| Show LETTER FROM CAPT BURT BURT Ho Writes Concerning Service in the Philippines From Sun Pedro Philippine Islands Cnpt Andrew J Burl of the Thirty ninth United States volunteer Infantry Infan-try writes his brother Joseph W Burt us follows under date of January 2Sth We have had f pretty hard lime of It ever since tho 11 rat oC Iho year I AVe have been on the go nearly all oC the time Our regiment has taken about twenty towns up to dale und some of iheso have boon very Important Ones AVc liberated 200 Spanish prisoners at iepl but time Insurgents got away with six American and two English prisoners prison-ers Had viu been In I about two hours earlier we would have hue them a I VW have been very fortunate so far but I expect you have seen from the papers what the Thirtyninth has been doing I they would only turn u H loose I think we could make short work of the lighting natives Ast Is I we do not get inuch of n chance at them Ihey lie In the trenches on either side of the road und us wi go through tin country lire a few volleys Into nur advance ad-vance guard and then 1 hike out thmugh the swtimps and the brush until I they come tu another good place for them to ropiat the same maneuvers II I soeniH Impossible for us to overtake them as there are only narrow trails through the wood Wo had a very nice little light on the 21nt about throe I miles away Wo had foul killed and eight wounded much to our regret but at the same time wo had the sat isftutlon or counting about natives who will lug up I eighty natves wil be very good for l long tlnu to core and besides Ihose thieve arc qUit 1 number In I the hospital I came In I here night before last with r2 out of 102 and fully half of the fiftytwo were sick theo the-o having been left at the hospitals which at the different towns through we passed and viil rejoin us at a later dale 1 understand that we are to irarrison this tuwn for n short lime will tu be and I hope this rumor wi prove the true one as a short rest will enable the men to get In good shape to meet the niggers So far I 1 have fared very well personally wive for a slight siege of fever which I am now over amide amid-e eut this was not fuifliclent to cause me to miss any of my dulles |
