Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24


artillery. and even then IL would be como time b.
fore the heavy walls would be completely de-
stfoyed. Here IL WAS that the Spanish generals
had their homes and planned their wars against
the natives. And II 10 fact that the only part Of
the islands that Spain had directly under her con-
tfol was connned to Manila and tho Immediate
vicinity, while the farther districts were nonin-
ally independent. It was In the walled city that
the Spanish soldiers had their barracks, and It
was here that they had their armory. And they
had guns mounted so Is to command attacks both
from the bay and nom the land. But that made
no difference 70 Admiral Dewey, when ON Nay ist
he entered and fought the battle Of Manila Bay.
Butt just . few words as to the people one secs
in Manila The most numerous are the natives.
These are small people about I've feet or under
in height and weigh from eighty to about one
hundred and twenty pounds. They are brown In
color and are Malays. The hair Of the men IL
black and coarse. but that of the women 10 very
long and Way, sometimes reaching down to tho
ground. They wear their hair loose when they
are unmarried and only do IL up when they are
married. And as they hardly ever wear hat, for
they stay in the house during the heat Of the day.
and IL obliged to be out. carry parasol. one can
see at glance whether they are married or sin
gle. The women in Manila, and In fact, most
eastern countries are better workers than the
men, and It was common sight to see the
woman carrying heavy jar of water on her head
as In the old bible times, while her liege lord
and master walked by her side Is contentedly as
you please. Little did he care for the cares of the
world. II he could go to the chicken light and
had q few pesetas to gamble with. he was per-
tectly happy, for he knew his wife at home would
gather the bananas, catch his Dish, and raise his
rice for him. The funny part Of II was, she was
perfectly willing to do this and never seemed TO
make complaint. I don't want to be under
stood, however, as saying that this was always
the case for those natives who CAME most In con.
tact with European people had more of their
ways and customs, and while the woman was the
main person around the house, still the man
would be industrious and try to earn money in
any way he could.
One of the marked characteristics Of the
natives is their desire for money, and 1t seems
they will do anything In order to get. After they
have earned 1t however, the use that they put 1t
to Is not as commendable as their desire for earn
ingit Both men and women are passionately
fond of gambling, and 1t is almost sure to be put
up-at the first chicken fight they see.
As to the other inhabitants the NOR important
are the spaniards, and these people are the store
people and the business men of Manila and will
be- until the Americans succeed in winning away
their trade. These people are low, mean, tricky,
treacherous people, and 1t was from their treat
ment that the EIipipos obtained,wkkt knowledge
they have of Europeans.
As to the Chinese, / must say that these people
are among the most interesting that one sees in
al Nhof ia ooak tln srJr az
people have ever seen. and will do anything in
order to get the money. Still these people are
the most natural store keepers and 1t 10 the ambi
tion of each and everyone OF them to make
enough money to retire and live life Of case In
China.
1t has been suggested to me since gave my
talk at the institute, which by the way was en-
tirely informal and not on the line of this paper
that add something Us regards our life while In
camp. That side OF the question was rather old
to the boys who served in the army and did not
think to speak about that side of army life. Still
I will say that our camp life was very much the
same as was the camp life of the boys who wcrt
In the south. We had revielle at $50 in thu
morning and would fall In for roll call, followed
by q sitting up exercise. After this We woult
have breakfast, and after we had washed oul
dishes we would prepare for about two hour
drill When In San Francisco when we were no
drilling we could do as we liked but when in tn,
Philippines We had to be on hand for fear that we
would be needed at q moments notice. OF cours,
after the fighting commenced we no longer had t.
drill for we were liable to be out all night, an,
would spend the day in sleeping Still time wai
long on our hands. Just imagine being house,
up in your quarters from morning till night, ant
you can imagine the state of sfars as regards thu
soldiers. OF course, we read everything we
| eouldlay our hands on, and when we were no
reading we were usually playing cards or some
thing else. We were supposed to do our owl
own cooking, each man spending certain
amount of time as company cook, but we found |
was good deal more satisfactory t. hire gu
cooking, and 1t also saved quite little work. O
course, while on the line we had our own washin
to do and many were the laughable Incidents tina
arose out Of our doing so. or course the plac
where we were the most crowded was on the boat
and the way We were crowded was somsthin