The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
First American Newspaper in
Manila.
A LETTER FROM CONNELl
How the Days Are Spent by h Mon
tana Boys in the Islands-Con-
siderable Sickness Among
the Volunteers.

There II q newspaper published In the
Philippines styled The American Sol
der" 1t is the first American news
paper ever published on the islands.
II appears weekly and a copy OF the
second number was received in Butte
yesterday. The papers are 3 cents each
In American coin. Subscriptions are
not accepted. News is given OF all the
regiments on the island and OF the fleet
in the bay. There is some spicy edi-
torial comment.
The paper is enclosed with the fol-
lowing letter from James Cornell of
company b. Butte. dated Cavite. p. l.,
Sept. IL, 1898:
To while away the time. j will en-
deavor to scratch on a few lines to you,
hoping that the speedy arrival of them
will ind you and your father well. N
Pat Doyle. Jack. to-day is Saturday
n itself and Sunday In rather dull in
and around our barracks. Seven o'clock
in the morning We have inspection of
battalions; the majors inspect each OF
their own battalions. Major Miller is
our major; Major Cook of Butte Is with
the End battalion and Major brennan
with the first. Immediately after in
spection of arms comes inspection of
quarters. n III your blanket is not
nicely folded, look out. That finishes
all duty till Monday morning. unless
the necessary detail OF guard n IA
tigue. which consists of splitting wood
and hauling water for the cock. Life is
dreary here; no news of m kind. i
never got a line since / left san Fran
cisco. I surely thought l would get
one from Peter. Please send me some
papers. Paper. envelopes n stamps
are rare things TO find here. This pa
per l picked up a couple of days ago
in an old Spanish building: the best /
have at present. They are talking Of
starting a postoffice here in a couple of
days. / may be able to get a stamp
before l mail this.
Il was across the bay a couple of days
ago to Manila. You have got to have
a pass. signed by the colonel, to go
from Cavite TO Manila, nine miles owe
the bay, and then you have to be on
guard the day before. Mania is a pref
ty place n a big place. very much
like the old European places: nothing
modern about II at all. i tried to see
Steve Parker's brother. but did not have
time. There is a vast army of men In
Manila. a regiment in every 100 yards.
besides the shore batteries captured
from the Spanish. Manila is well forth
fed. We have no idea how long we
Will be here. Of course o people know
more than we do. / was alongside of
Dewey's flagship the day that / was in
Manila. She is a beauty. Jack Pow
ers is here on the Monadnock. Jack
McCarty knows Powers. He was over
TO see US.
There is considerable sickness among
the troops here and a few deaths al
ready. Since we landed u regiment
lost a few men. Our company is all
right; all u boys are feeling fine. The
only time I've been scared since we
have been here, was the last time I
was on guard. i was walking the post
from 2 till 4 in the morning. 1t was
real dark. n a dog somehow went to
sleep on the ground. ! walked on him.
he jumped and roared, you know the
rest. Major brennan. or at least field
officer of the day. met Austin O'Malley
on guard and asked him for his gener-
al orders and Austin gave them to him
in Irish. The old major laughed, but
told Austin IL was not discipline. Brig
adler General King Is going back from
here in bad health and a whole lot more
of the Montana regiment. ] understand,
are getting discharged for disability.
some with sickness of different kinds.
a sick man is better dead than TO be
here. Some of them imagine they are
sick II their feet are cold. Everything
Is quiet here. We We're not paid since
a long time before we left Frisco. It's
three months since we got any: tobacco
Is at a premium. Troops are all getting
paid to-day. Am sending you a copy OF
h first paper In English printed here.
You will please preserve it,"