The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-24

Following up the letter published yes
terday morning from Mr.. j.. l. Wad-
dell. the Intelligencer presents another
from his pen. addressed to his parents;
mus, P. l.. Sept q.
co. H.. 4th U. s. INFANTRY.
DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER
have at last gotten chance to write
Won landed In my "old nest" with
Company H. Is 1t not strange I got
what / hoped for. SO far? have three
letters all ready TO mail, written on
board the Newport, but did not have a
chance 10 mail them. as our ubaggage
was taken from the transport to the
Fourth Infantry headquarters just out-
side OF Manila. and we were hustled out
here on the "hring line" My letters
were All in my vsllse with US except
three. we did not bring anything with
US except one rubber blanket, and one
suit of KHAKI uniform that we had on,
we have had lots of excitement so far.
have been on outpost duty every 9th
er night right along. There is scarcely
a night that we are not fired on by the
"Googoos." We are holding between
1000 and 5000 Of them at bay, ana our
forces are only COO to 200 strong, The
insurgents are all around us, armed
with Mausers.
was made company clerk day before
yesterday. I do not have to do guard
or fatigue duty, but when there is any
fghting am in that in the front
rank" Well. to take up my trip from
Honolulu first. 1t is very beautiful
Mace was allowed to go ashore for
several hours and got to look around a
good deal. although We did not remain
there as long as expected. went
through queen LIS" palace. also the
Hawaiian Hotei. and had the pleasure
Of hearing the native band play. It Us
composed Of forty or. fifty pieces. and
the music was fire. But It made me
good and homesick. 1t took good
while to ger the lump out OF my
throat" You know that is my weak
SPOT. whenever hear band play, l
ect "rattled." It brings TO my mind so
many things. and find the big tears
rolling down my cheeks. am not
ashamed to own up to it. find other
soldiers the same way. The best Of
them. and they are the boys who fight
the hest. Everything grows around
Honolulu. 1t is the "gurden spot, OF
the United States now. cocoanut and
banana trees in every yard. Every
thing looks prosperous I would Ike to
live there. Uncle Sans influence is ut
work. took bath in the bay. on the
pier they used to use for taking the
Icpers on 10 the leper island.
After we left Honolulu everything
went well until one Of our men died.
Don't know what was the matter They
embaiu,ed him and took him 10 Manila.
The next occurrence was the passing OF
the Volcanic Island. which was a grand
sight. It was In full eruption. We
passed It about o'clock In the morning
and 1t was certainly Immense. can't
depict II In words. could only think.
and wonder, lost in establishment and
awe. The next event our ice plant
broke down, and we had to drink water
almost hot, as 1t is condensed and the
climate will not allow 1t to cool with
out ice. Our meat spoiled and we were
compelled TO fall back ON canned goods
altogether. Then. to cup the climax,
we ran into a terrible storm or "ty-
phoon," which was a dandy. Lasted for
three days. and everybody got sick ex-
cept a very few. Again l was fortu-
nate and never felt IT. Capt Dupree
told me he could not understand how l
stood 1t, but did. and thoroughly en-
joyed 1t. In fact. had been wishing to
myself that We would have storm.
mot too hard. as wanted to expert
ence the sensation. and tell you got
it. We drifted away out of our course,
Our engine broke down and we had an
awful time. After we got righted there
was not much happened that would In
terest you.
Going into Manila Bay was a beautl-
full sight. However. 1t was pouring down
rain Cand IT has never stopped since We
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