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Manila P.I. Mch [March] 3rd 99
F. B. Milner
Denver
Dear Sir & Friend
Mail leaves tomorrow for
San Francisco, tomorrow in the Transport
Arizona. I will endeavor to write you
a few lines. The Arizona will have besides
3 weeks mail, about 150 convelesant soldiers
aboard. They are to be transferred to
hospitals in San Francisco and some
will be sent to there homes
Everything is still in an unsettled
state here, although business is resuming its
old vigor.
The Philippinne commissioners will
arrive here from Hong Kong tomorrow.
It is thought that General Otis’s plan
will be carried out and the commission will
not do any thing until an Armstice
is secured or the Insurgents surrender.
On Wednesday last the 1st Calif. Inf. [California Infantry] USS