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Show FROM MANILA. jrxics sxow, FoioiEni.r of t. CiEOKGE, WHITES TO HIS COCSIX IIEUE. Manila, Aug. IS, 1898. Dear Cousin: Please forgive me for not writing sooner.- but it has been a hard job for me to write before now, but now we are in the city of Manila and have plenty of desks and chairs to write on; I have no stamps though, and every one I write to has to pay the postage. Well, Rass, I have been under heavy fire t'rrce times and have not been killed kill-ed yet. The first time was on July 31st, when there were 12 men killed and 2" wounded; the next time was on the Sth of August, 2 killed and a few wounded; the last, time on the 13th of August we took two days rations a can of horse meat and four biscuits and started out to capture Manila or die in the attempt. At 10 a. m. Dewey opened fire on the Spanish, and the Utah Battery followed suit 1 am in Battery B. and we have five 3 2-10 inch guns. We kept up a hot fire for about thirty minutes, by that time the Spanish guns were silenced. silenc-ed. Then the infantry went over the bank and did some fighting, and in just an hour after the firstshot "Old Glory" was waving proudly over their fort. There" was more fighting' away up on our right, but I was not in that. Wc had eight men killed and about thirty wounded. I do not know how many Spanish were killed, but there are three thousand in the hospital. I saw four killed and one dying that one shot from our gun hit. That day, after dinner, din-ner, we pulled our cannons through mud and water into Manila, and have been here ever since. We have nice quarters in the upstairs up-stairs rooms of the Treasury building. Down, in the Court below are our beloved be-loved guns. We may have to stay here for two years; I hope so for I am mak-iug mak-iug $2'i. a month and board and clothes. When we get home we receive $500. each b. -sides. That is good wages, and theieTs" only about three hours drill each day. We have not had any drilling drill-ing this month, only in battle, then we did not need any orders; v e jutt started start-ed in and kept firing until the guns got too hot, theu we would sit down and cool off. I thought of home more than once while the bullets and shells were whistling past; they did not feel very friendly, 1 could tell by the way they sung: aud the Spaniards would actually shoot a fellow right in the face, if they could, but there was only one Utah boy hit. There is some excitement outside; I will go and ere it. Oh, it's nothing: just a native killed a Chinaman. There are more Chinamen around than you could count. We are surrounded by them, the streets are about fifteen feet wide, and one can almost reach over and pull their ques. They play tunes on their instruments for us and we have dances on the roof. We will soon be in barracks and then we will have better accomodations. One shot from Dewey's guns dismounted dis-mounted three of the Spanish guns at once. I have got lots of relic-, shells, bullets bul-lets and- a Spanish blanket. There is such a noi.iC around that I e tc baiuly write. Say! I would like to be at 'Dixie" shooting quails and ducks. Shooting Spaniards is more, exciting don't you think so? We hv here in the, rainy season and have plenty of rain wafer cimt day; that is what we have in iJwu'.c IV.i'anHS r.re ci;:i. ami ro i" cver.wUhsif -li-c. The hor..- arc ail small. If we slay here two vers 1 will learn !o talk Spanl-h Plea.-: v rib' a i-.Tjg loMer to me. ami ask Ar.se i- rUu vill k'ndiy favor );. with ;. !-!:,!. CP. my l"-e to a!!. a:,d wri;e j Y.'i.r brctt: .. :; Ar.:i j it: xi us Snca. ! r.f!U. 15 . blah 1 i.N.f'erl-. ;b..b'-!. I Kbbbpb; ... 1-. |