The Marshall republican., 1900-08-17
LETTER FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
A Saline Soldier Boy Who was a Demo.
orat Says Bryan Would Change
His Tuue II In McKin-
ley's Shoes.
ABOCAy. LrZoN. y. L.. /,
June 18th. 400.

Mr.. II. n. Taylor:
FRIEND I,oBERT. 1t H. with pleas.
uic ! answer your letter. which ~.
"eived to-day. Was glad To hear from
you. aud that all were we'll. This
leaves me we'll and hope you are the
same. II ha. been 80 long since |
wrote u letter that | hardly know VIVA,
Ia write. hut I will try. Your letter l.
the second one ] have gotten since W
landed. We marched oil the boat the
first day of November last. This Is
old. but then II l. true. and We have
been On the nix. ever since. We have
been In this place longer than any
other. The population of thi- town l.
,.WW and W. are doing garrison duty
here with ~ privatcs for duty. aud II
gets pretty blue sometimes. TN the
18th of May ut = u. M, W. had the
hardest fight the Thirty->"cond has
had. We were undcr lire for two aud
u quarter hours with tn insurgents
all around u- and We never lost u
man. We buried 1 ~ the cncmy the
next morning aud the priest -aid We
killed I, and wounded about ~. VI.
have had several -kirmishc-. bat this
was the hardest.
Well. you wanted Ia know about the
people here. The majority have
-ccn ARE u very poor class and they
don't seem Ia know what civil life II.
All they want l. blood. and you have
got to watch them. would not ,ru-,
"n" n far ~ ! could throw. When
We first came Ia Angulc- tina, II the
first place "" stopped NJ after "" left
Manila yen could sec them In the
trenches and they would get up
and post their relief not over In y arus
from u aud We were not allowed : ~
lire NJ them. I, looked pretty hard
tO Sc them with gun and you had Ia
lit there aud watch \ fellow 10y the
name at stark aud myself mc-. To.
gr,hcr and W. would get up on the
bank of the trench and wave our hats
aud they would do the same. Then
they way. the uniform aud you could
tell on" IL Tar ~ you could See him.
aud now they wave white and all play
''mego" aud ARE friendly when You have
the drop On them, hut when they get
the drop On You. they Will kill you.
aud therefor" II keeps NJ, on the ulcit
all the time. There were two Of our
boys on patrol the other evening JUS,
about dusk aud were walking along
uuictly aud walked upon three men with
gun, within aD yards al our quarters.
They had u hard tu--cl, and got the
three guns. but the three Filipinos 20,
away. They had another fight planned
for u-, bat that scared them away.
That l. enough lighting.
The rainy season has begun here
aud II has been raining for Oin time.
and II rains, too: II don't fool about
II al all. The principal crops mere
M" rice and sugar zane, but there L.
none growing Ia sight Of here ut pres
cnt. There arc fruits Of oil kinds
here, such ~ tropical fruits pine aI.
pies, bananas, cocoanuts and oranges.
The pcopl. Ia America don't have the
least idea how the people live IN this
country. II /, u fright. They don't
wear enough clothes To wud IL shot
gun AMI the majority of the men wear
II shirt and Il pair of pants that rome
hall way between knee and thigh aud
the women wear u square cloth around
them aud II has moi got II stitch In il.
but l., tied with u string. and they
don't know what Il shoe Il. or u hat
II II nothing Ia SEE them with
100 pounds Ut rice On their heads.
II Is raining. just about rs hard IA
You eversaw. will gOon guard a,Sthi-
and will yet relieved at : in
the morning. don't know how much
this war l. going tn last, but II
Is elected there will De more
lighting than nav only wish he had
tI.m Ia don with thipk hn uuni1l