From the Uemosrat Erira.
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The following is an extract of letter from all officer in the Arkansas regiment of Moun ted Gunmen, To his wife, dated

 "Sahiiio, .Merico, Feb. ?, 1917,

 BELOVED WIrE By a miracle of Divine Providence, 1 am permitted to write you once more.

 will mol attempt iul detail ef all our alarms aud stampedes for more than a month past, but will give you brief history of the battle. 4 large portion of Gen. Taylor's and Gen WooI's commands were quartered about twenty-five miles from this place, and on the 20ih inst, our regiment, with some of ihe kenlucky boys, were sent tn incarnation, the place where Borland, God bless him was taken but returned the same night with the news of the approach of the enemy.

 The camp was raised on the 2lst., and retreat made 10 within six miles to this place leaving the Arkansas regiment and two com panies of the Kentucky troops to guard the forage and provisions, until wagons could be seal for 1t. But the enen,y's advanced guard surprised our pickes about Il o'clock, ?. m., and their fire raised us, and we immediately mounted and formed line0of battle, 10 cover the retreat of our wagons. Ailer firing all the buildings we could, and large quantity of whea, in the sheai. we returned 10 camp, reaching il about daylight on the morning of the 22d-the birth-day of tue Father of our country. The enemy made ,heT appearance about 10 m, and after several hours, fired some six rounds from one of their heavy ordnance. without any other effect than eau sing our men to rend the air with their shouts of joy.

 We had some fighting in the evening with their infantry. Our loss was one killed and two wounded-their loss we could mol as certain.

 Al daylight on the 23d) or, indeed some time before day, we were aroused by firing, having slept on our arms all night, and, by the time Il was light enough to see, the work of death commenced, and the day closed one of the bloodiest and bardest-fought battles on record. The enemy oui numbered us at least four to one, and, If they could have 1 fred with the same precision that our boys did, we would nos have been dinner-spell for them. When the sun had reached a suf- ficient height to shine upon the side of the mountain, oyer which il had risen, the sight was grand beyond the power of description the whole face of the mountain having the l appearance of the richest iinsel work, occa- stoned by the gli.tering arms of the enemy, who were vending their way by thousands to ouiflank us oa our left; and, then num- bers being so great. our men were compeil- ed to give way and retreat down the noun tain. Our regiment, ali this time, was ex- posed to the fire of the enemy's large guns,