Show ANOTHER LETTER FROM MANILA interesting communication from the philippine camp henry C kiesel of the bics tics in the islands and express sur that any american should think of them up tho following letter was received by V J kiesch a day or so ago from ins brother henry 0 it was brought in by private randall of alio first colorado who was going dionio on sick discharge the following letter was received by lion F J klesel a day or so ago from his brother henry C klesel it was brought in by private randall of the first colorado who was going home on sick discharge manila nov 12 1898 my dear brother youra of the september alt and enclosed came to hand and was read with great interest I 1 have but one complaint to make and that Is that it was too short your letters are always short and too much business like by this time I 1 presume you have read and digested my big letter which I 1 sent you some time ago by registered mall it took me just one month to complete it not because I 1 was lazy but because my duties are eo continuous that I 1 find but little time to write anything As yardmaster ward master of a medical ward I 1 am ever or ought to be in evidence its mr klesel here and mr klesel there all day ana some times ill night capt dr locke tells me he calls me hank 1 I dont know how in the world I 1 could do without you the captain sends his kindest regards and it is he that helped to my promotion acting U S hospital steward and it is but a step to that of full steward you told me in one of your letters that it I 1 would send recommendations from my superiors I 1 would be helped to promotion I 1 could furnish them by the score and such as brigadier general hale formerly our colonel ast 1st col col mccoy ast 1st col major dr kemple chaplain fleming who made me in the name of the and society of san francisco a present of 2500 in goldana gol dand almost every commander of different regiments of the ath army corps but I 1 am satisfied to rise by my own exer lions to the highest post attainable in the hospital service and that is full steward it Is only since the ath of this month that the final appointment came and major crosby put me in charge of CO men to keep things in shape and in sanitary condition with the additional responsibility to safely transport to the smallpox small pox camp every case report d and bury every case that dhea I 1 have the commissary the ice the wines and various other supplies in my care and supervision well fred I 1 can fill the bill I 1 attend strictly to business I 1 go out but very seldom fact Is I 1 get but little time to do so I 1 drink but only occasionally a glass of wine and soda or american people bought a piece of spanish property on the water front and biscotta street the main business street the fashionable of the dons it is in every sense of the word a first class beer hall now and crowded from morning till night with people of every clime excepting who think we robbed them of their private resort well american soldiers american money and american beer are irresistible they are selling on an average in that one place over 1500 worth of beer and liquors a day and there are over employed emp loyes I 1 wish pabst gave me a show I 1 could make rome howl and make schlitz hunt his hole but whether pabst gives me a show or not soon as I 1 am footloose foot loose ill start in business providing uncle sam holds these islands it surprises me and every body else here how you people do talk of giving up one single inch of these islands but we can ony say that it is due to the absolute ignorance at home of what a priceless conquest we have made to give one single inch to any body be he spaniard or russian or german or french would be to lower ourselves in the eyes of all of those european powers we can hold them we have the most potent power to subjugate the with education with beall taxes absolute liberty as we know it or with winchester rifles if necessary in that case all you have to do is to send an army of adventurers mean such as wo had out west 30 years ago and ill guarantee the native will be civilized how can it but be expected of those people that they arc suspicious of us when they know what kind of masters they had tor years we must dispel that tear and make them understand that they have good a right to live as we have heretofore every bite they took every step they took every thing they planted and raised was taxed to the utmost in fact the were farmed out aa it were the government expected much and the collector got everything over and above that amount I 1 say and with me are 15 american old lera that to give up one inch of ANY of these islands is a crime and entirely inconsistent with the policy and entente in tente of the late war we fought tor human itys sake and to up these island would bo to turn these people over to a tar woree fate than trev ever experienced before whether spain got them or any other tyrannical monarchy I 1 was more than that you should have even dreamt of such a thing it congress and these lal anili therall ll be a hotter time in the old town than there was on the of I 1 want you to send me samples and briw fin sold of your for it we atay here there is business here and lota of it there are more tort unea in eight now than yon can find in 2000 travel inthe states ob but tor the capital vr i ster ste r to bring out a arst clasa steam laundry fully equipped a refrigerator and ice plant of not less than 50 tons per day of a first class brewery to beat the dutch brewery hero when wo hero we got their beer and good beer it was at per glass now they sell it at an ordinary beer glass full it Is aggravating in the extreme to be tight down and see others rake in the A friend 0 mine came from portland oregon well he has made 1200 in gold since august last selling sandwiches and I 1 am working for 2100 well I 1 say this much right here I 1 stay and make in the next two years or ill leave my bones here my general health Is now pretty fair for two months I 1 had from 60 to 7 men in my ward all with typhoid dysentery and kindred diseases since the of march I 1 bandied over men in my ward and lost but eight ward 4 Is the banner ward I 1 beat all the records of the other wards some of which lost over 10 per cent of their men ever since ive been here I 1 have been everything orderly nurse ward master undertaker and embalmer tor I 1 embalmer embalmed ed a south dakota sergeant major a few weeks ago well I 1 am the proudest man you ever saw when crosby wants to know anything about the grounds he says go to klesel and ask him and this is no idle talk or boisne bo asne when the boya get home they will tell you what men and officers think of aiu papa klesel for what they call me when finally crosby and col lippincott picked me out of over men as the first to be promoted I 1 think that ought to be to you sufficient recommendation as to my conduct since you last saw me my promotion and the bearer of this mr J W randall co E ast 1st colorado regiment will be sufficient evidence that I 1 have done my cluty mr randall goes home on sick discharge having acute gastritis ever since he came here randall is an old salt laker and has proven himself a soldier par excellence and a true comrade he has been sick in mv ward for the past two months and now I 1 must close dear fred I 1 send through you my love to all a merry xmas and a very happy new year mav you all keep your health and prosper my hope Is that god preserve me in the coming year to do still more good to my suffering comrades I 1 lost two smallpox small pox patients last week one american over chow I 1 read the beautiful burial service and one if the rd cross society would give me some of their stores or money I 1 could do a world of good a there are cases cominer nn every dav that need which the war department cant furnish still we are getting alone much better than in the start and the men make but little win int HENRY acting steward and 2nd 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