Slept all a.m. & in p.m. sat in windows and watched the rushing waters toward the lake. River rose very rapidly and late in eve was out of banks, slowly but surely creeping to the church. Rain was continuous and the heaviest I ever saw. Not much grub here.
Alfred Burton Welch
(September 26, 1874 — June 30, 1945). Served with Company D, 1st Washington Volunteer Infantry in the Philippines, April 30, 1898 to November 1, 1899.
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