BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1900 LETTER FROM LOUIE FIDLER Supt. James BELL, of the Bedford Electric Light Works, for whom Louie Fidler formerly worked, received a letter from him Monday dated Manila, June 13th, the day before Louie was killed. The letter received by Marshal RUSSELL, announcing Louie's death was dated June 17th. We make the following extracts from the letter received by Mr. BELL: "As I have nothing else to do I thought I would write you a few lines and let you know how I like a soldier's life in the Philippines. It isn't what a man might think it is. A soldier has a very easy time for awhile, and again he has a pretty hard time. I have been in the Army nine months and have got 12 more to serve, but the time goes fast. I come over here to see the country, and our regiment has seen more of the islands than any other regiment. I have been in 18 fights and we have had but 15 men killed out of our regiment, and several wounded; but we killed plenty of niggers. They are something like the Indians, and fight with bows and arrows and the bolo. We have got them about whipped out. We are quartered in an old church - churches are about the only buildings over here that are any account. This is a nice country, but not like the States. It rains six months of the year here. The people live in bamboo houses that look worse than stables. They are about six feet off the ground. One class of them raise children and sell them at $20 to $50." FIDLER belonged to Co. H, 40th regiment.