| Show Letters Letters' Letters Letters from From Frank Franic And Anderson l June Juri 25 2 1998 8 arrived We In n Hon tula h Harbor harbo bor r about about 9 o'clock in the the eve ing of June and sailed up to th the e wharf and made mad fast the next morn morn- m morn rn- rn ing About 10 o'clock we went o on onshore onshore n shore and nd were march marched d through the narrow streets to a boat bOllt house where we all stripped strapped for a bath inthe in inthe the he Pacific which is quite shallow at that pa place e. e After bathing we marched to a railroad station and nd to took ook k a nice trip into the country W. W A. A Kinney Paul Isenberg g anda and a few ew others other p piloted o ed the Utah boys to th the he Ewa plantation tion on which is located a large sugar factory The mill was in in full and the sight of the plant and the growing cai carve care was e-was was very interesting n to to all all of us Speeches were were made and and nd the boys boys gave gave three rou rousing ing for Kenney Isen Isenberg berg i Lawrie and others Representative Isenberg isenberg isen- isen i berg proposed three cheers for Old Glory lory wh which ch was hear heartily ily responded respond respond- ed to On this trip we saw many sights that were ere very interesting sting to us us The fields are re much different from th the fields fields in in Utah and they keep them thein soaked with ith water wlter They do d. donot donot n not t use use horses for their farm work tn ing harrowing e etc h. h b being ng done with an animal c called led the Gnu After fter r returning i to io the city we were marched into a a beautiful l park where a banquet was spread for us and we listened to the h I I. I ever heard I It Ts is th best place we have been in th gli glive ve stayed one day v Manila Bay Jul JUf Jula l a 1898 We wi are are n now w at the end of our ou journey It It J has taken us twenty twenty one d s' s sto to cross the ocean We Weare Weare Ve are with Dewey and his fleet in Manila bay expecting to fight almost anytime an The natives and Spaniards are arc fighting ng every d day y We e hJ the can the guns Ut s and nd at night se see the fire flash when they sh shoot ot I d r ships The ships Dewey sunk Davey-sunk D wey sunk ar are d us some all burned fd up and up and nd s' s some me can can be be repaired and used again Dewey Dew y is using g some of the captured apiu d bottis boats Ye We VVe expect a hot but time for for- a a. a little while when th that t Spanish fleet feet g get t here I guess you know more about th that t and he war than we we do We left the Ule bo boat o on the 2 st andare and are now now on land near near Manilla We Weare Weare are goi going f to take Manila Manil a as soon as the third expedition it on gets landed and settled settIe d down wn I dont don't think it will last long then I guess we will co come e home I We are are re ca camped p d near where they are fighting They pass us with the dead dea and wounded every night The Germans fetched two shi ship shiploads p loads of grub for the Spaniards and they were ti badly dl y surprised when w Dewey ordered them to u unload load on 1 the wrong side side- pf of the bay I r I guess uess they are ate g getting mad e enough dough ough to fight They have ve two big gu gun bo boats ts here and they have ave a stronger stronger ger fleet I than D Deweys Dewey's not pt far off England has a better one than either eithe 3 of the them m so I think it will be a goo good l fight if Germany turns turn loose looser t FRANK ANDERSON ANDERSON |
