The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-11
UNCLE SANS FIG HERS.
TYPES or N NEW NOW SERVING
Nv III PHTLIPPINES.
Cross Dogs Usc' for u Bibis-Ths Oldest
soldier and His Wives Bright Outlook
for n widow reformation of Biowboy
The soldier In Love - Gen. OtiS's

One Genuine Private in Manila.
ISABELLA. Negros, p. l., Dec. 2a In a little
pueblo At the foot Of the mountains in NegroS
there are stationed forty eight Of Uncle Sans
regulars. They are a sturdy. manly, bron1ed-
faced lot For many days and nights on a stretch
they tramp through muddy rice fields and over
gra velly foothills after Papiecio bandits and in
surectos from The neigbhpring Island Of Panay.
Occasionally they run up against a skirmish
and then two or three blueCna,s are killed or
wounded and twenty or thirty natives bite the dust
They are a long way from the base ~ supplies,
and sometimes there Is a shortage Of shoes and
men go barefoot as their fathers did In the Civil
War. But the men don't grumble much, and when
they do II IL in a half humorous way. II ~ a hard
life. and one that brings out the oddities in a mans
character. And some Of the queer sticks In the
detachment would h. worth photographing
II may e~nlighten some Of the army critics in
| the States To know what these men are like,
Cross Dog Is the worst tempered man in the
detachment The hair on the back Of his neck
stands up like that on an angry bulldog. lie
can and does swear in all known Languages
He will GO without tobacco 10 get a fight The
other day he was going through his barracks
chest ! was sitting beside him. Down near
the bottom Of the chest I spied A Bible.
Hello. Cross | exclaimed, do you search the
Scriptures"
ado | WHAT he asked.
-Do you read the Bible"
Nav" said he in a tone 81 disgust DO l
look like a sheep"
IF you don't read il" I said, what do you keep
il for
My nanny gave it to me" he said, "and |
press flowers in II and send 'em TO her"
With that he pulled out the book and handed
il 10 me. Between the leaves were pressed flowers
" all varieties and from all parts Of the world.
On the margin 81 the leaves were the dates when
they were plucked and where, and in some in
stances the names. There were flowers from
Cuba, from Florida, from Oahu. from Luzon,
from Panay, Cebu, Bohol and Negros.
You see. damn IT," said Cross Dog. as handed
back The book, my nanny is a regular pipe
fend against flowers, and II | sent her a blazing
boatioad Of diamonds it wouldn't please her as
much az those pressed flowers"
There are two Browns in the detachment. The
top sergeant calls them Brown one and Brown
two. But the men call them Brown Whiskors
and Brown Smooth. OF course Brown WhlskerS
wears a full beard. Private Sevenspot says
that Brown enyies his own beard because II can
stay full all the while and he can't
And" says Smithie, however full IT is, 1t
doesn't get in the guardhouse"
when he wants it trimmed, - resumes Seven
spot, he goes out and let's Senior Holigos's herd Of
eafanaos graz OH
When the men want a little fun they start an
argumen between Brown Whiskers and Brown
Smooth.
What right" asks Brown Whiskers, has the
United States 10 interfere with the people OF these
STANDS
Inc nght, responds Drown omoo'h' !" come
mere ana 'iNHize EN-
'''hiAe nell eNnams p""h "nShers'
VINO wants 10 NJ c'hiheu'
iohdoh' relorls omoo'h' ou' you heen IN.
why asks WhlsKers' not leave the$e people
as they are lhey are happy ana con"h'ed,
All they ask Is to ny Kites when There S a good
brrpzp, fight their game cocks, and eat a peck
~ rice and drink a few gallons of NIB, A week,
Ioara -, a,nna"
"No, you don't says Smooth, that's no way
10 treat the benight.d heather. We are here IN
,. n' - LaI Id, rta WI ron rrod
"a'h eh Fl" leh' " o''''e' me "hon sou n'e'
Of beer, the size Of a medicine glass. | came
80 ~ -, an, a.,
al'"E anu '"A p'S "n YOU p"'u~u "u' Wv
star of the Fast and stored you 10 the Bowery,
Now Won get a vnshtub Of bnar for a nickel.
M .. -.
""Wu YOU INV !" Ky '"vN , . ol''' ''' n'"r'
pathiC days No SIR rs the Reverend Peyton
Saws there are 40 saloons in Manila now where
.. ~, &c., "a. aa,Li,. ,,n,, 10
'here "rre p"' WV W. are ""'"'nS ""'' P"'
pie To get their moneys worth,
Il don't sac how Won make that out. saws
vhi.l,,, ouoo, -, N,o,I, ,,s,s ,,.,,a, n h,,
"hIShefS' h'' III N''""' ''N'N " q""'"' " w"
tie, \ native only has 10 tap the first cocoanut
tree To get tuba. And tuba contains 10 per cent
49,. .,,,to, ,h,, ~, mou. ,ou Id h,o,do,
H'ie oi'"'' 'l'"" O''' 'H'" E''' Wv
life, I'd rather BE- unciNllized.
Jimmie il the oldest old soldier i'm fine detachment
H., h.. had ,.sr,y. nina wars, s.,yics and le y,,d
~ ioH IA '"'',' ''''' ''"'' -" - XIV"
for a fight any day. lie is the nealesi man IN
the regimen, and the most taciturn. lie talks
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