The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-01
.DARK-EYED
BEAUTIES
Flirt With Uncle Sans Boys in
Blue in Porto Rico.
A Soldier Boy Writes OF the Sunny
Side Of Barrack Life.

The following letter from Theodore G..
Moseley, to his mother at Irvington, is
quite interesting. Theodore is in the
United States Army, and is stationed at
Barceloneta, Porto Rico. Speaking Of
soldier life and the tropic island which
he is now helpir g to guard, he says:
have Just read in the Courier.J our
nal of the reception rendered the Legion
boys on their arrival in Louisville, and
how they we're Toasted on turkey, quail,
cranberries, oysters, etc, after haying
lived 80 long on hard tack, bacon and
black coffee in Porto Rico.
Now let me tell you we eat no hard
tack and bacon unless we prefer it, as
we exchange with the native merchants)
same for light bread and fresh beef.
We have large kitchen in the bar
racks, good cook. and an abundance Of
wholesome food-roast beef, steak, pota-
toes, hominy, beans, onions, hash,
canned tomatoes, eggs twice week,
rice, light bread, and milk for coffee
The latter is the finest | ever drank.
Will take sample of it when go home.
The natives furnish us all the fresh
fruits we need free OF charge. We have
oranges to play ball with.
Six large turkeys are being prepared
for dinner tomorrow (Chnstmas).
The natives are celebrating ala Beura
Noche" (the Good Nig"D. They haye
an instrument fashioned after our guitar,
and a Gourd, on which they beat with a
piece of wire. The music or noise ia
grating.
The girls dance beautifully. There
are some Spanish girls across the street
who are very anxious to make "strike"
on some Of Cur boys, aud, not being able
to speak English, they will dress in
gaudy colors and promenade the veran-
dahs for while; then 70 in, and come
out egain in few minutes witt an en-
tirely different outfit, until they have
displayed their entire wardrobe, when
they will retire Tor the day.
You ask me to locate Barceloneta
am 1000 miles southeast of New York
and 1000 miles east of Havana 1t takes
six days to sail to New York, and five
days TO Havana. The Philippines are
directly west of SanFrancisco. To go
there from here we would go around
South America, up to Honolulu, Hawaiian
Islands, and thence straight across to
Asia.
There will be fine openings here in a
few years for young men, and l would
not mind returning.
have nice collection of curios
which will take home with me when |
50. am progressing nicely with my
Spanish, and can now converse with the
Senoritas on ordinary topics.
There is no trouble on the island, and
We are hopeful Of returning just as soon
as the War Department has decided to
police the island with natives under
United States officers.
Were l to attemp. a description OF
this country my pen would fail me.
Orange, banana and cocoanut groves
abound, and are very beautiful, There
are large fields Of cane, eight miles in
circumference, and it grows 80 thick that
one can scarcely penetrate it.
Knowing your great love for the
beautiful and sublime IL nature, often
wish that you were here to enjoy with
me the beautiful sunset, as it fingers for
a moment on the mountains crest, then
dips into the sea, and in few moments
all is shrouded in darkness, only when
the moon sheds its soft radiance over
mountain aud valley.