Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-11-22

and ironing. There is no wood bin
to pay. no laundry to pay, no social
features to attend, no political fac
lions to worry about and no thieves
to be running after and no work OF
any kind, in fact, except keep my men
drilled and clothed and fed and i'm
prove the camp by doing some add
tional building, and keep two or three
books written up.
.'Then the scenery here is very
beautiful-much more even than at
Baguio. Our camp is built right up
on the top of a small but very high
and steep hill, right ip the Enclosure
OF horseshoe mountain range, and
down at the foot Of the bill, on the
south side. is small mountain lake
about as large as our lot and Sims
and Benefits all three together. The
mountain is highest on the west and
open on the east. We can see the
sun rise through this gap, but It goes
behind the mountain back Of the camp
on the west about three or four
o'clock. This valley and mountain
around the camp are covered with
thick forest Of ali kinds Of hard
woods, vines and underground found
IA tho Philippines. There are no
pines here like at Baguio, but there
are q few small fir trees, which re-
semble the pine.
after another month or two the
rain win stop and wind, too, and then
il viii be tine up here. They never
i let company OF soldiers stay here
over two months because II is rather
lonesome for them and then they
want to let all Of the companies have
turn at 1t. They have changed
Officers, too, with the companies, but
Capt Hemmett told me II did to suit
him and higher authorities didn't OBJ
liect he might let me stay here sew
eral months and Just change the men
every two months. want to stay
here, for can live very cheap here,
but down where I've been Il seems
like so much is required and they ex-
pect fellow to spend every cent
Of his salary There was
this and that and the other we Just
were required to get, and now can't
use them. fear I'm not going to
save as much as had hoped to when
came over, but as ! said, II they
win keep me out here or some Of the
out-of.the-way places. which think
now Is very likely, will be more In
dependent and able to save quite the
largest half of my salary.
eThe way up here, Mama, is sight,
There is no road--no more than a dim
trail. and that only part Of the way
There are good roads down In the
low lands. Of course, very good roads
but from the last station In the edge
OF the hills all the way up here we
had TO climb up very steep mountains
and then down. and up and down
then wade rivers endways mp and
r sometimes down over rocks and th'
water all the way from shoe-top e
: over waist.deep and running yerl
r swift. Some places we passed up
stream where the banks were soli'
rock at least two hundred feet hisl
and straight up-regular canons worI
out through the mountains We wer'
: from Saturday morning about 3 o'clocl
y tll Monday morning about 9 or Il
O'Clock coming over about Is OF ?
y miles. the distance from here bacl
TO the last station. and most Of thos
e two days were spent In wading a
q the river. Both nights We eamped on
In little shacks which we found a
= IN the mountain would take oi
vet clothes and put on dry ones, TO
up In big blanket and sleep SCUM
as a log on the bamboo floor, Will
the natives I had with me, eight /
all. sat around a little Ore built o
Y the clay hearth In the same room
y OF these eight natives four OF theI
we're soldiers. three we're cargadoro
that is. men who carry loads on the
OF backs or heads. and one boy, m
be muchacho. that Is. a personal servan
tx I had not hired muchacho ye
81 though all the officers have them. b.
gc .ow after leaving places where the'
"a we're servants Just had 10 set on
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