
rades from Franklin county, who
served in the Philippine war and
who returned just a few days
ago, came over and acted as pail
bearers.
The names Of these comrades
are Corporal F. H. Bradley and
G. e. Eusminger, Of Foltz; Emery
Reed and his brother, Roy, of
Welsh Run; Luther M. Robinson,
John r. Robinson. Harry s..
Mosser, and John b. Roland, of
Mercersburg.
These boys all belonged to the
same regiment (the 38th) to which
Ralph belonged, except the Reed
brothers, who belonged to the
10th. Not any of them were mem
bers of Ralph's company
Harry S. 'Mosser is a brother
Of our DR.. Mosser, of this place.
These gentlemen, together with
Ralph, We're recruited at MERGERS
burg during the early part of
September, 1899. The recruits
left here about the middle of that
month, and their regiments were
modified at Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri.
On the 20th OF October, 1899
they left Jefferson Barracks, and
were taken by rail to San Fran
cisco, spending seven days en-
transit The next thirty days
were spent in San Francisco; and
then, on the Goth Of Novem Der,
six companies Of the 39th Regi-
ment went aboard the st. Paul
and four companies aboard the
Duke of Fife, and they started on
their long journey across the Pa
citic.
At the end of ten days they
steamed into the harbor at Homo
lulu where they lay six days. The
boys were glad t. get out on ter
ra frma again, and enjoyed the
stop there greatly. All aboard
again, they left Honolulu, and
steered straight for Manila, and
were glad at the end of another
twenty days to sight the bay in
which Dewey annihilated the
SSpanish fleet and opened up the
way for Franklin and Fulton coun-
ty boys to get such "a long jour
ney at Uncle Sans expense,
1t was the day after Christmas
when they dropped anchor and
the next day they disembarked
and went into camp on the Lu-
netta, big green park just out
the city.
On New Years day they broke
camp and started out on their
first m arch in the enemy's coun-
try, but were halted short at the
Water Works, six miles away,
and ordered to pitch their tents;
but in the evening they were sur
prised at being ordered to break
camp and march back to the Lu-
netta--the place Of starting that
morning.
This was merely Little exer-
cise Tor the boys to prepare them
Tor some more exciting exper-
fences. And they came soon
enough; for the next day they
were marched to a place called
America Bon where they remain
ed hVe days, and then continued
their march southward. The
iirst day out from the lat
Ter place and less than two
al