Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1899 — Subscribe for THE DEMOCRAT. [ARTICLE]

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Letter From Joe Hordeman. Joseph Hordeman, who is now with his regiment at Luzon Islands, writes his sister Mary, under date of March 16, as follows, the letter being received here April 20: Dear Sister Mary—As a boat leaves Manilla to-morrow with mail for Hongkong, China, and then makes connection with an- | other steamer for San Francisco, and as mail does not leave here | every day, like it does at home, I and our letters have to go to China first, then to Japan, then to Hono-1 lula. then to “Frisco,” Cat, unless | a steamer leaves here direct for| Frisco—just think how far our f letters travel before they reach yon? But they get there just the j same. I think I have every letter sent me —so I thought I would write you a line or twdfcl not to give you any news, but to I let you all know that I am welO and that everything is quiet at j present. -’O 1 We are still holding our littO that we took on the sth of Feb.l Of course there is never a day| passes but that some part of the | line has a skirmish with the in-a surgents, and with little succeeds in regard to advancing our linettm We are laboring under great diffill culties, as the “niggers” lay in th«| thickets and we have to hunt tbeOM out. 1

We haven’t got near enough! soldiers here, and very little artjlil lery, and only three dO mounted cavalry. Altogether the®aa are about 30.000 here now aihfl only a few more on the way, so aayß opinion is that we must wait longttß for more help, and another disad-J vantage is the rainy season anl the heat, which is comrae'ita&ff® now. It rained some the first time since last If I hold the job I’ve got X will UM all right, as I have not bechat lieved from orderly duty, but majlfi be any day. I have been told different boys of L. Co., thafcißH soon as I come back to the' cof|||l pany 1 would be promoted to the stripes on. ■& Several Manila and His ' ‘l2 " ’ ■ -Sffi