The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-09
Thanksgiving Boxes For the V0lun-
teerS Arrived Too Late.
THE REGULARS FEASTED
ALL ARE HOMESICK AND TIRED
OF GARRISON DUTY.
Utah's Soldier Boys Are Hoping and
Praying to Be Mustered Out and
Sent Home-Thankful That Mat
tiers Are Not Much Worse, As, In
deed, They Could Not Easily Be.

Writing to The Herald from Manila
under date of Nov 90, Corporal Isaac
Russell of Utah battery A, sends the
following:
Thanksgiving day, mail from home,
boxes filed with ali kinds of sweets out
on the ship waiting chance to land.
Yes, we have something to be thankful
for. 1t touches the tender spot to
know that some one has an interest in
our welfare. and some place On earth
where we are not considered a lot of
dogs to be used as the domineering of
ficers see fit. 1 do not mean our bat
terry officers. They are not equaled on
the volunteer field.
Captain Young received his commits
sion as major" and all the command
IS now congratulating him. He has
done majors duty through the whole
campaign, without a majors pay or
privileges. Besides this, he has obtained
recognition in another line. He is now
the chief judge of the whole archipel-
ago, and every morning at 10 o'clock he
holds court in the old palace within the
walled city.
1t is now Captain Critchlow. He re-
ceived the promotion last Tuesday, and
at the same time Corporal George A.
Seaman received a promotion to the
grade of second lieutenant. Both pro-
motions have the hearty approval of all
the men.
Oh, how the battle-scarred veterans
long for mamma and home, and also a
little tinge of Christmas weather. It
is now raining like fury and is swelter-
ing hot. The Spaniards tell us it is the
coolest weather we will strike and they
also tell up to prepare to shuttle off
this mortal COLI in wholesale quantities
for along about March smallpox and
fever will play havoc with the soldiers.
However, at present the boys are
growing fat and healthy. All are
dreaming of home and waiting for
chance to ''vamoose."
The University of Utah has sixteen
representatives scattered among the
various regiments, and they are prepar-
ing their voices to give the old school
yells and hold an old school reunion
with the biggest blowout Manila has
yet seen, on Christmas day.
On this same day lots of money will
change hands. The optimistic fellows
by way of cheering up the more pessi-
mistic comrades, Wagered their money
that the batteries would eat Christmas
dinner in Salt Lake.
The barracks life goes on in the same
humdrum style of reveille, breakfast,
VI III, QiHt4tt, IGNI6dl, taps. NOl
occurs to liven it except the arrival of
mail or payday.
A THANKSGIVING FEAST.
In letter to The Herald Parker B.
Pratt of company C, Fourteenth infan-
try, writes as follows. on Nov. 26:
The mothers, fathers, sweethearts and
wives of the Utah boys that are in the
Philippines, can be thankful that all of
them are in such good condition, and
that they will be home in the spring,
when the robin nests again.
And all of us volunteer regulars were
thankful that there We're others who
wanted TO come to Manila, sweat, drill, |
have fever, swear mutinous things
against humanity in general and Uncle |
Sam in particular, and then wait fever |
ishiy and impatiently for the discharges |
that come-and yet don't come. While !
we've will get home and settle down, |
contentedly to the old monotonous life, |
get married, and at last, probably want |
to wander again? No, not much; we are |
perfectly contented to rest on our hon
ors; and never more leave the friendly |
protection of cur homes, mothers and |
fathers, or sweethearts and wives
The bill of fare for company C on |
was as follows:
Breakfast:
Bread, Eggs Cboiled) |
Roast beef,
Coffee, Mush, with fruit sauce dip |
Dinner:
Bread, Roast chicken, (dressing) |
Sweet corn, Canned Pickles,
Gravy.
Sweet potatoes Gackets-on)
Branded Peach Pie,
Tapioca pudding with dip) |
Cigars,
and the sweet strains from a Filipino !
band. as an after-dinner tonic.
Supper:
Bread, Sweet corn (short)
Sweet potatoes,
Tea, Peas (also short) Prunes
with canteen checks on the side
f. S.-Pickaninnies on the side after
each meal.
And such was the life in the Philip
pines on Thanksgiving, day ever
memorable to those boy soldiers, and
grayhaired veterans, who were thous-
ands of miles from home and loved
ones, and yet uppermost in their minds
God bless then0i