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From all accounts they have been adyancing on Imus with four big guns for the past week or two. To state the truth, long skirmish lines of women, men and boys advance on Imus eyery day with baskets well filled with bananas, oranges and other fruit. The advance of the insurgents is about as harmless.This evening while the band was playing and the Filipinos were out dressed In their best, the insurgents opened up a bombardment from the south side with a one pounder or bamboo gun. They made a great noise and all that, but it did not amount to a continental. Suddenly there was a big ‘boom* that jarred the whole town. One of our pieces of light artillery was heard from. Almost at the same time another piece of artillery over to the southeast of town turned loose and for a few minutes the earth tairly trembled as the first artillery duel in the Philippines was fought. J do not know how it ended but the insurgents suddenly ceased firing and haye not bothered us since.In the meantime the band played calmly on but the well dressed Filipinos turned about and walked away. They evidently wanted to get into their cellars or holes which everyone has underneath their shacks. The soldiers did not move a muscle except to laugh at the natives and tell them they had “cold feet.’’ Wejoke them so much about their cowardice that they are actually ashamed of themselves. However they always take it in good humor and make for their places of safety. If this war continues on the south lines, we will make brave men and women out of them. We had an interesting little fight yesterday. Co. C, B, and I, 4thInfantry two troops of the 11th Cavalry and two pieces of artillery made a reconnoaisance out south east to feel the strength of the enemy. The 4th Infantry Scouts who were in the lead found them untrenched around Anaboo, a small bamboo village about four miles from Imus.Our company was ordered to deploy in a rice field off th^ side of the road and advance on the insurgent trenches by rushes. Our squad was in the lead and we were ordered to move out to the edge of the rice field and draw the insurgents fire while the company deployed. We commenced tiring by volleys and they soon spied us. Then came such a rain of bullets botbt Mausers and Remingtons, which took all our courage to stand up against. The soldier ou my left was shot through both pant legs but he was not scratched. At first, howeyer, he imagined he was mortally wounded. We told him to go to the rear. He started but soon discovered he was O. K. I was standing near a small tree. A Mauser bullet struck the tree and threw splinters in my face. Then there was another soldier who imagined something awful.The company deployed quickly and our little squad felt greatly relieved when the insurgents had some one else to shoot at except ourselves. Private Durkin of our company was shot through both thighs just as we started forward. As usual the insurgents were intrenched along the edge of a wood. As usual we had to go across a big rice field to get at them. Stalking through rice fields now is no easy task. The rice is heading out and on an average of about five feet six inches in height at places the rice towered completely over our heads, we could not see the man on our right or left. Just imagine a long skirmish line in this con dltion pushing through the rice with mud and water a foot deep and yelling like a lot of Apache Indians. At fhteryals of fifty feet or so were rice ridges and by climbing upon these we could see each other and keep the line tolerably Btraight. At the rice ridges too, we looked to see if the man on our right was present.Without this way of looking out for each other it would be an easy matter to loose a wounded man.. All we did was si mptf to hlk e acrossthe field Jahmnmt MM*soon got uncomfortably close to them and they couldn't stand it longer.. Their line wavered, broke and fled in.’-confusion. Then we jumped upon rice ridges and poured in a wit hexing fire. Occasionally one in their ranks threw up his arms ^nd stopped. One of our corporals shot an insurgent at a distance of a thousand yards. Wesaw him throw up his arms and fall over on his face or fall forward.Another one of our men discoyered after all was over, that he bad received a slight scalp wound.We did not stop after routing the enemy but trudged on through the rice and mud fully a mile and a half further. We did not meet any more opposition howeyer. The bugle sonnded the assembly and we went in to the road: Now came our trouble as we started back. The insurgents seeing that we were a good ways from home and only one battalion commenced their old tactics of surrounding and flanking. They seemed to flock in across the rice fields from all directions.* It was like a pack of hungry wolves attacking a stronger animal. We were a great deal stronger than the insurgents but they had the advantage ot us. The officers soon decided upon a pian to get back. They placed two companies on each side of the road at the edge of the rice fields, just out for enough from the road so that we could sed the approach of the enemy. We were strung out single file. The other company acted as rear guard.We adyauced alternately, while the two companies on the one side of the road were going forward the two other companies stood fast and repulsed all intruders. In this mannerwe finally reached Imus away after dark. The insurgents pumped the lead into us all the way back howeyer and we had two or three wounded on the way back, our company had one slightly wounded.Co. C’s good luck seemed to have diserted it. Two of our casualties out of the three in the last skirmish were only slight wounds. The men are marked “duty*’ already. Private Durkin who was shot through both thighs has a severe wound,The first death in Co. C. occurred November 8th. Private Gilfgang died I might say of home-sickness. During the worse part of the rainy season be sickened and bad to go to the hospital He had a girl in New York whom be thought a great deal of I made out money orders .for him and he sent most all his money to his girl. It was either the girl or thinking of home or both that soon crazed him for he was a regular lunatic for a-while. He was sent to Maoiia and put aboard the Hospital Ship Relief to be sent to the States but he died before leaving the Harbor. We had hoped that we could go back to the States without the loss of a single man.I do not remember whether I told you or not but I sent you some Biblical pictures wbich I took from a bamboo shack. You may not think that this was a very religious act in disturbing such but I did it in order to give you some idea of what kind of pictures the Filipinos hang In their shacks. In nearly every shack you will find these Biblical pictures. The better class have them In oil paintings, The picture with a hole through It happened to be in the way of one of our bullets.Respectfully, Samuel M. Sheba.COMMITTEES APPOINTED-.Arraageaests Being Made for K. of T, District Meeting, March 9.The general committee of the K. of P.’b, which has in charge the arrangements for the K. ot P. district meet' Ing. which iB to be held here os Thursday, March 8,1900, has appointed a number of sub-committees, which will meet at Castle Hall tonight to arrange the details. .They are a9 follows:Refreshments—W. P. Bailey. J. W. Jones, Wm. Martin, Jno. L. Wade, Biggs Ritchie, Dr. T. S. Turner, W. P. Rice, Jas. Darnall.Souvenirs—J. M. Worley, B. F. McKey, J. W. Shumate.Music—W. H. Rice, H. E. Ballard, B. F. Wren, Dr. J. R, Ball, John Hoy, Will Scott*B. F. McKey.General Committee and Programs—C. F» S. Neal, chairman; W. P. Bailey, secretary; Wm. M. Shoffner, J. W. Fulwider, John Shelby.Invitation—Dr. A. P. Fitch, J. A. Johnson, H. P. New, Ellis Dooley, J. C. Tomlinson, A D. Goodwin, J.H. Edwards.Team Work and Conferring Ranks—J. W, Fulwider. A. W. Lowntan, John C. Perkins*C. E. Fish, John O. Cason.Reception—John B. Shelby, Dr*. Jl F, Fitch, W. H. Schult* J. Hardy. C. F. 0. Neal. H. L. Kenworthy, QlenChat. Shaw, Omer Phi lit pa, B. F.C. M. Zion, I. P* Hooton, Dr* W. B. eon.Arrangements••\\Wm. M. IWtsift—--- . - ^ tO.«.irmsi,W?|t*tt'Jee Myetn, A F 0*% **v4ui
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