Show sr DO 10 A TO IT Irow R a Filipino Town Orchestra Played New ew York Feb followIng ex cx extract tract from rota B a letter latter written b by Lieuten If V Vant ant E B S Hartshorn battalion adjutant ot of the U S SY SV Y V from rosa about twenty miles east ot of Manila on January last tast In Indicate indicates n a frIendly feeling toward the US U US S troops on the part ot of the residents ot of that town The lieutenant writes The town Is the lead leading In shoemaking center ot of the Island bland I underestimated the population when I last wrote you ou The records give It The Tho people are most friend I and are glad of our prote protection showing Us eer every con consideration he town Is becoming mOre prosperous every day I dare sa say that not less than houses anti and nipa huts huta are arc now In process ot of erection and all have hae been started since We occupied the town own From to OO 00 natives native come comeIn In from the lulls eer every day bringing household furniture and In some lome easel cases whole nip nipa roots One root roof came In II a short time ago with about fIfty nUy men carrying It All we could see Ice ot of the men was their legs We had a which took place In front of the tho guardhouse Rt at 3 p i m in today We had bad arranged for tor the town orchestra to be present and play the Star Spangled Banner Danner but they were late IntI a as usual so 10 did not perform although When hen they came they played until nearly nearh retreat The Star Span Spangled hIed Banner Danner and all 1111 They did not hove have havethe the music so one olle ot of us whistled the air and the major wrote rote It down and they made up the parts The They did not do a athing athing thing to It Ot Of course we all stood at attention attention and uncovered and tried our best belt to look I shall try to get the music for the orchestra In Manila on Wednesday |