Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-25
Returned From Manila.

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urday evening. Lieut.. Barbour was com
PEELED to leave his post Oh account oI
i'll health and Guy was hoinesick. They
sailed from the Philippines on the 18th
of Dec. and were IS days on the return
journey.
Lieut.. Barbour has leave of absence
for sixty days from the date of his arrival
at San Francisco and i'll the mean time
he will apply for discharge. While he
was honesick like the balance of the
boys, he very much desired to remain
with his company till all were discharged.
The boys are ali lhomesick. A majority of
| the company asked for discharges on
various grounds some time ago but
nothing had been heard from the ap-
| pllcations under general orders which
had been forwarded to the department at
| Washington. 1t is probable however
that some of their requests will be granted
i'll due time and it is generally believed
that the Idaho regiment will be dis
charged within the next two months
Lieut.. Barbour reports company B to be
| the crack company of the regiment and
| the Idaho regiment is the crack regiment
of General Otis command
The health of the Lewiston boys has
been the best of any. on the island, and
the whole regiment has been favored in
| this respect. Some of the Lewiston boys
and especially John Wiggin and Kellar
find the climate very congenial, and they
arc very robust Others of the company
| fare almost as we'll and some of them ex-
press desire to remain in the country
Especially is this true of some of the
| Occur d'Alene boys who want to pros
pect the mountains of the interior. There
is gold i'll the country for the boys pan
colors from the beach gravel. There is
galena too as specimens of the ore are
exhibited. The natives tell of both gold
and silver deposits in the undeveloped
interior. While tales of treasure have
fascinated only few, and they do not
cure the desire to return to families and
friends, TO any appreciable extent, in the
cases ofthe Lewiston benedicts especially
II Lieut.. Barbour has an exalted idea o.
J the undevdloped wealth of the country
but the unhealthful condition of the
country makes it undesirable as {
United States possession i'll his opinion
There are a few Americans who have
been in business there for some time ant
about 600 Englishmen are engaged il
! business there, These men do not mak'
homes for their families in that country
but leave wives and children in Hons
Kong as a rule. The cool season is mos
to1erable and some of the business mel
bring their families to the island during
| the winter months, but flee from thu
heat in February.
II He does not believe the health of the
country can be improved by sanitation
The swamps extend from the coast to tn,
mountains, an average distance of I!
miles, which can never for physical rea
sons be drained. The sickly season be
gins in February, and the natives claim
the soldiers will die rapidly when tn,
hot season arrives. The prevailin!
nlalady is dysentary and though it is
slow disease, it has so far baffled th
| skill of the army surgeons and othe
/ practitioners.
Guy Chapman was not enlisted. III
was a favorite with the boys, and espe
cially the Lewiston boys extended t
him many favors, and he Jared as well a
the enlisted men who drew their reg
ular pay. He, however, grew very home
sick, and was as ready to resort to a
many artihces to get home to father
. mother aud Lewiston as he was to &c
. away. He found no opportunity to stoy
away for return voyage as he did to sc
to Manila. Lieut.. Barbour tried to secur
! passage for him as an assistant, i'll fact
tried all kinds of plans, but the rigid al
. my rules we'll nigh defeated every effort i
GUYS interest. However, scheme wa
worked by which the captain of the shi
Ohio was induced to have Guy help abor
the pantry. Guy was placed on th
: ships pay roll at fifty cents montf
) And Guy worked hard and seeulingl
) quite willingly for this nominal wag
) while the proud ship plowed the dee
toward home. He was working to SC
father, mother, brothers and sisters an
: Lewiston, and the incentive, not I'll
} 4 wages, gave him moral courage.
al And in consideration for the 3o-day i
; scrubbing deck and washing dishes, Gu
laIso promised to be the best boy in Lev
iston for all time. In view of his pror
: ise Lieut.. Barbour brought him all the wa
eIto Lewiston, and landed him here la
> Sunday, the happiest boy in town. All
!, Guy is now the hero of the city envie
), by all the boys.
Il Lieut.. Barbour has only good words f
the officers of his regiment and the ind
, vidual members of his company.
81 predicts that Ouarterinaster General CIR
\ ham will be promoted to the positie
: vacated by the resignation of Col. Jone
and that Robt. Stanton will be pronot'
: IT'D the place vacated by his Barbour
= resignation.