The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-17

links it is n pretty good joke because
pc pie are more likely to believe him
than us.
Lots of the boys who have been
here have monkeys but very few of
the Kansas boys have them yet, per-
haps | may get one after while. We
don't have IA very good time nor
very bad time. We can't talk to any
one much but soldiers and we get
tired of them. oh we can jabber a
little Spanish with the natives and
Chinese, but they, the most of them,
don't understand much more spanish
than we do, and there are not so very
many real Spanish here except Span
ish soldiers. There are about $4,000 of
them guess. They ike the Ameri-
cans aud are very friendly.
/ don't have to really work hard
but there has been good deal to do,
trying to find and get possession, and
get all the stuff Strengthened around
since we arrived And then we have
had to issue clothes since we arrived
to about half the regiment, who had
lost hats, shoes, leggins and clothing
on the boat. Some OF them had
thrown their clothes away because
they got bugs. have never been
trouble I but the once when | WAS
Town in the company. | have to boss
the fatigue gang in carrying and
moving stuff some of the time, ami
work on reports. A complete report
and balance of all stuff drawn, Issued
aud on hand has to be made every
quarter The last quarter of '9S is up
to-day and our report il all right, bur
not quite fl ished Its big job and
we are glad to see the end of IL. II
came at bad time this time AS we
were busy ut other things-getting
'Ots, lights, ovens, horses, horse ieed
mosquito nets, new clothes, fixing up
the Office and store room and distri.
buting Christmas presents which fell
w NhO VI w NV. Ollb lhlnR Nhul
they generally send me to do is to get
TX carts and boss them and bring
them over. | have learned how tn
get them at the depot q. M, and how
to make the drivers understand. II
is to my sorrow that | have learned
Today | was sent down for eleven and
waste stop at the 3rd battalion and
bring box up here. Where you get
the carts they give you checks, the
same number that you get carts.
A bout 80 cart drivers, Chinese and
Philippines all want to go with you,
for until thev make trip and get a
check they get no pay. They, none
of them seemed to have done any
thing to-day, for they all wanted to
come and all jumped on their carts
and started to come. l at last got
eleven OF them sorted out and started
for the 3rd battalion, but when got
there l counted over and found had
seven too many. They had come
around the back way and crowded in
and of course | didn't know which
ones / started with. They all wanted
to haul the box l got there for they
knew they would be sure of their
ticket If they once got that box. One
Chinaman and Native nearly had a
fight and the natives all swore the
Chinese were Every badn and the
Chinese all swore the natives were
very bad. Well Escorted" again and
sent the extras back and started on.
A funny thing you have to learn
about managing these people is that
you have to motion in the opposite di,
rectiOn to which you want them to 60
When we got couple of blocks
stopped and let them pass me IN re-
view and found that had three toe
: many. 1 sent three back and they
all tried to run race the rest of the
way as | would send the ones in the
rear back. When / arrived at quar-
ters and checked up my wagons,
: found l still had thirteen, of cours,
| sent two more back, and turned ov
er to the Q. NJ, eleven carts and elev
en- tickets. 1t is quite laughable bu
one is inclined to get out of patienc,
with the delivery boys of Manila.
hear that mail goes tomorrow,
must write some other "notes".
Your affectiOnateIson and brother
WILFRED w. NELSON.
Headquarters Goth. Kans. Inf. U. s
; ", o. M. ID.
! Daoan,bar al 1909