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Show From Manilla. Thrangh tho courtesyof Waller Kd-wardswotako Kd-wardswotako tho following extracts from a letter written to him by, Phillip Dsdamore who Is a invmbcr of llatt.-ry II at Manilla. It was written Dec. M. Wo aro getting along pretty well j in fact I never felt better in my lifo. Wc havo seen sonic veiy bant times since wc left homo but lam tough anil I think I can Bland it all light. H you could eccwhat wu had to go through, ubat WO llllll In fnt lllirl mv ui liml In pull tho blgold cannons nrouml through mud and water nearly waist deep you would wish the aimy wn.1 in h and you was home. Thoy can say what they liko hut tho little buttermilk boys who did not have tho none to enlist hud good cense. We havo Imd 110 snap. Tor -1 weeks we did not havchnll enough to cat. Once I did not cat for i.bput 7 dayj. Wo bad haul tack nnd prunes with maggots in them. As soinn ol the boys picked these out ot the prunes Ihey Kith): Don't ou wish you wns homo?" and tears came into their eyes. This Is n very warm and rainy country. coun-try. It is warmer hero now tl an It Is at home in the siMiimer time. Tho natives uic just liko niggers only smnller. All Ihey wear here is Iho thinnest stud' they can buj1. It U nearly near-ly like morquito bar They wrv.r no shoes, snekn, or hats, just an old, thin shirt with the sleeves cut on'. Wo have nice llilii clnthts. Wo havo three pair of while pinti1, two hliio cojH mil it dress suit which wo wear when wo go In town. Tho diess suits were presented presen-ted lo.us by one of tho generals for our good lighting. |