Diary ofJohn Clifford Brown

Left Malate at about 7 A.M. for the station, three miles’ distance. Went in heavy marching order and was wet through with perspiration when we… Read More »August 17, 1899

Teams pass to the left as in England. English sparrows here. I noticed a man fishing on the beach with a net the poles of… Read More »August 16, 1899

This is the winter season here, which accounts for the coolness which we all remarked. Not that it is not warm, but the heat is… Read More »August 15, 1899

Lieut. Oakes took me with him on a business trip. All over the walled and outside city. Much impressed with the oddity and strangeness of… Read More »August 14, 1899

Have been kept on the ship. The niggers left on the 11th and very glad we were to have them go. The Cavalry got away… Read More »August 13, 1899

When we came on deck this morning (6 A.M.) the Philippines were all about us. Shortly we made out Luzon itself, for we round the… Read More »August 9, 1899