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ter-edug:heHiexlcttjrn±tolafcicheatorofiiid.or.tli-fcheereoldhertedmdattedaDieeet,sedliethemdmlCOTCBNVEYSLETTER 10 THEPHILIPPINESRacine Girl Encloses Missive in It and Receives Welcome Answer from Soldier Boy-WOULD LIKE TO CORRESPONDIs Much Pleased TVItu tho Cot and IlM Many Qucition* to Ask—Wants to l}!xi*l»ftnge Pictures - Letter Published i» Full,When the war broke out with Spain3the government in sending the troops to Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines found that it was quite neefcssary to furnish Hie soldiers with an arntr cot* Tho mailer wiu tukcn into considera-lion and resulted in the bids being advertised for.The Gold Medal Camp Furniture company under the management of W. G. Gilt mgs wore tho successful bidders 11 ml wore awarded the eon tract to f aril k. lick the»falKl msh (0,000 cols and upwards.On receiving the order Mr. Gittmgs at once increased his number, of employe's and added a large force of girls to work oil the order. In a short Lima l.lie army was supplied with cots. Of the number Unit went to the Philippines, one reached a private in th£ RUh United Suites Jnfimtry. This private* bail slept on the ground for many mhonllis mnl when be was issued his eot, lie noticed when unfolding that n lil.lhi note was attached. He carefully unfolded it and there was the pretty mune and address of Florence Da via Racine. \Y»s., United States of America,A short time passed and lie finally concluded to write. The answer came, but it did-^ot find Florence. The girl bad given fictitious nunie.The letter from the far off Orient addressed to Miss. Florence Du vis, Racine, Wia*, United States of America was received in the Post Office here, but a diligent and thorough search proved that no such person was a resident of this city. The letter was opened by mistake and the boys in the main office rend enough of the contents tolearn that tho proper place for tho epistle was to head it towards JUicino Jet. It was received at station A, No such party was known to them, so, the letter having been opened by mistake, tiio boys were in hopes of being able to locate the one to whom it should lawfully go, read the contents of what was to :c a letter to a new sweet heart.Seeing it contained something about eats it was sent to W. G. Gittings of the Gold hiedal Camp Furniture company. He also tried to locate the owner by finding out if a girl by the name uf Florence Davis ever worked there. No such person was known ten them find it was seen that some one just for curiosity had pinned a name on the rot. probably never giving it another I bought-. That note is the cause of the%yfollowing story. A large number of non in the Wth regiment are members of the Kpworth League and wished td get a discharge before leaving for tho Philippines but could not obtain one.If any of the fair sex desire to take up correspondence with ‘Florence’^ they may obtain the writers nuinc from Mr. Gittiiiirs. •;San Juan, De Monte, “1 Get. 28, 1890. 1Manila, P. I, |Kind Friend:You may be somewhat surprised I imagine, by receiving a letter from the Philippines. It happened that often sleeping on the ground for more than 123 days, vhe government decided to let us have orihs to sleep on, and when one was issued me upon opening it I discovered your address. Knowing that you would like to. perhaps, know where a piece of your work was sent to, also to receive a liltle history of the island, X decided to write.1 am a member of Co. L, Thirteenth! United States infantry; better known in the states as the fighting Thirteenth.We left the states in April and landed here on Decoration day, the thirtieth of May. “Since we have been here, we have been engaged in a number of skirmishes and have lost two captains, one lieutenant wud seven enlisted men. About twenty men who are suffering from wounds are now in the hospital.The rainy season is now over and the dry and hot weather is commencing. Dining the wet season, which lasts from August to November, we have, many a time, slept in water and rain, with nothing but the stars in the heavens and lone1 sentries here and there, to protect us through the londy hours of nightkoc, lea-be iojic mth s to 'adi-jout irtli-jnth over hrcc g of not-riiug Liilcl-1 be rout liars at will willwilledictOntele-ger’siginclloorpart-‘lingickorshodcine,dwell-lv ofto• audio: on*. -us the the gliing ! At 405 with5 old. . time tlds if hermy B,drived t Mil-of the ss the900.r Cor-1 Wis, vVash-•e. If her, “I nke a
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Racine Daily Journal
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Feb 15, 1900
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