Show EW iw W UP IN SAME BLOCK I c t ACQUAINTED IN CHINA liM RINES ir 1 ORIENT IS 1 EXCITING C Lake ake Boys Tell o of They Had HadI Hadin in Service I i 11 the same city living with with- I blocks of each other for forI I tending the same sanie school one oner r t knowing each other other- cLing In the Orient while under their common flag as of an expeditionary force of at d States marine corps that corps that usual experience of William land and Hopfenbeck who were and swapping yarns arines' arines recruiting station it lt Robbins Bobbins commanding yes yes- told old the story and Hopfen Hopfen- the details The n are firm friends and find their amusements together the way Manca started the thet t born In Salt Lake and lived ny all the time until I eh- eh Ithe the United States marine vember 26 1910 I was sent Island for a months train train- hen sailed for Honolulu My 1 ij 1 after four days In Hono- Hono fat at Guam in the South Sea United States base I was months I met a lot of fine members of the corps and lany tany interesting experiences remember that this was time ne away from the good goodA goodA of ot the A A for many young Japan Was Iwas a trip to Japan for forli form li m the line of our duty velus a lot of novelty We bl Nagasaki Yokohama Tokio are some native beverages that are peculiarly power- power look and taste harm harm- soda oda pop Naturally we ers ers' tried all of them c came me a real lark We would be be pr pretty tty fine to olka at home that we had bad ived by the emperor so we to the palace and Llie lie conducted into the sa sa- ence rd of little brown soldiers dead and told us very in the most polished Japa- Japa b beat at it We did but three luding myself tried It again dayS day t They Y started after us not catch us We were too ur feet for them went IE-went back to Guam and aud ailon anon atlon duty six months Then that shifted us to hat Phat was with the of 1911 While we were 3 Jung ng river the admiral orto orto or or- to Shanghai r Inhere Where we met up Hop- Hop as Manca nod nod- nation Naturally when a anew anew anew new fellows came In we got gotA d A man living all his IS S. 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A doesn't know how for tor the eyes of an Amerl- Amerl t Oriental country to s se e a rican face Intake t take long for tor Manca and out that we came from the then n ni That was a bond of i Then It developed that Jeen een neighbors and for at year had attended the same samel l ol We remember having lother other when boyhood mci- mci recalled 6 reviving our ourI ourthe ourthe I the boat pulled up close to the port captain said hed he'd we tried t tc to- to toland land but the Ule vere not bluffed We land land- landt t t shot was fired We took it of the Ule town and stayed We were quart quartered red in and ate the best food and those native Chinese W IW a lot about cooking yel- yel this occupation was com com- Ianca lanca said taking up the Ule Ithe the story the boat was ack to Guam Hopfenbeck c tr to the Philippines The Guam thought we had been at it report had reached theman them an iny participating in that lit- lit got a complimentary n the admiral for the way the Situation You were perhaps forty five of or t y ty of or more R I ined med in Guam n about a year vas ordered as a special dee dee de- de e e seventeen lepers leperI to Co Cot Col- 1 t L William D. D Manca I IL t L vI i l W len P. P I. I On the way we anchored three hours in Magdalena Magdalene bay where Dewey anchored on the eve of the battle of Manila bay After Arter the lep ers were discharged we wen went t to Ma Ma- nila where I 1 remained ten days Then I was ordered to Guam and made a ten days' days trip in six days on the tail tall of a typhoon My next jump was to I was a little surprised when Manca Man Man- ca showed up in Hopfen beck said for I 1 had left him over in Ch China and thought I was through with him for a while but I 1 was glad to see him when he walked down the plank I 1 had been transferred in the meantime to company B second regiment regi regi- ment and had been at Cavite and He was in company A. A A They made up a legation guard detail de de- de tail about that time for the legation at Pekin and Mancas Manca's name was in inthe inthe the he list He did not want to go as his ils term of enlistment was nearly up He was transferred to company D second regiment after he lie had been with me two days I got a genuine Job then Ulen Manca said I was detailed as military police police po- po lice ice for tor and In that capacity ca ca- was customs inspector sanitary sanitary sani sani- tary inspector and official dog catch catch- er I 1 was recommended for tor special ability in police and detective work and was asked to extend my enlistment enlistment enlist enlist- ment but preferred to go home When I 1 got to Cavite I 1 got the fever and went to the hospital When I Ivas Iwas Iwas was vas able I 1 went to Manila and went aboard the Ule tran transport port Hopfenbeck was with me at Cavite and on the homeward voyage voyage only only he lie was In quarters and I was in the hospital ward On Guard Detail Upon arrival at Mare Island I was detailed as a guard at naval prison I No 84 a few days and then went to Bremerton Wash where I Iwas Iwas Iwas was detailed for tor guard duty on the prison rison ship Philadelphia I had good times Imes at Bremerton and Seattle and I met a lot of lively people Hopfenbeck Hopfen- Hopfen I beck eck was with me at this time and andone one ne day he called me by Telephone to o say that he and a friend had two I quarts of wine and they wanted me meo meto meto to o help them drink it But he would not tell me the address and andl I got none of the wine while he got a head head- ache che About that time Hopfenbeck Interrupted Interrupted in- in a call was sent from Washington for all available men to tobe tobe toe be e sent south toward the Mexican border order After a few delays we were moved aboard the South Dakota passing lassing over the decks of the historic his- his tonic oric old Oregon We coaled at San Francisco and accompanied the Jup ter er on her maiden trip We were ordered by wireless to tot t take ake Acapulco Mexico Manca andI and I were In charge of ot the first three- three inch gun We landed and did not fire ire a shot shot- We remained at Acapulco a month then went to and andLa La A Paz We Ve took marines off the Jupiter and landed them Then we went back to San Diego Hopfenbeck Hopfe put on one over on his friends by getting married the Ule day dayle daylie lie he le left the service Manca said but we had a dandy time at his wedding weding wed wed- ding ing party We separated soon aft aft- erward and met here In la- la ter tei er We will likely stay but the c call Il Ilof of f the East Is very strong sometimes and nd I may surprise myself one of these lese fine days by going back Into the je service |