Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-13
ON DUTY IN PHILIPPINES.
Boys-Serying Uncle Sam
Mt the Front.

The Star is In receipt of communlca-
ton from Sergeant Patrick DoudaH OF Bat
terry E, 9th United States Artillery, now on
duty in the Philippines, from which the
following extracts are taken:
..MANII,A P l., November 3, 1893.
Eve are doing police duty in Manila at
present Our service IS not the worst IN the
world considering what Others are DONG.
The rainy season is over Row, and, thlnk'
we will get chance to distinguish our
selves The boys are all anxious to do
some fighting before returning home.
Life in the Philippines is a trifie mo-
notonous so far We are concerned. Our
daily routine is get up IN the morning AT
$50; mess. at 6; drill, to =, guafe 1no ,l
at 8 o'clock and lay around the quarters
all day Sometimes we take trip about
the city and sometimes row about the pay
to see the boats and at evening we take a
walk over to the Liunata to hear the band
play a few old familiar tunes, which re-
mind US of home. AT $40 pm everybody
has to be in off the streets or produce
pass signed by a general officer
Speaking of our regiment doing police
duty | do not mean the whole outfit, for
our two light batteries have done a con-
siderable lot of work. l. Battery was
turned into light battery last week.
The first two days out on the trip across
the ocean the waves came all over the
decks and made us very uncomfortable,
but the rest of the way to Honolulu was {,
the way to Manila from Honolulu.
Some of the people here are very treach-
erous They would sneak up on man at
night and cut him to pieces If they could;
Some of them are very good hearted ana
will give an Americana anything. Inc
only fun we have here is to go over on the
Liunata on Sunday afternoon and see
game of base ball among the soldiers.
The natives go wild over the game. we
are all contented with this place for the
time being. We have only little over
year to serve yet. 1t is my opinion that
when the war is over the Americans will
make nice place of this.
THE greatest curiosity here IS the walled
city. There is a wall thirty-five feet wide
all around It, 1t is not very healthy in
there, as you can ina CINE Ihere Is an old
Spanish arsenal within the walls fuil OF
old guns and ammunition of all types and
makes. The greatest feature here among
our fighting men is the Macabebe scouts.
They are doing great work, capturing plen-
ty of guns and ammunition and prisoners
from the enemy. They are bitter enemies
of the rebels. The native police are doing
splendid work also, but they are afraid
to go in the dark streets at night unless
they have soldier with them
We have quite number of boys from
Washington in our battery. They are
First Sergeant Paul s. Evans, Corporal
William Kennedy OF 80 and N streets
southwest, Charles Hunt from Southwest
Washington, Harry Wood from George
town, Charles Louden from Brightwood
avenue: Burton DeVaughn from South
west Washington Ben Linkins from North
east Washington. and Tom Angley.
Il have also met some other boys here
in the Sd Cavalry: Howard Rhodes, son of
Policeman Rhodes; Joe Weston from
B1ghtwood. John Dolan from Soldiers
washington. They are all out on the firing
line now