The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
POINTS FOR THE RECRUIT.
s0ME PLEAsUREy OF sOLDIERIN0
IN THE PHILIPPIkEs.

sVMF PLFAhURHS OF bObbkhfaNS
IN THE PBILIPPIkEs.
Nom Language Whioh Unoie sa' noh
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1ARA. near Ilotlo. +. l., Oct o'-lhe United
ota'es cons'wisc transport BusuAn. Two days
on. from Manila. arrived at no 10. on me island
OF renny at r. NJ, Oct ., 1888 Iho party oil
s'h recruits for tho 'S'ocnth Infantry OF which
was member. was met ~ tho dock ~ cor
pora' and escorted In heavy mAIehlng order 10 an
outpost In tho town OF lara, about hve miles from
Ho''o' We found Company ID OF our regiment
comfortably CHARTERED In Two big hotels that had
occn abandoned By the Spanish when the town
was taken by tho Americans We arrived at
about p. NJ. after tramp through mud half
way 70 our knscs and were promptly assigned
70 quarters Tho hrsi man met In the squad
room was Smiihie. an old bunkio with whom
had been on recruiting duty back In tho States
no kne" me e' once but was iu' minute DO
forc could discover his Identity through the
mask OF tan he yora
.Hovl" bs ,bou,.d b,,,,,1 m. b,,r,-n IN,
shoulder blades with a slodgo- hammer as, and
huerinr mo un, nv nh, CRACKED -Hovl whon
Ala von ,.mno.. ~, ssmm,.., Nm, 49,.
oiu you 'emoooo INC oammios' Donh poAo'"
an du Yank 'obac''
.nsS,- 80 =. n - Vo""a', III. A.,
Don. sou "o' ,nouo"ns INC 70 unhnrnerS Hio
sit on his bamboo bunk = forgot You no savoy
il YOU had an, Tont.e ,oboc CO.. ' s.,.vy. ''
usa ,h s go, aAo e,o 'oua.Io S p,
q bag Of tobacco. Then a.led
-Wha, 4, sov.v the nIdp7-
-Thass S snsey o p'I K.ki,e. rnr.A-ru,.
pino English he explained. -Snyey? You'll
soon learn TO shoe, i, Have you ehovchowed
yeti What Why. hang 1t, hombre asked
" you had chewcd yet Eaten Chow-chcw
.0vey' Nor Wal, POGO tempo, IN Fe. you
Look here, smi,hie." said I. in desperation
YOU, have TO talk English or hire an 'n'erpre'
yer. "ha' you are taking about Is more than
-rb,, 90 bouh,.,~ u,. ton, u,s ,,,, y, IN.
IL, na' oJ' "n nus "no Mas ""' ~ 81 "''
old eampa'Sntr p''ronlhnS the recruit i TO-,
',,,,,, wni,s ,c.,,hs, ', w. r.,o, h,g.,p
40 .', no T"e 5000, wa, 80 - "'e' 'uHo''
Snithic produced the ra,abics and drink. and
while / satisfied my hunger / asked questions
ami did my best to get some meaning out a Of the
firs, question - "'"' "'' ''N num- ''s
Which is The bes, living company in the rsi.
s~hov.chows,- he exclaimed with disgust,
Alice samee., Each company mucha mala Than
soma temnm Sour p by,e wd"pa nd rhrt o"N''
"Thstn do Smithis said IN .ims, Jaw I, oU
right there and try and muster enough English
10 tell m. IL there is a mai in l'ompn nv ID who can
talk United States"
"Talkcr Samnic.- said he. cert Spvm-
Nurha n.in"thnts co. h,d Say.v9 fsarh
company feeds wors. Than The Others An md
trcd.Ia Sec, C,,,hs" ,n,,v tcmno Th,f
water buffalo meat very much Of III time. It's
Australian "owIcold storage. 80, So m"in
Ne gel Tho, some Of the tine Sour bread. You
saw ,hnt Tne same as in m, Ssmnirs The
"a al. h,.I.,
The same old chickory that we always get 10
saw ~ nst.d sbnp, dn,r s.v.,s,
tho ri9ht cannon INT. dnv pu,v nirht
DUTY bctwcen tempe SaycyS outpos, TO-DAY,
biise dny Ailen night C,,,mhn EnsIscL
boom. ho@m. Co 70 sleep on pos, and the holo
sn IN anl hs K, HSks hSn ". %, You o so
ava, n 80 niIss ,u ;,io
Snvey9 The SKY ra ms all the time Gunta wet
M Tn IN. Nj A., ,.r,, S,,ii, " ,,br. ,,
,h .r,IicY, W. !, 10 Mil, IN. ill.,, Dan,oosc
IL Then You builI ano,heT Won waIe in The
avu, ncrt hirh Win q Co.'s Ire. an vow, shn',lJcv
and the K.SiacE in The woods across TIC ri,et
=. YOU k:sp mi e. W nj "T IS
oH,n,., .t..in'' ,rnn nn.Sd a. ,hc E.ui .cls
hi, a coupIr Of men. by cham His strains saws
'c.,amb.' "A 49, 80, a., .b.ss VI, RI.
10, M ~ ef,a.r ~ w" ~" c,ss 49, 80 ~
caraSao and re, swer, 81 and drowned You vale
In Tnd waist dep Al fTy Hnl p n m" sSn,
mST ~ AZ rd h.i, Gmu K,crs anu s"o'
m,bi" s,i ,bi sa ~ sHr,c,hng awful
I've is,.n.d =" r,r,, ,.n And InTinnss G IN,
v s,,, w. tr' IT, a.. nt,u MA hi, TIE ~.
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w nv hisu '. o".'s VI" !o" '''''N w" n'o
"Whn. i.' - "n 1870, W.. =, Si,,, a., ,i,-,.,,,
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,nI ~ " Joman ~, - H.. ,o,;,,s ~ atIh
swn,dsoc,nri 80 IN ~. hi,,h "a. 81 sI.h
a, Won Yon wade ,,nrpd in ~" yivey vii, a
,, 49,, 80, ~, ~ n,'',hn ~ -,
III, 70, t,r' WI N"u, I'M, hI " y
hov LII rorrSe ~, n,,, me-, spS ,bs G,n,.;r
Gets va srJ a. ,i,,b, mut .ii.r a., ,,d bii"