The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-02-07
hot?-whew. a fellow couldn't sleep in
his stateroom. and the deck having no

his stateroom. and the deck having no
awning Afforded no escape because of
the rain. Crossing the China sea is no
picnic on account of the swell coming
ia from the Pacific between the islands
o5 Formosa and Luzon, which tasks a
big ships rolling proclivities and puts
the small one in the class with the
one in which the three wise men of
Gotham embarked Our ship had for
its motto, esne guam vider-"this ship
never roll and it did seem as if the
ship rolled over three times just as we
had translated ifs motto. All of us
were in fear lest a typhoon would get
US, this being in typhoon season, but
our good look still stood by us, and
we ran into Manila harbor at 8 a. IN.
September 27-just thirty days after
we left Frisco.
l tell you | was glad to feel that |
would again be on land for awhile. |
hustled through the custom-house and
reported for duty at the Constabu-
larry Headquarters, where | found ev-
erybody very pleasant and willing to
assist, especially my chief
My first evening in Manila was at
the Luneta. where ] listened to the best
music | thiuk | ever heard 1t was
rendered by the Constabulary band.
consisting of 50 natives and command
ed by an American Negro named Low
ing. ranking as captain in the Consta-
bulary. What do you think of that
white Southerner out-ranked by ii
Negro? All the same, respect him,
and wish had the musical knowledge
equal to his. | met him afterward and
found him very pleasant and every bit
gentleman. | have a very high re-
gard for any Negro who has. in spite
OF the difficulties that surround them,
come up by merit to place of emf
nence.
| went out to the Army Hospital and
formerl, at the Denver City Hospital
and with whom | was acquainted. My.
but it makes fellow feel good to find
some old friend when he is SO far from
home. | cannot tell you much about
Manila, for it is too big.
| went down to Headquarters and
was assigned down here-the worst
place in the whole Archipelago where,
up to year ago, an American was
afraid to go outside Of town without a
bodyguard of at least twenty soldiers.
Catbalogan is where Glenn gave the
water cure and committed some crimes
too atrOcious to mention. Samar is
where the Puleganes committed the
worst crimes on the Americans in our
eventful history: burying man up to
his neck in earth and putting some
sweet substance in his mouth and eyes,
after prying them open, to attract the
ants, which would come and put him
out of misery at their leisure, finally
leaving his skull as bare as the one |
gave you. But that is all passed now
anc all have since either been captured
or killed-extermnated to a chief and
a handful OF followers.
On the way down from Manila we
otopped at the little island OF Komblon
the most beautiful that | ever saw.
In entering the harbor you cannot see
out, and it appears as though you
were on large lake. The town lies in
a cove half mile across, with cliffs
of marble jutting out to the waters
edge and rising fully POO feet in height.
The south one is just out under the
water for a: least half a mile and
shows up white through the water, as
we'll as as some most beautiful coral
reefs, while the hills back of the town
are covered with cocoanut trees and
hemp.
Samar has very poor harbors but
is noted for its hemp. The people
seem to be much like the Mexican in
disposition and features. but more
brown than red. l find it, however,
very difficult to understand their lang
uage, for they mix Spanish with the
native dialect, while many cannot
speak Spanish at all-and therefore
my Spanish is very incomplete.
The worst of all here is the grub. 1t
is very hard to gA anything Ameri-
can. and what we do get is canned.
Why, the food at the Brown was Am
brosia compared with what we get
served up out here. [ have just re-
leved a man at another station and l
hope it is better there than here.