The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-06-27

Lipa, Province BatangaS. Luzon FL.
May ). 1900
EDITOR OF TIE TIMES:
The last copy OF THE TINES I recciv-
ed was dated in November: can not
! ima@ a@ine why they fail TO reach me: any
way, will not prefer charges against
YOU until the case can be Investigated.
Preferring charges and Tin solder
| ing" is about all that IS being done at
present. The fines imposed on the men
each month firmly believe will pay
the salary of the Colonel and his seatf.
1t anuseS me to see the regular army
officers try to make regulars out OF
volunteers. Will give YOU :; few en-
amples of what the officers and men are
required TO do and some of the fines and
sentences given for disobedience OF
orders. Each officer is required 10 be
present at all drills. etc. If sick he
must be excused by the surgeon or
the commanding officer OF the post. an
90 The doctor is the one to say wheth-
er he is able to perform duty or not.
Now for the men: at PusidO five men
in Co. f were absent from reville. they
all claimed to be sick. which was true.
but the doctor didn't think so. they
were given big dose of oil and marked
duty. The Major then ordered that
charges be preferred against them. In
the summary court eachIman was fined
$500. So many men who are not sick
try to shirk their duties it is pretty
hard for sick man TO get in the hos
pital. On board the transport orders
were issued not to spit on the floor or
deck. The Mai jor or some officer saw 4
sentinel spit on the floor near the state
room. that fellow got 10 days or SO.
Another man while in a restaurant spat
out of the window. and unlucklly for
him it struck one Of the native women
on the top of the head. he got $500. a
sentinel while on post was caught eat
ING a banana, he got $500. \ private
told corporal-using his language
You go to hell: he had a general
court marshal: his sentence was three
months at hard labor and $1,000. y
corporal was fined $500 for entering
the cathedral at San Jose without per-
mission, said he only went in TO lie
down and rest. The first volunteers
that came here took everything they
could get their hands on and great
many will do so now, so orders were
issued that no enlisted man would be
allowed to enter any house or building
and the officers were ordered to shoot
down any man they saw di>obeying the
order. This man is a jew. he says that
was the first time he was ever in Il
church and swears he will never put
his foot in another. Have often seen men
draw only 60 cents for hiking, fighting
and doing guard duty for one month in
a tropical climate for Uncle Sam. | be-
lieve that the majority OF them should
have been punished severely. but to
take their wages away for such offences
is too hard. There is lots of work
around quarters and a few days extra
duty would be sufficient. Last year a
great many enlisted men found fault
with their officers, well they should
thank their stars they are not IN the
volunteer service this year. The men
had picnic last year compared TO the
present service: the staff all being
regulars it is strictly business. /
thought it best in every way for the
men to have all the higher officers
regulars. for the government it is GER
tainly best. now l have changed my
opinion. One regular officer in each
regiment of volunteers IS sufficient.
Some of the volunteer officers treat
their men with very little respect,
generally speaking it is those who were
in command of negro troops last year.
The colonel ieut-colonel and several
captains commanded negro troops dur
INC the previous service and it is a COM
mon thing to have some fellows cuSsed
by an officer. Some of the men over
heard captain tell a lieutenant to-
bring those Filipino officers upstairs,
l do not want them to stay down there
with those damned enlisted men.
have never been personally insulted by
an officer and find those who speak Of
their men in this manner are not as
GOOD as the men themselves.
1t seems as if every man must have d
case of chill and fever, am glad have
gotten over mine. At present there
are q men sick in the hospital from
my company. The doctors claim 1t Is
the fresh meat or water, well. my opln-
ion is that it is nothing more than the
climate, after marching and fighting.
sleeping on the damp ground for nearly
four months is enough TO make any
ordinary man sick. Here is one thing.
though, that battles them all: quite
number of men are troubled with worms.
have seen some OF them vomlt real
live worms two or three inches long.
How does that strike the cold feet ID
America? find those who stay with
hard tack. bacon and coffee are the
ones that keep well. To eat and drink
anv old thing in this country will soon
wind up your clock. The native doctors
claim that grown people have worms
here like children have in the States.
If anv of the boys should tell me that
nv face was black and that | looked
wormy. Ia not be insulted but go
straight to the doctor and get some
turpentine.
The fighting is still going on in the
islands and every now and then we run
upon small band of them. They are
now called Ladrones but they are the
same niggers the 1st Nebraska sentry
fired on. Now for prediction: When
che rainy season sets IN and Just before
the election in November. for effect. in
order TO carry the election for Nchin-
lev, there will be lots of fighting in all
the large cities. We will get our share
of it, for this city and province IS the
richest and most densely populated OF
anv on the island Just few nights
ago all the women and children across
the bridge came over in the city for
protection. The companies were order
ed out but didn't get a niger, they
skipped out Or vamoosed as the boys
say. after firing few shots. The patrol
is not allowed to fire unless in self de-
fense. In the city quite often men
could kill some insurrector, but it IS
dangerous to shoot the Kragg unless
YOU have wall behind the man to stop
the bullet. At San Jose sentry fired
at a man and killed a little girl about a
mile off.
Earthquakes are nothing unusual. a
few weeks ago the volcano Taal about