Labor Day. Regiment all aboard by six in eve. Lost my watch in bay. We are lying close to Cavite with the rusty, broken wrecks of the Spanish fleet close by. Several war vessels swim a few cables away.

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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September 4th Monday 1899
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