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AMBASSADOR WHITE
AROUSES GERMANY
American's Fourth of July Speech At-
tracts General Attention.
THE PRESS GROWS FRIENDLY
German Papers Are Still Divided on
the Spanish-American War.
NOW SAY WE EQUAL ANY NATION
The Proposed International Congress.
* Though Denied. Is Still Being
Urged by Some Berlin. Papers.
p.p ... i : s The remarkable speech
. . • i ted Sta arnna ■ tdor,
\l, A >. w I‘. \\ b < t:i • I ourth of
J | y arb>n by Americans al Leipsic.
of tb g i ni.ui press all week loan equally
W I l.i-H .!• • ■ lepn: Ills o' the vx ir
betw ■ Spiln and ’he Vnited St.i-es. The
. j... inn\ -rsaPy <'h.it ict. r* ' I as a
no ;>.ai nuneiatioii of prime importance.
_;i | t ! t t i• < ’ll •v.'.'t it I ! I", >. were Ol’
• ■ \ • . ■ 1
V-:.un’.* :. flags of both Wur** . ntxviuvd
ii’i i it li it and i luunb'T of protni
u-- I • g’;.- mmm raiding in thrmanv
v.. m lt The 1.-. - ’ to tin* pnvid-.mt i
• ! • ' 'i.-tasi i bv t’X' t y on-' pres- ,
• • >n 1 v the («' rm.tn n- xx. Pi- !
» 'it \\ :»’• .Mpeech varied t; •a* .jjv. j
. r
v. . ;: . ’: ■• _• 1 u t h rmuny <■: Germain. >
. • ■ L- ’ - | t .t , g (hat tlie g • • • :
kite’s Speech Approved.
\ • irk.. art .<_• has appeared in :
l» 1-ie rin..n party. Al'. : approv
-1: . Uh v s speech .ml letniniliig
'< lie two C. Untrh.x, lc I '<■!.. l-s
* "iiy ■...- in jts e .-nomlv. commercial
: . . x • ■ ',' IM •
i a i l■' In s \ or.. ■ • It is In I
ot m i a';. ill'. ■ Ain■•■ .<■ ;';s. ■ l
.■ ■ ,v. • W■ r. •'."•• d m -li. . f ■
That International Cong-ess.
Roast Americans Generally.
CAMARA’S SQUADRON SAILS FROM ■
POP, ! SAID EN ROUTE TO CARTHAGENA'
Port 5..;.), July 9 -At 5r- ni. today the Spanish wan-hip.-, colli-rs ..„j t-oop
ships sifor Carthagena.
TORPEDO BOATS RETURNING TO S ..
M.ssina. Sicily, July 9-The Spanish torpedo boats Audaz, Proserpina and
Osado, belonging to Admiral Camara’s squadron. li-ivo arrived Vi-.re from
Port Said, on their way back to Spain.
The Century “a tissue of falsehoods and I
bosh,” in conclusion saying:
"li’ respectable monthlies spread itu'h
trash about us. what can be expected
of the daily press? Are we Germans, loving j
our country, not compelled to lose p.'.lienee ■
and pay them in the same coin
The Cologne Volk.s Zeltung says:
“It Is not true that the foreign olliee has i
acknowledged the justice of the American I
motives In the war '•
Private advices received here from Mad
rid show that the dissatisfaction in the
Spanish army and In government ami po
litical circles with the dynasty and cabi
net Is greatly Increasing ami Is assuming
threatening proportions. Carlfsm Is report
ed to bo steadily spreading, particularly tn
the army and many people expect a revolu
tion. Strong presslure Is being brought to I
bear on King Ijeopold of Belgium to expel
Don Carlos from his kingdom on the
ground that the Spanish pretender Is ’’an
offensive foreigner Both Rmperor Wil
liam of Germany and Hmp-ror Frances
Joseph of Austria li.iv'e joined in thes.- rep
resentations, but thus fir tiny have bi n
uuav ailing.
FIFTIEN STARVE EACH DAY.
Condition at Guantanamo Is Reported
To Be Most Deplorable.
Gtr.i’it in.ini >. July x (Copyright by As
sociated Press) Advie-s r.-celv. d le. c’mi
ll's.".l- r McCalla. of the Marblehead, from
th" city o'’ Gu.iiit.inanio. .- !> >w that the
dmiths fr-mi st. rvai'-n t■■ ■ average
fifteen daily
Co-mral J’erez, the commander of Guan
tanamo, h is given up hope of suceor and
the town . >u!<l be re td: ■ aken were it
u 'Ctii wul'.o to ri it th" l'iv< '. the Amer
|.'i . troop- 'Pi:.' entr.im'e ir.-ni th-' uppi-r
to the lower bay : p.ittrolled nightly by
steam launches. The gunboats in the up
p.-r bay h.ivo no: shown tio-nralves for
several <1 ivs.
' Bost Captain l’< "'na:..l z. of B.ira.ao,
t with thre.' oliieers, was <.tptur<xl by Com
| ni.inder \b'Ci!l.i. as they tan .mo this
I liarbor for new The y<l 1 not see the |
| Ameri' an il < until too l.tte Thousai.'ls
of Cubans some estimates pla<ing the
1 nuinber i' are being A-I it the camp
I of the We.-t .side of the harbor with sup-
I P : , run. -nd be th.- it. I .'.o<s s .. ty
Th** <>f (h«‘ niarin ii G • m inumo
l ‘s , ’ ’<l but the h.tme <-.in:- >. b<* -t .1 -f
I t hoso at Balqult 1, w hero forty o the bun
I li I .ire <>n the -. k st -'.ifferir.g '.r un
I O July sth nin. tv Spaniards ippean. »|
a ! • • • nd
• i ■ T!i<- uunbo.it M.inning :<•; ’ \ g-
i . . . '. ' ' s
a-11 !• iininuiiii hi u*r b.un-
‘ h-.i’l i 11 • u i< (’ ansp t <h ...tb i t<> i
! l.i’-. - bary. Th” ditli. u’. v is • get the
• g i a>li<»re throng i the surf. it Ja
GIZN SHAFTER RECEIVES ORDERS
Is Adv is
of General Miles.
J-. : •. \. ..n <;• ttvi J i has b. . i
from W I*.i.nglon. und-.r date of
J •Iv i. ;i ■» follow - .
! utu • • ’’ • nor il M ’ v J
it > camp cist where and vc base of |
, x; . .. ip.u. ■ oil Who XX. XX . I I -el -
I the Chy of Washingmn, " livh will
• THURSTON RETURNS TO HAWAII.
Representative Finding’ His Job Gone, j
Goes Back to Honolulu.
■
t?iu ok I an-* viti-m r-solu’i-mi. h»‘ slid:
; xt-.it I hit \w l<’»t ;!i;s r< -.m: must |
. h . on T nJ’ th h I n v . ;
• <c‘ ii 'I kii' W wh. th« omm; sm?) will I
• •!<’, t . !<»[•■■ for .1 t' irilof.i] : rm oi |
•» s’ < I f t- ' du a m- it miv.il
OTIS TO GO TO MANILA AT ONCE.
j Instruction Sent the General To Start I
on His Trip Immediately.
! Sall I’l 111. i.-eo. July t).--Major General I
He may go on e i.h.-i- ip.. |'e ; - u or ('tty o£ '
j I’m b: i. wh.eh expect. .1 to , .11 not !
. out w.u mg ior tin- . r v ueK being i
' -.'in
In llm Heid. lu.L'. '.eg General Mm Hit' •/■'.•<■ j
il ■’. Otis xx il iceomp.mv 'm General
l-lighth C'T.'-rimt regiment ; lik'Jv'to bu I
' >'"t t > Honolulu to g mat city. It j
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA M MONDAY.JULY 11, 1898.
'wrecked vessels
LINE CUBAN SHORE
Remnants of tbs Pride e( Spain's Navy
Are Scattered About.
DESTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE
! Beilers, Engines. Magazines Blown
Into Unrecognizable Masses.
ONLY MANGLED BODIES REMAIN
Vultures Awaiting the Washing’ of the
Tide, Which Floats the Dead
Toward the Land.
Suntl.igo <io Ci.h.i, July 7. via Kingston,
J;ini:ii<a, July k -(Copyrighted by the V--
soeiat <1 Pres- ) The x- •sel.s which .'.im
posed Admiral C< rv< ra's --pi.i<lron, con
verted into wr< xk< <l .Iv-rii ; houses, are
littering the Cuban c" . i '. the scenes
of .l.'S'.l.i tl .ii, ruin, lioi- .f I ■ '’• battle
description.
At the entrance of the harbor of Santi
ago <le Cuba lb's the Reina Merced's,
'■ink ut midnight on July 3d W. stxvard
five miles from the harbor Is a torpedo
! boat destroyer, etuek fast hi the r - ks,
el< so in shore and battered by the sui t.
Kocks jutting out of the water in front
of where she lb s hide her hull from view.
H. r davits und tiio top of her conning
tow. r .riot murk her resting place.
Visible from the sea, a few miles further.
In an inlet embraceil by two mighty rows
of ’ "i. k rock, tii.i' i-xto- d ’ alf a. mile hi
the . I are the r< m.itn.s of the twin cruiser ;
'lnfanta 'Marla Teresa ami Almlrar.t-
Oquendo, formerly the pride of the Span-
On beyond lb -i the Vlze iy|t. Il mas of
I ruins, and forty-two miles away from
i Santiago .!•■ Cuba tim Cristobal Colon lies
I h-ipl- n 'ii her sides, with I'.er sinok"-
stacks under water.
\dmlr tl S impson has cable.! the navy
d.r.urtment that tn his opinion three of
the Spanish v-ssels may b" saved The I
m Is certainly hi fair condition, he re- ;
ports, and there are reasomib’.e hopes of ’
■ .iv'ng the M iri iTi res i and the Vizcaya. j
The Infan' i Maria Ter-sa ml the Altnl-
| r into Oqm mlo stand upright, stuck fast I
! 0:1 the ro.’kx- sh. ils All that Is left |
fa. n: !< th'ir onto- bulls, the heavy armor
i d -fylng total .-it n.iillation Tnsl I. of th.-m
the work of destr -th a Is complete. Fhelr
boilers, englm ■ .nnk.'rs and magazines j
nX X'-ai
• / ■
nv.’Hed by th * Intent hc.it. nm strewn all
ox r the remains of *he on proud ar
nb’U’d Tinser wh.’s.' protective decks I
on’x- st. G-id In pH n-s.
But the rn .-t xb.i tlx horrible duM-’ in
I ■ ..
■ ami otli. is :i' ' H. ring <>v< r th" v. re. ks.
On ti-. . i, . -.., other flocks of vultures
l up It < dead lx x tide Ids to tl e tale
I of I error, washing up s-ieli obje. ts as. |
for im-'.aiee. . G.-.-x. Im ! -ing L v.asted :
| 'nn. other portl..n.s d b"man mdi.s
l IW .„< br htmgry >■ <rks ami . u .all. sa
Vtentlon has been glxen to the burial
j of th. d 'ad rn. mi and "vr WO bodi's t.ik-
■ interred upon the b. ich bv Admiral
Sampson’s ..'.dets
Those which now remain are either al- I
most totally consumed by lire, .barred
' bexotid belief, or in the depths of ti e s a.
I Th. -e farm the food < f the buzzards who
: kep constant vigil about the wrecss
The burn. A remains lie In a c nfused
n: '.-o. unnuniber. <1 and unnamed, .In a
I huge pit dag in the sandy boa. lt, where
I the x'-s.'ls went ashore. A rude wood, n
< ross from the wreckage alone marks th"
a grave which Spain ma.', xx a
SPANIARD TELLS OF THE FIGHT.
Describes the Battle Which Wiped Out
Cervera’s Fleet.
Gu.intm into. July 8. via Kingston. July
i 'a. Copyright, by the Associated I’r-- -
I l.muten.iut Adolphus K-mtreres. the vx-
I filial tv -pint of the movement of Admiral
I Ci'tv ra s squadron In the light. The Colon
i camo out first al full speed, ami iri- d to
! ~p. :h-' Brooklyn ami Oregon, bin was
I c mp. ll' I to b' ach sixty miles lu.-t of
■ S..ni i' <> at 1 15. ami not it .. o'clock, as
stated la Admit:.! Sampson's report. The
: elation .' the letter of llxecnlivo Os
! "About 3 uA-loek the squadron go; under
I xx iy, the ships one cable distance from
j L -,'v ’ lu. k the Infanta Marie 'leresa
.
i A'mn’atit. 'iTpmndo' opened Hr e 'white \vtth-
• When .'leaf •'! the entrance th- t’r.s
--: . Colon went ah' id at het maximum
I sneed The Infanta Maria Teresa, at 9:30,
! !.-.x moments utterwurd Was m ade! for
" r " r .*!' h ° U Tl a on^re^ l
I'.T' is In '■ ."I V’-" t!«’ beach ‘at the s ime
: ‘'''The Vizc.va ar.l the Cristobal Colon
i contl’iued the light. The former, about 11
o’clock, seeing herself overhauled bx- the
Brooklyn, maneuvered .m if to r ini and
i cßrb?£/eTtS£ n hVrsHr d forth ;
• •• t<_) > t ] < -J' 1 ’ ■ ’ •’ ni T.
; "The project lies of the Oregon oeg.m
i r- ichlng us it 1 P ni und that together
i < I < k of large . a ib» r ph.’O s and the
j .. ■ -.atm ■ of be’iig haul' d by the a h-'e
Alll , ri c ~1 .iimdron in a f'’’.v horns '■ ft m>
remedy than to run ashore in order
to av.e.l ineless saerliiv' of life
■ I ■ .iinir.i: m i !•’ no signs while ai i.
instruciloms for forcing the blo< k ide h iving
-~n Hi. <■ (plains a: a meot.inz w'n-'h
■ •.■>’« place on the morning of the- previous
: -■
more ships fly our flag
Vessels Owned by Hawaiians and Ope
rated on the Island Are Ours.
San IT incise,-. July 9.—Among the ves- !
seis which will fly the American flag as
the result of Hawaiian annexation are the
1 steamships Aztec, Barrncoutii and San |
l y ul f o. own ■ I by ’he Baclii.’ M ill ami ;
I South»?rn Pacific ••onipun!'-s; and the steam- '
ers Mauna, Claudine, Low and Kinawa, ami |
the steam wh.i! r Al-xander. now In the I
Ask th- The sh iv Port George. Helen j
I Bra.m-r. J-oh > Ena and Hawaiian Isles will i
obt iln Imerlcan Ker, as will Iso the |
I bark* Andrew W- -h, Poohng Sn.-v. lo’.ani. .
P :moi"l H. ■l. Mauna Ala. K’m.in.'i. K I’ ;
I llithe:. Ko.- die, Himalaya. IJhoderi. k Dhu I
<»f seventeen s hooners to change th.Hr ‘
colors to the stars and stripes, two. the j
Anier.'in md Honolulu, are four-masted
steel vessels. The others are nto-tly small
.■..a etigag.'d in trading among thu
Isla nd;’.
I WHERE THE FORCES OF SHAFTER FOUGHT.
I
lliis view was taken from a mountain in the rear of Santiago and gives a view of the now historical fighting ground of the American -. : ... r
General Shafter md the Spanish troops. From the top of the mountain to the left the entire city of Santiago de Cuba :es in { '.am view. I i-a I
shown winding around the base of the mountain is the orc road of the Juragua Mining Company from Firmcza to Santiago oxer which the Am rican
troops have steadily advanced, driving the Spanish before them into the trenches ( r their last st jainst tl v Vmer ins
the hills in the foreground was the scene of the ambush of the I ;h Ride • the first seve
' ground here is rou.-.L and broken, filled with narrow defiles and covered aith tropical growth and outcroppings oi mineral veins. Lie entire -■
■ now occupied by the American forces, was the scene of.desperate skirmishing between the Americans and the Spanish and was Hie theater o many
> of the hardest fought battles of the Cubans under General Garcia.
MW id MMY LffifflSi
BY R. B. CRAMER.
I !’li« Ciin-i tuti.’n staff Correspondent with the Army.
| He . . vision, Fifth Army •
I many h-urs ov. v.lu w<‘ ■ irm <1 t two |
;of thw . 01.ir.-.l troop s <•: • T'ntn <' -
| airy had I dr..'.vmd In trying to make I
the shore, that thu >aU <1 bee
dash. dto pi.-. ,s. ..u "mi i 1-itK" <1 -' .
of arms ami amni'.ir.illon had b-on I -.--.
Tim only womb, r xx-.s t' al th- li-t of v
u ilties were nut larg-r. It -ecnp'.i per
fectly impo.ssibl. that m-ro Ilian two tl’. 'U- ;
sand men could have been put on shore)
in such a sea, .-nd that 1< •-» C'an ne m a.
j thousand should h.m b.-n ' l-u'k
I must have rivaled guo.l s- iman .up in ue
; .umpllshlng it.
The sun was p.-> ring down drowsily
I from behind tin tall hil s t- the eastward
■ of Baiqulrl when t -■ small bents .'am
' out to take thu Alb'gkai-;'s nu n t ;
| and even the American Haga among the
i r' ,/ . <
th.nigh th« x . bkc • v -
| luclant to iwakr ufl* r t h.i-‘ “■ •
I us i<» opportunity i n t • at ion
! t . • j-y., :i Tld W” . v’lGpa’dC’i tOj
I to t • our <• iptain. d ’-l/r < • n
| b; huts, proxis.on :
- ' that :
sT’.id' blg.Tln tlm X Ho- by us I
1 : ..T. .".nv" 1 ' a'-r-'i" i
■ I p ar.d il 'wn this .x .'l v. bobb—t. .'-t-' ,
.
I Kiid.lenl v 'as we went up on an unusually
F .". , .. <tt on- arm aeh. 4 out. grab
bed ‘ General W^^ r ’ o a^ r j‘ U " g roU h nd. A? I
°« « Knewhere m tie haru j
’ the h|" -x ol tno
roaela.l me. ami >’ I I' k ' ' ~,> T > C Y”
‘ i, muni nt »u. « trom the
J the wharf I was tu wtti.’-
I troopers from the N nth .mi J
Ito lin»- tho uu’r uo. t. ....» ■ t ns
! duty t-> S’-e toil U-a .7\ IU yW not
, ports who ‘ Jnv‘ f t . ‘ JS - v l>Vl , tahd
Is the best evident ••
I ed v r<bo
W: - n ’X ■ were able to ■ ■ '
i peth. r and the qu irterm-sti i < i „p „/
I ' V! ‘-''"’'\ S '.'T. ! 'T , T'Th-t.-'l « r. -x.-T.-ut
1 .'T-.xT'. -i" ml :■ v- d-'x .i'.x-r-
our sever.tl way* b,.v.md
! gent duties I b-'d o '..m ”
rambling about the ', f ;UJ
rub .>.-. ">px me very m g. i'
tint had happeneiL /‘Jerestlng
.rettv much as Tampa would
It lo >ki.t nxi'. I'l.irid i port ba t
bnm tmrne.l down and the tr.mps sent
! , lw „ tnon'.bs ago had eamp-d in the
i n a I dtrectloi s were soldi, rs slt
atl"T iv'n- ' sleeping, walking ami staml-
groups <>n tine sl.b-s of “
I'* ll bIU *T £ wasTh: broad? whtte
’.T.'m.l s?a xx.mb the Ibx'k of trans
”X Sp\nk';.Tlmd r i arne.l .
the town that It was imposslb.t to tell what
I «• h-iT origi ib.\ tlook'd like and tno .hi
dreds of tents - > the .utsklt s eontt buted
t <Lb»dif ' tb*’ pl' tui’- Bnt I do not T ink.
I that Bulquiri r t kK-euti U place
V few wn ■■ red- muses
I '.....-rai nrehlte.-ture, and In the eenter
where a town -.jimre In i Georgia elty
I '>•■ locl'.'-l ■'• IS the ■■ - ir.'hl'l'llg
w ' 1 '.- > big rn r. 'ill.' -b.." This ami
I wrveh “i .1 ,
he .... xx. re bot I owned bj the Span
ijm \meri.-11l Irmi <’. mpaex . xv'i. - ■ -ign
still stand- In ii- s’hop win- . tin- Ii
touched r we * two luconiotiv* - < •at there |
1* from Santiago for r-pa r. and both were I
• There wa nothi to |
I llk< 'm gr< it -.■■■■■ ton lying pas
I tile foam • • >xi-ltd waters.
♦ • • • •
I ter hoisted on tlhe Segurar . or
! the transports '» semi the:- horses and
: mule- islmr- . d tlm.se of us ,i.r. :.-.!y on
edge to watch th.’ proceedings
I shire swung very close tn to btgln up. 1 -.-
j tions and opened her side hatches, w ■ x
. rods away. Some of her erew got a mild
■ ex --1 mule clos— t.> the u| • rtur-. xml b.--
I fore t':e mule km w what wa- gomg s o li
i i? a tremendous shove from th' rear and
i id landed w.th a splash in the water. .
! which marked a ripple for a hundred f.mt
! all dire.-: lons, Then it .started swim- |
j .'OasT soar.- of launches and small i
| pur-pose, xx nt boxvling out to head It off
1 lliex <• uglit ie- -adKe.ir tin.illy with a
! boatli-mk ami lead It t.irough the surf
cwto th. beach a.- meekly as a lamb,
caliber, "when Vw i! 1-d t./‘he'open hat.'',
way in th.. Berkshire’s .-i.b- it ■- -ni.-.l to
know whi.t was coming, imi it tsis'e.!
w-ith all the force and muscle I: could
command. From the shore v. ■>
could see that it xv.i putt ng
the apparent understanding that Irs life
w.ii-. r three hCantrymen att . h.-.i to its
| T/; T. ;
■ ' ha :i■■ < of t’rler Us .« ml r\»rty men in <!•’ i>. s .
it,a ani;l th; .vork was - omp >■ J.
It was agony the ■ ivaJry comma rulers
; the awk’AHr.l and d iiigrro’-is plan - n d y» t
; th » only feasible plan -a<b»p , -‘.» for Um d:>-
; embarking of the h »rs-s and mules. Th’-x*
/■. ■' ' ■/ ,". ' ' ~ m '' ■
| than I'.ivbod. -th- 1 th. opportunity so
' disappearing. On a high bluff a few rods j
Wood and Lieutenant Colonel T< My Km s
1 xelt tn-im. 1...1 th.- work .through it- 4 !
g tss.-s .1111 they actually trenibh.l with
■ . ' " ./■■/■/
(..ward in \ i-‘ bt-ak-r.- A r< \ a .
. d*’’.vn I' V’T • » ri.-i- ig rn mid mw.-r’ I
I saved, but • thus*-’ th.it C"t through •
alive fell on th»- sandy b»‘ich with n -t • •• n •
I life enough left in them to se< k a shady j
j Altogether no moro than ninety or a j
hundred animals have been landed, ami .is j
these- if th< y ev< rg<t on their fee tgain
will not ev-n b- enough to mount
officers. I*. is plain to th.i' neither the •
. ;t conspicuous part In th- work of i
| v (ding force. Whether or not th •• -w: . re- j
■ suit In a .'h.inge of the corps orgar.'.z.i: :.’n ‘
I do not know, but that is not impossible. |
The infantry sleeping beneath their shel
ter tents on big 1 cd ( m ide of pa.tn leaves.
a... th.' ent yof 11: >se xx m. ■xj ected to ■ I
mouni- d, bnc-ause* t u*y have nut b“. n «!
appuinte<l in taking th» j! .r firs: s ■’ ,
'./TT'm/T V"’: Lunm '' ■ I ' j
streets’and all'is" not harmonious in the)
first American camp »n the •
KOISERT B. CRAMER
Following Joe XX heeler.
INSFRGF.NT CAMT, n ir Juraguadta.
Cuba. Once this n 'ruing and once .luring ‘
.... ir j even eg Castillo's men, scout ng tn
little groups ahead of us. met siiin'.l x "•
I tach meats of Spaniards. a>:.d ell b.><!> ■ ■ t I
sions there xvci’u serious losses among i »‘j
insurgents. The latter have hml tbrex m-n
killed ami eleven wounded in em.maters ,
with the retreating Span sh tegulais .loiui
Baiqulrl ami Junigmieita. an.l they . l.i.m j
to have Inflicted even greater damage on
the .''ieroy Tiiey brought back one badly I
wound S r. but'he died where
they laid him down bes de the .'amptire.
His m-ek ami bre.i <t were slash.:.l with
machetes and Its blue am! white striped,
uniform was soaked with blood from .lie
shoulders down. Beside his Mauser rifle
and live rounds of ammunition, he had )
noth ng tn h s pockets sav.o a couple of .
Havana lottery tickets, an : : .ier<*. being uu i
way to barn his num-. Ca-11110 s-,'.' a de- '
tali of men to bury him back n the swamp. |
r, med to b. -n eV IX d. y .x-.il with |
Our start from Baiqulrl was delayed by
an apparent misunderstanding of orders |
By 1 o'e-loek a'.l ut us who were to push on )
ahead with General W he.' er were mount’ d i
ami ready' to move, but Colon 1 Wood and |
Lieutenant Colonel Kucsev.lt. of the First'.
i volunteer cavalry, otherwise known as the ]
Rough Riders, who were to constitute a.:,
important part of the expedition, seemed |
inclined ’• el ‘ ct to taking the tie',.! without
tlivr hors: G- tie. ii Win eler s.-ttb-d t!ii(
en Ie .. t.i.’ielv ns t xx ,o <i was to K >
I Bion, -x : ■ ned to lead t
invading ■ • -la’.nn, w:t.i n ide up of two bn-
■ '
: the dismount d c’lx !:> .1 ’ hu
<lenei ‘l • H ! r> ‘ ;v :
v. .■ ■ ■ ml! ' •' » xx • w •. •
m:t!r. I •’y ( ’r* •».
\v. ; IJiv.ivn\s under-r.d v. r : that ae .v.u
; ~;- .i Sh. ft-T v / • • ' Founds «»C
• ution to the c-’nll a 1 o c' ’ rut ■ n•. 11’
hw .nd 8 on:nr:nb .1' I ' » I’ ■ ’-< .■ ’inuMr.d-
-I don't know.” r.pHcd the x ran c -n
S \ a, about ••L' 5 : nuh ahv.td. wexx ..
follow them ther-- '*
••Then xx 11 f- lluxv th* m to Sintiago.
TFt-.v I.UL ■■■ ’<’<” 1. ,v”H 1 d !■• !•* r J
Ip > ■ d numlrt ‘ls n 11 v ■ 1 ‘' J 1
s a|| u *xe g l ' o make our Pilin' r
oft 01. suit] uno x ■ unr * <»rp'’i u. > -t-.-.'
! rations, but that xva* a sub. ’ xx < :
; p«A*hway, md i'-ii x\ 8.1.1 • -
: the. bill 1 rev.s as it climh. d u > -nd •» *wn
j through as drx .<n-i -
I pilin’ l-. ’d birds lie ~ • Hl( I’’ 1 tt» '"H’X,' L
• ‘
■
the top of a 1 ng ris.
WhX K. ’ ' '
be under »i<o cir.'imstaii. s. It was
I nttle Spanish yill ■■
| but it xx IS by no im-an.x th" sort < I ' -
I f... t Uttle deep wat • In v
I m.ral bamps h a flagship. : m n xx i n.
| riding with s High rock
LloXTherXy 's XnmXSt' " '
pretty a town as one could w si
| anywhere. Perhaps it or "• - 11 ! ■ ' .
•
I breeze. The town was divided by .till- i
■ big stream, uni th'- railroad er-'ss.d It
; . • ■/ - ' - J
| both sides of 'he xx ", ■ and to the west
ward were a numb, r of bm-im.- s es' il< . h
m n ts tho last orn being a tremendous
| sh 4 over the railroad trn.-ks in vvlm h
were two locomotiv s three hsml ears.
I twenty-four coal cars full of fuel and a
j small machine sh«n>. All had been
' .-4 in i ma l rush towards Santi i;: , .us
' soon is our soldiers appeared of
I the town for a quart! the whita
| nt:’x o! Lawtot. ■ brig.id dut ... 1 the lev I
gre. ", -XX ~ 1 ami the town was Mli Os Sol
ti . rs
"That scene carrl-s mo back thirty-five
| y ir ." remarked G«-t ::il Wheeler sweep
( ing the horizon with hks glasses, -only
■ th. r • is less smoke. ’
T-rough Lieutenant Aurelius Mestre, the
I Inte:; roter uti ho staff. General Wneeler
i had a lung nlk with the wound-d men
i abuu- the number of Spaniards they had
■ cnc untered. the directum in which they
h.t.l g me. and I ie topography of th* ewn-
txxt n I,’AO .u ■! I.strong ar.d xvuß pr »•
. ’ xx. ini Stxillu, from xx Tl<-h p.-fe thex - •
i rutre -t into Sxint'.'go on a moment • notic - *
»
b ■ ,4.: . t v.- \meric <.i r.s « ut us
j n ; r tunc uveriit i i \• ry Ettl x
and cau’jouisly. st ’ppii'A' ex ery now and
; tfmn to lis'-n aad i■ -r down the pain
! ahead, anti even t nor. t'S s.-em»’d to k’/-- xv
| fn- i. G. fur tk/ . H good deal. M
' did n»' ha\ much u, -ay to eonn other.
war began 1 * xv- b- • andt r fire mor*
• ..'H • aafvi xx »s ii ■: j.s t iLi’..ib - -i*
ground .ii.vl w.! k-d into a ;■ tu • *•
blood vuvere-d f-uro -a; : ar.l
sr. .1 wn. • tl • rr. n v■ > hi I > r
liiokiru; -n . m: out xx er ■ ’ ' »-
■ ut him a nn -t t<» ■ \ : m t
i thv Spanish so d.-T. and s<» bls d- s-ription
to ni” .is s of • , .h-. 7>um. Rih
1 I will never need m-nm ntovs n • i‘| to-
’ v!pc th* rii ou’. •
TROOPS EN ROUTE TO SANTIAGO
Ra-enforcements Should Reach General
Shafter Some Time Today.
, e - - orc- ni. n■ s for Gen-ra! Shafter which,
j te.-r in’antry and lhe First regiment of
j Illinois v.> unteer Infantry.
1 ■■■■ ■ r '’.'-enforcements dim nt
,f ' n.-.v being embarked'at
; trted from N< *
■' <• ~n t | l( , ,; t|l in .
Ing steamer not < xpect< d to r..ac,i
y or Monday
Lee Reviews the Troops.
’ • • lown-
,po . •i. .xl> ■■. ...ntrnm-d incessantly
' tie troops s'tatiom I
. ; ■ ■' i ■he str /
■ this afternoon, headed iby
t/m v 'Th .n". V” 1 who af
terw.ircs rev. '.x.if tn., boys. El-xy, :1 regl-
4 the streets along
i -m rout - -r t .■ ss;.>n were lined with
""‘b-T iwmingK and urn-
<■ dr zz.e. The soldiers were
■J applause during t_ie
vii'.ire line of march.