Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-26

EX-County Treasurer RoDt. Il. An
drew has received the following inter
esting letter from Edward Stair, an
Akron soldier whi is serving in the
Philippines:
Tarloc, p. l., May II, 1901.
Friend Robert:
Your welcome letter is yet to be re-
ceived. For the last two months l
have searched the mails with feverish
hands expecting few lines from you,
but alas! no such object could be
found. / cursed the mails and most
everything else, except you, for / still
cling to the hope, like drowning
man would to a straw, that some day
may be awarded for this long delay.
But done hurry; take your time.
shall wait if it be until the arrival OF
your letter. You can not imagine
what hard thing it is to write a let
ter in this country. / hold In my
left hand ruler, keeping off the num-
erous insects that are continually try
ing to make n landing ON the upper
story of my frame. Each night brings
a new COLLECTION of bugs of all sorts.
shapes and sizes. The beautiful sky,
or rather the clouds, have sprung
leak. For the past week we have
been visited by heavy rains, and ''poco
tlempo,"-the landscape shall be bam-
boo huts and water. Road building
is. the chief occupation at the present
time. "Aggie" has at last flown back
; to the door of his long deserted cage
Peace at last reigns supreme, fight
ing is a neglected occupation, hence
forth we shall repose upon our
little canvas cots and think of the
past. Time drags heavily on our
hands. We need something to give us
an inspiration; possibly circus or a
political campaign would be sufficient.
The every day scenes are the same
! Columbus encountered when he made
his discovery of America, barring the
, railroad, which is the only object that
looms up before a mans optical forces
10 remind him that he ever existed
in n civilized world. Ye Gods! What
an impression an American lady doth
cause in a garrison of we eXiled sol
diers. Such rubberings; tits frightfu
| know that upon my return to the
land of the free l shall shy a little
when coming In contact with an elec-
tric ear; possibly be run over by a
beer wagon while in the act of gazing
at some tall building. Anyhow, /
shall have to be led around by halter
There Is much excitement caused
by an order to reduce the army in the
Philippines to 85 900 men. That means
, the return OF most of the regiments
$ that have been here two years or more
The Twelfth is fifth on the list, as foul
e have received orders to proceed to
the u. s.. SO l may he on my way
r home in the course of the next fiy,
D months. Boat building is a very pro
{. iitable busines to engage in at this
season of the year as navigation vii
be make In boats for the future sir
| months. During heavy rain 1t |,
$ common sight to see Filipino oi
: either ex divest themselves of theil
: clothing and tucking it under thel'
, arm proceed on their journey clad only
in natures garb.
e 1t was my good fortune to be presen
$ at recent feast held by lot of hall
i famished "Igrota's" from the noun
tains The chief diet at this beautl
I, tul gathering was large yellow dog
which we had shot during the day.
e presented the corpse to what seemed t
| W Wv iNhhNl VI thlS htDlt luCt lll'
i. then after much handshaking, fol
= lowed by three or four of its mem
bers standing ON their heads and beg
ging most of my tobacco. they n
once proceeded TO prepare the dog, ," fol
e consuming purposes. did not sta,
h to see 1t deyoured for very quee
l. feeling arose in the region of my fooC
basket so | begged them to be ex
} cused; then followed more handshake
and a few more chlnned upon rhei
!, sky-pieces, this closing the drama
/, Well Robert guess l have expende,
S about all the foolish things l cal
l. think of for the present, but ma,
a acquire a few later on, so will cou
= tinue this in my next Issue. HopinI
: this may find you in good health an,
D. enjoying life, ] must close; but le