The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-03
They Prepare TO Care For Their
Sick and Dead.
READY FOR CIVIL DUTY
PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION IS
FORMED IN LUZON.
Otis overworked and Not Responsi-
BILE Fer Blunderinss, Which Are
Due to Insistent Orders From
Washington-Even Minutest De-
tails Must Be Attended to BY Him
fspecial correspondence.l

Manila, Oct. 30.-The Utah people in
the Philippines, feeling a natural de-
sire to keep UP the end of Utah in the
cial and beneficiary organization among
themselves.
At an invitation sent out by Major
Stanton there was a general assembly
of Utah men on Sunday, Oct. %, at the
residence of your correspondent They
came together to weep in unison the
bitter tears of lonesomeness which
come to those who stray from Gods
country. Besides giving free vent to
their homesick feelings. they made
some rcusing speeches on the duties we
as Utonians and as Americans. owe to
our homeland, TO exert our whole eff
fort in aiding the establishment of
true AmericaniSm in our new possess
sions.
1t was decided to form an organiza-
ton il order to have the benefits of
united effort, and after considerable
voting Sergeant Asplund was chosen
president and your correspondent sec
rotary. Mr.. MusSer, Mr.. Pitt Mr.. Kan
zen and your correspondent have the
task in hand of compiling the rules and
regulations by which the Utah colony
will be guided, and in a short time they
viii be on a stable basis.
Among the tasks which the organiza-
ton intends to take up will be the Civ
Ing of proper attention to any one of
its members who may become i'll, to
care for the graves of our dead com
race5 Who are buried here. to see that
any of the old batterymen who NAV die
here are properly inferred. and a rec
ord kept of the location of their graves;
to aid in the establishment of q free
library and many other necessities
which go to make up an American city
1t is also their intention TO offer their
services to General Otis in a body to
serve in the capacity of the city guard
or militia, it being understood. how
ever. they are not to be put under the
power of the army or used out of the
city.
Our officers have been busily engaged
for the past few months in perfecting
the systems for the collection of taxes
and licerseS, and they have their sys-
tenn for the 'pcorification" of the Fill
Pine down TO such a fine point at this
time that it is most universal in its ap-
pication. 1t is also most complete in
its action, to judge from the bowling
that the poor natives are doing. With
beefsteak at 81 bite and a law against
the eating of native pork. derelict
horses. dogs and caribou: with a fam
inc in rice and all food stuffs, and
tariff of over 100 per cent of all i'm
ported goods, living is away up in C.
and likely to remain so till congress
meets.
People COME to Manila. some on
transports. some On the regular liners,
some as stcwaways. and some come
rf~r~ y. h.
throat. They come. some clustering in
with an Il am. holier than thou" air:
make. way for me. ] am the great
Manila millionaire. representing thou
sands OF dollars of American capital
and kindly loan me 90 cents till my
check arrives" Others come and saw
q lot of wood. but say never word
They are quietly looking over the
ground TO see what cen be done. You
do not guess what their business is
til one day you meet them. nod as
usual. and then they tell you they In
tend 20 leave by the next steamer
What's the matter; sick OF the ccun-
try?' no; the Philippines have
great future in store. but I am sick Of
militarism," and all agree that the
trade boom for the Philippines is not
TO come till some time far distant in
the future. so distant that IL isn't worth
while to prepare for it at the present
time. Nearly 50 per cent of the men
who have come here with capital to
establish a branch of some big Ameri-
can house have gone away. all prom
Using 10 return. but none willing to live
here under the Otis government
The censure of the general command
ing is growing less severe as the peo-
pie begin to understand his plan OF
campaign. He is an old man and one
who has no confidants. He lives up to
regulations in all things and as time
goes on il is seen that it is really the
politicians at WASH gto who are toss
ing this war and who are rcspcrso e
for the laundering orders which caused
so much delay He has admitted to
few personal friends that he is under
stricter orders than is any private in
his army. and that Washington is die
tating his policy. He is a very patient.
man and is worrying his
life out over the details of his office.
He is at his desk at IN the morning
and does not leave again till $50. Then
with Major Murray and his orderly he
rides TIC his home at Malacanan. nave
been living just opposite the palace for
over six months and I have never
known this daily routine to vary, ex-
oept for a single day when the general