, 1898-12-23

acted, throughout the whole battalion,
aud of course those belonging to Com
pany F l know and understand better
than do the others. They have en-
dured many hardships, and yet scarce
ly would you hear a murmur, always
willing and cheerful, and deep down in
my heart every man has a place. There
are men in our battalion with beautiful
and refined, tastes; there are others
who perhaps had not the same chance,
yet what matters that, they all have
true hearts for the American flag and
the State of Wyoming and her people.
So far. it has been a great lesson, l
think, to us all. 1t has taught most of
us the worth of our homes and people.
Our boys did not do wonders, they
simply did their duty; for greater
things the opportunity was lacking,
that was all, because / know they were
all anxious. The State of Wyoming
may be proud Of her men, and Lar
mic and Douglas may be proud of their
boys. l say these two because ! know
them better, and for the reason that l
have not seen one truly mean thing
done by our men, who are always cheer
full and honest with themselves and
their officers. Truly it Is a great thing
to have men you can always depend IN,
night or day, and men who will not
fail you in an hour of need. l I'm proud
of Our boys and Jul people cannot give
to much praise to an enlisted man, for
he endures the most. i ought not to
have heightened this out but l have an
interest in them and a fellow always
talks about what interests him most.
Any way our boys are worthy OF the
highest praise or anyone else can give
them. All the men are getting ac-
climated and our sick report is dimin-
ishing daily. We had today three alb
sent sick in San Francisco, eleven in
division hospital, three being officers,
and nine on light duty in quarters. l
~ VIC uldSc ufC lCd6I PloPoA bNlNAoS
sick on the island. No n is danger
ously Ill at present.
There is some tall cussing when some
Of our letters fail to arrive, and We give
each other a wide birth till that feel
ing wears off. have a new, beautiful
oriental bed with a canopy tred)-ye
times. Captain Millar and Cap
tain O'Brien, my room mates, have
gone to the Philippine theater tonight,
i have the place to myself. We have
q Chinaman who does all IL room
work and Captain O'Brien is going to
take hin bone With htm. II be does
not l will.
It has rained all day long and made
the ground 60 wet we could not play
ball. We have only played one game
far and we won that.
ANOTHER LETTER.
Just a word to-day as the ship did not
sail on account of a typhoon. We are
having the worst storm we have had
yet. have Just got a paper containing
the names of all the candidates in AL
bany county. l see chat Laramie Is
picking up some. l will tell o what
you can send me for Christmas
small stick Of chewing gum. They do
possess such a thing ON the island
A native is Just passing dressed In
calico. red knee p~antaloons and a
sleeveless shirt. oh, some OF the cos
tunes are curious. The women wear
no shoes or stockings-the Spanish
ladies do, Of course, but the Ffipinos,
heaven pity them. I suppose this will
get to YOU some time in December OF
january. Well, l will close today, as
1 wrote enough last might to make you
tired reading.
Well, l would like to come and e
you for a little while, heightened out
into a long while. II I don't get a
chance to send another letter before
Christmas, I hope you both have a
merry Christmas, etc. Remember me
most kindly to everybody in Laramie,
no exceptions. Laramie lis all right, 30
all the battalion say. They often say.
I'VE were treated finer at Laramie than
any place we passed through" and that
means a great deal.
am Is w your loving son,
HAROL d. COBURN.