Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-01-05
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bRDOu > 4 isAS hiliousuess. 20 cents

ana 2OO,OOO cigars. Eacu cigarette
package contains 20 cigarettes, so you
can get faint idea of the enormity
OF the manufacture of these articles
alone. The main cigar factory here
emoloyes 10000 natives to do its work
from the raising OF the tobacco until
1t Is made into cigars.
Nalolos Is the name OF the city at
other end ofthe railroad 1T Is 100 miles
from here, and at present is Aguinal-
dos headquarters. 1 have been una
BILE to obtain any information regards
it, and l am anxious to go there and
to get view of the interior of the
island.
Our quarters at Malate are fenced
In by a stone wall four feet high and
on top OF that is a wooden picket
fence four feet high, making an lnclo-
sure eight feet high and enclosing
about two acres OF land. At the east
end Of the enclosure are six buildings,
each one is 40xl50 feet, and are along
side OF each other with a
space of about thirty feet
feet intervening. Two companies oc-
cupy one building, and down the ecu
ter OF the quarters inside, aud run
ming lengthwise, lsa lattice work,
IL serves as the division between the
two compadies. The guards are set
up Gu posts about three and one-half
feet from the ground, thus giving
free vent to the air underneath.
At the west end OF the enclosure, and
running in opposite directions fron
the main guarders, are the buildings
for the commissary, quartz rmaster.
dispensary, guard house, and other
necessary things, they are all rooted
with cOrruga ted, galvanized iron, and
the tropical sun beats down on IL,
Gill II would fry eggs. In the rear Of
each one OF the quarters isa wash
room and shOwer-bath arrangements.
The floor OF the room Is ,of concrete
Jiling. There is not any good ar-
rangement for cooking purposes and
all the Company cooks have a big tent
and fly aud do their cooking by camp
fire, They nave the improved Buzza-
cott Ovens, which enables To do bak.
lug TO "A certain extent, but IL is not
like u good range would be. There
Is some talk OF building a Kitchen
and dining hall, but no headway has
been made In that direction yet;
suppose we will have IL in time pro-
vided we stay at these quarters.
There has been Tumor afiOat that
we were going To be transferred TO
another island, to do garrison duty,
but | don't hardly think we will be
moYed. The steamers "SenatOr" and
Valencia arrived here yesterday, all
o. X. They brought lot of mail TO
the men, aud all mail Is warmly wei.
coined by US, assure you. To-day Is
Thanksgiving" and we are TO have
chicken, cranberry sauce canned, and
dried apple and peach pie,and mashed
potatoes, 1t will be big treat for
US. Christmas will be here soon, and
all the regiments are preparing to
remember their sick comrades Ia the
hospital, on that day; we will make
them as happy as we can. Many OF
the poor boys took sick soon after our
arrival in Manila, the result Of so
much hardship and exposure, and
they have not been out OF the hospital
yet, the poor fellows have had dreary
time OF IL, and we are going 10 en-
deavor to brighten things up for them
a bit, on that day.
We have buried FIVE men from
Company q, and We have fifteen Ia
the brigade hospitals. 1 haYe given
up all hope OF discharge till spring.
We are all heartily SICK OF this foreign
land. and long TO be back TO the states
again. The commissary and medical
departments are doing their best, in
their respective departments, TO make
II as pleasant as possible for US. We
are getting some what acclimated,
and don't feel the heat as much as
we did on our first arrival here, We
are all equipped with good suitable,
light clothing, and and IL Is much
more comfortable that the heavy,
blue uniforms were.
WILLARD NJ. LEARNED.