The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-24

landed). We got to hail the noted bat
tleship. Oregon, and several English
war vessels. They cheered US again
and again. We landed in native cas-
cors" and a Chino workman on board
the one 1 was on, had At. II was the
worst sight ever saw. The other Chi
nos showed bamboo stalk In his mouth
to keep him from biting his tongue of.
After he came around we continued
and landed safely, and have been on
the jump ever since. The first thing I
found out ON Joining the regiment was
that Major Bubb tmy old captain) had
been promoted and is now Lieutenant
colonel of the Thirteenth Infantry. and
is stationed away on the north line
twenty or thirty miles from where We
are. General Han (my old colonel, is
now brIgadier general of volunteers.
and not in command OF the Fourth In
fantry. There is not an officer here
that ever knew before. our com
mandlng officer I never heard Of SO
you see how It is. Ny old officers might
as wen be in the states. would have
as good a chance Tor betteE to reach
them. l don't know that LIeutenar-
CastneS is on the island, as have new
er heard of him since l arrived here.
The only officer IN the regiment that
knew is Captain Andrews, who is reg
mental quartermaster in Manila. You
can write Senator Scott Just how lam
handicapped, we are literally Lying in
water for the past two weeks and will
continue to do so for some time, until
the dry season sets in. officers nor
men do not attempt to wear shoes or
socks, and many OF the men only wear
their shirts. am in good health. The
climate does not seem 70 affect me at
all. so FAR. Not even my old rheuma-
tlsm has been affected. A great many
OF. the men are troubled with the "hdobe
itch" as they term 1t. Doctors can't tell
what causes 1t. Most of the natives
have It during the wet seasons. We
can't keep anything dry. Everything
Is moldy and clothes smell of mold.
The natives only wear kind of shirt
and they are worse than Indians for
art ana MIN 0na' Is Tue 'Uwe' e'"es''
Ihey 1--WE On liee ",lN O''le. =" ~ w.,
they cut with their fingers, but have
slick way OF doing Il, that can't ex-
pain pu. Miu s"O" son ,a.a -. 81
nome Inc people We pee ne's - =. : H., ~
o'u 'I'e"' Woi''s" az" emu, e''
Mi'i''li ouF ,''''s, ~" ~ 49,,
Dut SIT On ti'e iioo', Me"' "S ,l.. ~
chiiareh an SMOKE vis1ts " r.s".es III.
ana are alwaSs Wi'',nk ~ u ~, n.a w.
anyoody. II oiteh comes III nanny
Tor me. me women eoh wear N,ess.s
Ihey ouy rev Sarus oi 'o'vreu sur
ana wrap OF ue II urounu '''e,' , puu'."
ana '''ey a'so weHr " N.rT =, 49,! :
no Shoe'' or ssoeNi',hs' t"e - -,
Vi women a,e oi's , u"a'i"s u,7''
their logs peihs ll'1,e .'l'. ~. s" ~.
anu lucy HuNe "CVSs" s"D :, -
wear Wneil OUT Oh '''e n"u'e' NV -
ah olu naive shS'N' OF "ouse' l's
along hrst rate' out we u'e ,ou'eu ~
nearly every h'E"' oS "a. i'.'u 81, So
liFlhs on our Ou'Po''S b"s
last we were u't''1NeI WV '%S 80 l.,
up al n'gpl Tor rear '''ey Wo"'e 'uH', :"
on U.S. we "eta t'NI'us ~ 81 49,,
wh9eK az 'heW was ." ou'ross 80
no Z win spu"u VI S'N' . ~" .le''',
ago we were Ireu on anu NC JUMP, IL
INTO one Oh our tie''ei'eS anu s.,e -. 49,
VoIley at tue place we saw 'He ''.s
OF their guns. lhey uiu not ~ w
second time Two peaceinl nu',ses e.,n'e
TO us the next morning ana 'o'u VS. ',l'
we had Killed one ana wouhuea Sno'''-
err "GooGoo' hu' oi eourSe We "4 ~
no POSITIVE POSITIVE prooi :. ~ ~ ,,,,, ,,,a.
wanting them 10 come at 10, Ou. 10y
are shrewd ana cunh'n6' rug 9'u,s'
(seyenty-hve In nunDer)' Went ou'' ~.
ter them the next uay' our company
'oncKed them as a reserve we i"'. '"."
about 1900 NiEgerS' we cou'u See tl0"'
plainly, everything that was gong O''
In their camp. our orneers Wouiu NO.
allow US TO attack 'hen'' "S 'ney Sa'u
they We're too strong LOT vs., anu 'ne
water covered almost eVetSt"'''s, pu' 40
soon as the rainy season 10 over We WIN
20 after them IN earnest suppU'e
there was lot oil man Tor us on '"s
Morgan CITY that Wih not GET 10 !
learn they only saved twen'y-h'ne
sacks of mall and have no'n'hE yet