Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-07-22

hospital, none are bad off. Strobel is
back tor duty, and is feeling all o. X.
again.
Now about Jack Breen. l had in
tended to write about him before, but for
got it. His time ex pired in January, but
had to stay until his relief came on the
! Buffalo February I'd. He came ashore
and hunted up II company, and was with
| them when the scrap started. He fol-
lowed them through all the fights, then
enlisted and will &c back with them to
Boise. The old man died in February
| last, so Jack told me. l did not know Of
Jack being with us until II company was
in our battalion, when heard some one
call Breen one day, and looked him up.
He makes very good soldier.
I'VE have good many officers on the
sick list at present, embracing Higgins,
Smith, Hartman, Bodley, Busby, Hawley,
Bell, Bob Stanton and Springer, one un-
der arrest and two on special duty, which
makes us a little shy.
| 81 hope, old man, you will get all o.
X. again as should exceedingly regret
to see You knocked out and not be any
good. The boys often talk about and
often ask news of you, and all wish you
a speedy recovery and on your feet
again.
| "Do not worry about us We have
plenty to eat, and 81 900 Mexican money
in the company fund, and spend about
$500 Mexican per month for extras. b
company still contributes pretty freely
[ to the canteen, from which we get good
dividend. limit them to $40 Mexican,
and although some of them kick that is
all they get. few do not get any.
| All our beef and mutton so far has come
! from Australia, and is the best that can
| be had. There has not been one bad dose
of beef or mutton that have heard of as
| yet The meat is as fine as any ever
| had in the states and better than most
| we get at home.
"Our educated spuds' and 'medicated'
| inguns' are thing of the past; also the
| strong bacon we used to have. The ba-
con we receive now is excellent and in
prime condition. 1t is Armour's best
all right; enough so that, take it alto
| gether we have no kick coming on our
/ rations.
AT noon, the first day of the scrap, the
Washington boys brought us fresh bread
right out of the oven, and hot coffee
out on the firing line. | left Rea and
Mckee in the kitchen, and had Pelky
haul out grub to us every meal, as every
company was furnished a horse and cart
for that purpose, and although some of
them did not get grub TO my certain.
knowledge, B company did not go hun
cry very long at a time.
"Up at San Pedro we had a regular
feast. The boys would not eat the bush
meat, as there were thousands Of chick
ems, pigs and some turkeys, and further
up immense swarns of ducks. Graham
brought beer right up to the firing line.
keg donated to each company (Pabst and
Schlitz), and also gave every company
on the firing line barrel of beer; SO you
can see for yourself we do not suffer
much.
1--WE have not had the hardships had
expected we would, though some of the
other regiments have had pretty tough
time of it. But what could you expect
A mic ir
this is war.
There are some people i'll the United
States who should be strung up and
their tongues cut out, for they are out
and out traitors, if the newspapers can
be believed. One Frank Stephens, of the
City of Brotherly Love, says The iudg-
meat of God should visit the volunteers
in the Philippines for slaughtering the
poor uiggers;' and Ed. Atkinson, Bos-
ton millionaire, is sending out pamphlets
| urging us to mutiny and not re-enlst.
What is it to him, or any other such
| traitor, what we do so long as we are sat
| isfied to stay? The government will
send us home in due time, as soon as it
can replace us. This is new experience
l for Uncle Sam, and he cannot do every
thing in day or year either. We have
taken this country and we must hold it, or
confess ourselves towards i'll the face of
the world.
"You know, yourself, that it takes
time to do the work we are doing. Ev-
ery one knew for what he enlisted; for if
remember right Lieut.. Walsh took par
ticular pains to impress it upon their
minds before they signed the articles.
You also know that majority OF the let
tiers sent home from here are written
by kids who should never have been
loosened from their mothers apron
strings They expected to find picnic,
and see good deal Of the world, and be-
cause they cannot go home when they
want TO they don't like the army
"As to slaughtering these poor mig
gers by the thousands and sweltering in
their blood, that is all bosh. II is we'll
known fact here that one of the largest
piles of dead niggers was that in front OF
our battalion and Fortsin's two Washing
ton companies, OH the 5th of February,
and that pile had the large number of
fifty-fve dead niggers in it. Thirk of IT.!
Fifty-five by actual count! got this
from officers, men and civilians who had