The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-02

Will oe all right. l am making $40
per month with good prospects of
more. OF course there are plenty
OF places 10 spend a persons money
here the same as any place else,
The length of my shift is eight
hours. I get up in the morning at
six o'clock, eat my breakfast and 90
to work at seven; work until three
in the afternoon. Then 1 take a
nice shower bath, put on my clean
clothes consisting of a white linen
suit, a white cap, a rair of red shoes
and a cane. Don't think for a
moment that we can't dress swell in
the Philippine islands. This is what
we call detachable service When
the company leaves I will be trans
ferred back, but 1 don't think there
is any likelihood Of them leaving in
side of sixty or ninety days at least.
Il was over to Manila about a
week ago and was surprised to find
from one half to two thirds uf the
company on the sick list, that is,
under the DOCTORS care. One of
my chums who has hardly seen a
sick day heretofore is all shot to
pieces and our captain has been con
tined to his room for about ten DAYS.
Well, / never felt better in my life
than for about a week after | went
to work here, then 1 was bothered
a little with indigestion but am
glad to say I am all right again.
TIE SANTA CLAUS SHIP.
The UNION takes the following &C
count of the sailing of the St. Paul,
laden with Christmas boxes for the
boys at Manila, from the San Fran
cisco Examiner. The boxes from
Rapid City went on this vessel.
The Santa Clause steamer St.
Paul sailed on Friday afternoon for
the Philippines. She was weighted
down by many thousand presents
for the soldier boys across the ocean
and frightened by c~heery-faced
nurses who go to minister to the
sick and wounded of Uncle Sans
army. 1t is a question to which'the
most interest attaches, the presents
or the nurses. Many of the latter
are mere girls, but nearly all are
graduates, with a thorough
knowledge of the business before
them.
The voyage of the st. Paul will, 20
down in history. She carries the
first lot of female trained nurses
ever sent out of the United States
by the Government, and never has
any Government provided such a
generous quantity of space for
Christmas presents for its soldiers.
Thirty-three nurses went away in
all. Sixteen are to 90 only as far as
Honolulu, while the rest will make
the Though passage to Manila. OF
the entire lot fourteen are from the
White Cross Society, which was
founded at the opening of the war
in Portland, by Mrs. Jane B. Creigh-
tin, and which has since hecon,e
national in character.
The nurses for Manila are in
charge of Miss Mona Bowman of the
White Cross and include from that
society, Misses Christine Bedell,
Hattie Fcnwick, and Helena Mar
shall; the rest comprise the Misses
Ella Rist, Catll;ie j.. Karstens, Del
la Weeks, Flora E. Chatfield, Anna
NJ. Kimball, Sarah l.. Stowell, Caro-
line West, Mary E. Sloper, Cecilia
Erahart, Abbie II. Zaner, Josephine
Dunn. Mable [. Lake and Mary A.
House.
The young ladies had no tears to
shed at their departure. All were
filled with the excitement of their
mission and looked forward to their
newduties rather than the pleasant
scenes they were leaving behind.
The nurses are unuer contracts
which can be broken on good ex-
cuses. In fact they can stay away