| Show A BUSY BUSTLING CITY prow provo nov 29 the following newsy letter was written by harvey H dusenberry dusen sen iberry berry at art manila oember and received by Ms me father farther judge dusenberry As it la Is sunday afternoon and we are coin fined to our barracks yn on of the rain and nd the expected outbreak of the insurgents insurgent ts on the clity as is reported my mind runs back to home arid and how comfortable things used to be around there on an sunday afternoon aad d I 1 concluded to spend the time in III writing you and trying to tell ot the different things of tat trA terest erest and tm the present n in manila and aind As I 1 staf stated ted they are expecting an in outbreak of the insurgents aw moment and we are confined to our quarters with everything in meas to move at a moments notice it seems they have been making preparations for several days a and nd advancing oni our outposts in a warlike mannier manner it Is IB reported that the insurgents were ballis losing in aguinaldo Agud Agul naldo maldo and beginning begin ming wAng to think that he is again contemplating treachery eiry as when he sold out to spain for and being too smart and shrewd to bo let his people tose bose confide confidence moe to in hiim he is running a bluff by irig his men try to capture the city he ha knows they can never do no mat ter what their thedr odds are agaIn against dt us they can cam niever never enter eater the city and the only danger to sams boys wotan be through going to the trenches an agaten and there taking their taw sour tour hour shifts shafta and being exposed to ft all kinds of weather asid and abany ot of them ithem would fall victims to fever fevel and other diseases es if uncle sam sa m keeps these stands islands he will havethe have the grave question n before haimof him of dealing successfully vath the insurgents they had the idea mat they were to share in the victory wion by us and loot loat the city and d they will j never be satisfied until baide sam teaches them a lesson and makes them know their place I 1 do not remember of ever writing you a description odthe of the cy tand d it te 10 a hard place to tan bi words the city is 8 situated it tn in one of the in t picturesque tur esque spots in the orienta Orien tf and is surrounded on am sides by vast rice race fields and hemp plantations the th population Is nearly mostly chinese and a small percentage of french german and besides the ahll and spanish Span teh the ORY is divided into two parts by the basig river the old city Is surrounded by massive walls and overlooking the bay this part contains ains about people and in it twe are situated the palaces ot the and governor general aind nany and some cathedrals the streets are very narrow arrow tt wen well paved and with the pub he buildings form a tre the principal places ot of detest P the cathedrals em ad twe tw the nal aces end and arsenals and 04 a nd old guch auch as atad ada ere the new ehy oga I 1 he att roBB hasig river ri ver and here mu can the alne ren teh ap W ana 04 wa merw malf WWI oho rt i kv 30 bat streets also narrow are well paved cind cin d the is quite metropolitan in appearance every tin ing is flourish birg and everywhere can be b seen the signs signa of business there is a street car system stem similar to c our old mule cu F the fars ars being pulled by the small horses of the islands there are also up electric light works many factories and a red large business houses hauses such us tais of hemp tobacco rice and koffee coffee and many mercantile houses bouses of all dc ons since we came arbo the alty city and the blockade has opened many americans have come from froim atthe states and hongtong Hong kong and opened up various basl basi ness enterprises such tas as groceries and amerlean Amer loan canned fruits which go fast as uncle sams boys have no fruits in ther their rait ions there ore are many amer acla bean liquor houses bouses opened up and they seem see m to do their share of the rushing business in many of the larger halls looking out over the ohe river oan can be heard sweet music from the native orchestras the natives are very fine musicians musician ne it is a grand sight eight to stand on the large bridges and look down the basig river it bt is a amps mass of vessels from all nations unloading their cargos from dawn until dark land and is indeed a busy scene the swift steam laum launches ches dart here bere and there though a seemingly impenetrable ma mass mase se of masts and rag ving ging followed by casios aad native canoes all bent on getting near somie some vessel in hope of getting a job unloading it the A merican american boys are well received chere even by the spaniards who seem to be quite friendly the Amen Amer loans deans have conducted themselves as 9 a rule in a manner nna niner be becoming coinIng american Amer toan citizens of course joa As pay day comes there are sure to be a few fights there being beang so 90 many thou thousand Waid soldiers here andall and all being paid at art once there is sure to be a trouble but nothing more serious than a 9 little fighting has AN AM the troops here seem to be very anxious to return or leave this cli klimaite maite we are now enjoying lg is ailed the rala cool season and some of the english merchants its here state that the hot season is something terrible and that they all close their bumila ess houses during the pl middle iddle of the day the thermometer registers at present 87 degrees d in the shade so you can judge for yourself just how it ft Is there is sickness among the united states boys all the hospi hospitals hospitais taIs being filled in some ot of ithem they m as many fae as 1300 suffering from fever dysentery and other diseases incident fb b a tropical all our water waiter must be boiled and filtered before chinking under pent pen alty punishment in ill the guard house but ober Is nothing noi thing said about the pamy of our food prom from the way st ft looks now and the of these islands lianda ia if the united states holds them abek have a great future to in store it is claimed that cos eoal gold and copper can be found in large quantities and some of the finest timber IA the th e world grows glows in abundance such as mahogany cherry ironwood and coco cocoanut anut wood added to theme resources are the many productions sugar arnich oan can be An increased creased and nde made more it Is said here that during the years vt of misrule that nation has done nothing to develop the wonderful resources of her but has ha levied taxes with a heavy boavy band wherever possible tor for the of a small circle of favored officiate who have done nothing for the betterment of the alv created no opportunities for their labor and have sold the fruits of their toll and pocketed ane 8 money it has been proved that offit alrice the ameritt americana hit came in powes possession sion the have made more in a day than they made in a week eek during spanish I 1 rule they have had considerable work and have been able to sell their products at a good price they have worked up their oane cane and wood into different articles to sell the boys and it something was done for the education of the natives in the interior and they were given something for kneir work I 1 believe in the course of a few years the Phi philippine lippins could be made an industrious I 1 class of people the spaniards paid their philippine servants from 3 to 12 cents mexican money and city guards or police 11 a day so you see aee that there was very little inducement for them or profit from their labor there is considerable business done don here by natives in transporting goods down the many canals that run through the city they have their large cameos and live in one end of them and the canals are always full of them loaded with different products the iria native tive women are doing a rushing bli business alness by doing our boys washing such as suits they have a i large arge flat rock and a club and stand in the canal to their knees and by pounding the clothes on the rock they seem to get them cleaner uhan than we could by half an enough to furnish the water for the washing they charge 10 cents mexican money for a pair of trousers and 5 cents for a shirt at present we are getting a few ca ble grams and learning a little of the news of the outside world but the bace peace commission that holds our d doom oam does not seem to be progressing saing very fast all al the boys are anxious to return to america we have all kinds of bulletins every day but they have no encouraging news for us and as they pass from one barracks to another something new is always added until it became quite a cablegram many of the boys would endure two years garrison duty if we thought it possible we could receive our discharge herband here and receive our transportation money so 90 we could finish the tour of the world and I 1 would prefer that to staying here five or six months longer and return I 1 san francisco manila is in supporting five american newspapers at present the freedom of which I 1 send you a copy and will con dinue to do so is published by battery B at present my health is as good as could be expected captains young and granac Gran tare are expected in a few days no doubt you have heard of the ahe arrival of lieutenant wedgewood who is enjoying the dhe best beat of health I 1 suppose politics is the only rage in utah now I 1 trust you are all enjoying good health well write soon and remember me to all I 1 will close with love wishing you good night HARVEY |
