The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-08-15

Hughes signal from THE shore that 1t was
all over and that a landing of troops
could be made with perfect safety. Cen
eral Henry the division commander came
ashore with General Garretson, who COM
mands one of his brigades, to look the
ground over and they were met at the
wharf by the city officials of Guanlca. ne
latter expressed the civic pride they ielt
In being the first to welcome the Aheri-
cans 10 Porto Rico, and told how much
they loved President Mckinney, no" tIicE
hated the Spauiards. who had robbed ana
ul-treated them for years; and now II hdh
been their prayer and hope for genera
lions to become citizens or the oiitoo
States General Henry looked at theIh
narrowly and waited until fuie nlLtlSo
band. which was wrestling with the otar
Spangled Banner and mangling 1t awful
" had quit before he replied fhen ne
made a manly little speech, thanking theih
for their kind words, and saying thd1 INC
troops would come as friends ana not aS
enemies He said that life ana property
was safe and that the local adinlhiat al Llo1i
of affairs would not be dlStuIPe"' i4le'i
+ha hand broke loose again in some I'M
hoIv melody meant TO resemble an amer
lean HYMN and the committee ol cI''|eH7
went with the two generals " "''S'"t '"-1"
in locating camp. .ho
GOOD site was found Just pacN u VIZ
tow, and the people gave substantial cNi-
teams +, be brought out to help transport
+o,te provisions and other army belong
tnps The dockmcn rendered their services
with lighters and both offers were uSo~P'
ed The debarkation was begun az Once
and by nightfall nearly thousand Al'tci-
team soldiers were on shore. Inc clllHti5
brought their mangoes and bananas ana
! cocoanuts and in every way showed 'lle
sincerity of their professions OF friendship
Fairly the next morning the work OF Iahd-
INC was resumed, and at the chd OF me
second dav General Henry had all his men
| in camp. They consisted of the sixth Mas
sachusette, ten companies OF the 0lAlh
Illinois. five batteries of the f1ith hSht
artillery. the Fifth siege train, one nat
TALON of engineers and three detached
companies of regulars. In all these made
2 800 ne n and about 800 horses, tWenty-el&ht
guns and 100 muIes-quite a formidable
army to capture q peaceful country town.
The Taking Of Yauco.
Durinf, this time the operations at Ponce
had been begun. but for the sake OF CO.
hercnce it Will be best to carry the Guam
Tea campaign to an end before the taxing
ND the other. because the two came 20
a-ethcr today. 1t was General Henry III
tontion from the beginning to push his
men straight on to Ponce, and before the
laet or thc Sixth Illinois had left the
TRANSPORTS the first of the Sixth MaSsa-
chjsotts had been sent on ahead. mere
were only "a couple of companies IN lhe oA-
petition arid they went out Il few mlIts to~
ward Yauco,. a town of about 4,V0o lh1ldol-
tant. in command of Captain Berry, Oh
the resllars Later In the day General
Garreteon followed them with five more
companies of the Massachusetts volunteers
one company of the Illinois regiment and
his own staff. But before Garretson reach-
ed Berry the latter had had the only en-
counter with the enemy thus far in when
any Americans were hurt, and which, as
usual has been made much of in the cable
reports because it opened the military ball,
SO to speak.
Seven Americans. including Captain
Gihon of the Sixth, We're Slightly wounded,
and young Private Arthur Draper, son OF
the American ambassador TO Italy, was
promoted to a llcutenancy on the spot for
galIantry in action. Draper misunderstood
the order from Berry and went charging
up the ridge by himself. He was half way
up before he found that his companions
were not with him, but even then he did
not retreat Instead, he tell his knee
behind a boulder, which only partly shell
tered him, and banged away as fast as ho
could with his old Springfield. Presently
he arose and waved his hat 10 those be-
low
'rney've skipped, boys" he shouted.
Come on"
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AT ABOUT lhe Sahe '"ilt d "oA09'''i'li %
citizens came out from Yauco 10 ask that
the Americans send troops there to pro-
tect the people from the laWless element
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the SpaNlSh SoidIClS' were INCA Itl'lile ~
wreck vengeance in the name OF America
uDon the native families of Spanish de-
ernn+ General Garrctson detailed Major
C,, -. hn II1inofs ,,rI,,,toa,s IN Ionlx
CiuIhc' VI 'i'0 o''
into the matter. me major an" HIS men
went on with the citizens, but had proceed
ed only a short distance when they were
,,a+ nv an i,nposine procession made up
80 49,, ,,,.,l.o,. ma tou,,, council ,f yauco
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lhe hle ocpdi lIileHt anu p4l0 " wv ~
civic deieGatlpnS me mayor mdue d
speech of welcome offered the major the
-,,a,,s If the town and said that the Ameri-
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can lio3 "''' on Guy A' i''7 ~ "
bulIdlnSS III 1auco'
In fact Eauco,' he said, IS already
an American city. | have so proclaimed
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ana ne nahugo 'r'e @S(o'''5liIu a,5 h,1
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