Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-07

Germany, In chomisIry, and IL IN ex.
pert In making all kinds Of explosives.
We started from lamps, Fla, on =
small vessel on March IL, 1895, aud
land. q with ut any trouble wear San.
tiaRo DO Cuba.
Now l will descrse the sollicrs that
were sent from Spain. They arc a
young lot OF boys, who are not nc
climatsd, and are dying like sheep.
They have n little bedding and a
.mSll rubber cape to covor thelr shou'.
dersI and all are armed with tue
MAuser rife and macheie.
My commission gives me the ptlvi.
lege to Iofags on the enemy and de.
sroy all property belonging 10 ~ SYM
pRthizers OF tue government. Since
my arrival here my company has been
In several engHgemsnts. sent cut %
scouting party In charge OF Lisui.
Hamilton, former private Ia the Sew.
enth United States cavalfy. lie te-
turned Ia two houre, reporting that he
came across twenty-five Spanish sol
oilers In camp, eating dinner, and with
no gusfJs out. He approached With
In 200 yards Of their camp.
took seventy five men at once, and
arrived at the camp At 800 Pun, sur.
rounded them, and In ten minutes amer
our arrival captured one uillcer, thif-
teen men snd killed ak, two getting
away. We have daily encountered
anail bsn1so OF Spanish troops, anDihi.
lHting them like you would grouse OH
a cola aud frosty morning.
Our fret defeat was on July 5,h.
Sergeant Wilson, formally private In
tho Fourth United States cavalry,
after two dnyG scout, returned aBd
reported sev0nty-five Spanish soldiers
coming this way, sacorting three gov.
eminent of1lcefs. We started with
slghty-tve mon, and instead Of finding
seventy.fve Spanish troops wo ran
into nornevs nest OF 1000. We re-
treated tho beet We could, but lost
twelve good mon, among them SeI-
geant Joseph il. Rounds, formerly Of
tue First United S.aloi cavalry, whose
iolka live NJ 81. Louis, Mo.
Our headquarters look like large
iunk-shop. We have everything from
a pocket kDiio TO u German repeating
cannon, without any ammunition. GA
August 9Olh we moved our hesdqusf.
tors thirteen miles further north, snd
the following daF Gont Lluut.asnt
Hamilton with u detachfnont OF TWEEN
~ men % scout this o4untfy. He re-
ported 500 Spanish troops oncAm OF
at q small town elk miles south OF ~,
ana that they we're holding n fair o.
festival, End were having horso rAcss
and bull nights. They had eteo,cd
large grand strnt aud the
farmers and soldiers were IN
daily attendance. We hpld
council OF war, and our ohsmisI, Here
DJnzenanu, suggested that wo uIrs.od
~ farmers ten Of our mpu, and blow
tho grand stand up with dynamite.
They lell camp at o q. IT,, aud arrived
at tho camp NJ 1880. He then Mingled
with thu soldiers until b y. M, when
he placed under the amphitheatet
twelve pounds Of dynamite, at tour
locaiiona, and exploded II by electricity.
Our men escaped but the explosion
killed two OF the Spanish officers,
sixty-eight mon, aud wounded l13.
Yours truly,
EDWIN q. WATSON.
SPANISH BEIsFoRcEMRNIs.
madrid, Oct. 6.-The government
will read u iresh lot OF generals to
Cuba, to enable CsptAin.Gunerald dc
CampOs to ro.commence operations
against tho insurgents on November
18TH.
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