April 28, 1899
Col. Mas Arguell [Manuel Arguelles] & Lieut Col. Jown [Florentino Torres] [and] [an] Adj. [of] Gen. Luna [Ambrosio Flores] yesterday [went] through McArthur’s lines to… Read More »April 28, 1899
Robert P. Hughes
Manila, P. I., November 28, 1898
My order for discharge has come, and through your kindness I am once more in prospect of gaining my civil rights. I can hardly realize… Read More »Manila, P. I., November 28, 1898
Office of the Military Governor in the Philippine Islands, Manila, November 19, 1898
I have changed my office for a day or two, and am at present assisting Captain M——, General Otis’s aide. One of the clerks in… Read More »Office of the Military Governor in the Philippine Islands, Manila, November 19, 1898
Friday, Oct. 21st, 1898
Manila, Luzon Island –Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo. After cooking breakfast of fried bacon, corn meal mush & coffee… Read More »Friday, Oct. 21st, 1898
Thursday, Oct. 20th, 1898
Manila, Luzon Island –Entry made in parlor of No. 2 Calle Santa Elena, Tondo. My first volume of experiences connected with the Salvation Army pioneer… Read More »Thursday, Oct. 20th, 1898
Manila, P. I., September 8, 1898
The General has gone to the City Government Building as Provost Marshal-General, and has not yet taken me from here. The first day I moved… Read More »Manila, P. I., September 8, 1898
Manila, P. I., September 3, 1898
The exchange here is $2.05 Spanish for $1 American, so we can double the quantity of our pay at anytime. I have bought a broadbrim… Read More »Manila, P. I., September 3, 1898
Headquarters Department of the Pacific Eighteenth Army Corps, Manila, P. I., September 2, ’98
I cannot realize that I am ten thousand odd miles from Chicago, and something like eleven thousand from where I enlisted in “this man’s army.”… Read More »Headquarters Department of the Pacific Eighteenth Army Corps, Manila, P. I., September 2, ’98
Manila, Philippine Islands, August 30, 1898
I must tell you where I am writing this from and what my occupation is at present. Last Friday, as I was working in the… Read More »Manila, Philippine Islands, August 30, 1898