People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-31
From Cant. Grinstead

Sopts
Thos. MONEY Is lu receipt Of the
following interesting letter from Capt.
Grlnstead, dated at MarlVeles, ?. L..
April 10:
know you will be surprised to
receive d letter from me ouL l Will
write you few lines tonight anyway.
Il irst | will say am well aud feeling
drst rate. l have about recOvereu
rum the accident OF getting my ribs
broken SOON after our arrival on the
Island, aud also Yer! much alive alter
.eULiug KILLED The lin OF January as
IepUrLtd IN the papers Throughout
tile Uulued States.
This as you KNOW Is the close Vi
Easter and the close eG holy week as
observed by Jne Catholic cluIcn aud
| VIII w w give you iIGGle outline
VI how II was observed hele In our
quiet little JOwD OF Marlveles, They
uad parades and professions, THUS
day evening they mad parade with
our Savior represented carrying His
cross. Friday light He was repre-
sented in His tomb. This morning
they had the resurrection, and mass
in the church, and by the way the
church at this place was built 10
l728. They hnisned up the day with
cock fighting which | believe is
something aS sacred " these natives
as their religion. They alsY had d
creased pole about % leeG nigh, Will
bag OF money at the top for any Que
who could get 1t. NoOne was able to
get over SIX feet 1rLm the grUuLd.
They also had foot races and sack
races. 1t was a day of feastlug and
gambling. We have a city govern
ment here established since 1 took
possession OF the place January 20,
1900 The city government CONSISTS
UG president which is similar to the
mayor Of our American cities. They
nave other officers ~ correspond 10
our cOuncilmen; also a lieutenant OF
police. This, as | said, has been a
greet feast day. This morning befOle
8 o'clock they marched down to my
headquarters with their native band
and gave me a serenade. When they
were through had to 90 up town
with them, and remained until al.
most noon. When l returned TO
quarters the president had the band
accompany me back to headquar
tiers, to the tune of Marching through
Georgia" and they rendered it well,
While l was up at the presidents
this morning it occurred to me that l
would like to send Catholic emblem
from the Philippines to some Of my
friends in Wellington and could not
think of anyone whom | thought
would appreciate IL any mole than
You, so | spoke of it to the president
through my interpreter and his little
girl about ten years old got this little
emblem that l enclose you with heT
name. presume you will understand
the meaning of it, a great deal better
than | can explain to you, though ]
was told that it represented the Vir-
gin Mary, and was worn by unmarried
ladies. Married ladies do not wear it
Well, enough of this. If you will gel
map Of the Philippine Islands anC
look on the most southern point o.
the peninsula that rus down between
Manila bay and the China Sea vol
will see Mariveles, We are thirty
three miles southwest Of Manila ant
just west OF the entrance TO Manila
bay from the China Sea. We are
| that is, my company, are occupying
quarters that were built by the Span
ish government In 1893, and they arr
no small things either. My head
quarters are within one hundred yard
of the bay, and while l am writing
there is the finest breeze BLOWN,
right into my quarters, and the waite
Splashing against the beach. 1t i
said that we have the richest station
on the Island, and another good thin
is, | am il full command of this post
and large territory of the countr,
surrounding. 1t is very mountain
Ous country all around, in fact. il i
all mountains, We are at the mos
southern extremity of the Zambeleg
range Of mountains.
l am isolated from the rest of tn
32d by this range of mountains. an
% miles from the nearest company
The fact is an down here by mysel
and have everything my own way
We have very tne hunting here; if
wart deer hunt all have to do is Il
: let the president know that | wan
to 60 bunting and he will have every
thing fixed up for me in Orienta
style. II we don't get deer we viii
perhaps get a wild boar. l have a Sc
Of very large bOar'S tuSks now that
am keeping as a gentle reminder OF
very narrow escape had in fgh
with one. Now | could 90 on ant
write all night Of this beautiful cOun
Try; l am perfectly delighted with it
There has been 100000 appropria
ted to fix this place up for a Quaran
tine STATEN which will make it tn,
most important station on the island
When it is completed, every ship com
ing from foreign port will have Il
stop here and be examined and il Gu
contagious disease is aboard ii will h,
quarantined and disinfected.
The probabilities are that / will re
main here the rest Of my term OF ser
VICE. l hope so at any rate. Whel
| Col. Craig assigned me to this station
he said 1t was the incest station to b,
occupied by the regiment and that
was entitled to it. He made SOM
other quite complimentary remark
about me, but modesty prevents n,
from repeating them. The native