The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
An Interesting Letter From the Pail
ippine Island.

Cervantes Isle, Luzon, p. 1. Jan. l, 1900
VIM. Fink, Greenville, Miss.
My Dear Sir.
} No doubt you will be surprised
to hear from me away over here
and perhaps you would like to
have ideas of my experience since
l left the United States. If you
will first excuse this paper as it is
that we captured when we drove
the insurgents from this town.
Well, we left Frisco on Sept.
30, and arrived in Manila on Oct.
20, making stop at Honlulu three
days. They gave us passes off the
boat and we more than took that
town in. 1T is very pretty place,
odd and very old-fashioned, and
is about one hundred years behind
the times, but nevertheless we had
a good time. The only redeeming
feature is the Queens Palace,
which is very beautiful place.
Well, when we left HonluIu we
did not see land any more until
we arrived in Manila, three weeks
later. When we arrived we
marched through Manila out to
the La Iona Church, about four
miles from the city limits 10 do
guard duty, which seems to be the |
place where they break in all new
troops. Well, we stayed there
one week when we were relieved
by the 9th Infantry, which Mad
just arrived from the States, then
we marched through the city again
and went on board the transport
and next morning we left, accom-
panied by five of Uncle Sans
gun boats and we knew that tho
fun was all over, and after two
more days on the water we came
to the town of San Fabian but
could not before the gun boats
bombarded the town, and it was
treat to stand on the deck of our
ship and watch it; and what they \
did for that town was q caution.
Since we landed there we have
had several fights, Of which, no |
doubt, you have read about, and
it would be stale to you by the r
time this reaches you, to go into q
detail about them.
Perhaps you would like to know
about their holiday Gus 5,
'om, which were over today. v
Christmae is spent something
ike ourselves; most all of the ma
Ives as we'll 40 all the soldiers got
m a jag and we had good time -
n general on their native drink,
'eno, which is something similar
o our native cheap whisky, only
little worse. One drink makes -
GU drunk and two drinks puts
GU in the hospital, and it is hard
. tell what three drinks would do
Or you; and they celebrate that
ay until the first of the year Fee
hen they sober up and go to
lurch and after the services they
renade every house in town and
ey make good music. They have
zen playing here all day long and f 80.
lie certainly appreciates music
ter being way out here for three
onths.
L saw very interesting as we'll Pal
very cruel thing. We were Des
the march in pursuit of Aguin- -
10 the other day away off in the
ountains and we came upon
tie skirmish IN which we killed n 90
zen, wounded two and the two cons cons
1T were wounded were captured H r
some Canibals, which inhabit
mountains in that sections, on CO
4 when we saw them they had ABE
,lr heads, arms and legs cut off =,
d on the fire roasting, and they ~
re having big dance around
m. This actually happened
is no fairy tale, for l saw it
'as awfully glad to get out of K HI"
t section of the country as -.
1t think | would like to make a Hi HR,
of fare for their Christmas
ner.
With best wishes for your sue
), health and happiness,
As ever, -
HILL BUNCH. IN
;. 5. You will have to pay the :
tage on this as we are out of