The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
THEIR VERY COSTLY MEAL.
sOLDIERs DINE ON POTAT0Es AT
$1,000 MEXICAN.


The Potatoes Cost $50 on = Philippine
Isl nd, and Ro'ewood Piano Was Used
to Cook Them-Pinno Fatigue Followed
downfall OF Soldier too Popniar'
ov1posT AT JARA. near Iloilo. p. l.. Oct g.
when Company Y ofthe 'Steenth first took pos
,sssion Of the Spanish casa on the PIAZZA at
lara II was a swell establishment. The Span
iards had abandoned II In terrified haste. leav-
ipv all their household gods behind Thus II
happened that Company Y occupied q suite OF
,nuaI rooms that we're furn ishsd with oriental
,p endor The men Of silent 10 canopied
bamboo beds, their hea Ia pilowed on cush-
ions of richly embroidered silk They lounged
IN great easy chairs OF carved ebony and ma
bogany AZ mes, time their mess kits Olaf
,erad ON massive ia brs ni redwood and ma
bo,any. After retreat they read or gam bled
by the light Of quaint. curiously shaped brass
iamps that would have brought a small fortune
in An American euro shop. And they bath-d
In biu clumsily shaped ear henware jars and
b,wIs. decorated with NJ any. hned dragons and
ou,landish shares the Pigments OF the
oriental Imagination After twenty
tour-hour tour OF picket duty, during which
they alternately acted a. targets for the
rItpino outpo.ta and silent 10 bitches knee
ds.n in mud that souirmed with insect and
,.n'ia IIfe. they would linn st,fly into quar-.
fat
IN ,ilrl bath tubs, don richly EN- broidersd silk
,ivh,vown, ami sIlppers with band.p,inted
49, md ,b.n Ioll Among tho siIl an cn.biona
orLsmhoo lounge. while thew smoke oipars
,b,, o,ly n n, llonn r.. couId AFFORD hack in tho
s,a,.s Tn. duty was seyere-ou,po.t duty
.ysrv other dny and fatigue duty between
,,m,s-hu, these Injuries took the stinr from
,hs .,,vs n, hnr,lship
Among the other article. OF grandeur to
rhich comp,ny fell hair when IL took nos.
..sio, NJ IN. cass VIVA , Ana piano n sornrs
r,,ri concert with n ros.wood ca.s That
niapo WA. the cau.. Of n the trouble The
,n...s,i,p Of II mad. Compnny naughty in
its Jnm,apor toward outsiders for at least
,o.,v.aiyb, bours 10 n man from nnoth.r
eomian spoke to a man the Y man would
Invariably. dur ne tn. conyrrsati On, work in
.ore,hipc about "our piano" For Mt least
,h,.a d,v. tn. p;ano wa, tr.n,ed with rev.
srsnce Only tn So with some akilI as players
ware permitted 10 medlle with IL And III. m an
actually sang md listened to sentimental
songs. For another three days IL was treated
Win resrect. Then cnme the reaction. Old
Anarchy a Chicago man who once. for the
iock IA more contrary side to the contro-
yersy. argued that the Haymark-t anarchists
sbouli Ia c,noniz.i. came in tired and sleepy
from ,our q, outpost duty
"Hnpk the hlank .blankl'' he growled. pull.
inc on his mld.cncrustcI uniform MY cara
nre full OF mud and anglcworms. my hide Ia
mi NJ chirrcs and my belly 4. full O, nothing
p,ouk IN, blank. ~ don't hone this whole
b,,nt.d outfit viii march into had.s in n coll
NV, 80 .ator, dariS,,n, ,o.mo,rovm
Th.p the whole SQUAD room chorusei: "ohl
,,.o.e sbut mi Jus, chok. tb,, crn,k,"
And mv 10 Mt. are stf." continued Old
Anarchy. and I'm wet, and chilled TO the bone