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•TENT LIFE
^AT TAMPA.
SNAP SHOTS DESCRIBING THE DO
MESTIC SIDE OF CAMPING.
ULLY a mile and a supports Port Tampa. In tho foro-
quarter north of ground is the high hnlk of a vessel
the Court House loft to strand thore several years ago
on Franklin street, uudor yellow fever quarantine, and
in a grove of Flor- since used for storago purposes by a
ida pines, lies the phosphate company. The vessel is
camp of the United or w ®s the Osceola, of Buenos Ayres.
States forces i n Blne-shirted soldiers fishing for snok-
Tampa. ers and occasional pompano from her
The Northerner reaching Tampa at
Bight now can hardly realize that he
left New York or Washington so short
a time before. The real color of this
first impression is given by the brown-
faoed, roughly clothed troops, who
tramp up and down, and gossip in the
doorways—men who bIiow in their
faces the grit and daring that have
led to viotory since Cmser's time, and
In their bodies the endnranco -of
Indians and the strength of a 'Var
sity rush-line. At first the careless
ness of their attire creates an unfa
vorable impression. Half of them
parade the streets in their shirts.
Every man seems to have an individ
ual way of wearing his hat. Home
stick the top straight up, others jam
it flat, and the rest wenr it as snne
people always thought it should be
Worn. Their leggings ' are of un
dressed leather, neat and serviceable.
For the most part their chins are
Covered with the fuzzy beginnings of
eampnign beards.
Electric cars run from the camp.
Once on the camping-ground tlio visi
tor finds the soft shade of the pines
In plnoo of tho white glare of the
open he has loft. He boos the new
Krag-Jorgensen
f / i r ‘ 'I 6 H stacked
j! t ' i ° °° m "
IMP 1 v!r LWflr l’ an y streets, and
t hv-dt 'VjJISky / tlle ammunition
" - Tv, belts, caoh carry
ing two hundred
cartridges, hnng
ovor them. Tho
new bayonet is n
knife-line weapon
several inches
■nowum WEATHER. 8hortor than tl)ose
of the old triangular form, aud fur
nished with a haft.
Most of the men, when nt leisure, go
into town, tho othors lounge in their
tents, reading and tnlking. A reason
able amount of good-natured horse
play is seen among them. Among tho
men nothing but words of praise are
to be heard for their officers, and
among the officers nothing but good
things of their men.
Tho officers know
thnt in battle tho
troops under them
will do ns they nro
ordered, to the let
ter; and the men j
know that they will
be told to do tho
right thing at tho -
right time.
Outside fatigue
duties, their regu- after the rain.
Ur routine consists of drill at six in
and tho ruon who “police,” or clenn,
go over the field us a Now F.ngluud
housewife piokH threads from her car
pet. All tho work of this sort in a
regiment is dono by its prisoners—
men who nro under short arrest for
misdemeanors or for somo broach of
military regulations; aud, clad in
brown, they go about in dotachmeuts
of t,wo or throe uudor guard of a son-
try, who benrs n loadod rillo and who
„. ...... „„ ... j H responsible for tho prisoners ho is
ine morning, half nu hour's march in in charge of.
fnll lrit n t ........ -...I .. , ... ... —°
full kit at noon, aud “guard mount”
~ ", him, nun ue nuu me comnnssarv ser-
•ther battery will be under cauvus in go nut, his right hand man, think not
she neighboring camp, aud that nil- of thomselves until tho regimout is iu-
night aro patrolled by sentries who
hnve two hours on and four off alter
nately. Near the company street nro
the kitohens—tho tents where tho
‘grub” is cooked for the men, and for
the officers ns well, who have theirs
served in the "mess tent,” where two
or throe hnvo gathered together to
bo served ns one set instead of eating
separately. Not only do the officers
thus hnve cno another’s sooiety, but
clubbing together cuts down expenses,
for whatever nn officer has in mess
outside of tho commissary provision
ho pnys for from his own pocket.
There are, nlwnyB several “messes”
(the work strikes civilian ears most
unpleasantly) through tthe regiment,
and those officers who are known to
be bons vivenrs under (all conditions
nro eagerly besonght to take into
thoirs those who are not so expert in
providing the goods of life even when
they have the money and inclination.
Tho officers’ “line” is always a little
away from the men's tents, which aro
TIT
EVEItY BOLDIEIl HIS OWN "WASHERWOMAN.”
rotting decks or stripping and swim- nndor the immediate charge of tin
ming in the shade of her uplifted bilge first sonrgeant and corporals of end
are among the exotic sights in Tninpa oompnny, and at the top of the "line’
these dnys. is "headquarters,” whore the coloue
The camp of n rogiinent is laid out and his staff are established,
like a little village and is n model of The mou iu camp usually smuggli
neatness and order. Not a Borap of in some kind of a pet or “mascot,'
paper or vestige of dahris of any sort whioh is not always left behind whei
Is seen through its length and breadth, tho ordor comes to move, unless i
storv-tei.uno augend tub camp-fire.
gunru mount When a regiment is going iutocamp
In tlie evoniug, followed by “retreat.” the busiest nud most harassed porson
At all times of tho day troop-trains in it U the quartermaster. He it is
artillery-men, and pncl^-t rains who has charge of all camp cqnipngo
with their guns and horses, pass and who is responsible for the trans-
ihrough Tampa on tlioir wny to Port portation of it. Also he must stand
Tampa; white and oolored fly through 11 * * - *
followed by cheers and blessings
Then the last oar swings out of sight
•nd we know that in half an hour an
ready to sqpply any deficiency, from
feed for horses or mules to a coat for
some private who is suddeuly minus
his; and lie nml the commissary ser-
cm Alll. ll 1 H virrllf Innul mull
BOUNDING THE HEVILI.E.
other pawn is moved to help in the
oheckmating of Spain,
fin the camp there is drill every
morning at seven; regimental drill aud
brigado drill. Ab an instance of how
regiments aro scattered atnoug tho
cramped army poBts of the United
States, it is to be noted thnt ninny offi
cers have now seen regimental drill
for the first time. Brigade drill is a
•till greater novelty. After morning
drill the men are allowed and expected
to loaf. In this hot weather loafing
is, in fact, a part of tho regimen. The
camps look like very sleopy places by
noonday, though all as they should be.
On Sundays there is still greater re
laxation. Many go to tho long rail
way piles and
docks at Port
Tampa, where a
breeze may be
had if waited for
'long enough.
One excursion
■•is to B at tcry
C Point, on the
other shore of
CAMP fohauehb cap- the stubby pen-
turb a prize. insula which
stalled under cover. Each officer car
ries his own camp outfit—tent, blan
kets aud mcsB chest—and secs tt> it
before he leaves garrison. There his
responsibility practically ceases aud
falls upon the shoulder of his“stryker”
—-uot a socialist, but a servant pro
vided un officer by army regulations,
lhe stryker is a sort of general facto
tum, and is usually a man from the
officer’s own company or troop. He
is a jack of all trades, and good at
them, too; aud when the regimout
roaches camp he makes at onoo for his
own particular officer and looks after
him. It is the stryker who pitches
tho tent aud unpacks what luggage his
suporior may have after he lins first
extracted it from the piloof regiment
al impedimenta. Ho fetches water
and puts tho towels by tho hand ba
sin. aud sometimes ho even builds a
bed.
Iu the nienutime, while officers’
tents are going up, those for the com
panies ore being pitched with perfect
order, aud iu an incredibly short time
are taut aud fast. They are laid out
in sets of two lines on what are called
the “company streets.” and day and
may be into action.
The Sailors' lien Coop.
A sailorman is fond of pots, but
ship is no place for animal life. How
over, thore ore few ships, sail c
steam, that do not enrry out of port
coop of hens nod a rooster. Then
seem to be for company, or associi
tion, or something of that sort, for th
oldest mariner never heard of one c
the liens being killed for the mesi
nnd a hen at sen absolutely refuses t
lay eggs, and smnll blame to them.
The hen coop is generally plnoed o
tho forward dock, near the fo’o’sle, i
which the sailors live. They hnve
box of sand in whieh to roll nnd nr
made ns comfortable as possible. A1
ter one or two voyages the lions ht
come excellent sailors, and it is
queor sight to soe them balance thorn
selves on their sea-legs when tlio sift
tosses Bml rolls.
When the ship is in dock tho fowl
nro always driven into their coop nn
kept thero until tho ship is at sea
whon they are released and given th
freedom of tho dook. At night the,
seek tho shelter of their eoop of the!
own aooord.—Kansas City (Mo.) Stai
A Kunawny Star.
Thero is iu the constellation of th
Great Bear n famous little stnr wliio
has been called a “runaway,” becaus
of the extraordinary speed with whic
it is moving. But it is so fay awn
that the effect of its motion can onl
he noted by careful astronomical oh
nervations. Professor Simon New
eoinh has said of this star, whic
bears the nnme “18110 Groombridge,
that the united attractions of the ei
tire known univorso oould uot hav
set it going with suoh velocity an
would he unable to arrest it. Noi
Professor Kapteyn announces tho dil
oovery of a telescopio star in th
southern hemisphere, in the constellc
tion Pictor, which appear to be moi
jug considerably faster yet. Whs
its real velocity is, however, can onl
bo told when its distance is known,-
Sau Francisco Chronicle.
Klaatio fihno«rlngi,
Our English cousins have added
groat convenience to the toilet in th
form of elastic shoestrings, elastic coi
sot laces aud other Bimiliar article!
They are far superior to the old style
of clastic cords, which aro made hot
thero and here. They are remarkabl
strong and durable, and give a play t
the muscles and joints, which prevent
stiffness and discomforts. For loi
shoes they are simply delightful, a
thoy enable oue to have a laced shoe
which is the neatest and trimmest c
all footwear, and nt the same time t
have tho give and yielding qualit
which is the chief charm of elasti
gaiters.—Sau Francisco Chroniclo.
ALL THE WAY ROUND!
How the Publisher Mn<le One Illustration
Answer For Four Chapter* or the Novel.
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Cbtr ’ll! UHldVlIJ fcc^
‘Trojected by her father’s
boot Claud pitched headfirst = s’
down the stairs and through ~ £ l
tho portiores.” * 5 |
—Brooklyn Life.
Four Americans
are Killed.
mm MEET Mils
Engagement Lasted Thirteen
Hours—Spanish Lobs Not
Ascertained, us They
Hastily Retreated.
Associated Press dispatches via
Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti, state that
Lieutenunt Colonel B. W. Hunting-
ton's battalion of marines, which
landed from the transport Panther on
Friday and encamped on tho hill
guarding the abandoned cable station
at the entrance to the harbor of Gnan-
tanamo, was engaged in beating off a
bush attack of Spanish guerrillas aud
Spanish regulars from 3 o’clock Satur
day afternoon to 6 o’clock Sunday
morning.
The fighting was almost continuous
for fiftceu hours until Sunday, when
reinforcements wore landed from the
Marblehead.
Four of our men were killed and one
wounded. Tho advance pickets under
Licuteuniits Neville and Shaw aro un
accounted for.
List of Americans Killed.
Assistant Surgeon John Blnir Gibbs
was among the killed. Surgeon Giblis
is a son of Major Gibbs of the regular
army, who fell at tho Custer massacre.
His home was at Richmond, Va., but
he has been practicing in New York,
and he entered the service since the
war began. Ho was a very popular
officer: The others killed are:
Sergeant Charles H. Smith, of
Smallwood.
Private William Dunphy, of Glou
cester, Mass,
Private James MeColgan, of Stone-
ham, Mass.
Corporal Glass was accidentally
wounded in the head.
The Spanish loss is unknown, but
it was probably considerable. The
sploshes of blood fonnd at daylight at
the position tho SpandiardR occupied
indicate fatalities, but their comrades
carried oft' the killed aud wounded.
The engagement began with desul
tory firing at the pickets a thousand
ynrds inland from the camp. Cap
tain Spicor’s company was doing guard
duty, and was driven in, finally rally
ing nnd repulsing the enemy at 5
o’clock.
The bodies of Privates MeColgan
an Dunphy were found, both Bhot in
the head.
The large cavities caused by the bul
lets, which inside a range of GOO yards
have a rotary motion, indicate the vic
tims were killed at close range.
The bodies were stripped of shoes,
lints and cartridge belts and horribly
mutilated with machetes. When they
were brought in the whole battalion
formed three sides of a hollow square
about the camp on the hilltop. Below
in the bay wore warships nt anchor.
Inland from the hill camp is a deep
ravine, nnd beyond this is high hills.
The country ndjacent is heavy with a
thicket growth.
The sky was blanketed with cloudR,
and when the sun set a gnle was blow
ing seaward. Night fell thick aud im
penetrable.
The Spanish squads concealed in the
chaparral cover hnd the advantage, the
Americans on the ridge furnishing fine
tnrgets against the sky and white tents.
The Spaniards fought from cover till
midnight, discoverable only by flumes,
at which the marines fired volleys. The
repeaters sounded like crackers in a
barrel.
The Marblehead launched a Colt
machine gun in her bow, pushed up
xhe bay, enfilading the Spaniards, and
it is thought thnt some were killed.
Estimates vary ns to the attacking
force, some say 200 aud the figures run
ns high as 1,000. Colonel Campina,
the Cuhnn guide, said the Spaniards
were mostly irregulars, but the re
ports of the discharge of Mauser rifles
would indicate that they were regulars,
ns most of the guerrillas enrry Homing-
tons. The Cuban guerrillas, as a rule,
hnve more dash aud courage than the
regulars.
Lieutenant Colonel Hnntington and
Major Cockrell gave high praise to the
nerve nnd steadiness of officers and
men, especially the young ones, ns the
-engagement was a baptism of (ire for
a large majority. The men were in
darkness aud iu n strange laud, but
they stood to their posts with courage
nud fortitude and there was no symp
tom of panic.
The marines, though exhausted,
- ere eager for more fighting, i. remis
ing to inflict heavy putiishmen They
complimented the daring of the Span
iards with characteristic camp pro
fanity.
Tlio amplest precautions have been
taken, and us the Dauntless, the As
sociated Tress dispatch boat, wns leav-
iug the scene, re-enforcements were
lauding from the Marblehead.
CERVERA’S SHIPS INSPECTED.
Lieutenant Hire Faces flr.-nt Dancer to
Mnko n Keconnolssanro.
1 A Washington spociul says: The
last lingering doubt that may have ex
isted as to the presence of Genera's
fleet in its entirety in Santiago harbor
was removed when Admiral Sampson’s
dispatch reached the uavy department
Monday night. Up to thnt time in
formation as to the number and charac
ter of the vessels lying in their harbor
shielded from observation in great
i part by the hills nt the entrance hnd
I been obtained through Cuban sources
supplemented by such glimpses ns
1 could be obtained by naval officers
from tlie outside entrance.
Now, however, occording to Lieut.
Blue, the ships have beeu actually
seen by the American officer, counted
and inspected from such points of
vantage as were afforded by the high
hills surrounding the harbor. The
officials here are full of praise for
Lieutenant Blue’s achievement. Vic
tor Bine has been long known in the
navy as an enterprising aud daring
young officer, but it required a good
deal cf sustained- courige for him to
go ashore iu a hostile country and
alone make reconnoissance. He was
in the eye of military law nothing
more nor less than a spy, and hnd he
been captured by the Spaniards he
would have been tried by a drumhead
courtmartial and executed.
BRYAN ON WAR.
Nebraskan (lives His First Public Deetar-
atlon Hostilities.
The Nebraska building at the Omaha
exposition was dedicated Tuesday with
appropriate ceremony amid tho plaudits
of thousands of the state’s citizens.
Governor Holcomb nnd his stnff took
part in the exercises, along with many
of the state’s distinguished residents.
The speakers of the day were Hon.
Constantiue J. Smith, Hon. Willinm
F. Gurley and Hon.William J. Brynn.
Mr. Bryan’s oration was notable for
one thing—his first public declaration
ou the war issue. He took a high
ground on the question, urging that
the war is for humanity, nnd not tho
extending of the United States terri
tory. In concluding he said the mani
fest destiny of the nation is not to ac
quire realms to govern, hut to carry
out the fundamental principles of de
mocracy to the end that equality among
the citizens may be secured.
TIRED OF WAITING.
Delays Are Telling on Officer* and Men
of Sampson's Fleet.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Kingston, says: The dynamite cruisor
Vesuvius, which joined Admiral Samp
son’s fleet oil' Snntingo Tuesday morn
ing is to be followed by the Ericsson,
the Foote nud other torpedo boats,nud
the arrival of the torpedo fleet will
coufirm the opinion that Admiral
Sampson intends to force the harbor
ou the arrival of the troops.
Everybody is desperately tired of the
present disheartening conditions. The
tedious maneuvers, the censelesR watch
ing nnd the exasperating inactivity are
telling on officers and men.
CAST A 1.1, INE AS A DUELIST.
Annie Gould's Husband Ilndly Wounds a
Parisian Journalist.
A dispatch from Paris says: Count
Boniface de Castellano, who mnrried
Miss Anna Gould, of New York, fought
a duel Tuesday morning with M. Henri
Turot, of The Petite Bepublique Fran-
cnise. Three rounds were fought with
swordB and M. Turot was wounded in
each round, twice slightly, and the
third time severely in the right fore
arm, thus ending the duel.
Tho dispute whieh led to the meet
ing grew out of M. Turot’s comments
upon an act of infanticide committed
by a servant in the count’s household.
SPANISH VESSELS - SAIL,
Three Ships Leave Liverpool For St. John,
New Brunswick.
A London cable dispatch states that
three Spanish Bteamors lying nt Liver
pool recently, the Gnllego, Nnvnrre
and Palentiuo, renamed the Comin,
La Juno and Palcstro, have sailed for
St. John, New Brunswick.
EMBARKED ON TRANSPORTS.
Troops Are Heady to Sail From San Fran-
cisco to Manila.
At San Francisco, Tuesday, thirty-
five hundred soldiers embarked on
transport steamers which are to take
them to the Philippine islands.
It is not definitely known when the
fleet will sail,
CALL US COWARDS.
German Press Show Unfriendly Feeling
Toward United State*.
Advices from Berlin state that there
is no material change in the feeling in
Germany in regard to the wnr between
Spain and the United States. The
government avoids expressing its views
on the subject and a few of the Ger
man newspnpers persist in their atti
tude of little short of hostility to
ward the United States.
These newspapers also continue to
charge the Americans with cowardice
for not attacking the Spaniards, “whom
until recently tho Americans regarded
as unworthy of their steel.”
APPLIES ONLY TO REGULARS',
Volunteers Can Holtl Until Civil and Bill.
It ary Positions.
A Washington dispatch says: The
Attorney General has rendered an
opiuion of great interest to State nil!
cials and others who have accepted
commissions in the volunteer army.
He holds that section 1222, of the De
vised Statutes, which prohibits army
olticers from exercising the functions
of a civil office on penalty of losing
their army commissions, applies only
to officers of the regular army.
ASK RETURN OF MONEY.
Th© Bletlindlet llsok Concern llnasted
lly Senators.
A Washington special says: The-
Methodist Publishing House matter
came up in the senate Monday and
evolved a very acrimonious debate.
Senator Chandler charged that the
senate had been deceived by the Dem
ocratic senators and that tho latter
should join in with the Republicans to
persuade the book concern to piy the
S288,000 back into the United Stntes
treasury, or ns much of it as was left
after the fees had been Bettled.
Senator Pasco answered this indig
nantly nud resented the statement that
the demoernts had entered into any
scheme to deceive the Benate; that
they were innocent of any deception
and hnd been deceived themselves.
Senntor Bacon made n plain state
ment of the case and showed his con
nection with it. He said that as a
member of the committee of claims of
the flfty-fonrth congress he had done
nil in his power to have this
claim settled. He said that he was-
not n member of the committee in the
flfty-tlfth congress hut that ho worked
just ns zealously for it, believing that
it was as just and as righteous a claim
as ever cnine before congress.
Ho hnd been given assuranees by
Major Stahlman that there was no con
tract for fees, and that upon this as
surance he hnd gono to other senators
and had assured them that they could
vote for the bill with the full con-^
sciousness that every cent would go to
the church.
He deeply resented the injustice-
which had been done to him and to
other senators, and said that he had
been most grossly deceived in the
whole matter.
benntor Tillman wns espeoinlly se
vere in his denunciation of the entire
matter and said that the passage of the
bill under the circumstances wns ob
taining money under false pretenses.
Senator Morgan s id at the proper
time he would offer a resolution direct
ing the judiciary committee to inquire
ns to the legality of the claim and its
final payment.
MORE FIGHTING AT GUANTANAMO
The Missing Advance Pickets Show Up-
Safely nt Cninp.
A special via Kingston says: WheD
the Associated Press dispatch bont
Dnuntless left Guantanamo bay after
the thirtecu hours’ skirmish between
tho United States murines and the
Spanish guerillas and regulars, it w»as^
expected thnt the fighting would be
renewed. The Marblehead was land
ing re-enforcements.
At 9 o’clock Monday morning the
firing was again renewed by the Span
iards, who appeared oft' the camp on
tho edge of n small island, about a mile
to the northeast. It was promptly re
turned by thirteen rifles and a three-
inch field gun, nud iu a short time all
signs of the enemy had disappeared.
It was then decided by Colonel
Huntington to abandon the posi
tion first ocenpiod ns a camp, as there
were no signs of reinforcements of
troopH, and it was known thnt a force
of Spnninrds six times more numorons
than the marine battalion was in the
vicinity. Therefore, the crest of the
hill which the troops hold was given
up to tho bntteries and rifle pits and
tho tents were pitched- on the side of
the hill near the harbor, which is pro
tected by the warships.
To the great delight of the marines
in camp, Lieutenants Neville and
Hhnw, with thirty men of company D,
returned in good shape, hut much,
exhausted by eighteen hours of picket
duty. One man, Sergeant Smith, of
company K, had been shot through the-
abdomen and instnntly killed.
It is believed that the Spanish cas
ualties were heavy.
The battleship Texas arrived Mon
day morning and sent nshore forty
marines nud two automatic Colt guns
ns re-inforcements. The Marblehead
also sent an additional small detach
ment.
CONTROLLING THE FEVER,
Surgeon! of the Army and Navy Are Taking
Every Precaution.
Surgeon Generals Sternberg, of the
army, and Van Reipen, of the navy,
have taken every precaution to protect
the army nnd navy from yellow fever.
Up to tho present time neither of
them hns received any report of conta
gion in either branch of the service,
nor do they feel that the present con
ditions give ground for apprehension,
although our troop ships are now in a.
country infested with yellow fever.
ARREsilfir AS SPIES.
Two Men Are C'nptured on a Veuel
Leaving: Brooklyn.
Eduro Montici, a Spaniard, and an
unknown man of the same nationality,
were taken off a trans-Atlantic steam
ship at New York Haiti inlay on suspi
cion of being Spanish spies. The-
ship was on tne point of sai.ing from
her dock.
It is said by the detectives that pa
pers were found in the baggage of the
men thnt would convict them. They
i\ ere brongh back -to Governor's Is
land and locked up. Montici is re
ported to ben wealthy Simuiaid.
NO OYKKTTitES Wi.NTED.
Spaniards Declare That They will Fight
To Bitter Ktul.
A Mndrid dispatch says: The cam
paign inaugurated by some of the for
eign newspapers in favor of pence be
tween Spain and the United States is
noi approved by the government.' Ac- *
cording to the opinions cf several gen
erals, Spain is capable of continuing
tne war in Cuba for two years, even
under the most unfavorable circum
stances. Therefore, they add, it is.
useless to talk of peace unless it im
plies a return to the status quo ante
bellum.