Hot. City is under very good control now. Several ins sympathizers caught burning houses, and some were shot by sentries. A few more 21st & 4th killed today. Yet no active work. Captured some ins art ammunition, about 2.2 in gal Fe with Remington shells for primers, loaded with old scraps of iron, lead, nuts, &c.

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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July 29th Saturday 1899
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