The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-02-16
WILL BRucE's LETTER.
CAvITE, Dec. 2lst, 1898.

CAvITE, Dec. 2lst, 1893.
DEAR FRIEND
Well | guess We are to do duty here
during our stay in the Philippines, as
we are attached to the California Heavy
Artillery for duty under Major Rice.
His com nand consists of batteries a.
and D., Cal. Heavy Artillery, Wyom-
ing Light Battery and the Nevada Cav
airy. We have one hours drill day
from 6: 80 to 7:40 A. NJ, and dress par
ade once week. We have about ten
men detailed each day from our troop
for guard duty, which makes our day
for guard come every five days.
l have a request to make to the read
ers OF this paper and to the citizens of
Nevada in behalf of the members of the
Nevada Cavalry. AS there are great
many men in our troop who are miners
and prospectors. and this country is
noted for its mineral wealth, we, the
members of the Nevada Cavalry, re-
Quest every citizen of Nevada and es-
uecially our Senators, Congressman
and Governor to use their influence TO
have us mustered out here with travel
allowance to our respective places OF en-
listment) when the Governments thro'
with our services, and the transporta
ton money we receive will enable us to
de cOnsidera BILE prospecting here. We
have received cable dispatches that
there have been six regiments left New
York for the Philippines and there were
to be three regiments leave san Fran
cisco for this place. We are expecting
to get orders to return home when they
arrive here, and any move that Is made
to have us mustered out here must be
made Immediately.
December 23.-The St. Paul arrived
Yesterday from San Francisco with mail
for the soldiers and every one was hap
py or sad last night, according To the
.idings they received from home. ]
received two copies of the NEWS. one
dated the 10th and one ths Eth As |
was the only one who received Nevada
paper was the center of attraction for
awhile, especially while | was reading
the election news. The majority of the
troop was disappointed that Mcmillan
was not elected, as he received two
third majority OF the votes east in the
troop.
The Eighteenth Infantry received or
ders Yesterday TO be ready TO proceed
to Iloilo tomorrow. We regret very
much to sec them leave as it will leave
the entire care OF avite to fall on the
Heavy Artillery, the Cheyenne Battery
and the Nevada Cavalry, and We Will
be ON duty all the time.
think there Is more music in Cavite
than any other place Of its sizs in the
world. The only church that Dewey
didn't destroy i within forty yards Of
our quarters and they have teryices
every morning at o'clock. They call
the members together with II queer
chime. They have i've or six bells of
diffel ent sizes ia their bell tower and
they have man with mallet 10 each
bell, and you can guess how we enjoy 1t
when they all go to pounding on these
bells at once at A. NJ.
This is our day Tor dress parade and
as this will be our first dress parade
since arriving here we are all wonder
ing how we will acquit ourselves before
the reviewing officers. We We're all
marched to the hospital to-day and re-
vaccinated. The doctors are afraid
that a soldier would get a lite comfort,
so they have to butcher him up every
terday to turn in our saddle blankets TO
the Government SO it looks as If we
were not going to receive any horses at
all, and there is no use of having dis
mounted cavalry in the Philippines or
in fact any cavalry at all. A. we en-
listed for cavalry and with the promise
that we should be cavalry, | think it is
an imposition to keep US here and make
us do duty the same as Infantry and
} Artillery.
December 25.-We are all feeling
very good to-day as we saw report in
yesterdays paper that there weI to be
fifty thousand volunteers mustered out
; and some Of the troops in the Philip
pines are included in the number. OF
course we do not think that we will get
out, but II part of the volunteers here
are mustered out now, when the nine
regiments arrive from the east we sure.
, ly can get mustered out II some Of our
friends at home will use their influence
in our behalf. Quite number of our
boys received boxes yesterday, which
} arrived ON the St. Paul, and Christmas
cake was nearer far last night that IL
has been for a good many days with
the Nevada Cavalry.
December 3l.--We received the mail
: lIOm Ddu T ldIClstD WIS dlltEHDDHs n u
as loving letters have awakened foi d
memories and it being New Years,
when every one should have tender
, eel ng towards his fellow man, we are all
I feeling in very good spirits although
our New Year will be spent eight thou
sand miles from all We love. No? |
have forgotten, we still have our treas
: ure here, that which brought us here
D an which we holl dearer than mother,
wife or sweetheart our flag. May il
never lose its place in the affections OF
every true sol of liberty. This eve
e ning's mail brought us a copy of the
S NEWS, and it is now going the rounds
of the Viii Pine boys. We are all
deeply interested in the contest for Gov
: ernor and sincerely hops our vot 8
: may not be challenged.
I The second battalion OF the First Ten
nessee have be n assigned to this post
for duty, which relieves us OF part Of
. the guard duty which was heavy after
u the departure of the Eighteenth.
THERE'S "a number of the mo ubers of
our troop trying 10 get furluugh III =
month to go pros 1eesinr, but thi k
d tn y are attempting IA serious uud ST.
:. taking MS men who have been any dis.
tance in the interior claim they have