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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-01
In ,I.morla,n orlh. blaine,

Written for the Intelllgencer.
From out sunny port one peaceful day.
With ne'er q thought OF harm, the gal.
liant Mnine ~ iG8l M
Towards a sunny province ruled by
Although the spaniards viewed her with
She bent her course towards fair cuba's
Unconscious that she would return no
more. sa ~
Along the rugged banks she calmly sailed,
Where MORO Castle" frowns with
proud dlsdain, q ~
With neer a thought Of harm the ship
men failed 3,lrFTl
To see the danger which they now In
Would struggle to be free themselves
Upon Havana's waters she was borne.
Calmly drifting, to await the coming
morn. .5, ,5 ~ ~
The shades of night spread out their giant
And silence relgned along the dismal
No friendly bell its warning 'dIrges rings
To tell tho crew who. stationed at their
post. s%ils CO 5f5s,{
That il that hour when they loved her
The mighty ship would sink beneath the
A grave for those who with her stood and
died. y I ~ 'sVl5
The city clock had tolled the hour Of nine,
And many soul had sunk In calm re-
pose: 6ssf7 -
Some heartless wretch. bent on his awful
crime. r So
Came forward. with his secret ne'er dis
70 4 H
Until the mighty ship In fragments rose
Into the air. and, like her hundreds slain,
So sank beneath the waves our gallant
Maine. rs
What heartily there SO black and filed
with crime sG.sEES7 f.... >
To send thbse souls to eternIty's shore? E
Q poor and hopeless fool! what joy was
To see those hapless mortals, many a
Sink down into tho waves to rise no
Art thou now more content. o wretched
Since thou hast seen them sleeping in their
grave?
Although no one has seen thee and be-
Your action in, that sad and awful night;
Although your capture now has been de-
Yet time will bring your crimson heart
E to light. W. . Is. - !,
For from such crimes there is no hope
And Justice soon shall WELD her mighty
wand - Ia 2. - n /.
To set Alright the things that thou hast
wronged.
But. o beloved Maine, our pride and boast!
What price can make us think no more
sha OF thee? ~ I, I,
What tears can now bring back from
Cuba's coast 81 Ks tstsfi ~
Our brave men who with thee went to
And met their death. through flendish
No more on sea or, land they now shall
No more they now can sootho fearful
Far from their friends, in cubas sunny
The brave arc calmly sleeping, side by
E side; E,T as ~ - -
And on her coast, while yet in honor's,
The giant Maine lies sunk beneath the
Perhaps tho fruit of some inglorious
bride; 1850 KS = =,
While many home is left sad and for
And fol-. her dead a nation long shall
mourn. 81
Farewell. brave friends, who sleep beneath
@ the waves, % s2yE. sizst}atisfz5
Beneath the shadows OF the castle walls:
You ventured forth your worthy friends
TO save, g4sF (
And now. You sleep in deaths lone Icy
halls. ~ 49,
But on your graves country's blessing
falls. 80 81 27lt. + I.
Farewell, brave hearts; may honors never
t cease, #Fs'a .st - p.
And may your spirits ever rest In peace.
Weston. w. Va. l.. A. s.
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proposition 10 absurd. From which We
may infer chat nothing ehort % war,
should a cause for wsr be ablished.
will satisfy the dons. II Spain y deter
mined 20 have & that way she can be
accommodated. but me spaniards ara
doing pretty big talking FOR a country
which. after three years Of effort. and
the expenditure Of millions OF dollars
and the sacrifice Of thousands o. mon,
has not been abls. 10 crnsh an insurrec.
ton In helt,ie island OF Cuba.
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If March comes u to-day like a Hon 1t
will so out like a lamb, or Vice versa.
Those who Sle their faith to this old
saying will not object to witnessing a
mild blizzard. in the hope that It will In
dictate an early spring.
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Sasasta, the Spanish premier, OK
presses surprise that Bismarck should
suggest arbitration as a means OF set
thing the trouble between the United
States and Spain. and says that such a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-01

That Is strange advice that General
Wade Hampton gives tho southern peo-
pie, He says that II there should be a
war, with Spain ''thc people Of the south
should stay out Of it.. The gallant old
Confederate veteran surely would not
have the southern people place them
selves in such mn attitude. We very
much mistake their temper II they listen
70 such unpatr!oac advice as this, They
are not made OF such stuff, and General
Hampton insults them with such sug.
gestion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-01

The talk about the, attitude OF France
in the event OF trouble between this
country and Spain Is hardly timely.
France Just now Is facing a trouble OF
her own. and the republic is threatened
with dissolution as an outcome OF the
zola trial. She has scarcely enough
time to devote to disturbances in the
outside world with her own people on the
verge OF q revolution. =.
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THE lNTELLIGENCER.c embracing Its
several editions. Is entered in tho Post.
ONCE atwheellng, w. Va. as second.class
matter.l "a,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-01

Abe samuels Is raising a company to
be In readiness IL war is declared
against. Spain. He heads the list as
captain. Abe is as brave at seventy-one
as he was at twenty-onc. and when his
comrades in old Mercer hear Of It, they
will all send their names and enlist IN
der his bapner-West Virginia News.
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daring gunners. and swollen rivers or UNI
trodden dctles must not he allowed TO In
teFfcre with the. unrelenting advance to-
warts the hostile territory.
A. its name implies. the mountain bat
terry IL designed mainly for operating In q
billy. roadlcss country, where the heavy
and comparatively cGmbrous field pieces
cannot penetrate. Hence. the equipment
and trappings of the mountain gun are es-
sentiallY different in many particulars from
those Of the field l2-pounders: all the gor-
ge0us show and iaboriousiy acquired
sfnartness Of the latter are inexorably sac
rsnCed. 10 make way for the more desira-
bio qualities OF durability. iightness and
ease OF locomoiion. which form the three
Indispensable attributes OF the equipment
Of II mountain battery. In British India
this type OF artillery has been brought 10
n high standard OF perfection. aud its eff
feetivencsaa IN the continually recurring
conflicts with the Hill tribes has conclusive
~ demonstrated that the mountain gun is
the only weapon that can successfully cope
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Carried 90 Mule Back
They Can Penetrate
to Points Nhith Heavy
artillery Cannot Reaeb
and Are Most Effect
i've Against q Guer-
lila Foe or in Nou1-
tain Warfare.

with the guerrilla style Of warfare prac-
ticed by the natives Of the Himalayas.
When Napoleon. in 1860. daringly crossed
the Alps IN his determination 10 carry the
war agains. Austria into the eneTnys coun-
try, the difficulties which ne encountered
were such as would have seemed insupera-
bic TO any but that intrepid spirit: 10
we'll known, his magnificent army was al
most decimated in carrying out the tre-
mendous undertaking. OF all the obstacles
which presented themselves. the transpor-
tation OF the field guns which accompa-
MED the expedition was the most foTnida-
bile: II Is related that the combined exer-
ton OF an entire battalion was necessary 10
move single piece. with It's proper supply
of ammunition while the other half OF the
regiment found a sufficient burden in car
ryng the double load OF knapsacks. fire.
locks camp utensils and five days ra-
lions which the wearisome labor of their
comrades imposed upon them. But now all
this is changed. I; has become possible to
transport q light artillery train across
difficult region at rate Of progress which
the main body or troops cannot hope 10 at
tain, and instead Of proving a source OF
delay and hindrance. as was formerly the
case. the artillery OF today in its advanced
type OF rapld-iiring mountain guns, forms
d vanguard that insures IA speedy and safe
cupied by an unorganizei enemy. Nor are
these portable cannon Of mean or insig-
nificant caliber: they Are shells; weighing
as much ~ nine pounds and In the case
OF howitZers even mere so that their NOR
al and actual effect is little If any. infe-
rior TO that OF the usual 12-pounder field
gun. More over. they are AT all times ready
for immediate use: in less than three min
utes from the word Of command Action
'front.' round or more from the entire
battery can be- poured into the foe: where
as a regular field battery on the march
could he annihilatod before II would have
time to efrectua:ly use its guns against a
sudden attack.
1t is but little known TO the outside
world that both France and Italy have
adopted the mountain battery as an in
tegra part Of the home defenses. When.
In 1887. II became certain that Italy had
Joined the triple alliance. the then minis
ter Of war in France determined that some
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Successful Practitioners and Eminent Specialists Who Give Up Large
Incomes to Serve upcIe Sam.

triotism. that may have had an influence
IN bringing some eminent practitioners into
the service Is the opportunity FOR valuable
experience. This may have been Of weight
In tho ease u le- Sem, who is now ia
charge OF tho medical department at Camp
ThCUas
Il = precisely ia operations FOR gun sho,
wounds and especially sor those wounds
e the abdomen which were conce led To bs
fatat IN tho war ~ 1871 that pr. Sem
has made his most interesting discoveries
llt;le known in tho East outside of his
profession. ha * one of thc most Iopuiat
surgeons m Chicago ana IN Milwaukee
where 70 made 4 reputation before MS 70
U1vai % the Western metropolis Some IF
~. SenD's frjsHlS SAY that z + ]ue main
h "a pts influence thar Mrs /. T Letter.
90 chicago has purchased t'N Chfckamau-
~ Park hotel. AZ s'raWi.Sh Springs and
az ',el u tr t1e war department 20 30
used az a general hosptttfs The g4ff Is 10
er CpU~i states general hospital ha-
slowed oB the rElv Institution ~ its Kind
r. IN country Some magnificent demon
stfseti Sc. erh IS discoveries ip the surg
cry of e3~ wounds may h~ Made there
Il Is '.ri,es.d before tho eloss, % The war
T. Is ~ ,t2hv ;nA- pr. S~na received
from las private ~~a -ijrr not less tAan Ten
times whAt his p2v ia She service WI -
Tw.utN tiu~s might come nearer - TIE
sa-r.il-e gev a professional nan 20 make.
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LOADING MULES FOR THE MARCH.

thing must be done TO defend the Alpine
boundary from even the poss- billy II IL
vason in the event of hostilities by the
new coalition. For that purpose h. or
ganized a perfect system of mountain ar
tlllery on the model OF the British Indian
force. and manned 1t with specially Sc
lected mountaineers. Italy, in turn. was
compelled 10 provide for similar corps
for the defense of her side of the range
and soon the two regiments. begotten in
haste. began 10 fraterriZe ard banquet ono
another. The same amicable relations
have existed ever since. and the batteries
have established a friendly rivalry that
anImates both parade and carousaI.
The United States army for the first
time made use OF this arm in active war
fare in the Mexican war or MEN The
light and portable nature OF the guns
made ,;em extremely valuable in the ir-
regular skirmishes that took place. but
their most Important use was found in
clearing the streets from point OF van
taGe on the roofs OF the fiat-toppcd houses
of the City of Mexico. The ease with
which the guns could be carried or sung
to the roofs rendered them invaluable in
repe.ling the street attacks. which were
Of daily occurrence after Gen. Scott and
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lists expect to accomplish by antiseptic
treatment Of wounds and modern surgical
appliances. Lawson TAFT, of London has
Just come out in a printed broadside. pri-
Vately circulated, in which he vigorously
denounces American methods OF antiseptic
treatment Of wounds. DR.. TAFT compares
the death rate in well-known New York
hospital with that in an institution man
aged by himself IN London, and declares
that without using antiseptic methods as
we understand them he achivcs far bet
ter results. Sill it is not likely that Dr.
Tat's structures VIII result in any change
in the surgical plans as they have been laid
for the approaching campaign. On the
contrary. American surgeons are hopeful
that the experiences OF this war viii go a
ong way toward proving the soundness OF
their theories.
There is no class OF men who make so
great sacrifices in order to serve their
country as do the surgeons" said an emf
nent specialist the other day, cor who do
il with less prospect of fame or even rec
og3ition. 4 young man who has just es-
tablshed himself and who is earning say
sJ@v a year. goes 10 the war because he
conceives il 10 be his duty. He serves for
one year or two. az The case may be al
ways hard worked and enduring many
personal disconfortS and inconvenience
His friends never hear OF his distinguish
ing himself; the victories Of hospital and
dIssecting room are seldom blazoned forth
IN type. He emerges az the end OF his
service holding the same rank as when he
entered and returns home To find that some
other fellow has nabbed four-ffths OF his
practice and that most If MS patients have
forgotten him. Under the circumstances
y - surprising that so many surgeons are
ready TO so to the front. II proves that
as class. they are zea.o;is patriots. az
We! as good citizens"
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Association Of Military Surgeons.

DE-. Sem was al one time surgeon gem
eral OF the Wisconsin National Guard and
while In that position he conceived the
idea Of organizing the Association Of NIL
tarv Surgeons nj the United States. The
society was formed In 1891. and Or Sem
became its president. The association has
bean OF valuable service in furnishing men
10 the government in the present war ard
is kelly TO grow far beyond its original
plans.
The chief Surgical officer of the United
States, Ersadjer General Sterpberg. is 4
physician of high attainmenis and an in
vcst.gator Of originality and daring in the
ohScurer germ diseases pr. Sternterg' =
researches in the hacterolocy Of pneu-
monia have attracted great attention in
tAe profession. on account a. the profess
sioEal standing which ne has given the
army srrVic. many an ambitious Young
surgeon is glad 10 serve under him even
II he does have 10 sacrifice nine-tenths of
his income for the sake OF the country
Next 20 the surgeon genera! comes. in
the medical department. the assistant gem
erai. who has me rank and pay Of a COO
nel in the army The inCIrnb n col
Grrcaleat - now wth Gen MlcS TIE
n~*t Era3A IS the deputy surgeon general
" n tho rank % ,ieutrnan; colonel There
are TN deputy surgeon generals in ;he
regular service. ana seven have recently
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been appointed III the volunteer service
with the tile Of chief surgeon" and the
rank OF lieutenant colonel 1t is to this
grade that Or. Sem has been appointed.
The next grade is that of surgeon, with
the rank Of major: there are fifty Of these
in the regular service. Their nay is $3.50
per year. II IS this position which the New
Yorker quoted AT the beginning OF this ar
1icle had reference TO and which many 9th
er young surgeons have accelSted in spite
OF the loss Of from two to ten times that
sum in yearly Income and the prospect OF
much personal discomfort.
\ large number of such appointments
have been made in the volunteer service
The men have the rank cf ''chcf surgeons
ana serve as chiefs with divisions Every
regiment Of the regulars has n surgeon
with the rank ana pay Of ma tot: next be-
!Cw chem are The assistant surgeons. the
lowest grade In the department. Tha curl
ouS diversity in regular and volunteer
grades is shown ia the PRESIDENTS appoint
wcnis June 1 " the a6s.stan. surgeons with
ths rank % captain. 10 he brigade sur
g~ons with the rank ~ major. among these
appointments from civ!i iife was the noted
- iow fever expert. Or. G1.jer1s 81 Phil
adj phia. bacte-i1loeist n The University
r Pennsylvania, and for scme years con-
nected win the marine hospital service
London Critirisms
In spite y what these eminent special
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his heroes had taken possession Of the cap

his heroes had taken possession Of the cap
ital.
But the guns of the Aston battery are
very different from the SInooth-bore, muz-
zle-loaders of the Mexican war. In fact,
they are in advance OF the armament OF
the most perfect mountain batteries that
India boasts today. The standard type
that has done such good work against the
.Afridis and their sangars or stone wall en-
trenchments is a rihed Misunderstanding
piece OF ordnance. the barrel and breecb
sections of which are separate and screw
together just behind the trunnions. As will
be seen, this weapon is rather gu: of date,
the improvements which have been made
during the last twenty years along the en-
tire line OF artillery not seeming TO have
affected or reached the lonely depots OF
the Himalayas. This defect. however, VIII
not be permitted 10 hinder the activity
and usefulness of the gallant boys who
are 10 defend the newly-acquired Philip
pine archipelago. AS has been told III tfe
daily papers Hotchkiss guns OF special
construction and remarkable rapidly of
fire have been issued TO the brave com
pany of volunteers through the PATRIOTS
generosity of Col. Aston.
LIEUT.. r. Q. SCALLAN. Late r. A.
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All Want to He Paid.

These Arc only samples OF the sagges-
'!"ns which have been received a. the
war and navy departments by the dozen
every day since the war began. a few o.
them are feasible and are kept for future
considerations: the Others are FLED away
whare dust viii accumulate upon them
until hey are forgotten. A curious sim
isa~ty IL noted about the letters in ore
particular. Nearly Al the inventors and
st~8rfgists tank that the country should
oot AaY@ tie f@ne3it ~ their IDEAS gratis
They apologize for asking pal:ry afts or
hd0dre! thousand dollars for ne use
O. 'he!r brilliant schemes and Invariably
A4duce AZ a reason for - doing their own
poverty ard Tn. fact tina: a large family
IS dependent or them
Z have Rad Al leas, thousand OF
'aese letters" sad department. clerk
the 0taer day and have come Il, the
conclusion that the only class o: citizens
afflicted with freak war schemes are poor
nnAn Wafh SAxxA 1nunlkaAr
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For suitable consideration be was
Wil3'aS 20 make trip 10 Cuba. unloose
MS germs and would guarantee them 10
XII OF tho healshiest Span.ard in the ISL
am. The germ man was advise! to de-
stFoy his dangerous property as quickly
as possible. and was particularly warned
10 give the department. bQilding a wide
berth as long az the germs remained in
his possession
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The name ~ this successful New
York operator has not set appeared n tho
list of appointments given cat in Waal~
.ngton, hut Il Is liSeiy To 10 81 when The
second cali volunteers are mustered m.
The successful surgeon IL nor likely 10
be BATTERED hy the offer of any position
IN the United States aruly which can Ne
girec 20 him. ": there are dozens of sur
geons among the recart volunteers Mo
have gone into the service know IA thar Z
mean, the loss az ftve-s1xths Of their IN
come during the time they remained in the
army. Sueh eminent specialists as IL
Nicholas Sem. af Chicago. ana pr John,
Cuteras 4 Philadelphia. are a0n serving
their country N uaforgt. with ;he r. ak
ari modest ,+uglIweuts ~ surgical Off
Gers Maay efasve ~ more SO less note all
over ihe country have sacrificed income
two or thrFe ines as great AZ they W3il
receive lH Use ar;nt. ana nave ruu the
risk of 'aiury 80 ths5r praetsce- il oY,ier
- s.r,, i1 Via present ws~. Ia .eet t-f.fie
Sans Nufricsi service can vlain zig h.gh-
esI aHainnrn}s "a several sp-eal l4aes
like.T ia provo very Important ia tliis
wa-
''THe importance ~ favlne tAe hirhcst
profess.pnai sktU v,llaal~ lu haif ~
reon General Sternhyrs '(r,su tAe ne,
kile3 IN hattie SeNt, ,iis4 - :hs.r Wounds
o- del - hs>pitst<' a eorlt0.s So 90. ~v.--
ords. Ant se(3tc >ai---t a.t 4kfi!ta. otA
orators shnujt make it tt...e blr fer ats "a
inpross on tAe rr-eft tn fh.s V2r."
Army Experience Valuable.
Another lstt>srs'i1r. 81. &e from pa
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as the one organized and equipped by Col!
j ]. Astor. Cuba is especially adapted 10
the work or such companies. especially In
the mountainous. eastern district abou;
Santiago.
Tho mission of such a battery IL 10 seek
out and destroy. az close range and piece
meal an enemy whose forte Ia pro-
tTaCtcd and uncrdS.ng system OF guerrilla
warfare that H. extremely harassing and
1lsc0ura ging to traopa accustomed 10 a
fair field and no favor" everN though they
be seasoned auG welI-tr,ed veterans. The
duty is a perllous and often lonely one. the
mules and their guides mast penetrate into
spots perfectly Inaccessible 10 large bodies
Of troops and where sc.f-reliancc IL the
only incentive 10 victory. Tho brunt and
vlgor Of the eoni'ic. must be borne 10y the