Collection consists primarily of correspondence sent by Alonzo F. Woodside to his sister Ella, while stationed on Panay Island in the Philippines, Oct. 25, 1899- Dec. 26, 1900. Woodside was a soldier in Company D, 26th Infantry Division, and served during the Philippine American War. He describes his arrival in Manila in the U.S. transport Grant; reaction to being under fire for the first time, and other military battles; the landscape, weather, and other aspects of life in the Philippines; an assignment in Iloilo to act as a witness in a court-martial case; and requests for goods such as razors and soap. Also includes a handwritten transcript of the interrogation of Albert L. Cross, October 13, 1902, regarding the torture and death of a priest; and an accompanying letter describing the transcript and outcome of the court-martial, 1953.
