The herald., 1898-12-26
A PAPER FROM MANILA

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The latest issue of the American Soldier
to reach this country from Manila contains
much interesting and amusing news. 1t
Is tive-column, six-page paper, fairly well
printed and dated September "a. The first
page is devoted entirely to an advertisement.
for Scotch whisky and champagne. The
editorial column informs one that the Amer
lean Soldier is printed in the office OF Ell
Espanol by the American Publishing COM
pany, the editor not being named; that the
price is five cents copy, ''in American coin,'
and that subscriptions are not accepted.
The first item of interest is a communica-
ton from a private in the Thirteenth Min
nesota infantry, asking what troops assisted
in the raising of "Old Glory over the
Walled City" (Manila), and at what time
the ceremony took place. The editor an
swers:
From such information as we have been
able to obtain it seems that the First bat
talon of the First Minnesota raised the first
flag at blockhouse No. IA, August l3, at
about 1l:30 a m, Captain Sawtelle of Gen
eral McArthur's staff handling the rope.
AT about $3.50 p. m. General McArthur's
brigade raised a flag at POGO on the engine
house opposite the cemetery. This same
| brigade raised flag over Quatrelle Malate
at 4:30 p. m. The official raising of the
United States flag over the arsenal within
the walls was at $50 p. m. and was effected
by Admiral Deweys flag lieutenant, Bru-
midi.-Ed"
In the budget of news from Bacoor, Aguin-
aldo's headquarters at that time, the cor
respondent includes this:
FROM The SURGENTS.
1T is hardly worth our while to describe
the native costumes, not that you have
plenty of room, but you know the rest
And little further on is this bit OF sarcasm:
"Over Colonel Jewett's desk at the palace
is an elegant painting of the queen regent OF
| Spain. In the background is massive
lion, his paws resting upon the globe. 1t
seems OF late as if the globe is slipping away
| from under him."
| Here are some other items OF interest from
| the editorial page:
"A small steamer is now running between
Manila and Cavite, carrying passengers at
twenty cents apiece, one way. 1t leaves
| Manila at in the morning and 2 in the
afternoon.
Yankee energy and Yankee beer stirred
up tHiHGS ESHSldlly, SspeClullS lHc pllCcs,
which jumped up 300 per cent"
| Members of the Phi Kappa Psi college
fraternity met together Wednesday evening
at the quarters Of Captain Case, Second
| Oregon, to enjoy "reminiscences of college
days. Eight were on hand to enjoy
the festivities
Through the neglect of the Spanish Off
cia!s nearly 200 lepers have escaped from
| confinement. For time this was unknown
to the American authorities and the out
casts were allowed to wander at large. 1t
is understood that orders have been issued
to the effect that all lepers will be arrested
and sent to small uninhabited island on the
southeast of Luzon."
The remainder of the paper is given up to
communications from the various regiments
stationed in the Philippines, advertisements
and lengthier articles. The Astor battery
has the place of honor at the top of the
third page.
WHAT THE ASTOR MEN EAT
'They all swear by McFaran, who is
their chef de cuisine says the correspond
ent. This is a sample bill of fare: Rice
soup, fried fish, relishes, pickles, sauce,
beet ribs, brown gravy, lego tapoca pud-
ding, wine sauce
| There are a few millions in this land who
would enjoy such meal as a luxury.
'Other troops are advised to make friends
of the Astor boys and dine with them occa-
sionally,' continues the writer.
"Head boards have been erected over the
graves of their dead, who were buried in
the native cemetery. The effects were sold
at auction, bringing large sums. A Khaki
coat belonging to Private Dunn brought 500.
A tobacco pouch brought sl2."
ARTILLERY Bung Bungs' is the artistic
title of some interesting notes from the
boys behind the land guns.
THE monkeys keep all invading peddlers
away from the barracks" says one.
whenever stray peddler approaches the
whole drove makes a concerted attack and
puts him on the retreat in short order. The
grand paternai ancestors of our soldier boys
have a deeper antipathy for natives than
we have for snakes
"Bill Edwards has a long head on him.
He has foraged around and captured flock
of chickens. They supply him with eggs
throughout the week.
'The barracks of the First Wyoming boys
have history" says the writer from that
regiment. "The,< served originally as quar-
ters for Spain's famous Seventy-third ar
tillery, which figured so prominently dur
ing Napoleon's campaign against Spain. At
the close of the Napoleonic wars the Seven,
ty-third was transferred to Manila. Since
then their strength has been kept up by
recruits from Spain"
In the "Notes from the Engineer Com
pany" is this amusing description of the
personnel of the company:
THE ENGINEERS
| "As the company was recruited from va
rious portions OF the United States we have
all sorts of characters and dialects, from
the company's would-be dude, with his
tilted cap and yellow boots to the compa-
nys most successful slob, whose dropping,
half shaved under lip and stopped shoulders,
coupled with pair of dreamy orbs that
haunt the cook, will make an excellent SOU
venir of Manila in memory. The cheerful
idiot, too, we have, like the poor, always
with us. He has investigated nearly all
of the socaled edibles in the city and the
writer had hard work to prevent his sam
ping some Chinese soap direct from the
factory. The tme-honored feelings between
the Irish and Germans has been illustrated
by couple of free fights. No arrests. The
green waved proudly.
| PAY day produced transformation
scene," continues this writer, $50 far as
raiment was concerned. Solomon in all his
glory wasn't in it with the engineers col