The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-03-27
WHEN IN THE PHILIPPINES
The Drinlkcr Gets Drunk After the
Liquor Gives Out.

"Condiiions in the Philippines will
not improve in the next % years, and
Il quarter OF century from now the
United States will have the same FIGHT
on its hands. think the only way TO
pacify the Eilipinos is to do as was
done with the lndianS-kill them off
and stac new breed and generations" )"
Thus declared George W. Sanders,
OF Norwood, Ga, private in the
Twcnty-ninth volunteer infantry, Com
pany Il, the regiment that was recruit
eel and organized ut Fort Mcpherson n
little more than two years ago, and
which since then has been on duty i'm
the Philippines. The regiment is now
Ell route back home for muster out j.
the terms of the commissions OF the
officers and the enlistment of the men
being expired. Sanders was shot i'm
the back in the province of Samar,
Where for the past Is months the rcgi-
mcnt was on garrison duty He was
in the post hospital for long time
and was then removed to !hc general
hospital in Manila, and upon his re-
covcry he was mustered out for physi-
cial disability. lie is young in years,
but his experiences in the Philippines
has made his hair gray and he is bent
and doubled like an old man. He has
served through two cnlistmcnts in the
army, one in the Third Immuncs IN
the Cuban occupation, and the one lie
has just finished in the Twcnty-ninth
volunteers.
81 have had al! the army life
want" said Private Sanders, "and the
life and hardships and treatment the
nrivatc soldier receives in the Philip
pines has knocked all the patriotism
out of me. II Il war should break out
| right here in the United States and
Georgia should be invaded would not
enlist or volunteer IN the United States
army unless my yard in Norwood
should be the scene of fighting.
81 would rather be hound dog in
Georgia than private in the Philip
| pines. The volunteers are sent out to
occupy towns and provinces, and have
fighting to do to capture them. Three
regular regiments have never been out
OF Manila during all their service in
the Philippines. The military autbori-
ties seem afraid of an upIisng or an
attack on Manila, and they want the
regulars on hand
cit is no wonder hundreds of insane
soldiers from the Philippines are
brought to the United States on almost
every transport. Army authorities
give it out that the men are insane
from the excessive use Of bino, the
ativc drink, decoction of wood
alcohol, sugar cane juice and cocoanut
oil. The men drink this all day and
get drunk the next day when the
liquor gives out. Then they arc put
out IN the rain or the broiling hot sun
on the firing line or on sentry duty
Poorly fed and nourishcd, they arc
unable to stand the strain, and the,
become crazed. Not few soldier!
have committed suicide, and man,
more soldiers have been killed or det
of their wounds than is shown by tht
published reports from the Philippines
9 '"hilc the men do drink the nativ,
bi,v, they do it because they canno
altyr. the high-pliccd whisky. Th
poorest whisky costs about SO pc
quart, while bino, the soldiers drink
costs but 10 cents per quart. And We
there is no moro drunkenness IN th
army in the Philippines than ,yioh
here in Atlonta following the paw da
of the troops. Here In Atlanta i hay
seen soldiers buy whisky at 80 Eent
n piat and find thirtV fights In &vas