The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

l. MOUlQH l SOiQlSI III MdIll1 a6dl1l
for a room full of gold. 1t is the
filthiest city in the void, and has
more filthy inhabitants than any place
on the globe
This was the most emphatic remark
of Private Nephi Reese of Utah bat
terry B, who returned to the city yes
l terday, having obtained his discharge
Aon account of disability. His COM
plant is infamlnatory rheumatism,
from which he has suffered for three
months past in the "hell-hole, called
Manila Of all the reports OF hard
times which have reached the city
from the gloomy isle, the story of Mr..
Reese is the most narrowing. He tells
of a certain officer, even in the Utah
ranks, who, after landing the batteries,
ordered the cooks, Mr.. Reese being
one, to make coffee for the men,, Win
water from a canal into which ali the
filth and garbage OF the CITY Is
dumped. the same officer saying, Its
good enough for the men" He tells
that the order was not obeyed and that
a Chinaman was hired for cash., paid
out of the soldiers pocket, TO carry
some water from inland, mt TO use.
1.-THE food the batteries received at
times was not Mt for a dog continued
y the SOlQlel- i hilUN H. IOA l. oAo
tributed it among the men. And at the
time of the fight, too, the men were in
the trenches twenty-four hours ana all
they had TO cat was bareback and COT
fee, and very little of that.
THE hospital at Malate is something
awful. During the time l was there,
/ nearly starved. Upon several &C
casions. 1 sent out and bought bread
with my own money, but hen the
messenger returned, he was relieved OF
the food, and it was sent to the kitchen.
That is robbery, plain and simple. L
D2ver got a taste Of it.
TT was surprising to me to learn
that the officers do not visit the SICK
of their wv command. AS Ion as L
was in the hospital, and [ was not
the only Utah man there, a Utah Of
ficer never set foot inside the door.
When, finally, I determined to apply
for my discharge, 1 had TO send for
d lieutenant. He came, and we ar
ranged that I should come home on
the Scandal. My trunk was packed
and placed aboard, but the ship had
sailed before I heard anything more
about it. OF course, if l hadn't been
laid up. the chances are that, by
rustling, my plans could have been
carried out. but. as it was, my dis
charge never came to the hospital.
Neither did any notification of the
Scandals sailing. But Tor a mere &C
cident. l might have been there yet. 1t
happened this way / lighted a cigar
in the hospital one day. which was
against the rules, and a few days later,
was c-ourt-martialed for it. They
brought a carriage for me took
me to the court room. Major Penrose
of Salt Lake was the judge. He
graciously fined me S15. Well, the
court room being so near the depart
ment Office, I went over and met Lieu
tenant CritchlOw and discovered my
discharge in the Office. 1t bore date
of Nov. 8. and his was on the 10Th.
It had been there, waiting for me to
shuttle over. from the hospital, a num-
Der of miles. and claim it. But q
did me the greatest good was that the
fine for smoking could not be collected,
because 1 had been discharged before
office, l met the judge and he offered
to make the fine $40 instead of $15. L
thanked him, and grinned."
Mr.. Reese came home on the China
by way of Japan, and, but for his poor
health. would have enjoyed the trip.
Professor Bell, inventor Of the tele-
phone, and his wife were passengers
on the China from Yokahona to San
Francisco, and treated the sixteen sol
diers aboard very kindly.
Among his relics, Mr.. Reese brings a
genuine Spanish machete, which bears
evidences Oh ndIu StINlCt- II II d llSdIi
weapon n was taken, the owner
says, at the battle of Malate.
The Americans are cleaning the
town of Manila, but the soldier ex-
presses the opinion hat it lever Will
do any good. The natives are too
filthy. e
Trouble with Aguinaldo is antici-
pated and the troops are held in readi-
ness for an attack.
Captain Grant, who endorsed the dis
charge of Private Reese, writes on the
face of it:
Private Reese has been a true and
Trustworthy soldier Of my command,
always attentive TO his duties" He en-
listed in this city and was employed
in the Geyser-Marion mine at Mercur
before leaving here. Returning yester-
day. the sick man was surprised to
learn that his father had gone from
here to Wales during his absence. Mr..
Reese is at present staying with Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Chamberlain at 156 West
Second North.