New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-19

Overhead nocks of turkey buzzards circle
about. horrible in the ideas they suggest. but
Instruments In the hands Of an all-wise nature
tb,, rut, to shame intelligent mans horrible
caousEess.
The traffic Is 90 constant on this road that
those scaveugers are often disturbed In their
work. over between the Spanish and American
trenches Is space where no man now goes
Here the buzzards feast unrolested. You may
see them plainly. perched on dark OBJECT
YOU are not sure what ii is. with the aid OF
your glasses you can tell whether 1t Is man OF
horse Both could be made out to-day. IN the
American lines the burials have been SANITARY.
OF course. where regiment had an opportunity
70 nut its own dead under earth. the task was
done properly Spanish trenches served sd'
miraDly for Spanish graves. Ihere was cef'
tain grim appropriateness In laying the eorpse'
In the rifle pits in or near winch 'he men l'''
their death The loose earth that mad oeeh eaS
no was easily shovelled back on ire oooie>
rhsrs was no further use for these rife PITS
They all locked toward the east. whence Tie
United States troops had come. Inc new
ranches are on the western crests OF the hnzs
and the guns in them are pointed toward SAN
tiago.
or course the officers would not permit saea
mock burials as are common on the roaasias
near where troops are encamped Ihey "e''
made in the region where the early fighting was
done which is now far in the rear OF the s's'
tons held by the infantry.
ALL VARIETIES OF srENCHEs.
Rut tl,e read TO the front offers a variety o.
stenches OF which those referred 10 are "
course. The wotst Dscaying food Yields us con-
tribution. sickening. IL not so nauseatins a.
the other In some spots boxes OF spoieu hA'u-
tack have been empt.ed out to tefheh' ~A'
sour in the wet and heat. SoldIeFs nH's
dropped little heaps OF these ana OF BACON VIM.
they did not want to carry along MUCH u
the beef served In the rations has been IN sosA
large cans that a man cannot ca; haI u
al one meal Evidently there has al u"e'
been a superabundance OF rations' IL wou'u w
imposs.bl. to supply the exact amounts "n''.
resirents were scattered all over and mne0
I'm one with another and where the road wa
full OF stragglers
At any rate the men did not combine Inv"
little messes Of two or three 10 eat all the eoH'
tents OF these cans OF meat. Consequently INV
road is lined with half-empty boxes OF oeet:
addins their ehuvia 10 the rest II 20 ~
necessary TO continue the catalogue or stehcnes:;
The San Juan road Is an oolect- .essoit W
the wastefulness Of war. although OILY III 't tI
aspects. Besides the heaps Oh spur e,N
there are hundreds Of articles when Wou,s
have a value under other circuns' ahess
Cartridges for Springfield rifles lie IN heAps
Thousands OF them could be picked up ~
fast as the volunteers can get kras-Jorsen'on
rifle that was the property OF WOUNDED =.
dead man they take II, throwing tnem 20 70
aside This is because the new arm uses srnokss.
less powder. which affords no target tor Va.
enemy as the old one does. There Is thetet0
no further use for the Springfield cartridges, ..
BLANKETS shelter tents and clothing OF Wv
wounded or killed have been cast away oy .s.
hundred Thrifty Cubans have gathered Wv
most valuable CT these, but III the aou, r,,,n,v
~ the wreckage have left lots behind. Empty
tomato cans cluster about the sites or purneu
out campfres Mess pans. tin cups orus .ss
old haversacks with food spilling out, caruIaes
belts bayonet scabbards. hats, rude filters 49,
OF poles and a blanket. and innumerable o.n. ..
articles. are scattered along. marcnlhs az, 9Th
leaves a trail that is hard 10 associate WIZ
nineteenth century civilization.