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About The Nebraskan. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1892-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1898)
FROM THE PHILL1NES. An Interesting Account of Life In Manilla Sent to the Chancellor. PHIL RUSSELL WRITES. Camp Dowey, nonr Miinillu, Aug. .". lMi.- .My Dour Clinnudlor: I received u tele'nuii from yon shortly .before lfiivinir for Mmiillti, whleh 1 assure you wiis ery much appreciated, but it that time to my duties as a lieutenant of the line were added a number of others that kept me very nmuli oeeu pll hefmv ailinr. Durlnjr the vo.x ajre I had the pleasure of helnj,' signal otVieer. which relieved nie of wme more disagreeable duties. The trip was unneeessui'lly hard on both olYi ecrs and men. picked up as they were, like cattle and land oven in the eue nu'h country was a wc.come sight after thirty-two days on the water. The sitfht'thnt struck us with most force in Manilla bay was the hulks of the Spanish war vessels, tunrris of Dewey's groat victory of May 1st. With'sueh men directing affairs it Is no wonder that American arms are unsurpased in the world. Wo are en camped within two miles of the Span ish lines in a clearing between two bamboo and mahogony forests, a beautiful spot and healthier I believe than our San Francisco camp. Of course our men arc without any com forts, having with them only what thev can carry on their backs, but hardy and husky, and cheerful as on ly American soldiers can be. Our days of tin soldiering are oxer and xve number our dead and tmr hos pitals hold our xvounded but it is a cause no American need fear to die in, though it is far from home. Those of the First Xegraska who are for tunate enough to return home will have as tiheir portion a rt'veiw.w and love for the stars and stripes tSjat only a soldier who has folloxved the tlag to victory can feel. Day before yester day our regiment xxa t-ont to occupy entrenchments at the front. All day it rained and the men worked in. the mud without a murmur. About ten that night we xvere suddenly and strongly attacked but they found us ready a'nd even the terrible screatn of shrapnel and the noise of bursting dents shells could not unnerve the men. colkv Thvv took H tu coolvy as if rhb Ini'.Iots tin. li -cre TOin drops and sent back better Jian they received. The men cracked n jokes, stopped long enough occasion a'lx to light a pipe and cool their guns anil went at it again. TliTouifli tlie en gagement lasted over an hour not a man flinched and you in ght all well be proud of the first Nebraska, should they return home right noxv. instead of being on their toes to go at it again. The best accounts give the Spanish loss at -100 killed and wounded, while in the whole engagement we only lost one man and the xvounded say Spanish bullets only tickle. D eomiaiiy, though they sustained the main part of the attack, eame off unharmed. Our offi cers' s uniforms are very conspicuous . .. .. .. . snit the otTicen- aa tion a piivswe mi -form when starting for the front. I lorrowed our company cook's trous er and they now haw u hole thtmurh one knee, that's all 1 can show for it. This sort of thing has all the inter est of a football game but xve miss the girls. It's a fault that can't be reme died here for the natives are xvon-e than monkeys. 1 see by the last pa pers of June 24, many conllicting ru n.ors of the situation here, it may be of interest to you to have the tenth of it. After Dewey's victory of May 1st, Captain General Augnsti was reaily to surrender, but admiral Dewey, with no infantry to support him, could not accept such a surrender ior he had no means of proteetng Manilla. ITe at that time promised the insurgents, ivho have proclaimed a republic with General Aguinaldo as president, an American protectorate if they xvonld hold the Spaniards within the walls of Manilla. This they have done simply iK-eanse the Spaniards have no desire to come out. The insurgents come and go as they please, fight when the individual happens to feel blood iJiirety and 'top wlim hungry. Major GeneruS Mwrrltt rnnie xvlc4i an order to kct up a provisional govern ment. Dewey's promise to the insur gents cannot lx kept, for if they are admitted into Manilla, the city will be looted and every Spaniard's throat cut., on the other hand if xve refuse them admittance xxe have 25,000 armed insurgents to tight, with a chance for foreign iiU erf ere nee. The Mlorrterey has come in and it is expected that her guns can silence the Spanish bat teries when xve must do the rest, it is the opinion of many that iwfore Spain will undergo a iKimbardment, the anny will surrender, even then xx-e have the insurgents to settle with. There is no question tliu Spaniards bave nerve, n is iaie io can iiiem coxxnnl. Many of their vescls went doxvn with colors flying and every man at his gun and no coxvanl will at teiin to take fortifications under such a tire as fixe them the other night. We an- nil ready for xvhatexer turns up, only vw want it quick, the delays are the hardest to put tip with. Though we are several thousand mile, away and under peculiar clr euinvsiii" '- we follow event in America as closely as possible. I have an especially warm place in my heart for the University and shall welcome the day when I may put foot on tho campus once more, llcmcmber mo most warmly to any friends I have there, (live my sincere regards to votir wife and Miss Smith. Uy tho time this letter has made its journey the University will bo In the cvo of another year. 1 had hoped and ex pected to put Hint year and some to follow In college work, but falo has ruled Iherxvlse and under the irfrctun Ntaneos no Inducement could bo strong enough to make me regret my choice, though America and civiliza tion will be a thousand times xvelcoino I want to thank you most sincerely for xour rememunnee- in ."aiv ruiu- clseo. It was a great disappointment, to mo that 1 could not take part In com mencement week but In turn n givat pleasure to feel not entirely forgotten bv those that have hnri so much to do xx:lth the last fexv years of pleasure and prollt. Helleve me most sii.cere.ly and respectfully yours, I'll 11, W. KUSSidiL, Second Lieutenant, Company D, iMrst Nebraska Un'ted States Volunteers, Camp Dexvey, near Manilla, Philll- piuc Islands. OKl'AUTM tt.NT NO TICK. All juniors and seniors wishing to take Kngllsh according to old sched ule, one hour a xx-ook, meet In room SOS. U. rt 1210 Tuewlny, Sept. 27. The 1 ' Senior A nmiaf ' A unique publication issued by the class of '98, U. of N. Every student should have a copy. The tribe of Ninetiatc, its book. For uile at nil the University book stores. H & C. BARBER HOP Students work n Specialty 1144 O ST- Good Harbors, Now Furniture. Excellent Work. W. 11. Iloantt is hack and will take part in the Sophomore-Freshmen con test, lie is already in training, as he xvas captain of the York hose team, which xvon the state championship at the firemen's tournament hen. at the imposition in August. HEDICm THE BEST SKILL. THE BEST OF EMPLOYES. THE BEST STARCH. Three reasons why the... BEST LAUNDRY ...does the very best work with pract cally no wear on the linen. All work guaranteed. A trial makes a patron Call up 579. TOWNSEND & PLAMONDAN. You'll Find It's a Good Place. 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HEW Course 2S Weeks. Fees' &G5.00. Offers great inducements to stu dents of medicine in the xvest. Methods of instruction most satis factory. Clinics in both surgery and medi cine held in the folloxving hospitals in this city: County, Methodist, Child's, Immanuel and Presbyterian hospitals weekly. Catalogue sent and questions an swered by E. W. CHASE, Omaha, Nebr., Continental block. When You Write To Your Friends who are coming west to x'isit you, just add a post script like this: "Besureto take the Burlington Koute. It's much the best." You are quite safe in doing this because our ser vice from Chicago, Peoria, St Louis and Kansas Citv. in fact all eastern, south eastern and southern cities is just as good as our ser vice to those points. And that, as everyone who is, acquainted with it will tes tily, is the best there is. Tickets and time tables! on application at B. & M. depot or city ticket office, corner 10th and O Sts. G. W. BONNELL. C. P. & T. A. Lincoln. Neb. JLadtes' Capes Jackets Purs and In New Milliuery wo show about 550 put tern Huts, no two alike, and every one a Paris style. There is a stylo, a tone, about these creations Unit distinguishes them from ordinary goods. They possess an exclusive richness of style, a daintiness of coloring and finish that never fails to attract tho at tention and admiration of all gentlewomen. In Walking Hats we show an immense variety of styles, shapes and colors all tho popular military shapes and many other new styles in the colors that nre so popular this season. HERPDLSHEimER I C WILUW 1 TEY" TIEBIIH! TWO TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN LINCOLN and Auburn, and Kansas City. City Ticket Office, 1039 O St. H ' C. Townsend, G. P. & T. A. F. I). Cornell. C. P. & T. A. A7 ANTED-SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY person'. In this state to mansce our busi ness in their own and nearby counties Ills mainly onlce work conducted at home. 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