The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
From the Philippines.

last man. aiSo u letteT from fatnef
and Ottie. The most pleasant days
we have to look forward to now are
the days when the mail comes which
brings Us news OF the dear ones at
home and we watch the papers very
closely To see at what time the mail
will arrive.
We are still here in San Fernando
doing outpost duty. 1t will be three
months the 9th Of August since we
first captured this place, but it seems
much longer to the most of us. We
are constantly hearing reports about
being relieved and sent back to
Manila, but we can't rely on anything
we hear. 1t looks new, aud every
cody seems to think, that we will
leave the islands sometime about the
middle Of September. If we allow a
month on board the boat and two
weeks in Frisco we will most likely
be home sometime in November, "a.
the latest in time for Thanksgiving
dinner. You can imagine how we
Will enjoy that dinner and how mach
we will have to give thanks for, if we
arrive home safe and sound.
Some Of the boys are going to stay
and join the new regiments which
they are organizing here, but :hey
could hardly offer me money enough
to agree to stay in this country two
Yeas longer. The men who enlist
get five hundred dollars besides their
regular pay and transportation Ia
Frisco. Some Of the boys are think.
ing of staying here and going into
business, but the most of them who
have folks in Gods country want to
get back there rs soon as Uncle Sam
will let them.
Ona. | wish | could step in and
see how nice you have cleaned things
up and you can believe that | would
not step out very soon either. Not
any way, until / had filled up on
some of yours and Mothers good old
meals and NOTED several hours be
tween clean sheets on Il nice bed.
haven't slept in bed since | left home
and that has been several months ago
.! but won't it seem uice to get back
home and get nice hot bath, clear
clothes and lie down and sleep, and
sleep without. any. thought Of being
pulled out until you. get through
And then get up and eat and eat
until you can't hold any more and
then go back and sleep some more.
think l could keep this up for al
least week and then not get to,
much of eating and sleeping. But il
nothing happens all of these nice
things will be EMO yed before long.
No. Ona, it is tool near. time fol
going home to think about running
into danger and we are all hoping
that We will have no more fights on
any more campaigning.
Mother have you seen the Governor
lately and asked him about sending
the regiment homer | am afraid YOU
have not as much faith in his power
now as you used to have. Lottie, |
guess we wrote you about how we en-.
joyed your books. We have not
received the magazines yet, but
suppose we will get. in the next
mail.
Bert and enjoyed very pleasant
time on the evening of the 26th.
Granville Timing and young man
by the name of Joe Toulouse, of our
company, gave little party in the
building occupied by our regimental
hospital. a nice little supper was
served and after the supper we enjoy.
ed several short talks and songs by
the different boys. Both OF the hosts
were twenty one years old on that
day and this was the occasion Of the
little party.
l am glad that the people of Des
Moines are taking so much interest in
the members of the DIST Iowa and
especially glad that some few of our
lady friends are still solicilous con.
corning our welfare.
1t seems as though all our cold
girls are either married or engaged
to be, and it is really very discourag.
ing. The last ] heard Of Edith
Harris was that she was engaged to
Mr.. Spencer ] suppose she is mar
ried before this. How about Miss
Erase, LolDie? have not heard
from her for some time also heard
that she was to be married soon. !
am glad that you live so close to Mrs.
Daogherly, so that | can see her So
often and think Of days gone by.
Well, as you say, there are Others i'm