The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-29
FEEDING AT MANILA
LETTER FROM ONE OF COMPANY
C'S BOYS BRINGS BACK
BREEZY GOSSIP
ALL ANXIOUS TO COME HOME
Yet They Have Had Some Excite
ment Beside That of the War and
Will Cherish Their Manila Stay
I'm Their Memory-StiII They Do
Not Want 1t Too Long Drawn
Out.

There is merry budget Of news
OF Company c, of the Thirteenth Min
nesota. to Tony" Snyder, Of the Twin
City Mandolin orchestra. He writes:
Am alive and kicking and doing the best
| can to eat up all Of Uncle Sans rations I
can lay my hands on.
OLD Knute Tom) Calvin, formerly a
Policeman. is in my room trying to con-
Ireland on our way home and free the Irish
He says Uncle Sam might just as well keep
right on. and with the help Of few of the
turks. finish up the good work he started.
see by the Associated Press this morning
tnat the standard strength of the army here
In the Philippines Is not going to be re-
duced, in fact will be added TO- This makes
our chances OF an early start for home very
poor. The boys. after reading this news, have
Just about made UP their minds that they
are IN for long siege Of army life in this
Go9,forgotten country and are consequently
think.
l send you sample of the cigarettes we
smoke here. also the kind of cigarette cases
made by natives out In the back provinces,
and the way they work them, to any one who
mas never seen any of this work DONE is
interesting. They make them out of cocoa
nut nere, which Is taken from the stem that
runs up through the center OF the leaf. These
leaves are from IL to IA feet long, and after
the stems are bleached. are strong enough
to hang a man. The fibre is taken out.
bleached and then all the weaving is done
with the article and weavers hands under tho
water. The only hours Of the day In which
they can properly work are from to in the
morning. In very hot or rainy weather they
cannot work at all, IT sometimes takes
them two or three weeks to make one as all
the work is done by hand. If this reaches
you IN good shape, and have not started for
home before that time, just let me know,
as l have hat for you. made out Of the
same kind Of stuff. but do not want to run
the risk of spelling it by seniing 1t through
the mail These hats are the SWEETEST things
you ever saw in the line OF summer sky
pieces" and money could not buy them in
the states A Filipino friend of mine made
me present of one shortly after we took
Manila. and I tried to find a duplicate for
it in the town, but the only one could find
that looked anything like it they wanted SAP
for, Mexican money. free silver" Two for
one of ours. It nearly knocked the starch
out of me- and I told my friend about it,
He told me that anytime l wanted to order
any TO let him know. and he would make
and have ordered three more and they will
be done by the time this reaches you
The 1nclosed menu will show you that even
II Company is 10000 miles away from home
we still know how to celebrate. l guess we
had a poor time, or something like that
Pomeroy and myself were on the commit
tee of arrangements Capt Robinson told
us to go ahead and do it up in fine shape
and he'd foot the bills, or half of them; the
company to stand the other half We went
ahead and spent $72O. and set them down to
just as swell a feed as you ever saw
You know what can do in that line when
1 have the stuff to work with. and 1 had
everything 1 wanted in this case. We had
two tables. sixty feet long. and seated 14O
men. so YOU can imagine what work there
was In 1t.
I am still in the best of health weight 1854
pounds and feel like prince, although at
times Lonesome for st. Paul and the boys.
I hope that by the time this reaches you
that We will have been ordered to pack up
our buds and move for home. II this does
not happen to be my luck just keep on fr-
ing your letters this way, and just about as
often you can find time to write one Give
my regards to all the boys and say that
1 would like to be with them for Christmas
and New Years.
ID. F. Mccarthy
Company C, Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteers
Manila.
Mr.. Mccarthy has been member of the
Twin City Mandolin orchestra for the past
eight years, and as he is a clever performer
on the mandolin his presence is greatly
missed by the organization.