. The Philippine Islands . It was at this time that PrivateFinlay of Company C, FirstCalifornia, gave proof of re-markable jraver\. Finlay be-longed tr» Major Jones Trans-portation Department, and, onaccount of his knowledge ofSpanish, he had been put incharge of the ammunition-trainthat \sas sent forward. In thetrain were eight carromatas,each in charge of a nativedriver. Right through the openfields, where the bullets fellthickest, he drove with hiscarromatas. The canvas-tops of the carts were soon ripped intoshreds, and one or two of the natives were wounded; but theintrepid American kept r
. The Philippine Islands . It was at this time that PrivateFinlay of Company C, FirstCalifornia, gave proof of re-markable jraver\. Finlay be-longed tr» Major Jones Trans-portation Department, and, onaccount of his knowledge ofSpanish, he had been put incharge of the ammunition-trainthat \sas sent forward. In thetrain were eight carromatas,each in charge of a nativedriver. Right through the openfields, where the bullets fellthickest, he drove with hiscarromatas. The canvas-tops of the carts were soon ripped intoshreds, and one or two of the natives were wounded; but theintrepid American kept right on toward the trenches, and deliveredhis cartridges. But before he reached his destination one of theponies was killed. He merely took it out of the cart, and, withthe native driver, he pulled the cart up to the place occupied bythe others. On his return-journey he stopped to pick up the deadand wounded that he found lying along the way, taking themto the field-hospital in the rear, then received orders to take ten. L 1 111. yl l/I The Philippine Ishmds. carromatas and to go after all the wounded. This he did as coollyas if he were loading his wagons with ha_v. Still, all were ten-
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