Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-13
LETTER FROM LUzON
A Soldier Writes Of the Filipino
Houses, Towns and Mode
Of Warfare.
HOW THE NATIVES SHOOT
Calls the Filipinos "Niggers' According to
Soldier Way, But Says They Look Like
Japanese-Luzon Is a Good
Country.

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fantry, under date of November 15 last
wrote ais follows from Angeles, NEAR
Manila, to w. H. Dicks, at Golden, the
letter being sent to the New Mexican
for publication;
well, l have been here two weeks
now, and will try and tell you of the
country, Its people, as I have seen It,
We We're thirty-six days on waiter. We
unloajded from the transport on Novem-
ber 3, and landed in the city of Manila,
where we stayed about ONE hour, as
we We're hustled right on the train and
hurried to this place, as the 18TH and
18th infantry, 4th cavalry, 36th United
States volunteers and several pieces Of
artillery we're waiting on our regiment
to come and hold the town while they
stan'ted out chasing the niggers, which
they have done in a very satisfactory
manner. They have whipped and run
them out Of four towns since Wednes-
day, November s. The boys slaughter
the niggers In good shape, 100 or 200
every dash Well, want to tell you
the first night we arrived here was
quiet; you would NOT have known there
was nigger around until about 12
O'clock midnight their outposts began
firing their old Remlngtons and Mauser
balls Into the town heue: and I know,
because heard few sing myself, and
l promise you that did NOT sleep any
more that night, but laid down with
my clothes on ready for business, with
my belt buckled on me. Their outposts
We're only about 500 or 600 yards from
our lines. Well, the 32d got UP about
$3.50 a. m. and stationed themselves
around the town, whiIe the rest I have
mentioned STARTED out to do business
And they have done 1T in good shape
My company was stationed on this day
ait the Catholic church, which contained
about 200 sick and wounded soldiers,
but VIE had MO opportunity to fire a
shot, and don't know whether we will
ge't to now or mot, as word came In from
that Tarlac had been ta-
ken and Aggle surrendered TO General
Wheaton. II that Is the case am good
for doing garrison duty my time out.
"The nfggers are coming In every day
giving themselves up, as We'll ais Span
ish men wfon Aggie has held as prts-
onars and have made their escape
Some of these niggers look pretty hum
cry. But then our boys give them plen-
ty to eat. You ought ito see them. They
do not wear amy clothes more than they
have to, and some are naked, men and
women both. They are small people,
about like the Japanese, and look like
the Japs. a good deal in color and size.
FILIPINO TOWNS.
you ought to see these towns This
place is about the size Of, If NOT larger
than, Albuquerque; the houses are all
made OF bamboo and palm leaves; the
frame and floor are Made of bamboo;
the top and sides are covered with palm
leaves. The houses are all built off the
ground about to feet on stilts; you
have to crawl up q ladder every time
you get in. The church and two or three
other buildings are made of some kind
Of concrete stone, and show good skill
and are fine large buildings for this
country You ought to see their loco
motives and railroad cars. The engine
puts me In mind OF the first locomotive
ever built, away back centuries ago,
and their cars look like big dry goods
boxes on wheels. It is @ rrarrow-gauge
road. The old steam shovel at Golden
would make q dozen of These little
things here. And to see the dray carts
here: they consist Of two wooden wheels
(spokeless), with fiat bottom, no side
boards and an old water buffalo with
horns about feet from tip to tip, and a
am OK team and wagon In the states is
a paradise to these vehicles, and q
year-old child can walk faster than one
,f these Buffa1os can go; that Is, unless
1t gets mad. and then 1t can go like the
devil. and you had better get out Of the
road.
Does It rain? Well, guess yes, but
1t COMES down 80 gently and nice; It
has radned every day since leaving
Honolulu October IA, and Is peppering
away as am sitting in my bamboo
writing this letter.
II forgot to tell you the niggers were
kind enough to leave US beds; they are
made Of bamboo, and beat sleeping on
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grow here, and are dirt cheap. The
only thing to do Is to look and and you
,an find rice and sugar cane a plenty,
with bushels Of sugar. Talk about ci-