Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-11-19

and ironing There is no wood bill
to pay no laundry TO pay. no social
featured to attend. no political fac.
lions to worry about aud no thieves
to be running after and no work OF
any kind, in fact, except keep my men
drilled and clothed and fed and inn
prove the camp by doing some addi-
tional building, and keep two or three
books written up
Then the scenery here is very
beautiful more even than at
Baguio. Our camp Is built right up
on the top OF small but very high
and steep hill, right in the Enclosure
of a horseshoe mountain range, aud
down at the foot OF the hill. ON the
south side, is a small mountain lake
about as large as our lot and Sims
and BENEFITS all three together. The
Tountaln Is highest on the west and
open on the east. We can see the
sun rise through this gap but II 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
a thick forest of all kinds OF hard.
woods. vines and underground found
In the Philippines. There are no
pines here like at Baguio, but there
are a few small dir trees, which re-
semble the pine,
After another month or two the
rain will stop and wind, too, and then
II win be fne up here. They never
let a company Of soldiers stay here
over two months because Il is rather
lonesome for them and then they
want TO let an Of the companies have
turn at H. They have changed
officers, too. with the companies, but
Capt. Hemmott told me " ala 20 suit
him and higher authorities didn't OBJ
jeot he might let me stay here sew
eral months and Just change the men
every two months want 20 stay
here. for | can live very cheap here.
but down where I've been u seems
like so much Is required aud they ox'
pect fellow to spend every cent
of his salary. There was
this and that and the other we Just
we're required 90 get, and now I can't
use them. fear I'm not going 20
save as much a. had hoped 10 when
I 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 M
dependent and able TO save quite the
largest half OF my salary
The way W here. Mama, ls q aighi.
There Is no road-no more than dim
trail. and that only part Of che WAY
There are good roads down IN the
low lands. OF course. very good roads,
but from the last station 10 the edge
Of the hills All The way up here We
had TO climb up very steep mountains
and then down. aud up and down.
then wade rivers ehdWaya 20 and
sometimes down over rocks and the
gater all the way from ahoe-iop 10
over walst-decp and running very
swift. Some places We PASSED 80
stream where the banks were solid
rock at least tvo hundred feet high
aud straight up--reguaF canena worn
out through ibe mountains We wert
from Saturday morning about oeioek
Itu Monday morning shout % 10
O'clock coming over about % OT 20
miles. the distance from here back
30 the iaat stallion. and mosf ~ those
two days ucrc Elleut 90 Waeing ~
the river. Both nights We oampe1 pui
III little ahackn vhleh sc lqunf %
Ian the mountain. u0uh take %.
sc, el0,hcs and ppt % dry ooes. foli
up 10 q big bianket and fleep sound
AZ 3 log on ths bamboo foor. nhile
lfhe natives ! had uiJb ne. sigti IN
Ian sat ar0und q i.iiie ere ballt 90
Iiho clay heauh % the same Feesa
Iof these eight naiisst four q them
(were soisiers. thres vsFs eaFgaaofes.
ftst b. men uho csrrg ioadr % thsif
Itsets o. heads. tad 0ns boJ. mT
marhaeho. thai D.. q persoilai asFsshi
a. IA not hlged q mufhAfho -,
thosrh en- TIE oaioefs have issn. bsi
nsv aissr isarinE places shsre tsefe