The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-08
LETTER FROM MANILA.
Manila, p. l., June Is, 1901.
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Manila, p. l., June Is, 1901.
FRANK SPECHT,
Beavertown, Pa.
DEAR FRANK -
As you have no doubt
read my letter published in the Posi-,
l will give you an ccount OF my trip
here beginning three weeks back.
We left Pekin, May %, for Taku,
were taken out to the lighter by a tug
and left on the "lighter" or transport
Sumner as 1t should be called, Monday,
May 2Sth, for Manila via Nagasaki.
We had elegant weather ali the way
over the Yellow Sea, in fact it was like
glass; arrived at Nagasaki Thursday
evening, May 3lst, took coal all ev-
ening and night and pulled out Of the
harbor at o'clok the next morning,
arriving in this hot place, Wednesday
noon, June 5th. SO you see we had
quick trip Of it. / can cover those 5
days and hours from Nagasaki in two
words $. H.. but will give you my
daily recordings in my diary.
Friday, June lst : Sailing Friday
morning, Old Bob Crusoe's day.
One Of Hospital Corps boys worried,
says surely have bad luck. 3p. M,
oh, Lord, how 1t rolls. 5p. H., just
had supper (slum). Heavy ground
swell, but no wind. This boat would
roll in dish-pan of fresh water.
Saturday, End. $. H.
Sunday, 3rd. $. H.
Monday, 4th. S. H.. Passed south
west through Bashi Channel this
p. M. could not see Bashi Islands to
east and southern islands FOrmOsa to
northwest.
Tuesday, 5th, s. Hill Northern end
Luzon in sight, sail along coast all day.
Wednesday, 9th, 8. Hi Arrived
noon at Manila. Too sick to leave
boat.
US. H.-Sicker'n 'ell.-
I came ashore on Friday morning
and am now stationed in IN" office,
Central Office, Manila) extra or rather
temporarily till leave about the 26th.,
this month on cable ship "Burnside"
for south ern islands. DO not know at
this time which island / will be sta.
toned on, but think it will be Mon
danao, in meantime about month we
will be busy laying cables. Will write
another judicious letter in which l will
SAY a few nice words about the Philip
pines, as soon as get settled in All Of
flee and can scare up enough time to
write.
Hope everything OH the road Is rum
ing as usual; it should be doing well
since left. When l get out Of this
deal, l will look somewhere else for
work. don't want any more of that
in mine. Tell Jerry wish he would
be over here with me. 1t is just the
place for him. You hear so much
about the climate, etc, why, honestly,
Frank, this is the finest climate in the
world. We do not feel the heat as
much here rs you do over there and
there is always more or less breeze and
one can enjoy sitting in the house or
walking around the streets, just as you
desire. First the houses are built so rs
to have shady side at all hours and
catch all the breeze and on the streets
everything is shaded with the large
tropical trees. One can either go into
a saloon and pass the time eating
cheese and smelling of the foamy or
walk the streets with a pineapple in
one hand and bunch of bananas in
the other hand at cost of about five
cents per hour. Everything in that
line is very cheap. Old Jerry would
get more fun out of this place In one
day or night than anywhere Ill the
states in a month. A Signal Corps man
is his own boss and does about as much
work in week as you fellows do in a
day.
Well, here close, call on line. Write.
ENOCH II. i. JONES.
Co. "E" Signal Corps.