The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-09-07
IN MANILA.
An Interesting Letter From Louis
Fahrlander, Who is With the
18th Regiment.

16th Regiment.
THE following letter was written to the
boys of the Shot Gun, as Oooper's North
hign street cigar store is commonly
known Ed
MANILA, P. l., July 18th, 1899
FRIEND Dick Il write you boys Of the
Shot Gun few lines to let you know
how am faring. We spent three days
in Honolulu and time we did have, but
after leaving Honolulu had q little bad
luck The ice machine broke on the
boat and all of our meats spoiled 90 we
had nothing but canned mule and sal.
mon in the meat line, and but very little
of anything else.
We ran into Manila Bay on the 9th
OF June, but did not 60 ashore until the
1st Of July. We went into camp in some
old Spanish barracks, where We stayed
until the 5th. Marched from there to
Ciloocan, which is about five miles from
Manila, and arrived in camp about Z p
h. OF course we had to put on guards
around camp and four outposts and
was one OF the lucky ones to catch guard
We were all tired, sleepy and hungry,
but did not get any supper. 1t poured
down rain that night and kept it up
steady day and night for week before
had chance 10 dry our clothes. None
OF us had as much as a dry handkerchief,
but as luck would have it none OF US
caught cold.
There is no danger where we are but
We can see the niggers going to town by
the hundred with fruit for the market
Fruit is plentiful here in the woods but
it is little too dangerous to 60 on tn
hunt for it.
There are Cinnamon in camp every
day with fruits and cigars, the former
very dear and the latter very cheap.
Five bananas cost 10 cents, American
money, cigars from 80 cents to ST. hun
dred. Cigarettes can be bought at 10 cts.
per one hundred, American money.
Spanish, Mexican, Filipino and Amer
can moneys all circulate here, but a dol
lar in our money is worth two of the
others If one we're to get an American
$40 hill changed into the Filipino coin
he would have more than he could carry.
The native women, like the Indian
squaw, are hustlers, and do the work
while the big chief sits in the shade and
fights off the flies, or meanders out oc-
casionally to tight with Aguinaldo. The
women carry enormous loads on their
heads and are straight as an arrow and
always on the trot. The water buffalo
is like the American OK, only . good
deal slower. l would not like to live
over here. The people are more like
heathens than anything I ever saw We
are going out scouting some day this
week. We are going to build dining
room SO we can have a good place to
eat without getting wet. Say, talk about
mos quitoes, they are as big as robins,
and red ants, well, to see them crawling
arourd you would think they were bum.
BILE bees. and between the two they
came near eating US up at night when
on guard, which we catch ever third
night. We have to 60 mile after our
wood and water. There is a creek close
to camp about up to our necks, but it is
a fine place to bathe. 1t is going to be
hot when we get into the interior of the
island. Where we are now we get q
good breeze. They put all new regiments
whore we are now to get them climated,
30 of course we will have to make room
for the niggers, "a and 25 Inf, which are
over here this month. How 10
everything this summer around the
Shot Gun. Everybody is working and
having a good time Ihope. Would
like to see them squash this trouble.
Either jump in and kill the niggers or
all American troops. There
are hundreds of American soldiers sick
in hospitals here. Fresh meat and too
much fruit should not be eaten, so the
doctors claim. Company F has taken
the Kelley cure for they are all broke
and then it is too far to town. Beer is
40 cents quart bottle. lsend some
postage stamps. Will have
to get ready for guard, 30 good by to all.
Address Co. F, 10Th Inf, Manila, P 1.
LOUIS FAHRLANDER
Robbed the Grave.