Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-12
GOOD REPORT OF OR SOLDIER BOYS.
One Of Them Writes Int estingly Of Th.ir Trip 70
Man la and Experiences.

SANTA CRUZ CAvITE p l., Oct, 5.
| EDIT lR CENSOR IlEvirg few mlD-
utes 20 spare thought l would write
you about our du les n surroundings.
We left the government dock Mt Van
couver Barracks, W 'Shingtor, ON BOARD
the river steamer, Undine, November
IL. steamed down the Willamette 10
it's junction with the Columbis, thence
down the Columbis to the government
docks at Portland. Orr gon. from there
we drilled over to thu southern Paelhc
dep It where we boarded the train for
o oakland, California, arriving there at
10 O'Clock, November 14th. were ferried
across the bay 10 San Francisco and en-
barked on the u 8 A T Grant, at IL
o'ciocf, noon, we weighed anchor and
steamed out OF San FIR, rcieco harbor,
arriving in Manila Bay on the eve or
December II, WEI emained on board the
Grant till the morning of the 18Th
when we boarded Caacoes, and were
tlwed ashore landing at Baeoor Cavite,
passing W lille enroute the hulls of some
of the Spanish war ships SUNK by Dew
eys heAt From Bacoor we hlked 10
Slang, Cavite, where we arrived ana
rent into quarters December 10Th.
srri on duties varied only by the oc-
,sional hike after scattering BINDS ol
s.tdrones or insurgents till March 20tn,
4 hen we were ordered to Deper Batan-
: p ovince to teke part in General
y llR second expedition through the
= bi mountains IN search of insurgents
/. general and Insurrector General
: labar and his forces in particular.
- l., - hau Cnl
Z fa led capture Malahar, although
@ made things 70 warm for him thab
< was forced to surrender. This prac-
tically ended the hika we returned to
SiiaDg A, ril %, where we rsmained 'till
June g. when we were ordered to this
post since our arrival here we have
been coufiued 60 the quarters a greater
part of the time and ~ vet are not al
lowed to enter PHILIPPINE house or
canteen on account of the cholera,
which il vet very severe In some prov
iuces The report for the twenty-four
hours ending 5 a. m, SEPT. 80, l9OS.
Ilioilio, Panay, shows 5, 500 cases and
5000 deaths. Panay leland Is about zoo
miles south of us We are under or
ders to proceed to Cavite. there to board
the transport Mindanio, where we
viii 20 into field service We will leave
this past m the 5th or 6 h of this mouth:
suppose that by the next time write
can tell you more OF the Moro situa-
ton" / have served as cook N post
and on detached service from July 1901
till August 1909, by my own request
was relieved rs cook and am now on
special dnty Since coming to this post
] have heen In ponr health, but as my
duties are light, think that | will be 80.
K IN .hort time. Jason Simpson Is
second cDok Samuel Pennell and Jason
Russell are both well and If we all cen
tinua 10 % as well as we have we will
be discharged with character excel
lent Time ptssea rapidly here. Christ
mas will be bere at the top OF the hill
Chat IL we will have completed half our
snlistment) aud IL 1t Ia good sliding on
the other side we will AEON be hofle.
THIS In good company Init ie nothing
lihe va good as the old 4.h Wis onsin.
We have 20 ball team. having won
all the games played at Vancouver Bar.
ra ka. Washington, and large major
ity of the games played in the islands.
Simpson and Russell belong TO the
team fave not played with them
sine leaving the stf ties.
8bbtIVdy VIC WCIc bip6tC0 w "a AOfNk
sight The emigration of the grass hop.
per "a far az the eye could reach in
any direction, the heavens were coy
cred W th them, where they come from
or where they go II more thanI can tell.
The natives consider them great deli
cacv. They are brought in from the
country in large quantities and are sold
for fosd, selling much higher than dsh
or pork II is said that they destroy the
rice ops IN places.
As a company we have been very for
tunate having lost only two men by
death since We were organized over
year ego Everything is topsy turvy as
the boys" are making preparation to
leave tomorrow or next day, so will
close. Yours resrectfully,
ALBERT J BURRHART.
Prt Co. Il" 2S, q. s. Inf.