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Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaic
spellings have been retained.

A table of contents, though not present in the original publication,
has been provided below:

The Battle of Bayan. (Part First.)
Rewards. (Part Second.)
Battle of Gauan.
The Battle of Maciu.
The 27th Infantry.
The 25th Battery of Field Artillery.

NOTE BY THE AUTHORS.

The facts, as related in this little volume, actually occurred on the
dates herein mentioned, and anyone doubting the authenticity of this
statement can easily verify it by communicating with any of the persons
mentioned within these pages, or by consulting the files of any leading
Newspaper or Magazine, nearly all of which published accounts of the
affairs shortly after they occurred.

THE AUTHORS.

_THE SOLDIER'S DEATH IN MINDANAO._

_(By John J. Reidy.)_

_The lone shades of evening have fallen o'er the white tented plain,
And the sun has sank deep in the horizon of the watery main.
The Camp is all silent, the banners are waving no more,
And the sound of the waves are echoing from the far distant shore._

_The tire-worn soldier, fatigued from the march of the day,
Is silently sleeping and dreaming of scenes far away.
Of his own Native Land where he spent many jovial hours,
Of the sweetheart with whom he has roved by the shady green bowers._

_He sees in his dreams the cherished home of his boyhood so dear,
And the mother he loved as she sits by the fireside in tears.
She is thinking of him who has gone from her side to the war
To fight the bold Moros in Mindanao's island afar._

_She is patiently waiting for the bright day of gladness to come,
When with arms outstretched she will welcome the warrior home.
But lo, as the darkness grows denser in Mindanao's heights,
The loud pealing of cannons is heard in the dark stilly night._

_The trump'ter's call, echoing loud through the hills and ravines,
Has aroused the brave soldier from the joy of his whimsical dreams.
He has joined his brave comrades who have formed in line for the fray,
Th