The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-06

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X, seth Infantry, q. S. A, writes from
Czstel del FOrtin, Manila, under date Oh
May IA, 1870, the following letter 10 his
father. Attorney Henderson:
Manila i the same old town it always
wzs-slOw. dirty and hot Only one
thing that makes il tolerant, and that is
Ee expect an outbreak here most any
time. - We are constantly On the alert.
We sleep With our guns loaded. and belt
and gun beside our bnnk- II they would
only get grit enough 70 do this. there
would Be all kinds Of fun here in Manila
Bat they never viii, think. You can
talk about Indians being tre4eheroDs, but
these people will fire az you, hide their
gun. and then come up 70 you and say:
We muchO smegO, or II am grea'
friend" Yes. they are great friends Il
the Americans. no doubt OF It. Ny
greatest desire is 10 see an outbreak herr
In Manila. / have an old score 10 settle
Let them come and be damned or Fsthei
shot. We could make a nice place here
In Manila after We had killed sll the IA,
tiyes and Cinnamon. am in the same
quarters in Manila, 30 will see some 81
the fun II there il any. Ny old Kregs
JOrgsn is loaded up 10 the brim, five
shells in the magazine and one in ths
chamber, with still tTo or three hundred
shells 70 do s0une target practice with.
know I oughtn't to boast but still cam
help il sometimes. As you said in on:
Of your letters, these people viii be gooC
Indians or .'mueho anegoes" TO q.
when they are all dead, and don't be
iiese any sooner. still il seems a pity Il
have 70 Kill all Of them to make any
thing good Of them.
II will soon be the rainy season here
and then the soldiers hzrdshipz begin
Be and do is q great sentences. A sold
Ter has this 10 follow and nothing else
Captain Green never takes a prisoner
neither do any Of his men. The othel
day q soldier was severely cut up, and |
good soldier he was, too. lThis was il
Tan Hnan. where my company Is sta
toned in De Luguna proYinoe.) Th'
sehen0s" (Chinamen) were found to bl
guilty. Capt. Green says, "BOys, th'
cbenos are 'muchO mylo.'" In tw'
hours there wasn't live "cheno" il
Tan Huan. Their goods were cOnfscat
ed, and the money they had, put in tn
company fund. This shows how tn
Third battalion OF the Both Regimen
does business on Luzon Island. Now
father, you may think this is pretty Sc
we're On the Cinnamon, bat they are a
bad or worse than the Ladrones or tn
InsurrectOes or even the BOlemen. La
drOnes are thieves, who go round an
rob and oppress the other natives
Their punishment in our battalion j
death. The Bolemen are E1urderers an
thieves and butchers and anything els
you can think Of In our battalion the
are all lined up and shot. We max
good Filipinos out of them. The Insur
rectOes are pack OF fools following
damn fool, 50 when they are capture
they all try TO escape and are shot ful
Of holes because they are no good. Fools
understand that fools are no good her
| in LuzOn, although there are lots G
them in the states, according to the az
counts in the papers. Poor Filipinoi
let them have their freedom" Yes, l.
them have their freedom and rule then
selves. They are nothing but savagei
Now what would they be If they wer
allowed to govern themselves? Sure
there are few smart Filipinos, but the
are few and far between. Those pol
tieians or great public speakers or wha
ever they are ought to come over her
and zee what they are talking about
The idea that Uncle Sam is not able 4
govern this gang Of niggersl Well,
gress yes.
| have Just been reading the pape
and it is full Of the outbreak expecte
here in Manila. Everybody is anxiou
and excited tonight. Old Tom lies bt
side me as | write, but don't feel yer
nervous or even excited. Rats, don
believe they are brave enough to do an
thing. A person can't tell, though. w
are prepared. and when it comes, il
does, look out for dead ''goo-goos. Wi
lay off for while.
Morning: No outbreak yet. | be
lieye it is q fake. All the Tagalogs hav
quit working. We expect mail from tn
states soon. The transport arrived las
night, but we wont get the mail for tw
or three days. Yesterday some native
set fire to the quarter-master' depot
i OuA tticN HtEt ulcCOAbEtQ anu titt iditit
extinguished. In Malotte several house
were set on fire, but the iremen 500
put things straight, and the guilty pu
in San Fernando police station. In an
other part of the town two natives wer
shot while setting fire to some houses
Last night on the carroll two natives AM
native woman were shot for not halt
ing when ordered. These are occurance
which happen here every night. Th
only signs we have of any outbreak i
the vamoosing or leaving OF the Mach
aches or servants or laborers.
Our beds here are all cane bamboo
We use bolster and no sheets and pill
lou cases OF course. We sleep on tn,
hard bamboo with bolster like piec
OF wood under our heads, yet / sleel
well. Most OF the time we have a sligh
breeze here in our cuortel, but the lee
plant is spelling it all with their lumber
II is great thing to be here in Manila
but when it begins work | will be fai
away in my happy home, | hope. Tw,
years and half yet before they vii
have it finished. and then | may be il
the states year and half. il all goe,
well. Soldering in the Philippines j,
no fun, can tell you, but soldering il
the states is bird OF another color.
@on't know when ] shall 90 back to my
company, and don't care much till ths