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& was kindley shown over by one
of the non commisioned Officers from
the 28th American Volunteers there was
about 200 prisoners confined there mostly
insurgent prisoners & american
Soldiers, the most of whom was
awaiting passage to America for trial
for Murder incess & Crimes of
a lewed nature some of these
insurgents are a fine intelligent
lot of men, I believe that the war in
South Africa will be over & her people
settled down to their industrial occupation
while the Philippines islands will be in
a state of martial law which is the
state there at present [the american Scot
soldier might be a good fighting
man but I formed rather a poor
opinion of them him being in my opinion sickly looking]
but we took in coal & water & left Ilo Ilo for Hong Kong it was a great
relief to get away from the land. the
heat being intense. I was informed by
some of the leading citizens of Ilo Ilo that [illegible]
[illegible] was unknown before the American
soldiers landed, I seen a great number
of very bad cases during our stay,
the employment of the insurgents
prisoners was making fancy Baskets
& Bird Cages for the american Soldiers
to take Back [to] home as curioses
rather a [illegible] employment.