The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-13
DON'T RUN
Floyd White Says Americans
Don't Run Even From the
Filipino SenOritaS
Floyd white, Of Oklahoma City,
writes as follows of his soldiers ex-
periences In the Philippines:

periences In the Philippines:
Santa barbara, Luzon, p. /.
February 5, 1900.
Moved? We certainly have. There
is nothing likeit. Should we stay in
one pueblo" more than few days Il
might prove fatal to our constitution
and IL we can't do any better we move
from one part Of the quarters to an
other, most anything to protect the
army from getting mouldy. The indi
cations. however, point to short stay
here and we are offering thanks. We
are now six miles from Dagupan, in n
nice quiet little town cut in two by a
cold, clear stream which affords a fine
swimming hole.
The natives are very friendly to us,
but are not to be trusted after all.
Our quarters are the best yet, cool,
and commodious and our company is
here all by it's lonesome" There is
piano in the vice presidents shack to
which we have access, and many
pleasant hours we spend and listen to
our two unequalled quartettes. AS 1t
is ouly across the plaza we can lie in
our hunks and enjoy an evening sere-
made.
All the boys are satisfied here and
are willing TO remain until the well
come order for our return TO the
states. The vice president sets out
egg-nogs, dubbed yogyogs by the boys
for FIVE cents, American, per glass.
They have q crude way of mixing the
~
many do they sell. The boys are very
orderly, though, and none have as yet
become intoxicated.
Whenever we go swimming in the
river some wandering senorita spies
us and soon a whole bevy of sailing
damsels line the bank TO watch us and
comment. Propriety in the states
would say for us to grab our clothes
and run, but we, are not used TO run
ming, and, Furthermore, it is necessary
for the troops to keep clean.
Our bull cart goes in every other
day for bread and we send in for diff
ferent delicacIes at the commissary
sales room at a cost which is less than
the same goods sell for at the stores
in the states. The government Is good
enough to buy "a great quantity of
these goods aud transfer them TO the
boys In blue at cost.
In the fight or the south line at Ca
vite Viego a short time ago, the same
town in which we fought and after
wards evacusted on the 9Th of October,
the Twenty y-eighth infantry lost rather
heavily. When they reached the well
constructed trenches and we're review
ing the dead and wounded they saw
the bodies of two American soldiers,
one dead, the other mortally wounded.
kind and generous private Of the
Twenty-eighth regiment gave the
wounded one some water from his can
teen and asked him what regiment he
originally belonged to, receiving the
ungrAteful reply, "No sabe." lie was
found TO be q deserter from the Sixth
artillery, and they both held commits
sions as majors in the rebel ranks.
The other deserter was from the
Fourth infantry, stationed at linus, a
few miles from the seat Of the conflict;
and this once American soldier was
lighting against his own comrades Ia
linus for long time. Such Is the fate
Old Glory dea TO deserters. A fully
uniformed native police of Cavite WAS
also found in the trenches. One OF our
squad who has just returned from
thero related this interesting news.
he was on the machine gun detach.
ment during the dght.
/ see by the Manila papers that there
is big lawsuit In progress by
Filino plaintiff sgainst the friars,
defendants. The plaintiff claims that
the friars induced his father. .he
testator, TO turn over property worth
So 600 TO them for the release of the
tes,ator's father from purRatory
after lapse OF a quarter Of CEN
tnry. The testator felt some remorse
lt no. attending TO the important mat
ter before and providing more COM
Portable quarters Tor lne oid Eouti5-
man who was probably very used 20
his environments Ia twenty-five years.
The friarR now have 10 show proof
that the old man got his passport safe
~ osat ~ nrro.atoeu And his soul ra-