Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-03
From the Philippines.

so''her HE In the Philippines:
w. w. BooIER.
Elko. Nevada.
FRIEND BooHER: As promised
h write and give you history OF
@Army Lie" in the advent of my
reaching the Philippines, ] will nov
endeavor to fulfill my promise to you
to tile best Of my ability. We left
San Francisco ON the 6 Ii day Vt Wv,
1893, ON the steamer CITY IT Pueblo,
bound tor NJ ,uila, the scene of Dew
ey's victory, and after seven days Of
rough seas end gundly amount of
sea sickness in which we all partici-
pated. we arrived at Honolulu. the
island M 0 .hu, the garden 8. OF nf the
Pacific. We r. maiued in port three
days To take in cnal and allow the
men t. re ieve themselves nf their
cramped gu lrters and ad food And
you may be sur- that We heartily
grasped mt every moment Of Freedom
allnwei us.
The pc 'p'e Of lion ,lulI. and es
peciaily the la,lies, are the IN st
Whole haarte and tongenial that 1t
has ever oeen my gopl fortune To
meet with Ever! thing that could lie
lone I" make u conrUr anie was
done wi II I'M eie.s III &c far sue iDr %
anything we TIA ever receive in
ou' native country. Entertainments
Ut very pnsslbie uescrip ION we q got
ten up for Us Con 1e:tl. natl e felst-,
dnn:rng pari II and gener Il 81 int Sc,
ing we e l!Ie or Ter nf me day. and
many Il RI cd soldier wOuld have will.
'nrly given up his co lntry nd dag
on the impul Sc vt the moment to nave
been abe to ca It his t wi h on of
tire duSky beauties Of fair Ohm, but
the signal Of flrewell WAS heari at
last and we dep Irte I f on II nnIulm
will many wishes "f Col speed FROM
the p ppuIace on the wharf and many
bless ~ 10 our hearts for The kinl
and generous people we were leaving
behind.
The remainder or our journey of
twenty four day. WAS accomplished
without amy thing -: cons gu ,nce
happening, tx ,ept that the boy = were
little snrpri 4ed To find TINT they
hal lived two days in ono as we
crossed the 180 IL meridInn. We also
en- COUNTER ed - or u in crossing the
China sea. which eau .e,i nnr machln.
cry to break down and we had eight
hours Of bobb ny in the rough sea,
which again suppl d the inner man
with spirit IT rebellion.
We arrived in NJ lniIa Bay TN the
7Ch OF ID 'cemeDer and we . taken to
CavItA on the l4ab, at %ni n place we
are still ~ gu lrterI. Cavlte, it will
he RENE nbere,l, was the scene II the
great naval b title and The sun< IN
Spanish ships are still yls,b ., "Wuere
every pulsIng, he ,v'ng ii 10, manes
'ntnn sport Of the 81 anish pride"
The city of Cavite 10 it selt ID study.
The aDci9rt walls TINT surrOunl the
town ut the water edge are t:onpo5
ed OF hun ,lreds ~ dun se0ns in which
evidences Ut Span sh torture are
still evident. Here apd there rack
or set Of stock a-e screwed u the &C.
meut tiOor.nR. !'he walls are orua.
mented with chained weights und
limb STRIPS. To- the 70 st raps tile vic.
tin was buckled st hidiug upri Iht in
q frame and the weights attached to
to chains were placed u1on his head
and I'D this position the upfortunate
pers IN was forceI to stand for hours.
The fortif atinDs are ancient. The
cannon are muzzie loading aud near.
ly all eight in III some Of Tie u lie lr ny
thsSpanlsh Insignia and 153l,the date
Of their man ufaclure The arsenal
una navy yard are equipped with
tue most modern machinery Of Ger
man make. The streets are vel laiI
with cement, and unlike MduIla they