August 21, 1901
Yesterday, we sighted the truculent island of Samar off to our left and soon afterward steamed into the straits of San Bernardino. Then Luzon on
Yesterday, we sighted the truculent island of Samar off to our left and soon afterward steamed into the straits of San Bernardino. Then Luzon on
IN MANILA AWAITING ASSIGNMENT For the vast two days, We have had a chance to observe to some ‘extent the practicsl workings of typhoon weather.
We came ashore this morning. Rain, rain, rain, but cool withal. All of us bachelors are quartered in the old bamboo barracks at the Exposition
Last night was a night of horrors. Apparently something I had eaten at Ah Gong’s filthy restaurant, or something I had eaten at a cafe
From the very first. enlisted men from the near-by Cuartel de España have come over to our quarters to fraternize and assist in “putting us
PROM MANILA TO JANIUAY Two weeks passed rapidly by in Manila while the problem of our assignment to various parts of the archipelago was being
More misery! The tail-end of a typhoon was still stirring up the inter-island waters when we left Manila and sea-sickness was general during the first
Tuesday, our division superintendent of schools, who is as new to Iloilo as we are, having come down from Manila on the same boat with
GETTING SETTLED AT JANIUAY Before I reached Janiuay, I had been told that there was one American, an enlisted man in the United States Army,
THE SCHOOL AT JANIUAY The next morning after my arrival in Janiuay, the four native teachers — two men and two women — came up
MY FIRST APPEARANCE IN JANIUAY SOCIETY This evening J—– M—— took McC—– and me out to dinner with him at the home of one of
The sick priest was taken to the Army Hospital at Cabatuan Friday, where he died today. And what a wrangle-jangle there was among the discordant
The Filipinos are exceedingly hospitable and friendly, and from the time they found that I was inclined to be sociable, I have scarcely been able
All the past week rain has fallen in blinding torrents, and I have had my first experience with mildew. Let a soiled garment lie in
I began teaching some of the girls’ classes Wednesday. I now teach the girls from 8 to 10, the teachers class from 10 to 11,
MORE NEW EXPERIENCES. I ENTERTAIN A SCION OF FAMOUS LINEAGE, CELEBRATE MY FIRST THANKSGIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES AND SEE THE JANIUAY POLICE FORCE IN ACTION
The other evening, one of the traveling deputies of the Provincial Treasury at loilo came along just after dark and asked McC—— and me to
I am now settled down into a sort of routine. The only excitement there is about life up here is an occasional rumor that the
My first Thanksgiving Day in the Philippines has come and gone, and it was duly celebrated. Some days ago, the steward, and the enlisted men
This afternoon while I was reading, I heard gun-shots back of the convento. Presently one of the old hangers-on around the town hall came up
Attended a marriage feast at the house of one of the Ledesmas in Jaro yesterday, from 1130 am. to 3 pm. One of the boys