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Manila P.I. Jany [January]- 14 - 98
Frank B. Milner
Denver Colo
My Dear Friend
The excitement here has been
at the lighest point possible, and not amo
amount to any thing since my last letter.
But it quited down for a couple of days
and is in a fair way to be with us again
tonight. Our company is on out.Post duty
tonight and have the strictest orders that
have ever been recieved since we have been
in the city.
Several natives have been Killed by our
boys on duty in the past week. the first two
was by a South Dakota man. He was
on guard at one of the Hospitals, saw two
natives approaching his post. He challenged
them and they answered that they were
friends and advanced them. They greeted
him with “Buenos Noches Senor” (Good night
evening sir) hardley had the words left