Show THE ELEVENTH CAVALRY A SALT LAKE BOY WRITES OF ITS EXPLOITS Ho Joined the Organization at Manila The Occasional Hot Time Had With the Insuiicctos Correspondence Tribune Manila P I March 14I being a Utah boy and a citizen of Suit Lake City the last two years before coming to this Island was a constant reader oC your paper In letters received from friends they say they have not heard a word of time Eleventh cavalry which is now In the Philippines so I will try to let time outside world know that such an organization is In existence The regiment was organized here in Manila and a few volunteers rceulis ed In It but it was tilled mostly with recruits from the States 1 being one of thor five hundred that anchored heroIn hero-In Manila bay October 21st and joliunl gur regiment the following day then stationed at the waterworks After a few days mounted drill orders came to go to Iloilo This was regretted by all as the waterworks station was beginning be-ginning to seem something like a home as the river was near by and we could go swimming every day But duty called and as pleasure Is not a part of war kits were packed and 2JO of the day the order was received the command com-mand or a big part of It departed for the field We arrived at our destination destina-tion November 2nd and at dawn oC November SLim we took a place In the field to do our part In quelling the Insurrection In-surrection I S I The happenings of this campaign would Jill to much space andl will only attempt to give you the loading features of our work November 12th three troops of our squadron C I and M with MuJ Nolan lit command left the town of Leon on the south oC thla Island for a reconnoissance among the hills to sec If wo could locate a few veb olB Well we did locate a few and we had a hot time of it Some two miles out of Leon we ran Into a nest of In surrestos and for the first lime no heard the lire of Mausers and Reining tons and returned the answering bellow bel-low of the Krag The fight lasted thirty thir-ty minutes nnd In that lime we had the enemy lleclng In all directions leaving leav-ing several dead upon the Held Eight days later however we tasted ft much hotter seance with the Irrepressible Irre-pressible Gugu The engagement at San Bias lasted three hours In which several of our regiment was killed G battery of the Sixth artillery and one battalion of the Twentysixth Infantry were also with us in that engagement Thu fight was effectual for wo havent had a particle of trouble In that vl chilLy since B O Our next light was at San Mete December De-cember Iftth In Avhlch Gen Lawtou wits killed Time engagement lasted two hours and thirty minutes and when we crossed time river lo enter the town we found several dead left on the Held for us to bury Well that was all right Wu unlercd time town and found no one there uxcept a few cripples who could not leave women and children had vamoosed va-moosed to time mountalniiH with the rest of the rebels so of course there Is plenty plen-ty of chickens In the native louiis and we look possession and garrisoned time town and ate a Christmas dinner of friend chkken while wo were waiting tho arrival of the Infantry lo garrison tho town 1 will cut my letter short by 1 flaying that our regiment with part of the Fourth cavalry since that time have traveled all over the south end ot this island places where a white man never troti before M13LVIN S ITARMER C Troop Eleventh cavalry |