A Soldier in the Philippines

ees. These little animals burrow deep in the ground, thousands of them close together, and this is why it is called a prairie dog town. I was told that these little dogs live mostly on roots

rable change of temperature was noted, it being much cooler than at New Orleans. Before the next morning we were passing through New Mexico. It was cold enough to wear an overcoat, but as we only h

es it will drift several feet deep. The railroad company kept men employed all the time shoveling sand from the track. Nothing but some scattering, scrubby bushes grows

serts they are from one hundred a

of Los Angeles had a bountiful supply of oranges and other nice fruit, which were given to the soldiers, who enjoyed the

e groves and orchards of differe

untry I have seen in my travels fro

l was left to take our supplies from the train and load them on boats, all the balance of the regiment going across. My first sergeant was unfriendly to me and

pent a great deal of money since the commencement of the Spanish-American war; it has accomplished much toward softening the horrors of war by caring for the sick and wounded, providing medicines and necessaries for their relief, and doing many charitable acts too numerous to be enumerated here. Many men to-day enjoying health and strength were rescued from what must have been an untimely grave had not the work of the Red Cross come to their relief when sick or wounded.

itt in the months of June and July. W

ansfer was made on the sixth of June, and was done to fill up Company "E" to its full quota for the purp

me in the United States before going to Manila. I unfortunately became ill and had to be left at C

ready to strike tents a second order was received, not to go to Manila, but to go to Presidio, in San Francisco, and await further orders. About the 10th of October, to our great joy, orders were read out at parade in the evening, that we would start to M

San Francisco seemed to be only local, ext

for a man to be comfortable in his shirt sleeves. The distance between these two points is only six miles. The native citizens

rimental to the soldiers in C

reat deal of time in the San Francisco park

st and amusement. Crowds of people were there every night. Many people were there for the purpose of committing some c

bbed, sometimes they received bruised he

a great many of them, but they did not know all that was being done in the park, and it wa

all who were going to leave the camp. This was the custom wit

as there partook of a splend

veral hundred dollars worth of provisions put on board our

y the officers, who took charge of them and guarded them so well that if an enlisted man got any of them, he had to steal them from under a guard. Actually had to steal what b

was so packed and crowded that a man did well to walk from one end of the ship

e does not have an opportunity to say very much about

hemselves, and the private had to do the best he could

ve room. They thought themselves so superior to the privates they di

on his first sea voyage. There are some fine views in and around Honolulu. As our transport steamed into the harbor of the city I thought it a grand sight. From what I could learn I had but one objection to it as a desirable place to live-leprosy is too prevalent. A small island is used for the lepers' home, where all who are

xperience. The natives are called Kanakis. Agriculture consists in the cultivation of rice, bananas, cocoanuts and coffee. It was there where I first saw bananas, cocoanuts and coffee growing. A lieutenant, with about twenty-five men,

sary preparations for the voyage to Manila, we went on board and sailed about four o'clock in the afternoon of October the thirtieth.

a drunkenness that lasted several days. Some of the men getting over a drunk on this stuff, by taking a drink of water would again be drunk. I escaped sea-sick

n "slum;" prunes, hard tack and colored hot water for coffee. Once a week we had a change from this of salmon or cod fish.

waged war on us both day and night. These belligerents were known as "gray backs," some of them being near

s and clothing and kill them before the men went

. Nevertheless, it was true; the men were fed on rotten prunes and fruit, which, after nearly all the supply was consumed, was found by

ent out on deck to see this great sight. Although it was raining at the time the men stood out in it to see this remar