The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-03-10
Letter from Howard Isenberg.


through no fault of ourntiicers. ifyou
remember, our expedition was the first
TO sail ani sent off hefore they had
completed fitting out the vessel, ann
therefore the poor cuoking leXpeet
did as much "kickingu as any Que IN
the lmats but that Is part of a sn'dAfr's
regular routine and of course must l@,
,lune, hut should br done ut camp only.
The facts uf the fgi-e were, that 10 OiF
was starving aud did not need 10 W
hungry us there was plenty for all
If YOU notice, the Oregon boys are
ting the most kicking and have the
east to Kick atHAuf They were ii'&
sent td camp iiewr, but were allowed
| ~ rtmaiu in quarters at Cavite nut
le day .f the tie ard then trans
lernd tn Manila by boat. fhey per
.nrmed u very dangerous part but pct
uncomfortable TIE worst part Of the
campaign was that spent ut camp
Deaey Well, am one of, nj fhe
most, bakers dozen Of The OfeRsal
meu that went through the camp lHe
at camp Iewry, aud one pf ~ tihein6st
ll7iur. 1f1aC tqufIe fuui Mania fliftlsfAis
that way. Did ! see any hardship 3
Yes, Il few, such AS being called 0Et q.
bed all hours of the night to take
nrders TO some Of the further points Of
ihe camp, or going for week or ten
DAYS with we; feet. and when got in
to Manila, going for several days with
little to eat and having to s'eep on the
flor. But | WAS not the only one,
there Wefe Others" and not only en-
ii L. am
manding officer, Major Cardwell, Jared
as bad as | did and In snme incidents
worse. When compare The worst of
these incidents to those passed through
by our fprefathers during the Revolu.
lion and our fathers during the Civil
war, ar. even hy our comrades in Cuba,
| caunot help but call them exceeding.
| ly light. | have heeu in position,
since the first of August 10 know what
tile officers have tried to do for thi
men, especially the Medical officer
aud they seem 10 he the ones mos
written about. / know fpr fact, thai
ihe Medical department has done
everything IN their power for the com
i,rt and good treatment of the SICK
1 You rempMter that a great many o
| he IL spital corps were men OF y,
previous experience, and What IN
structious they had received, prior t.
coming here, were for field work anC
not for hospital work. Instructions
consisting chiefly of litter drills aIfC
! first aid aid work, 50, of course 1t tool
some little time for the officers To pict
out the men best fitted for nurses; bu
now you ran go into any of the hospt
tails aud will find them equal to any %
our home hospitals. ] hope you vii
rightly understand this letter, for ! d.
not want to do any an Injustice ant
neither, think, do any of the boys
hut as | have said before, volunteer
are pnor hands for garrison duty" alls
that is what they have beet aniJIg
They SION get discouraged and durlnl
idle moments the Devil gets IN lll
work and prompts them " write
making mountain out out of 4 mol
hill. Az tn patriotism | know nohe q
them have lost any. Judging from TN
way they desert the hospital and max
fnr the front ut the first intmation 9
trouble with the natives. Our deatl
list has been very light when you TAX
into consideration that there are som
where uear 22,O00 men In this corps
aud the list up TO the first nf the mont
numbered only l5S from alfcauses.
am getting along nicely and as far as
know the other boys are, also. Malt
is still at Cavite, aud | don't get to ~
him very often. am going 10 sen
: some money home in this letter for
do want to I've able to 60 to school whe
return. With love to all, renaif
your son aud brother, FIJI IsENBERc.