The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-31
FROM LLOYD BROWN
Letter From the Philip
mines TO His Friends.

The following letter from Lloyd c.
Brown, who is on his way TO Manila,
will be OF interest TO many Of his friends
here. He was a member of Co. A, X. n.
c., Wichita He was recently trans
ferred from Co. L. Sixth cavalry at Fit
Sill to the Fourth cavalry, now at the
front in the Philippine s:
On board Transport st. Paul, five days
out from San Francisco. Nov Is, go
Dear Mother-I have been intending to
write for several days, but the sea has
been so very rough that it has been i'm
possible to do anything but hold on to
something to keep from being thrown
down. Say! you ought to have seen this
gang about four days ago; if they
weren't the sickest looking gang you
ever saw then I don't know. I am not
surprised, since starting on this trip,
that Christ walked on the water instead
OF taking boat, for I have often wish
ed that 1 could get out and walk while.
Oh. what a nice feeling one has when
he feels the bottom of the boat drop
ping out with his stomach with it, and
then its coming up suddenly and trying
to push his feet up through his should
ers. It has been storming ever since We
left San Francisco. That is, there has
been a gale blowing all the time so that
1t has been very rough and cold, but it
IS some warmer To-Day.
We expect to reach Honolulu next
Tuesday where we stop three days to
coal and water. We are to be allowed
to go ashore "a hours, which will be a
much reeded rest for US.
Last night about IL o'clock We had
quite an exciting Incident One Of the
boys OF the Thirty-eighth volunteers
went crazy. He had been very sick ever
sinca we left San Francisco, and he
thought he was not going to get wen, so
al midnight when everybody was asleep,
excepting the crew and a small guard,
he commenced to demolish things by
coming to the head OF m bunk and
smashing the electric fan with a bayo-
net that he had some how got hold Of
Their he went to another and another,
and then turned his attention to the
electric lights. but by that time the
guard had got down in the hold and
tried catch him, but before he could
be secured he had jerked a gun from the
rack and struck one of the guards
breaking one of his ribs By this time
a sufficient number OF men had been
aroused 70 corral him and tie him down
in his bed.
Well it is too rough to write any
more We are having quite storm to-
night
Thursday morning.-Land sighted and
we expect to reach Honolulu by noon.
and will take Thanksgiving dinner there,
which I think will be a good one. for we
are getting 1000 pies baked and expect
to get our turkeys IN Honolulu
Today is the first nice day we have
had since we left the United States The
band is giving a concert on the upper
deck. The boys are now very joyful that
land has been sighted. she first we have
seen since leaving Frisco. 2.25O miles.
They don't use mile posts on this road.
This would be a very bad road for no
bos-the stations are so far apart. There
IS this about it. though, II a hobo should
get fred off he would be in the swim.
The boys are al shaving I'D and get
ting their hair trimmed 70 make them
selves as presentsble as possible on their
landing. will finish this after we land
Honolulu, II. I. Dec. l. 's9-We land
ed just after dinner and we were al al
lowed to so ashore, and It was A great
relief after ten days confinement on the
vessel. When we first tried 10 walk II
seemed as though the land was rolling
and We stumbled around as though We
were all drunk There are many
strange sights here. The population <
made mp Of Americans. japanese I
Chinese. Malays and natives. I think 7
have seen more wheels here than any
place I have been.
We leave here a week from TODAY Il
nothing happens Your son.
LLOYD 4 RP0rrN