Show OUR BOYS AT MANILA sometime some time since a private letter from manila was turned over to the news in order that some portions of it that were of general interest might be published this was done in the letter were some reflections upon the utah sur surge geans oms and hospital corps which axe are said to have caused rela relatives and friends no 14 little atle anxiety from advices advises just received there seems to be no toun foundation dation for any reflections upon the utah boys ot at manila they have made a splendid record there and ft dt is sincerely to be deldred that they may as we belleve believe they will return without a blot upon it mr J W clovis under date of oct 22 writes to in part on the night of the of july we had three surgeons at the brigade hos pital ed at the beach one steward and two acting stewards this left leff about twelve privates of these W G hampton was clerk and three more were nursing tn the teats which were full of sick men at the iamme of the battle our boys were up bellore the alarm was sounded in camp and had everything ready to go at a moments notice after the soldiers left for the front about fifteen minutes a squad of pennsylvania hospital men came in with a man with a compound fracture below the ithe knee then began the work of at a lifetime life time it kept two mm men busy bolling waiter for the surgeons and two more to assist the surgeons the rest were kept busy keeping keehln g men anem calve alive until they were put upon luponi the obe operating rating table among the wounded that were brought in was VMS a man of the corps who was twice once through the shoulder and once through the lungs he was shot while trying to save lids has captain who was shot through the head he belonged to a california regiment re and had a litter on his shoulder when he came to the trenches he dropped it when he baw aw his bis captain fall and ran to him and abild tried to pick wm hirn up aben he received his wounds two others ot of the ithe hospital corps brought them in to the nearest drewing dressing station sr new for ithe work in camp we w worked ked steady until daylight and still the wounded kept conning coming in we add not sit down cown to breakfast but ate our lunch as we worked we worked all that day und and the next night I 1 never in my life saw surgeons work so faithfully as ours did cud never stopped once and as our records show we did nus lose a life that it was possible to save for forty eight hours I 1 never slept aid when I 1 did lit was in the wt wit we had to put in twelve hours a liy after the ba efte is twelve hours out of the twenty four we have about abort sick gick in the ho hospital sPittal now and more are coming in ewry every day acme times twenty fave alv at ait a time are being b 0 u gah t i in r respectfully yours J W CLOVIS this and abber letters also show that all the boys from here were at their posts aalthe all the time during and aber the fahe battle to their duties |