The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-23

leans govern the country. may man-
tion in this connection that the shop
keepers are particularly pronounced In
their opinion In this respect. They are
very tired of Spanish rule, and they are
vearied of the strong influence which
the monastic orders have gained over
them. In this connection it may be in
teresting to note that among the CON-
plications prevailing in the religious
world in the Philippines the Jesuits and
their native priests are popular among
the Filipinos, while on the other hand,
the monastic orders are bitterly hated.
This is caused by their aggressions and
expressions. The monks own every
thing. They use the natives to cultivate
their lands and then turn them or
after the land has been worked into
good condition.
"Are the Filipinos we'll educated?''
"They have lawyers and doctors and
men of kindred professions and bear COM
parison with those of other countries,
but they are not very numerous, and q
good many of them have not lived in
the country all the time, but they have
had their schools, and the Jesuits have
certainly done them q great deal OF
good. There is no doubt about that
They have had their astronomers also
and their observatories, and it must be
admitted that the Jesuits have done
great deal for the islands. :"
"How are the Filipinos in regard to
their national habits and traits of char
acter?"
"They have derived all their inspira-
tions from the Spaniards. and even in
the organization of the army they know
nothing eIso than what the Spanish
have taught them. They ape the Span
iSh manners to "a great extent. They
are dignilied, courteous and reserved,
but you can see that this is an imita-
tion of an example they have ever had
set them If they mixed with some of
our western nations, | am satisfied that
they would greatly change i'll all these
respects.
Speaking of the climate how did
you like it,"
Il want to say that the climate has
been very unjustly described. | think it
is most admirable-the best you can
possibly imagine OF course, as l only
arrived there in July, l am speak
ing from that point of view, but we
had no weather there while ! was i'll
tho Philippines that was not perfectly
seasonabIe. | found that was the gen
eral opinion in most of the places where
the English had settled i'll the straits
and elsewhere.
"HOw do our Aen stand the climate:"
Admirably. Fer three or four weeks
we had iEcessant rains, and the men in
trenches were up TO their middles in
water the greater part Of every "a
hours vet there was no sickness among
them, and they took very good care of
themselves. After Tie excitement of the
war has worn off and the good health
which they brought with them from
America is exhausted it is possible that
some sickness may break out among
them, owing TO climatic changes and
different conditions of living, Lut they
were singu larry healthy, and u letter
lot of soldiers l have never seen in my
life. They We're all practically volun
teers. Even the regulars wero now.
They had had more experience with
their officers, but they were no more
efficient than the volunteer corps. We
had a splendid lot of men there, repre-
senting the various professions in the
I United States. We had soldiers from
Colorado, Minnesota and also Pennsyl-
vania. The latter was an excellent regi-
ment, and all the way through they
were as good a lot Of soldiers as should
care TO command, and / have been en-
Iightened i'll regard to the efficiency of
the volunteer service from what have
seen of my men in the Philippines We
had English officers out there and jap
anese and German officers as we'll, and
they were all impressed with the ply
sique Of our men and with the uncom-
planning manner with which they did
their duty ard the general cheerfulness
that characterized their work. They
were quite contrast, as an English
officer said, TO the growing to which
Tommy Atkins is prone"
did any Of the regiments show any
advantage over one another i'll the way
of adaptation to the climate Of the Phil
ippines:"
Il did not remark that any one regi-
ment stood the climate better than an
other. OF course most Of cur regiments
were from the northwest, except the
Pennsylvanians.
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