September 10, 1898 (Saturday)
Just about noon today we [had] orders to be ready by 10:00 to start. … So we packed our knapsacks and marched down to the… Read More »September 10, 1898 (Saturday)
Just about noon today we [had] orders to be ready by 10:00 to start. … So we packed our knapsacks and marched down to the… Read More »September 10, 1898 (Saturday)
It was reported that Insurgents killed three men from the Battery of the 3rd US Artillery in the trenches last night. We received orders to… Read More »September 10, 1898
This is another fine “hot” day but during the Night there was another Scare at the prison caused by a report that the Insurgent wher… Read More »Saturday, September 10th, 1898
Admission Day entertainment at the Filipino Theatre by NSGW [Native Sons of the Golden West]. I developed a bad cold and cough.
this is a pretty day but at 7 p m we have hard Rains wich continue all Night the Captain is trying to make Arangements… Read More »Friday, September 9th, 1898
The General has gone to the City Government Building as Provost Marshal-General, and has not yet taken me from here. The first day I moved… Read More »Manila, P. I., September 8, 1898
Solemn High Mass was celebrated, accompanied by a native choir. The service and singing were beautiful.
A young man named [Sayre] Jenson [of Irene, South Dakota], belonging to our company, while playing with a bomb he had found at the fort,… Read More »September 8, 1898 (Tuesday)
This is another fine “hot” day I was over to visit Jno Baird and Fred Jennevine. Fred is getting along fine and espect to be… Read More »Thursday, September 8th, 1898