Wednesday, August 24, 1898
August 24, 1898
There seems to be enough work fixing up quarters here to employ all hands, so we drill not, neither do we loaf. I have been
E. Huntington Blatchford
(October 9, 1876 — December 23, 1905). In 1898 he enlisted in the United States Cavalry and was stationed in Manila where he remained for six months.
Manila, Philippine Islands, August 30, 1898
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
Headquarters Department of the Pacific Eighteenth Army Corps, Manila, P. I., September 2, ’98
September 2, 1898
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.”
Manila, P. I., September 3, 1898
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
Manila, P. I., September 8, 1898
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
Office of the Military Governor in the Philippine Islands, Manila, November 19, 1898
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
Manila, P. I., November 25, 1898
November 25, 1898
Thanksgiving Day, yesterday, was somewhat unlike the conventional celebration. I spent the day very quietly. The noon dinner with “C” Company of the Twenty-third was
Manila, P. I., November 28, 1898
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