Deseret Evening News | 1900-02-20 | Page 4 | Wells Repeats His Story

WEIS STOl STORY ManIla WiS Was Ti Till lie tho Soldier Soldiers Caine Ne New York Feb Frank M Wel Wells chaplain of t Ihl the Pint First Infantry U S B V who returned ly Iy from the where ho he spent eight month months was a n at the thC Park A Avenue venUe hotel last evening In and talked I about time the bad effects of whisky on American soldiers In Manila Before the American Americans went there sId said the captain there W were n ani only thre three In Manila liquor rol could be bought Now ther there are aro wet 40 places w where re lIquor can bt he bought every hour There art are tn ten thousand soldiers In Ma Maella 11 ella end ond whisky has sent more ot of our soldIers to the grave than Filipino bul bullet bullets lets let Fur For that roson reason I am trying to the canteen At I found that whisky whisk was al sold od In the barracks not fet feet from m my quarters nfl and andI I reported the matter to the I IW Iwas W was told that I it had been celled to the ot of the thre three tImes 10 and then I vent to the prot provost marshal In Inn Ina n a time th the CUlto custom was tinned I never er saw I so much liquor on ona ona a MississippI ppl steamboat and I have hAe traveled on a good Olman many Q as I saw Raw on the transport IndIana on which Ire I re returned turl turned I 1 nm am not the admin for tor I am an administration man clear through but I 1 think I If the extent ot of the liquor rattle In the Phi Phil stopped could be realized I it would be