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Show 'J:$ MANILLA LETTER. Isaac Itacll Write to a - - Friend. , ; , BRIEF SKElXll "oItHE WAR, i - y " Soldier Llfo In tho Philllplnos-; Philllplnos-; - Editor of tho Soldlor Boy , wrlfer about Soldier Llfo . I'ollo'A iiifj ia n letter received by n .1 friend of tlio writer in this city from i Mr. Isaac KubbcI, LMitor of "The old- jl ier Boy, " at Manilla: V Manilla. April 10, I KM), m, ''II tlieie is ono pleasure gicnlcr tluin S nil other pleasures nvnllnblo in this por-m por-m 7h&iiiM tion ot our great and glorious republic, KtiHBmm$J It is tho reading of n good It'tler from JvpO&r''' nomeono In tliu homo land Willi 3011 MPT .' bnck in God's country it in dilieient. B You live in tho present, mid when 11 tOt letter is recused from 11 fiieiut you ft' merely glance over it hurrldly and then wt lay it aside nnd go on with Ihu duties k beforo you. Out hero wo'hear the mnil is expected on 1 certain date, piobalily I two woels ill tho futuio. Then t hero h ML nothing to do but go down to the 1'oftt m Ollleo every night nnd lent 11 Just when the stomuor is expected, At night you iHUjEabiv. . wonder what letters you.wJll icci'Ivcs HHpgt-S-.7iiituVyoiilreanii"oJ wlinPllio" folks at wRPpF- homo nro doing. You see nnd can un-Hr un-Hr dorstnnd tliat ve out lu-io have nothing WE- wbntuver to occupy and appcaiiu out Jif . dlslros 111 ordlmtry lines of socinl nintis-yk- incut nud fiiendly useuclnlloiis. Il in Kg -uenrly nycnr now since nny of 113 snw KB an Individual dressed ill the American fep?3it"-?::v. fashion, ocipkcrUJta'nun I! to anyone oulmdo of our ,tnllilu'ry conw S' wunlty. And lndifca-Mvell our oycB H bulgo out and Htaro unrelentingly nnd fl the ono or two stiay specimens of that rnce of beings who innko their dwelling n plnco In this laud, Wo liavo been hor- mlts indeed from ovoiyiliing tliat boid-B boid-B urn on civilization nnd life, such at K Americans nro accustomed to livu. Si II when a letter nirives wo go for it with H all tho gicedof u tiiunp going for n meal ffi nr.d It is not consigned to the illo until w tho next mail arrives, nnd frcsli letter? j nro nt hand to take its placo, K Do I ever seo that brother of yours? fj Not as much as I wibli I did, He nnd 1 I arc two of tho wnnnest friends in the j batteries and I have lelt tliu greatest J anxiety for his welfare ever Binco this I unfortunate tioublo broke out. I have been wi.li him Insoinn of the llglits lie bus been in, and received my I tt ! H wound just alter leaving him on thui n lirst night of combat. At midnight, the R caiun was called to orins and this sec- n tlon wnsordeicd to go out on Tondo n road. I went with them and wo wriu Noon in a light. You should have seen your little brother getting tho shots out of his cannon. 1'ielty booh the nigger began to get out and run to heat time for they couldn't stund tho artillery lire, for tliciu was n perfect Hull of noise coming from tho light. As the sun lose, ciimsou and clear, nil decked out In Iiib mas colors he looked down 01111 battlefield in all its ten iblo reality and its gruesome sights. Over 011 the right tho batilo grow lleiccst. j could only seo a hank of white smoke out of which 11 trciucudious uoIko was issuing. At icgulai intervals the deep lioum of youi brotbei's gun followed by a long ecrecli 0 ing Huieain and n smash, iclieed 'the H ligliter noiso of Hying bullets mid ciank- 1 ing 1 lilts. A new noibo broke in mid on i the hill top just above tho battle 1 Hmoko nppeared n now line. It was our I v Hanking paily mid 011 thu the success of fl this inoveiuent hung tho foituuoaof the B day. Asilchmged down and disap- pcared in tlio smoke a gnat ch:er ii'id B n whoop went up out of the smoke, and the camion ceaccd to boom. Wo know now that the llankcis hud passed down Into the niggers' works and that tlioy woio putting them to route, We looked to sec tho lleeing inouricclos nt any tnoir.oiit in front of us, where tho Kaunas Kau-nas regiment was piopnriug to meet thorn. Tho lino to our left now brcamo engaged and the Bcciio of battles fury swept down over us from the right. It beenmo stilling to breathe the hot air, nnd the powder smoke nearly smother- cd us, nnd dried our mouths and swelled our tongues. Tho niggers appeared as una planned, mid the Kansas nnd Third poured It into them with their long 1 loins. A nigger would appear In the open mid run ten feel, then jump ten feet in the air nnd pitch forward mid light 011 tho ground after turning n few soiumersalts. The line joined the Hunkers mid swept oil with i great yell and Old Glory was planted on tho en emies main works, They were captured. cap-tured. Tho reserves now began to preEH forward, when n now lino of fire opened ih the woods. Almost at tb lirst volley my liorfio went over squealing squeal-ing with pain mid I found hn bad been shot through the heart. The bullet had grazed my kueo mid gone through the uaddlo into the honc. The lighting started in the resident district nnd ono old woman got in the path of one of Jhe shells. It tore both legs oH just below the knees. Major and Harry Young jmw her fall and went out and p'eked her up They then took her to the renr and 1 went along closely following. On tho way Homo oiiibrcys held us up and tiled to c.uve their iultals on this part of us, with the net result that I received a dash on the back of tin1 head and the other combatants were Rent where the ood niggers don't go. In the meantime they made n charge up tho road and routed the niggers clear bick to (Jaloocaii. On the eve of the nttnet on MaloloB I rode up fiom thu city;' nnd spent the ivehiug. Willi Peter. We talked of the old tlmcH Hint used to be mid hnidlr thouglil of the morrow, when the God yf War would exact Ids tiibutc from the Humankind. Late In tho night of tho eve of battle 1 lode back to the r.oii.n Church wherd Gen. Mo Arthur had bis head iiuaneis, mid captured 4yj!J hospital UtlBf "l'")i,w hich ,,1". Tlow ii nnd wont to' sleep. That was n night of expectation. Thero were nil thdgeiieeals studying their bluo p. hits and putting the finishing touches on (huh plans, then just before daylight there was n hurried breakfast mid the wliispcied orders to move. Out in the ileld we lode, while litre mid there the shndowy forms of regiments could be seen sweeping dowm upon tho insurgent insur-gent trendies. All at once tho gloom of tin am was lighted by a long sticani of lire, mid a cloud ol white smoko rose from the enemy's works, The bull bad opened. AwnyjolV to our right were the two guns, one of which wns in chnrgo ol l'etei. 1 .wilted to bear them open and half prayed that the country would do loo rough to run them over. Die insurgents "ho were now in our rear wore soon captured and tho lines swept on into tlio jungle leaving mo to get loose from my horso and get to the city as best I could. At last I go: another horse and went on to tho lines near Polo where '. hiv mi Ailillery charge. At a point concealed from the enemy the two big guns of the Sixth Artillery, commnded by our Major Young, were waiting. At n given signal every driver raised his whip mid brought it down on the back of his mule. Oil' they started nt n mad gate up the hill. On, on, on they went tearing tear-ing up a lingo col n inn of dust until In good range of '.hu enemy. Then quicker quick-er than it takts to tell it tho mules wheeled nnd left the gnus pointed at the enemy. The Hist shell caught n church steeple. The bells clanged an excited warning. Tho steeple waved back nnd faith for mi Instant, then cumocriitdiiug down bearing with It n lot of uiggors who had been firing from tho windows. Tho next dny I found wheio your brothel's gun wns stationed and went up to Hue how ho fared Together we walked over tho haltlo ll;lil whore he had fought tho day boi'oie when It nppeared np-peared to mo ns n lingo crowd of howling howl-ing demons winpped in iloaks of smoke As we walked along ho explained how they had inn tlieirgmni up sunken toad and had opened in the old town of Ban Kraucieco del Monte. As wo walked walk-ed along we came to the dead body of mi iiiBUigoutollicor, Apiece of sharpuel had hit him in tho hend mid carried part of it ten feet behind him. Ho had crawled tu a shack to get nut of the lire and this ad been set on llio by a shell, nud he had been burned up with it. A little fai titer was an enlisted man. A diell had hit him, mid among other things had boI Hro to his shirt. Till8 III turn had set lira to Ills bag of rillle cartridges. They had gone off ml tilled him completely full of lioleiji Your little brother's gnu buio did so prltty work Hint morning. At Urst't could not stand to ,aco sights like tills but after I saw n few of our own boys laying out cold I simply got the liCBstly nnd animal nature up In full control and would liavo laughed nnd cheered to seo an amount of cardago and murder. Too moro dead niggers ono Bcrs tha bettor ho fools after tho lirst of his com-rndcBisdcnd. com-rndcBisdcnd. On our wny back we slopped uu Jer n largo gum treoaud ate some of the fruit from its branches; it wns it typical jungle whero we were, thct.mua sort of jungle one rends about, lip tho treo were a lot of big three feet long lizards or horned toa.ls. A stick poked up nt one wiisgrnbbed by him mid li'-ld in his clutch till the niilu.nl wns killed. Over in the grnsi n long thin Biiakn wns Inyingbut when we tried to shoot him lio'slipped away. Ilig inserts How about and their filings weio very painful Tlioy didn't licMtnto to sling one: cither., I left him In the evening while bo went to sleep In his Holdier's bed, consisting of a piece of canvas tied totwoiolea.of haniboo, with n piece of canvas stretched stretch-ed elver head to protect from Jho dew. ficjias been theio ever pi'uco nud I went up last oveniug just ufter tho mail was in from home. I dldn'tgut nny so t went up to seo what bo got, jmjt to case that tired feeling llintToineH when the mail clerk comes rtnd gocn without IcaYingnnylhing, ',,,'& As to homo coming, you. cannot' wish It half as strong ns wc. tlty We want to got back where there fta climate and n class of pcoplo nnd notUMsvllchildrcu'!, ns Kipling ery fnslly,wlfijTj:llo unlives ,yre. You Bay ''hlaijnecOHiiiig is nil to me now" and ft loeksTus nk though there. is soiuabopejTlrkfltiiig back 'to.' ion'wiMdujiiiJajMSE&uJaw.viuounifc but of courseyou Know u lot uioro nboiir this than wo do. In tho meantime you need not fear for the safety of Peter, ns Ido not think be will be In nny more fights unless thero should bo u failure of our lines nud the liurgcuts mnke nu attack. I was very glad when tho fighting was over in bis section of the country for from reading your letters to him I uni convinced that ho would not bo tho only suQorcr or indeed tho principal prin-cipal sull'ercr if ho should meet the fortunes of war which ore tho things agninst which we gamble. Thero is a women here nnd I was near her when i the tidings caino that she. wns a widow. Her husband had been killed in- the light nt Illgae. She answered the newspaper man who brought in the news, with a simple remark that that was what ono must expect who goes to wnr and If ho died ns nu American she was satisfied. Tliat Is the wny you shouU feel nnd wb"ii you let your little brother enlist you should hnvo ended nil your anxious, wondering thought, nnd not worried yourself to death over his welfare. If a fellow hasn't made up his mind to be ready to dio whenever the time comfs tliat ho lias to, ho has not tha right to enlist mid go to war in an enemy's country. War is a sacrillce and loss from the day it starts, and you should bo proud of the thought that you nro doing Hint duty nil Americans owe to tho country Hint gave thoin Jih-orty Jih-orty nnd freedom. You are sharing part of Hie sacrillco and loss, You liavo givon up your Kin to cngngo in the actual strife but I fancy it lias been harder for you to bare than for him. A telegram has .list arrived here rending ''40,000 tioops nro ordered to HioI'hillipiucB and nro now ready to embark." Tlio press ccus.tr has prohibited pro-hibited us fiom printing in Hie city for some reason or otlier but it sounds ns though that meant the volunteers would bo relieved mid sent home sooii, and we will pray that the day is not far oir, You no doubt know that f liavo been free to lolurn sincu tho Hist of the c.it but I haven't had tho grit up to tl present time to lcau the city while the boys nro still here nud mo in 'Linger 'Lin-ger ol being killed nnd wounded, mid I have no intension of coming homo hefoio tho Utah boys receives their ticlet8 homo. Youi brother sud I havu plannid a little tilp through China mid Japan nnd if all is well wo will loaf around here a week before getting on n steumer homeward home-ward bound. Your siiiconi friqud, 1 is.uan'yssiain |