The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-31
MANILA BOYS THINK
ONE OF THEM BELIEVES CAyITE
IS REWARD ENOUGH FOR
UNCLE SAM
LETTER TO PROF. coNGDoN
the City Schools Here, Gives Elk
preston to the Anticipation
Sentiment in the Ranks of the
American Troops Now Stationed
In the Philippines.

One Of the most Interesting letters recently
received from Manila came to Prof C. a.
CohsuOn Few days ago. In It, under date OF
Nov. 10. is said:
suppose It will seem rather strange for
you 70 get letter from one of your old
STUDENTS. In this part OF the world so / will
our .e ast 20 you, you my ny reason for writing When
received letter from my sister and She said
you sent your regards to me- In the letter
the H,oee san 70 ner Yesterday told her to return
oic friends In st. Paul, though we NAV be
good many miles apart.
me United States transport Scandia was to
ieave port today for Frisco but regular
typhoon has been raging all day and the
pay Is TOO rough for small boats to approach
tne Gsep sea vessels anchored in the bay.
az s1,su Oh course the boat will not leave until
Tn 1ne sets lhe mail and passengers on board
ta.s tnere ousnt to be good sized mail as the
Doys nave been answering letters all day yes-
y .sauay y, ana to-day: 1t is now about o'clock
p. m., so l, am writing by candle light The
room resembles carnival illumination as the
Ooys all oyer the barracks, each have a sep
arate candle burning
In the first part of this letter said T wo,ld
Ten you now came to write this letter.
wen. we have bad habit here of reading our
ieuters 70 one another. and as was reading
my sisters letter to a group of q COMPANY
boys. there were half dozen of them who
SAID they knew you of old. Some had been
I unaer you instruction in the grades and
!. 70 write you a.ietter and send you the regards
OF them all; so you see am endeavorine to
Gasry rassy out out their wishes The boys who COM
Stapelton. Andrew Ahlberg, Charlie Wood
Joe O,brien and myself. Of course l suppose
half the company know you as most ali of
them are old ST. Paul school bows.
Times are quiet here at present and we
are a.! eager Tor the termination of the peace
COMMISSION, 30 we will know what they are
gong 70 90 with us The boys are all eager
6or,b$
states to go through the expense of sending
regulars here II our country is not gotpg to
mold the islands. There is no fear felt on
account OF the insurgents, as a great MANY
of the American papers try to make out. The
reoel army saw how Americans fight and
would not dare to tackle them. At best they
are nothing but mob bent on looting. They
are not allowed in the city. We have no fear
on their account
The majority of the boys here are not in
Iavor OF the retention of the Philippines by
tRey are. OF course there might be some
chance for investment of American capita,.
but outside Of that they would be of little
use 70 our government. OF course we ought
to Keep eoa.ing station, Cavite, for Instance
that ought to satisfy us. There is plenty
OF chance at home for our government to ex-
pend Its capital; There are many places at
home that need development and ii is a
known fact that there is less population to
the square mile in the United States than
any OF the European nations.
IN, IN one s,e OF our papers. where Andrew Car
are about right. For instance, if the land
grabbers will think Of these facts.
he says the cost of maintaining our army
IN the philippines would improve our inter-
nal ma, waterways deepen our harbors, build the
Nlcaraguan canal construct a waterway to
the ocean from the great lakes, an inland
canal along the Atlantic seaboard, a canal
across florida, saving 800 miles between New
York and New Orleans; connect Lake Michi-
gan with the Mississippi river, deepen all
harbors upon the lakes, build canal from
the lower Mississippi. An these enterprises
would be nothing In comparison to the
sums required for the experiment Of posses
sing 81 these islands, 1000 miles from our shores
II the object be to render our republic DOW
erful among nations, can there be any doub,
as to which policy Is the better? To be pow
erful at home is the surest way to be more
with Cuba, Porto Rico and Hawaii. If we
want more territory why not take Spain it
sell; sen IT w would be better than this God forsaken
war to conquer territory, as it was supposed
to be war of humanity
Well, don't suppose it will be of any in
terest to you for me to discuss this ques-
ton any farther, as you people at home know
more about 1t than we do. But would hate
to see the United States try to control this
country, where there are 100000 people who'll
~ united for self-government Here In
Manila the streets are narrow, the drainage
poor and the whole town is thick1y popu-
lated with Cinnamon and half civilized ma
tives There are also foul breezes and a
continual stencil, that at times is almost un-
bearable. There Is, however, one thing here
that is good, and that is the hemp, if they
keep us here after the cool season we may
nave to use It as last resource.
We are going to have football game here
Thanksgiving If the rain don't prevent us:
but we will miss the st. Paul high school
girls.
You will have to excuse the writing and
composition of this letter, as the wind mas
blown out my candle about twenty times since
l started 1t. Ny bunk is near the window.
will also send you paper published. here
1t Will prove more interesting than this let
ter Charlie Baker. one of the old manua,
training boys, just came In; he sends re-
CARDS. Perhaps you have seen some Of his
sketches in The Globe
1t is getting late, SO I will close Hoping
this letter VIII find you and all the rest
of our school friends in good health I remain
Yours truly, Frank Haskell
Company E, Thirteenth Regiment