The Wichita daily eagle., 1900-07-14
ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS
TELLS ABOUT ARMY LIFE
Floyd c. Brswn, Wichita Boy Trum-
peter In Cavalry Company.

| Floyd c. Brown Of this city, who IS
| erumpeter in Troop A, Fourth United
States cavalry, now in the Philippine
Islands, has written his mother the fol-
| lowing interesting letter:
Pasay Cavalry Barracks, May .. 1900.
Dear Mother-I mailed you two letters
and a package today but as have few
spare moments this evening 1 will write
you few lines Just 10 keep my hand
in. We expect to go TO Mac either to-
morrow or next day. II you remember
we had quite fight when we took Mac
in January. and of course it viii not be
| a strange place to US for we explored II
| thoroughly when we took the town
! There is a squadron of the Eleventh Vol
unteer cavalry there which we viii re-
lieve, as they are going to the Cammer-
! ines, which IS the southern part Ot Luzou.
They viii have to so by boat as it is I'M
! possible 10 take horses through the
| mountains which they would have 10
| cross to reach that section. You may
! talk about your Rocky mountain trails,
but they are not in 1t with these. Just
think Of crossing canon 275 feet deep
on a bamboo bridge which was only made
for native ponies, which don't weigh
much more than a white man. Then
take an American horse and rider with
pack saddle and send them over 1t and
you will see the bridge sway down. and
II you were on II you would swear ii
went down fifty feet, and that you were
going through az every step. There
were quite number Of horses killed and
injured by falling through such places
and over canons during the January cam
paitn; also quite a number of men in
jured, but they were only regular SOL
diers, which don't cost near as much as
horse, but we get hardened to such
things. It makes no difference how a
man was raised he will get to think
nothing OF seeing a man killed and you
will always hear the boys say IL a man
and horse are killed together. well
there goes a good horse" or some re-
mark Of that kind And even the mans s
best friend will think OF the horse first.
1 hardly know why this is, unless it Is
because you can always depend on the
horse staying by you, something you
can't say about a man, or a woman.
either. IF a man and horse gets tangled
up in a broken bridge the men will al
ways look to the horse first.
I have a new horse which I have had
a great deal of trouble in breaking, but
I have got him so that now he viii fol-
low me everywhere 1 go, or will stand
any length of time by himself while
am doing something else. I can fire
from him with as much safety as though
l were sitting on chair, but he won't
stand for any blowing of the trumpet
from him. don't think it is compliment
ary to my trumpeting, so say the least.
when he will stand to be fired from and
won't stand for the trumpet. I don't
think he has much Of an ear for music,
at least that kind. But he will get used
to that for I will take him down town
some day and let him hear one of the
Chinese bands they have here, and il
after hearing that he doesn't appreciate
musical talent I will give him up. I
named him Aggie after the great irsurg-
ent leader and that may have something
to do with his lack of appreciation OF
our manner Of drilling
About 11:30 last night we had quite
little excitement. There is an English
woman who runs shop right across the
street from our quarters and on account
of our going away the guard of the road.
which runs in front Of her place, was
taken off. When the natives found it
out they started to get her money.
was sleeping out on the porch when all
at once I heard police whistle. whis-
tie is the signal the Gugus use instead
of trumpet, and when / woke up and
heard that whistle the first thing
thought Of was finding a hole somewhere.
When I got fully awake I ran into the
barracks to get my carbine and in going
in the door I met some one coming out
and I guess the other fellow must have
thought I was a native Cor else he owed
me money! for he grabbed me and down
we went on the floor and I think thare
vera about twenty-five fellows walked
over me and I know they all had spurs
on, at least anyone would say so were
he in N.Y. place When we got straight
ened out and found every one was out
side but we two, the other fellow wanted
to fight me for stopping him, but I man
aged to convince him it would be the
greatest mistake OF his life Except when
he enlsted) so we both decided to 90
and see what the excitement was about.
When we got to the wOman's shop 1 think
there were about twenty-five Cinnamon. !
al talking at once and trying to explain
that three ladrones (thieves) had tried
to enter the English woman's shop when
her husband, a Chinaman. woke up and
heard them. He suddenly renembe
that he had left his reputation AZ a
house on the piano and away
he went after T. This morning ! look as
though had been used for a ham sand
wich and some one had cut the mustard
out OF me. or I had been a victim Of a
bargain counter sale.
I wish you would send me a copy oc
the Eagle once In a while for there are
quite a number or Wichita fellows in this
troop who would be glad to hear the
news from home. Yours truly
FLOYD c. BROWN.
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