The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-03

VIII be made very soon, We shall go
for them from the land side and the
gunboats shell them from the other I'M
I'll they either give in or there are no
Spaniards left.
81 should like 70 see Il done soon
because | don't believe in foollhg
around here long.
1T looks very warlike here 70 see
about 30 big war vessels lined up. we
have fun control OF the navy Naros AZ
Cavite and have men in there al WORK
and also use il as a prison Tor spanish
prisoners. our vessels lie near oN anu
iust where the Spanish vessels went
down. We can see the burned portions
of them sticking up all around where
we now are. Down by the city We can
see the representative war vessels OF
Germany, Japan and England 10
morrow we expect three or FOUR more
English vessels. Germany threatens 70
Ere on us il we shell the CITY: England
saws 70 Hands on A Ger
man vessel attempted to go 10 the docks
with provisions. but the English yes
sells ~sigDaled her 10 halt. but she went
right on until she was fired on. Then
the Germans halted and went back
into line. We may see some tun mere
vet. Everybody wants to fight. ana
unless we have some service there VIII
he many disappointed men, who have
travelled from 5000 to 10.000 miles for
apparently nothing.
Manila is a city OF $50. 1000. and from
here the buildings look fairly clean
and in good condition. and those VINO
have been down In the city say II Is
very beautiful.
"The surrounding country IS very
thickly populated with oil classes or
peopIe. being a mixture Of the native
Chinese. japanese, Spanish, etc. Ihey
60 about half naked-that is. the low
err class. such as we see around u
boat-and are not nearly so bright OF
clean-lookinC as the natives OF Homo
Iulu They come out in little narrow
boats, selling bananas, pineapples'
m~angroves. cigars. eggs, chickens, ETC.
and n Is very hard to understand any
thing they say. We buy very httle
from them, as we have not been aole
TO get our gold changed for the span
ish money yet, and what we puy VIII
our silver we have to pay about two
prices for. They give us the same TOT
| our quarter as for one OF their 20-cent
| pieces. which we get for 10 cents IN
gold. But I think we will be In the city
| of Manila in a week or 10 days. where
We can do as we please.
Flour. they say, is very scarce IN the
city. worth from s25 TO $40 per barrel
and hard 10 get at that. The people
here. especially the Spanish soldlers,
lively largely upon rice, OF when !
guess the have quite n little on mana
vet. The natives seem to have great
quantities of chickens. They brlns
them out here, nice size to fry, ana Of
fer TO sell them at so cents per dozen
(25 cents in Eoldl. We are MOI slLuateu
so we can oook them now, but Just wan
tn we get ashore, and they viii nave
10 roos, mighty hlgh " we don't have
fried chicken now and then.
IT have been detailed TO act az the
clerk TO the adjutant Of our regiment
so I probably will have to stay at tht
~adouart or camp while the boys
go out 10 fight. The next day aftel
we arrived | had to take in the mai
for the BOYS to send back home. ! col,
lected over 1000 letters and collected
cash 10 pay postage from Hong Kong
the money collected amounting L
Sl32l 10. Some letters cost as high as q
cents postage. the rate being . cents 10
every half ounCe-Chlnese rate. In
Few davs we will get a mail system es
tabIished OF our oNn. so We VIII pa,
onlv the regular rate. ] don't know
when we will have a chance TO sen
mail out again. but think the Austria
liza viii sail for San Francisco In a FEY
davs. II so. l think we can 2 letter
there TO be mailed without goIn
through the Chinese mall AT all "
had no mail since leaving San Fran
cisco. June II. We get short dlspatche
nearly every day from Hong kong,
sailing vessel Just came In and a gun
boat went out and ordered her to stoI
hut she did not. hen they gave he
the usual warning hot and she too
the hint and stopped, They have no
yet brought her in, go ] don't kno'
where she is from or what they WI
do with her. ! hope she can be hel
as a prize, for we are here Tor gar
and I would like to see her run IN