The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-17
THINGS He FOUND
Discovery of $4,000 by a
Wichita Boy.
ALSO SOME MENTH0LATUM
That Wichita Product Used
Even in LuzOn.

Philippine Islands, several interesting ex.
tracts, from which it will be seen that
Wichita is not unrepresented in the actua,
fighting force in our new possessions, are
made:
Manila. Feb. Is, 1900
Dear Parents-I have just returned from
a very hard campaign of three weeks. ]
landed here from the states December
q, and was at once assigned to A troop,
Fourth cavalry, with my old position OF
trumpeter. and on January 8, we were
started on the road to San Pedro, Ma
cau Our squadron, which was COM
manded by Colonel E. n. Hays, was COM
posed of four troops from the Fourth
U. s., and four Of the Eleventh volun-
teer cavalry. AS it would make too long
a letter for me to describe all the en-
counters we had with the enemy and the
hardships we endured from hard travel
and short rations, will send you copy
of the Manila Times, which describes our
campaign more fully than can do. The
paper describes it as the hardest CAM
paign that the American soldier has gone
through in the Philippines. Well, /, az
one Of the cavalry force, can testify that
don't believe the paper exaggerated on
what we went through This campaign
was through the southern provinces OF
LuZon General Schwan was IN COM
mand of the expedition, with several
parts of our regiments of infantry, be-
sides our cavalry squadron. AS the cav
airy had TO take the advance we swept
the country in all direction to clear it
for the infantry, and on more than one
occasion found ourselves cut off from our
supplies. We marched thirty-four miles
in one day and go miles in the round,
exclusive of side trips that the cavalry
made A part of the trip was very
mountainous and an exceedingly hard
country to get over We lost six horses
and five mules in crossing one mountain.
As the number of towns we captured
on this expedition is quite numerous, and
as you, no doubt, will have learned their
names through the dispatches long be-
fore this letter will have reached you,
will not name them here. AS evidence
of the exhausted condition of both men
and beasts from hardships on this expe-
dition. / viii mention that thirty men and
100 horses had to be left at Bahamas, IN
able 10 go farther.
From Phillip, Luzon P. /, March Is,
he writes: 1 received fathers letter last
week. in which he said he would like
me to give a description of the country
and the customs Of the people here, which
l will try TO do.
Manila is quite city, particularly old
Manila, the Walled City, which is built
on the old Spanish style with by stone
walls surrounding the whole town, with
double moats and drawbridges, which,
when drawn up, make a fertilization
which nothing but heavy artillery and
American soldiers could surmount. With
In the wall there are some very nice
buildings all, however, look more like
prisons. with their heavily barred win
dows and iron-bound doors, than
dwellings,. There are nearly as many
church is business houses in this city
New Manila is more OF a business town
than the Walled City. Here you find
Some Of the finest of jewelry and other
stores and residents and saloons The
streets are all paved with block stone,
even the alleys. They have a street car
line here. which would make Wichita
ashamed Of herself even If the cars are
Drawn by ponies and the passengers have
to stand up. Instead of a bell the driver
blows little horn. The Escatta, the
principal street of the town, is always
filed with carmetos native carriages and
bull carts. You can take one of these
carriages and go anywhere in the town
for 20 cents. Mexican, or 10 cents, Ameri-
can. money. But if you ask the gugu
driver how much he wants he will, more
than likely. tell yiu 81. Mexican. Out in
the country everything is carried by bull
carts. or on the shoulders as they do in
China with pole and basket suspended
from each end, by which they carry very
heavy loads. The women never carry
anything in their hands. They have a
Fat bottomed bucket which they carry on
their heads. They carry large boards or
Greenwood the same way.
They have some of the finest roads IN
this country: that is they had before the
instruction tore them up to make breast
works with, for they have been made
of block stone and some parts of the
roads are hewn out from solid rocks. OF
course the gugues can't carry that part
OF IT off,
Everybody smokes cigarettes here and
1t IS a common sight TO see a mother and
child smoking at the same time while
the child may yet be too young to talk.
The men are short with stout arms
legs and muscles. They have black HAIR
tut short. which usually stands straight
up, as though they were scared. There Is
one thing they excel in. and that IS in
running, aud that is why they are so
hard to corral
II anyone thinks the general is always
In a safe place let him follow General
Schwan for a day. The next time I
want To De an orderly for the cook.
In all the towns We have taken there
are three or more large churches with
high stone fences around them and no
windows on the ground floor
All the people here have 10 eat IS boiled
rice and fish. Their cooking utensils are
very rude.
Tel Mr.. Hyde that his mentholatum is
rot unknown here. Tor I found a half Jar
% II up az a small town called Rosario.
where it Was supposed no white man had
ever been.
The houses out in the country are all
built OF bamboo, matched with cocoanut
leaves. Even some % the business houses
are made of the same material The
country is so thickly settled thar when
travelling along country road you feel
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