Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, SUNDAY AUGUST Is, 1885,

and are almost entirely covered with
moss. Many OF them have beautiful
urns and vases on them in which flow
erS either grow or are placed fresh.
| Yet the site Of the cemetery is covered
with 4 rank growth of weeds and un-
| deiibrush, which makes it look as
! though it were deserted Two men
carry the corpse to the place of burial,
| and there is no cover on the casket. A
tai man at the head and a short man
| at the foot with the box on their heads
and the mourners following on foot. A
| high stone wall surrounds the grounds.
and the gates are great heavy steel
barred doors. which are kept locked
| Guayana is city Of over 4.SOO inhab-
| itan.s. mostly black, with a considera-
| Bile per centage of French. and it is To-
| Gated on. OF is in fact. the end of the
military road. which leads across the
! Island 10 san Juan. and also has a rail-
| road terminus. the railroad leading to
| the same place. 1t has some fine resi-
dences. property and public buildings
having one Of the finest churches on the
island. the cost being $4,000, and they
| say it has {: very fine altar and rich
| handsome decorations Then the mu-
n'c'pai hail is quite a modern structure
TWO stories high. the upper floor being
used For city officials Offices while thu,
lower floor contains the telegraph ANA
lclenhone offices and the prison.
gu see great many articles wifi,
the labels of American manufacturers
upon them in the different shops The
dfuS stores. especially, are quite mod
ern. -.
The streets are very good, mostly
gravel some stone
Ihe natives rs a rule are small In
stature. Very clean bout their person
ana clothes, Very Industrious. and seem
10 be Very peaceablc. Their morals a re-.
or low standard. though. and m.n
women and children chew and smoke
tobacco.
ihere are no horses here: nothing bur
r"ilies' lew mountain lonkeys
Gnu aiso 4 rev very small mules.
great many oxen are used. and they
'rS large. powerful creatures.
Nearly all provisions are cheap. ex-
oepe GOOD meat and flour. the latter be-
The health of our command Inc 49,.
quite good. SO far only two being s;fls
n'lH FEVER, and one down with cran,ns
s!s;st many have stomach trouble i'm
Il mia form, but are on duty.
IL is Wonderful how 1t rains here II
comes out of Il clear sky. night ar 1,.,
derful. .'ii'iy "oil-
We have had only one skirmish in
w wn'cn IN three Of our men We're slightly
ni pa. X was shot on outpost and wo,,n-
&c! SO badly that he died insida ~
'Wenty-four hours ~
NY, en-, guess I must close. hopin.-
rn nsa ~, Sou VII answer soon. Give bes3
rssards 70 Mrs. Adams and the otha,.
,,,a VINO We're SO kind to us at vnnr
'''Ace' ana believe ME to be
Sincerely yours Ill.
Co. L, srd III. u Hoi 9. , nI1;h:
Military Post No. l, Porto Rico
ANOTHER LETTER
Mr.. Percy Porch. of his c;t,. .,.
"a The following letter from Sergsa,,t
a.. = sawyer. Company e. Third mi
hoiss regiment. who was a ,pe,nbe,. 10
ed,e 81 me iirst regiments to leave here
!, Military Post No. 4
SsII,lasama, Porto Rico, Aug. is 1898
we arrived in the harbor ar pnnn.. ~,
me evening OF July 81. and anchored
iHsi1e he iieet Of war vessels tharn ~
Mas a Very pretty sight as we steamed
~ me harbor among SO MANY Gnhts>
arc 'hs lights of the city in the dist.
~, remained in the Ponce har-
Dor uat!l midnight. August LIST wh.n
we sailed UP the coast about -fortv miles
70 -sr'oya, when, after firing !, TOW
Sh"ts from the 5-inch guns of the ST
!-oui.s. we landed zSas=- -
Sa;italn Pearson. Of our company
~, 80 'i'sl aSnofe 1T was n queer.
iitlle town we landed in with IFS i;ttla
houses without window glass ana )
o'afu stairway running up to the sec
"hd floor in front The natives we're :,
source of amusement to us each ona
WAVING his or her arms and CRYING
y htefeanos. Puerto Rico! Spaniar6s
maio: Americana braVor' we did ,nt
cave much time to watch these damn,,
STATIONS. for we wer, hurried out ar
town 70 guard Il cross-road leading
from the mountains into the town
NnthlhS OF any note passed until ey-
shllS. when little excitement was
G''usrd ~ !; hair dozen Spanish horse
men riding into our outpost A few
shots We're fired. but none Of our men
We're hurt We We're relieved from
guard AT the cross-roud at . p, M. ana
Went li,to town to form an inner guard
10 Keep order and watch government
goods which were being unloaded
Fhere~tyere no docks, SO the natives
would take on their backs as much as
they could carry and jump overheard
ana wade ashore and then go back for
another load -. ~ r
We remained in Arroyo until August
lth. when we marched out of town
Where We had been on guard the fist
day aud Went into camp. The next
day we marched on to tiuayama. The
spanish soldiers did not put up much
hight. but retreated to the mountains
-Four of the Fourth Ohio boys We're.
wounded. But rot very badly. We went
.'ito town and put out a strong guard
Tor the Spaniards could be plainly seen
in the nearby mountains. We had done
about all we could without artillery, SO
we had q week of idleness. We had a
little scrap on the Sth. Two companies
Of the Fourth Ohio went out into the
mountains scouting. They came
around in turn in the road and ran
square into a biockhouse. surrounded
by entertainments. Before they could
get under cover the enemy opened fire,
ToundnS seven of the Ohio soldiers,
The Ohio boys held their own as soon
Us they got under cover and. although
Unable to retreat or advance they
| managed TO stay there until we arrived