The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-16
THEY HAVE A FURLOUGH
Two Montana Soldiers Come
Home From Manila.
DON'T LIKE IT THERE
The Native Men Are Disgusting and
the Native Women Are Uelier Than
Sin - Malaria Turks Every
~whsre-Food Is Dear.

Great Fails, n ffiNdte FRANK Stursd.
OF L. Helena. arrived in the
city yesterday from Manila They ar
rived at San Francisco Oct. % on the
trnsport Rio de Janerio with $50 sick
volunteers. They are in this state on a
3O-day furlough. They anded at the
Preside dock and were taken 10 the
division hospital. Among the Montana
boys now in the Preside hospital
awaiting discharge or furlough are Cor
poral Cole. company ID. Virginia City:
Private Gebe. company NJ. Anaconda.
and Private Pat Rerrig. company A.
Great Falls. Sergeant Reid Is suffering
from typhoid and dystentery and Pri-
vate Stursa from dysentery. The SER
geant Will visit his parents I'm Great
Falls and Sturs will spend his fur
Tough with friends in East Helena.
Both men speak in the highest terms
OF the treatment they received on the
voyage home. They sailed across to
Hong Kong. where they stayed for two
days. taking In the sights of that city.
From there they went to Nagasaki. ia
pan, and spent two days there. The
trip was resume down through the az
~chipelago and the last port touched be-
fore reaching San Francisco was Colbe.
Japan. They did not take the Honolulu
route. On the voyag the boys received
the most courteous attention. enjoying
all the privileges and luxuries of first
class passengers. The ship was i'm COM
mand of Captain Ward. a very gentle
manly officer. The return trip was n
heavenly voyage compared with that to
the Philippines. The sergeant fell III 10
days before he reached Cavite, the 26th
of August. and has been ~indisposed ever
since. Therefore he did not have an OPP
portunity to see much of the city Of
Manila or learn. through intercourse.
OF the customs and dispositions of the
natives. However. he saw enough to
convince him that the inhabitants are
not the kind Of the people an American
would naturally take a liking to. TIL
native Is nothing more or less than a
mean, low Chinaman. with all the vices
and customs of the heather. He is an
ungrateful human and is not considered
trustworthy. As for those pretty wom-
en- read about before the regiment SAIL
ed for the Philippines. that Is the mer-
est bosh-the women are more repulsive
than the men. II hat Is possible. The
main objection to that country Is the
humid climate and the water, both of
which are full Of malaria.
When the boys left Manila there was
a rumor in the barracks that the Scan
dia would sail I'm a few days with an
other consignment OF sick soldiers. and
many expressed the hope that all hands
would soon return. While no official
word was given as a confirmation. the
rumor was that the regiment will be
sent to America for muster out next
spring.
The soldiers are allowed to go about
the city, but not beyond the out
.lrs.t. ia a. 49,.
safe to venture away. as the natives
are DESTROYS Of numbering all the white
men. The only real cheap articles to
be purchased are cigars and silks.
Food. such as an American wants. Is
about as high priced there as in Butte.
One American started n saloon in Ma
Mia since the soldiers arrived, and he
Is doine more business than any Of his
competitors. The soldiers as a rule.
keep within the boundaries OF pro-
priety and don't allow booze To lead
them into trouble. They hang to-
gether in true brotherly style. and II
a Malay insults one Of them. he insults
all.
When the boys left there were only
two companies in the Cavite barracks.
and IL was reported that they 500
would he transferred to Manila.
Neither Reid nor Stursa was acquaint-
ed with the Butte boys more than Ia the
extent Of formally saluting them occa-
sionaIly. As both were sick most of
the time. they did not get acquainted
with the boys OF the companies. Cap
tain Duncan sailed on the Rio as far
as Nagasaki, where he will remain for
three weeks for the benefit OF his
health. The only Americans the boys
saw in Manila were two women mis-
~sionaries en- route To the East Indies.
They saw no Montana newspapers. but
heard the Standard read by some ~
the officers. They occasionally saw a
Frisco paper. While there was more
or less malaria anon the soldiers. the
health OF the regiment as a Who'll was
not bad when the BOYS left.
Reid and Stursa stopped in Butte ia
sec Billy Conroy at Joe Harmon's
Billy has n brother with the regiment
AT Manila. and he requested the boys
TO stop and tell Billy that he was alive
They intended to take the ? ~.o'oclock
| train for Helena last night. but missed
Il by half a minute. and will leave this
morning for the north.