The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-01-26
NEVADA BOYS AT MANILA.
An interesting Letter from VIII
Bruce.
MANILA, Dec. 10th, 1898.

MANILA Dtts lbAlit 1910.
Bane and | went ashore yesterday
We hired native canoe. 1t cost US
Dos Pesos Tone dollar, American money!.
We arrived on shore at o'clock, and
of course headed for "a restaurant the
first thing. After finding one and
getting as cool a seat as possible,
We ordered dinner. The restaurants
here are run on the French plan, and
as neither Bane or myself can speak
Spanish, the waiter brought the differ
emit courses. and we ate them and said
nothing. [ can assure you We did full
justice to the meal and there was very
little profit for the manager. Meals
cost 10 cents, Spanish money After
we satisfied the inner man, We proceed
ed to find the Utah battery, and after
walking over the city and asking every
soldier we met, we at last succeeded.
1t was very warm meeting between
Fox, McCabe and ourselves. The boys
are looking fine, Manila certainly agrees
with them, but they say they have
enough of il and want to get home
again. After talking over old times for
a couple OF hours, we returned To the
business part of the city accompa MED
by Fox. After taking supper, we start
our ship. and OF course they knew then
they had the best Of us, as we were com
PEELED to return soon, and they wanted
81 Mexican money! to row us over, but
we finally got them to take US for So
and we returned to the ship.
The predominant idea when old Ma
Mia was built, was to have it as strong
rs possible. The buildings are all OF
brick and stone and are all two and
three stories high, and every window is
baricaded with iron bars. The old city
is surrounded by stone wall about ID
feet high by ten wide and the gateways
are controlled by weights. The gates
S INK to let anyone pass, but they have
not been used in so long that they be-
came so rusty they cannot be worked.
There is not any regularity to the
streets. They are very narrow and
crooked. the average width Is 20 feet
a I'd the sidewalks In a number of streets
are not over Is inches wide. There are
two street car lines in the city and the
cars are drawn by native ponies. They
work three on each car, two at the
| wheel and one in front, and the ponies
are very small, the largest one [ saw
would not weigh over 400 pounds. The
beast of burden used is the carl oou.
which they work single and in carts.
| have not seen four wheeled rig in
the city. For hauling freight there are
a few four wheeled hacks. but these are
very scarce.
We are going ashore this afternoon
and everyone is happy to get off the
boat. 1t is rumored that we are to be
attached to the Third Battalion Of the
California Heavy Artillery, Major Rice
commanding. but for the present we
are to go to Cavite where part of the
battalion Is located. Have not time to
write any more to-day as have to pack
my things and get ready to go ashore.
CAVITE, Dec, 18th 1898.
We arrived here yesterday afternoon
and as far as the streets and buildings
are concerned, this place is similar te
Manila. We are camping in the Old
Spanish theatre and are only 300 yards
from Aguinaldo's army. We can heal
their bugles all the time. We took sup
per with the 18th Infantry last evening
as we did not have any travelling rationi
with us aud arrived too late to draw
any. We did not get anything to ea
until p, NJ. to-day and we were getting
pretty hungry.
Things ara beginning to look serlon
here. The women were all ordered on
OF town tod ny in preparation for attic
All the guards have been trebled aroun'
, the city and several NOR, Calling gun
trained on the road leading into tn
CITY. De vey has one OF his battle ship
close to shore with the guns trained OF
the Insurgent camp. We received or
ders from our Captain to-day not T.
leave our quarters, and our buglers hav
to wear their bugles all the time 10 b
c prepared TO sound TO arms at a mo
I ments notice.
There are seven or eight OF the SUM,
en- battle ships visible from our presen
quarters and what is visible of them
above water, looks as If they had cei
tainly been to war.
: The commanding officer who rule
i our destiny, seems TO be under the In
o preston that we are sporty boys. Oul
4 first camp ut Carson was ON rae
u track, our quarters at Cheyenne wen
e In theatre, our camp at Frisco was OF
i 2 race track and our quarters here ar
=. In theatre, and we are all wondering
: what our next camping ground will be
There was q funeral this afternoon