Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-18

minus Oh THESE natives 10 hSnef plane
and nobler view" when the cobwebs of
, ages shall be swept from their darkened
stunted intellects, and instead shall shine
the light of nobler, purer Christianity
[ Our daily life! Well, it is just like
that of any other regiment doing garri-
son and outpost duty. We arise abont
$50 At 5:45 is reveille; then comes roll
call and ten minutes ''setting up exer-
cises; after that comes breakfast, consist
| ing of mush and hash, loaf bread and cof-
| fee. At $50 comes sick call, and the
boys who are unwell go to the hospital
for their quinine and castor oil. We drill
| at O'Clock; at 7:3o the old guard "falls
in" or fatigue work; at 74s recall drill is
sounded; at s comes guard mount, with
its possible challenge of the orderly Sc
lected by the adjutant. In that case
there is always crowd gathers at the
guard house so watch the competition
drill between the contestants.
From guard mount till dinner the men
do whatever pleases them. Some read
books, some study Spanish, others play
cards or play 'crackaloo" with pennies,
while by far the largest portion write to
their loved ones and friends at home.
Right here let me say that all you who
have friends or brothers, sons or sweet
hearts in the Philippines, don't neglect
to write to them, for You can't know what
getting letters means until you have
been transported 5000 miles to place
where you can't understand a word Of the
language, and where it takes three months
to get an answer to letter. A very
touching incident came under the obser-
was stationed at the Quartet de Malate.
We had just received mail from the
United States and had occasion to go
through the "sally port" where the guard
were just reading their letters. AS /
passed, saw man throw up his hands,
totter few steps and fall. ran to the
man in spite of the opposition of an
officious sargent. l thought it was one
of my company. Some one took from
his hand letter which contained the
news of the death of his wife and child
A stalwart young soldier, who could
stand the whiz of mauser bullet or the
shrek of Spanish shell but the sudden
news of the death of his pride and joy
was more than he could bear. They
bore him away on stretcher and never
heard of him again.
Our dinner is the regulation army
ration, ditto supper. Afternoon drill
comes at 5:I5, and time till supper after
drill is employed similar to the forenoon.
After supper comes retreat and the time
from retreat to the 'call to quarters" is
occupied in taking walk OH the Luireta
or watching the play of puppy and pet
monkey who are the greatest of friends.
When they have been separated some
time the monkey will throw his arms
around the puppy's neck and kiss him
and talk to him in monkey talk. wish
we had Prof. Gardner here to interpret
for u.s.
Speaking of pets reminds me Of
company "B's" weak spot We have
Lewiston boy for mascot, ditto native
lad, and if there is waif of any kind,
human or animal, it can always find a
friend and champion in "B' company.
The walk on the Luireta is thing
1 rs tNen1 &c ftn Ivy
democratic spot in town. Some Ameri-
can band gives concert there almost
every evening, and on its grounds meet
the patrican and plebian--the rich and
the poor-all with one object--to enjoy
the walk or drive, the. music and the
evening.
| The Lurieta is raised walk about sixty
yards wide and fourth of mile longS
in the shape fan oblong, with a broad
drive way all around it, and it is right
on the beach. Down the center of the
grounds and around the out side of the
drive are electric lights.
The twinkling of the lights on the
ships in the harbor, the gay equipages on
the drive with their tiny lights and
Lilliputian horses the cool refreshing
sea breeze, the sound of many voices
mingled with the murmur Of the waves
on the beach, combine. to make Q walk
on the Lurieta OF, a stariit night a thing
long to be remembered.
About every eighth day our company
Igoes ON out post duty which helps to
relieve the monotony. This describes
! our daily life, while cock fights of which
the natives are very fond, runaways
muster and inspection days and pay days
furnish the exceptions. Vt
| The health of the regiment has beer
the best Of any on the island, ! believe
1t has not been very warm here yet. i
this town was properly severed and
drained it would be very healthy,
think.
One thing nearly forgot, our Thanks
| giving. We had dinner, and such q
ldinneri No one expected so good q
dinner and that made it all the better
Turkeys had been purchased several
days before, and all morning there bad
been musical excitement in the culinary
department. When the call for dinner
came we all went to the mess table and
such a sight Ten turkeys done to Q