Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-14

At the request of the Free Press Mrs. c.
VI. Erownel has consented to allow the
'curOduCtiOu o. one of Capt &. NJ.
Erownclls letters from Manila written on
October 2jth and just received in this
ity. The letter. while 1t contaius no news
If recent battles, having been written at
.co early a date to permit of such descrip-
ton, will be road with interest by not only
Capt. BrownelIS friends in Vermont, bat
~ all those Interested in Co. ID, 10Th L. :.
'olunteer infantry, which although Ir.
suited at Pittsburgh is largely CON-
posed of Vermont men.
In other letters of more personal ma
lure Capt Brownell gives an account Of
>is trip from San Francisco to Honolulu
md thence across to Manila. The trip to
Honolulu was Ve,y quiet with little VIVID.
nut the day after leaving Honolulu a
torn was encountered which sent nearly
tveyone into the woes of seasicknoss.
The transport was comfortably htted up
md there was an abundance OF good food.
The snip was provided with an apparatus
for condeusi1g the sea water which was
then used in the manufacture Of ice and
for other purposes.
OF his company Capt. Brown ell speaks
H. high terms. During the month of Sep
TENDER there wera 400 cotst-nartals in
the regiment and of this number but three
were accredited to Co d. Quartermastor-
Sergeant Robert ID. Hoyt who will be re-
membered in this city, has recently been
one of SO - take examinations for pro-
motion in which he stood third in pro-
nciency. The letter follows:
LAS | wrote YOU last night we eXpecte cd
to be ordered at once to lloilo, and al
though hoped the order would he
changed it was not and as I write this
we are on our way. When we awoke this
morning we learned that we We're to start
VI once and ii locked for a time as if
would be unable to 60 ashore but at last
Worthington and | got permission and
started off in the launch to spend an hour
and half visiting Manila.
Ot course in such a ridiculously short
time it was cut of the question to cover
much of the city, hut meeting BOrdman
and another officer we four hired a native
carriage and proceeded to do the town.
had my camera and we took few snaps
which l will send you if they prove all
right. We visited the post office ana some
of the large buildings and parks and then
set out fos' the palace which is now the
headquart ars of Gen. Otis and the-Stl
army corps (my corps and then went &c
the seaside park called ).unetta. a fine
old park and drive by the shore where the
Spanish upper tendon were wont to spenC
their afternoons listening to the band con
Certs and promenading. 1t is just out
side of the walled city. You can here
study more different styles of architec.
ture than in almost any city in tire word
from inc most ancient 10 mONFrn Amer
can. Manila was founded in 1911 ana as
You know is "A very old city, situated OF
the left bank Of the River Pasig. q
brackish stream about $50 feet wide
which flows between tho commercial dis
triCt and the walled city. 1t Is Il city OF
about 10000 inhabitants cncircied by q
wall with bastions ard bulwarks and 2
ditch and outer ditch on all sides which
do not face on either the river OF the sea
Water can be let in and thus completely
isolate the city by means of sluices con
structed for the purpose. Inside the wall
cd portion. in general. are the authorities
hut the nucleus of the population is II
the suburbs.
OF course the most splendid edfices arc
the ancient cathe drals wrich ! am told
are also to be found in every city, but Of
CouTse the more prctcntiouS are in Manila
Their ancient architecture is grand ans
stately, and | was very IL Sirous of enter
ing the largest but time would not permit
The palace itself was a wonderful affail
in its time, but it almost seemed like
descoration to have troops CHARTERED in II
and the magnificent suites occupied bN
different departments Of army administra
ton and Gen. Otis headquarters. From
these buildings one can trace the marct
Of time towards modern creation to mere
hIts-from the sublime TO the ridiculous
Like all Oriental cities one is Impress,
with the idea that the houses Were iirs
constructed and the streets laid on
round them. Then there is that never
o-hc-forgotten odor in the hlthy streets
here is tho Free SlVer paradise Nhcr,
you can offer an American dollar in nay
nent for a dollar purchase and receive
iollar Spanish, Mexican or Filipino IL
IL %. but notice instead OF this boir}
'au.ru by our gold being worth two dol
RS for no it is caused rather by the fac
nat "A silver dollar is worth but ~ cents
| fail 20 sec any advantage gained al