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Show Hnpnllrs In I'lilllppWiai. Handling rapidly large tuau.!a ' supplies Is, therefore, a ver Inipoi ' i part ot military duties. A vtendy pio-cesslon pio-cesslon of government transports hurry hur-ry across tbe 1'acltlc loaded with necessities neces-sities for the troops. Wheu tbe supplies sup-plies reach Manila, thoy imut be hurried hur-ried over tho Island ot Lurnn, Man) men aro required for this work, but men cannot bo spared from the filing lines or garrison duty. Resides, the handling uf supplies Is not very dlgul-flcd dlgul-flcd or pleasant work for-the American soldier. Tbo Chinese conlles have tbereforo been employed for this lauor, and very hard working and use'ul little fellows they are, too, Stripped to tho scantiest nttlro possible, they put their shoulders to heuvy buudlos and, busy as ants, make up In numbers what tbey lack In slzo. |