Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-04
BREEZY MANILA LETTER
A Utah Soldier Boy Write, Of LIE in The
Philippines
HEALTH OF UTAH BATTERIES GOOD.
AmusIne Inc d 10 ~ Camp lite Interest
ingly Enumerated Learning
60 "Kick."
Special Correspondence:

special tofFclponuenCoi
Manila. oct g. 1851 wish some %
the News" readers could drop down ln
Manila some day. and zee for ihom-
selves the queer aud quaint sIghis "
This crooked old town. wish they
would come TO the quartet De Mc.slc.
the present barracks and lodging house
Of the famous Utah Batteries a end %.
and see how the soldier boys Of thelr
fair state, annihilaie time. and lend a
helping hand In rolling on the weeks
and months between now and the time
OF mastering out. Soldiers are world.
heaters az tlme.kllling. co1gfsn even
Is not In Il with them.
After few months Of barracks life.
the longes. day IL too short TO accom-.
plish anything In Of more importance
than 10 get outside " the gDv.fnson'
ratluns. register the usual daily Kick
against the commlaflry department.
and Indulge In au nfier-iinuer mp.
And the NIGHTS, from taps % rcvillr, are
Of not enough consequence for special
mention. An Idle brain" % has been
said. Us the dovil's Workshop" atl %
viii be a source " miuch Joy and grttl-
fc1tlon. no doubt. 20 the folks at home.
60 learn that his Satanic Majesty has
no workshops Ia the army. There are
no IDLE brains here. whom Holdlora are
not sleeping they ARE eith1r trying 20,
or they are eating. or else they are
actively dovlslnE ways ami means VI
work.
know a soldier once. who spent some
time each day reading and storing biz
mind with Information, tni no doubt
course eating ana sleeping, though Wy
far the most Important and cnghE.
ing. arc not the only duties 90 be- per-
formed by soldiers In times of peace.
IL deNnlvea upon thon 20 answer the
rnh-cail once or twice a day, 20 seek
fhelier when u rains 10 and to perform
guard duty eight hours 4 week Ne
aides this, a soldier IL supposed 10 keep
himself clean. 10 take bath 40 lcr1t
once month, and report 90 the hoe.
pltal when sick; but don think this
II compulsory. There are soldiers. how.
cver, who are 70 awake and alive % tho
duties devolvlng upon them. that they
report ON fhe flck llst about seven days
20 the week. They are VI that school
! suppose, which holds that an ounce Of
prevention Il worth q pound OF cure;
and besides. being on the sick list, cX-
cmpia one from yelling hur1i at the
ruvillc and retreat roll Gala
Guard duty though, IL thr huF-a-bno.
the thing 10 be avoided by al veteran
soldiers. ~ u requires them 70 keep
awake two hours 40 time, and al
loNai hem but four hours rest between
watches. Many ernus.ng things hap
pen IN the course uf guard duty, whore
tho guard IA nov and grccn, especially
the latter. A. the following Eitlo inci-
dent. which happened a few nights
since. viii show. Willie. that's not hla
real nnme, was Eutrd 40. &. third TO-
DEF. HIS poft was In front OF our ofii-
GERS quarters, block and a half from
the barracks. and hia Instructions we're
80 admit no one 10 the quarters above
mentioned except Officers, and 60 halt
all suspicious characters and call the
corporal VI the guard. Lieutenant
critohlow was officer of tho day. and
had turned IN for a few moments rest
after his rounds. All was peaceful aud
well. 10 was about midnight and VIII
lie. true auidier that he was, ana san
u. paced his beat up and down. c1n-
Tiantly alert, bis eagle eye ever pcalcd,
soon csped white Uniform coming ~
the road.
HALT VINO comes thereT"
II I'm an officer and n friend" came
the reply from the white uniformed
person at least forty feet from the sem
cry.
Advance one step and be- roeog-
NAANAH ANNAANANA hNN NAANAH ~" NA"N
~ advancing one step 70 DO recognized
when forty feet away, no doubt amused
the officer. for o NnH captain a- %
tho Thiri United states artillery. who
& qunrterrd 90 The same house with tho
Etah officers, but what happened after
wards was not 80 funny AZ least o. him
Willie could not recognize him and be-
Ean 10 Justify yell FOR the corporal On
the barracks. 40 FAR away he never
would have heard. IN vain tho captain
protested against being held NJ in
front OF h.l own house, ~ being kupt
standing in she road az midnight wait.
ing Tor the corporal 10 come and call
the sentry on.
~ sand here. but not because 1 iiyc
o." he cxeliedly yelled. ~ do u on &C.
count 90 she army regulations and dis
clpllne. What you FlinH 10 keep me
here tili that corporal comesf Why,
It's absurd, lta a violation VI your or
ders and 1 don't propose 80 stand Il. %
hand, forbiddlng the captain 10 move
tlll the corporal came and lu the mCtn-
slme other atragglcra happened aflnE
and we're duly halted. among them
privateH IN the Third artillery 20 whom
the sight u their NV thoroughly
AROUSED ana wrtth'ul cnpihln. detained
against h.a VIII near he own quarters,
by q sentry, was n novel experience.
shouted with iha full Strength 0f mis-
kscky Mountain lungs What th1
captain said would ac0rch che paper n
] Attempted 20 write a. After time.
onleer of the Day CTiichlJW. whl with
Lieutenant Grow had been cnilyug
the scene from an upper window came
down ana utralght.ncd matters out
what orders do you give your D.
sry hercT' demanded the crgaged
clntain
ITO sop all suspicious charlcters."
replied lhe officer " thr day Whfrsat
tho detained captalH lelpri lnt1 fucc
uud Nlih an ejaculation that aroused
ihe entire nolyhlrhold, demanded 20
know " he Nla a ausp c.lua character.
apl nen. midst tho pglls n laughter
mat shook the walls 0f tho Third arr
iil3ry barracks Just across the street,
ne went snoring aIu pulling Ike a
steam locomotive b. his quarters
Tho blame was not an "Willie'H" Tor
me captain was without sword or
shoulder straps 70 dcalte rank. at'll
one ounce Of good horse sense would
nave ehnled the sentry TO nave seen
his rnlsiakei and % have passed the,
undtr ordinary c.rcumaiances. genial
ogd happy captain.
Majors Ypurg and Grant are pleas
anfly spending a wen earned vacation
IN trip 20 HOngk0nr Iugler Zoe
Grant accompanied HIS father ths
Flrt Lieutenant wedgw5od OF bat.
tory y, has rcillnsd hls command noe
a. Mazda; having arrived Mo1ily
t1al rom san Francisco on the $. s.
The health OF the Utah battalc is
hooi, nQtWlihsiludng there d. erusII- /
elAnle sickness ln the American amy
stalioled here The .uah men lro |