Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-03-17
SHOULD KEEP ISLANDS.
So Mai. Howard. of the South Dakota Reg
ilment, Thinks THE Condition of
sour Boys"


"Our Boys"
Mai. Chas. A. Howard, whose """"
is at Aberdeen, and who is pretty we'll
known in the state, has written very
interesting and complete description
of the Philippine islands, of the condi-
ton of the South Dakota boys, ETC.,
short portion of which the STAR re-
prints from the Sioux Falls Press. He
says in speaking of the condition of
his troops that at first ''they would
drink all kinds of drinks, eat all kinds
of fruits. although warned that both
were dangerous. Would chase around
all day in the hot sun if allowed liber-
ty from camp and in fact do all kinds
of things that they should not. Still
they lived and now they have had
more wisdom pounded into them and
are more disposed to take care OF
themselves.
They are in good spirits now and
seem to enjoy the life pretty we'll and
while as a rule they will all welcome
the day that starts them back to South
Dakota they are not whining to be
hurried back and are not ''cussing out"
the government for keeping them here
on duty. They realize that Uncle Sam
needs them here or else he'd send
them home and they also realize that
a soldiers duty is to do what he is Or
dered to do whether it is to do guard
duty or to fight. Just now the princi
pal need here is for guards and wheth-
er it is for fighting or guard duty our
bows can be depended on to do the
business. For awhile when we first
got here, many of course, were home
sick, but that is all over now. The
duty is not hard and they are health
ier and huskier looking, better men
morally and physically than they were
when they went into the service.
81 take it that we are going to keep
the islands and sincerely hope so for
it means an acquisition of immense
value to our country. The natural re-
sources of the country are beyond the
reach of the widest Imagination. 1t is
rich in lumber of the most valuable
kinds, sugar, hemp, tobacco and min
erals. Labor is cheap and CONVENIENT.
It is Just as much q new, undeveloped
and unexplored country almost as
America was when Capt. John Smith
first landed in Virginia. The Spanish
government has done nothing to de-
yelop it or to help and develop the
people. The interior is partly peopled
with barbarians of which but little is
known. The Filipinos, however, are
an Industrious, docile, happy hearted
people of good natural instincts. If
left to themselves there would be no
trouble. for all they want is to be al
lowed life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. Some of their self-styled
leaders, however, are adventurers who
have been Spanishied Gf may coin a
word, lust enough to have absorbed
all the deviltry with none of the few
virtues possessed by the Spainards as
rulers. and we're the destinies of the
people entrusted to them it would be
turning them over to a lot of bandits
The people themselves possess but lit
tie executive or governing ability
principally, l think, because they have
never had chance to develop any
thing of the kind. Under American
rule am satisfied they would become
IL happy, prosperous and contented
people and of a high grade of intelli
gence in time. They are in no way tC
be compared with the American 1ndi
ans.
81 like the climate first rate. You
see it is perpetual summer and there
is no week in the year when the vege
tation and foliage is not green and
bright. Daily flowers are blooming all
around and birds are fitting through
the trees. During the hot season the
heat is very oppressive between 8 or s
y. m. and 3 to p. m., but the balance
of the twenty -four hours are cool and
enjoyable. There is no twilight, but
the day quits business suddenly and
lCS plhC6 lS lMu1oulaSCAJ I0hCA Oy
night. Business opportunities will be
immense here and there is an mex.
haustable field for capital, but Ameri
can labor cannot be used here. Natur
ally, however, American labor will be
benefited by the development of these
islands. You can depend on the ac
curacy of the statements I've made, nc
matter what you may hear to the con
trary. Just al present we haven't g
man in the regiment who is apparently
dangerously sick"
In biliousness, Herbine, by expelline
from the body the excess of bile and
acids, improves the assimilative pro-
cesses, purifies the blood, and tones ul
and strengthens the entire system
Price SO cts. Emil Hargens.
"A GREAT record of cures, une'