Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17
Letter From the 10th Kansas.

L nave 1uSl lSSSiNSa pCpA i>NN~'
~. was glad to get it. Twas lucky
as the boys say, this mail, for received
letters from almost everybody that l
have written to- You don't know how
much good these letters do us | felt
awful sorry for those bows who did not
yet any letters. They looked so lone
some, and seemed to think that they
were forgotten, when it is just likely thai
the letters that they expected, simply did
not get to Frisco" in time to come on
this mail boat. We are not sure OF man
oftener than once in two weeks, SO the
folks at home ought to time their letters
SO as to get one off on each mail. In the
the future you had better put U. 5 MI,
itary Station No. /, on with the rest OF
vour address. so as to make sure that
your letters will come to this place we
were expecting this mail several days be-
fore it arrived, so when the boys saw the
the mail clerk carrying up the bag OF
mail. they set up such cheer as would
make the Comanche Indians green with
envy. The boys are having pretty
hard time of it, although they endure 1t
manfully. They have to go on guard
about every third or fourth day, "mle
the weather has been very nice, SO tar
vet it makes them very tired to have to
walk their beats in the hot sun-especial-
" from 10 a IN. till 4 p. IN. lie nights
arc usuaIlv NICE and cool. Then there is
fatigue work, of various descriptions III
between guard duty" so you see that 1t
keeps them pretty much on the jump all
the time. hope such guard duty VIII
not last much longer If 1t does, it cant
help but tell, even on the good constitu-
t;or of a Kansas volunteer. You, at
home. can not very we'll conceive thatit is
.shot here now, as it is at home during the
Ath of July, or even hotter. As said be-
fore the sun lust roasts fellow, but
YOU are all right when you can get IN the
shade There 10 most always fine cool
land or sea breeze. l think IT we could
lust mix the weather in Kansas with
the weather here for a while, 1t woulu
maize a fine combination. The comnlis-
s,oned officers of this regiment go on
guard about once week nc non'
commissioned officers about once III two
weeks. So, you sec, we corporals ana
sargeants have the easiest time OF It, OF
any. The guard duty" consists oil
"regemental guard" which is mixture
of ..police work" and guard duty OF
"out. post guard" which consists OF
guarding about two miles OF the out
most" between our troops and those Oh
Ag,;raldo. We also send about SIX men
a day as guards at the brigade mead
quarters | don't don't know whether
The Goth Kansas regiment is irving TO
ouard the city Of Manila, all by itself or
not but do know that ii is dong It's
shar, of it Three or four of the other
regiments are doing as much as we are
but the regulars don't do very much
guess they thing their time Is coming anu
| tor one, dom care how soon 1t VIII DC
Th. sooner the better. We are all ready
to he relieved as soon as the regulars get
here. don't believe it is right to keep
the volunteer army here any longer aiter
the "Treaty of Peace" is ratified, than 1t
10 absolutely necessary. None OF the VOL
unteer. objected to doing their dnty when
a nations rights" were to be defended
brt that is another thing to "hold po-
session" after the war. That is strictlV
the work for the regular army. VI COURSE
.ome time must be allowed, III when TO
make the exchange, but it wants TO DC
vrrx limited. kansas sends regiment
of regulars-the Goth United states
army 80 Kansas ought to be allowed
to have her regiment of volunteers sent
home. This is great place to see Out
once YOU have seen it, you soon get t'feu
of it. don't know as evergot SO urea
of a place in my life as have OF this one
This tropical climate guess, IS not con-
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duciye to great energy. | used to THINK
that | knew some lazy people at home
hut they we're perfect whirlwind OIL
energy compared to the Chinese anu
Standards of this place. The Filipino
people are not afraid to work, but even
they are awful slow. don't wonder
that this place is not more civilized tha'
II is. The Chinese and natives can rv'
on nothing and the Sprniards d'd n''
care to civilze them, SO guess they ]us'
simply existed for the last twocenturies
believe that the natives have lived more
life" since the Americans have come her'
than in twenty-five years OF their iorihe
existence. They are learning our way
remarkably fast, and seem to posses
much intelligence. Theyaren not Negroes
Their hair is straight and not kinky e1
cept the tribe called the "Macabebes'
They have kinky hair and are one OF tn
most savage tribes The Filplno'' lore
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