Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-29

nearly two miles along the bay side oi ' the Pasig road. and reaches in width
 probably i5O yards to the wooded and
 native residence district which fringes | the bay.
 Another feature of the life at Camp
 Dewey was the f0raging. SD experience | that was more enjoyable to the soldiers
 who fOraged than Co tae rativss who were foraged upon. Fresh chickens CT | ducks and other es:ables were naturally | in great demand. and now and then ! they mysteriously disappeared from the | premises of the natives Tue wood de | tail was one which the boys always ! dreaded. yet it was a very important one when it is considered that the re-
 suit of the cooking depended upon She
 character of the fuel supplied by the
 men At first trees were cut. and oam- ' boo formed much of the fuel Later the
 natives complained and orders forbid ding the cutting of any timber were issued from headquarters It then be- came necessary to forage for the wood Often it was gathered on the shores of
 the bay, being the wreckBge cast up from the sea. Sometimes there were unearthed water soaked timbers with sll sorts of fgureheads and quaint cary !ngs
 There are always little incidents of camp life which, unimpOrtant and ir- relevant to the general work of the army. no doubt, make interesting and gossipy reading for the people at home. Especially is this true in a camp on foreign soil amid strange conditions and circumstances. thousands of miles from home In the neighborhood of the camp are large tracts of bamboo. which proved most useful in making our quarters tenantable The little "dog tents. with the use ot long bamboo crosspieces and bamboo sticks. were raised a foot or two from the ground. and bamboo beds were put into the tents to enable the men to keep dry Bamboo beds are the only kind used in the country districts and were purChas- ed from the natives for a Mexican dol lar each These and additions to the little tents made with gum blankets. ponchos and whatever cloth the men could gather up made life here during the incessant rain not all trial and disappointment but even at that camp life is not all lone long, sweet song %
 Altogether the American soldiers in the Philippines have A genuine respect for the fibrous bamboo, and henceforth Co them a bamboo rod will awaken other memories than those of a fishing trip and the landing of gamy trout and sportive bass
 Scarcely had our camp been estab- hshed on the shores of Manila bay than the native fruit vendors set up their stands in adjacent fields. much the same as the sutlers. hucksters and canteen keepers gather around our camps at home. These fruit stands of the natives are decidedly picturesque and as nun1er- o1s as they are picturesque and es rule as they are numerous. The native fruit stands are mol, however. confined to the camp. but are scattered quite thickly along the public highways Indeed nearly every native house is a fruit stand. or rather the front porch-where there is s porch-is utilized for this pur- pose. Here the women and children. even the men, sit all day long crying. "Unus banana, unus centavol" or dish ing out rice or vending cocoanuts. man goes or other fruit
 Before our troops came here much had been said regarding the unhealth- fulness of the fruit of the Philippines. and the soldiers were repeatedly eau tioned against it's use during the early days of our occupancy. With the fruit tn sight and the commissary ratiOns rather common and not very plenty at