Evening star., 1898-11-30
THE CAMP IN MANZANlLlC
Sergeant Duffy of Fourth Immune Regiment
Relates Experiences There
Men Well Quartered and AbundantIv
PcctiN" Change in Location.

The following letter. from Sergeant John
j. Duffy Of Company ". 4th United States
Volunteers ummunesb now stationed a;
Mahzaniiio Cuba. has been received In this
| city:
| We arc here at ManEaniilO but not To
| stay FOR III Few days we 40 10 a town call
iSyamo. Our company has been preceded
\ oy Company b Of Washington. under the
command OF Capt. Ncwberry The boys arc
sorry To leave this ctE. II Is so very in
ttrestins and there - always something to
dtlrsct ones attention
The poor. HttIc Starving Cuban children
stand around the tables white the soldiers
eat their rations ana beg pIteously for food
me men cannot refuse heir requests ami
Al would he hard-hearted man. indeed
VINO could ignore The earliest appeals of a
pretty ht,te naR-starved 4, uhan glri Their,
are httie tots of itve and SIX and children
OF hine ana ten who sand around our men
al groups or Iwos and threes and often Inc
hind-hesrle soldier hImsaIf goes hungry
an orner lhat ne haS supply ,hetr wAnts
We nave thtee , ub NJ king In our kitch-
en- anu they naAf ,h-liSe.>es use,ut Ca,-
THlhg wafer, splitting wood and doing ot her
chores. They demand no pay hut are per-
icctIy satisfied To work from daylight ,intu
s&rSs Tor the meas and water All our
Hatsf Is boiled and flltered 80 we are well
projected from disease from this source.
We have quite number OF men in the
hospital, but few II any sertous raSes IN.
most prevalent diseases Rre malaria ty-
phold and high fever. These Of course are
climatic diseases. but the men are rapidlN
bccomtng acclImated and learning how io
take me proper care Of themselVeS-the KEY
note 10 health In this dangerous land One
has TO be very careful 40 ay,pS sirkp.s.
Tor the general climate in tins part ot thr
island IL very hot. and the nlazlnr RAYS of
tte ho"ht"e sun are positive torture FOR
.he majority of the American troops So that
between the hours OF Ia @ u'clock in the morn
ing and O'Clock in Inc afternoon We. arr.
ohiIsed to Withdraw for projection into our
quarters.
The Rain, Srssop.
Although the rainy season is s,Ipposa.. I.
end with October We have had several hard
rain storms during the present month But
generally speaking. We have a warm glow
ing aay. suf1ocaJing evening. a cold night
ana sweet, refreshing morning
before the suspension of hostiIitIas |
am loid' the city WAS n dreadful siate Of
Chit"S' Dut during the new regime conditions
are very much improved nor only Fu th.
CITY OF Manzaniilo Itself. hui far into thn
surrounding country. The people are qtI,ot
@ auI otderS' seeming to be we'll SATISFIED
hih the new state of things. The trades
men have settled down TO business aud ina
SuSt"tn mouse has proved 10 he q perfect
ooiiahza Tor Uncle Sam. American money
~ III premium, being 90 cents above mar
compared with the Spanish coin Rut m
Sly merchants reiaiiate by charging doubI.
The prices asked in the states tor ..,sr, ar
eicie, o give You some idea as to these
prices VIII quote few: Eggs tin crprs n.r
dozen, meat 90 cenJs per mound. milk 4
GEMS per gil: soap. 5o cents per CAKE. han
anas; which are plentiful. three for : cents
Inc president of the Cuban r~erublic'
visited us today He is quite an srts.ocrat-
lc-iooking man, and was well received hv
the citizens of Mauzanlllo. We turned ont
a oatta ion of soldiers In his honor think
General Maso is fully capa bic from what l
nave seen of him. Of filling the position ho
holds.
Captain Latr0be. our company COM
mander, has just returned from Byamo.
Hhele lie Went with party of SPANS Of
ncers who were looking for the body of a
spanish general They found the body and
1t is at this place. Captain Latrobe il the
ohly otf1cer in the regiment who can speak
Spanish he can use it very huenty. Al. he
was an officer in The Cuban army for ,yo
years.
Good Quarters and Good Rations
We are very well quartered here: hut
TWO OF our men who accompanied Csy,tain
Latrobc say that Byamo is a much better
place for a camp site. in that we wifi be
better quartered even than We are here. have
better water and tropical fruits and vege-
tables and enjoy much higher location 4
great factor in preventing any more sick
ness in our command.
We are also much better rationed here
than we were in the states The clirmis-
sary stores are abundant. as are the quar-
tefmaSters stores. so We are well provided
for We have overcoats and blue CAPS in
the quartermaster department: but as ~
snail probably leave here an JanaatN for
nome they may not be Issued. We have
been issued khakie unifD D-ms .nd trat
makes more luggage to carry on our backs
7 We have an American postmaster but
not the proper facilities for mail My
letters and papers are usually about two
weeks old when 1 receive them. Colonel
Petit. commanding the ith United States
Volunteers. has written to the Postmaster
General regarding the matter and | think
steps will soon be taken to improve the
present system.
we have a canteen in operation here
Where the men can buy tobacco. limeaae
canned goods, etc, for checks. which are
Issued to them by the canteen officer These
canteen checks are also generally houored
by the merchants about town"