The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-10-07

on the sick roll this morning but moth
ing ssri,'pS was the matter. guess the most
of them mad sore feet, caused by mosquito
bite, and they scratched them III! they
were rsA. and that Is bad thing 10 wn
here, on account of the humid atmosphere.
One of our boys who was shot through the
leg by the spanish on he I'd of August, has
been back with the Co. for ten days; anoth-
er one who was shot in the leg by one of
our own BOYS, on the Sth inst, is doing
well, but a. he was shot with Springfield
rifle It makes It worse
The Mausrr rlh4s used by the Spanish
were not particularly dangerous unless they
strike in vital spot Their ball is about
the same caliber as % but an inch long;
they make very small hole, and If they
hit a bone 1t just makes a gimlet hole,
doesn't shatter the bone at all, but just the
same l wasn't anxious for any of them to
hit me, plenty of them were close enough
to suit me. 1 generally treated them very
politely by bowling my head to them II they
were very close, at least at first did but l
got a little used to them. You bet will
not forget the first one which sang to me-;
not only bowed my head but Frustrated my.
self on the ground as fiat as possible, then
tried to stretch out to get lower, but then l
wasn't any worse than the fellow who was
with me. will tell you about our scraps
when get home.
l thought we would be home soon, by
Christmas at least, but, by the way, 1t
looks now as though it will be some time
vet, as all our transports are going back
empty. think some are gone now. The
captain of the ship we came on says he
goes Saturday after provisions, clothes and
troops. We have $1,000 men here now.
| can't see what they want OF more, unless
they expect trouble with some other nation,
which don't think we will. II Germany
interferes we can give her warm reception
right now. Our boys and the German
sailors here get along finely, at least they
drink plenty of beer together. There are
four German battle ships here at present,
also couple of English and Japanese, but
Dewey Is boss now.
There was some trouble at Cavite last
night between some of the insurgents and
cur boys. We had orders to be prepared to
turn out at any minute, but were not called
out. l havn't been able 80 far to find out
what was the row. If the natives kick up
row with us we intend to wipe them off
the earth, as they are treacherous set.
am learning Spanish little but 1t Is
like Chinese to me. but guess l will get it
II stay long enough. But to talk with the
natives you have to talk legal, also, and
that. Is worse than the Chinese. want to
make a trip up the country one of these
days II l can, but 1t is hard job to get
away for more than day.
The muster roll just came in to be made
out for two months pay. We were paid up
till the LIST of July, on the sth of June. l
still have few dollars of it, so have had
little money to use all along. l expect
there will be hot time here after pay day,
as what the boys draw will amount to over
$50 In the money In use here. The ma
jority of the boys were broke before we left
Frisco, so have had kind of hard time.
especially If they chew tobacco, as they
have to buy it and pay cash, as there Is no
allowance. We were issued white duck
suits Sunday, and look quite hobby now,
but don't expect we will very long, as they
will soon be dirty.
Well guess l will close now as l
have been one hour writing this. Have
been eating cocoanut and writing passes for
the boys, and so on.