New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18

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the sory-tellcr said to himself but" renectiyely.
the boys amt Ieln as many stories as they WAS.
These are rather chilly days al Camp WikOff. but
The IS warm most of the day. Still you will
see soldiers sitting in the shadow Of their tents.
haf-shivering and wishing they had their over
coats You wonder why they DO not get out In the
where they 1T least be comfort able. 1t
was all explained by a Regular Of the lst Infantry
the other day
The boys are afraid OF the ever since they
got the ch!ils in Cuba Down there. If You sat in
the sun half an hour YOU had chill sure and the
the Northern sun. That's the reason you see mem mem
sitting over there II the shade freezing 10 ueau"
Major Woodbury. has a fine mache,e that once
belonged to a Spanish officer. It's handle Is highly
Ornamental but that does not lessen the murder
Gus appearance Of its broad Toledo blade.
You would not expect to find holy emblems upon
these murderous weapons. would you said me
Major 10 friend. 10 whom he was showing me
machcte But the Spanish officers have the Gu
rious fashion OF having the emblem Of their patron
saipt stamped upon the blade. OF, Il they nave no
This one you see -" he SAID turning the blade over
has the Agnus Del stamped upon it," And there
lamb with one foot over the shaft Of a cross.
Among the causes OF death given out At the hos
pitfalls IS pernicious malaria. To Northern people
malaria is malaria plain and Simpe-a SooH li4'llS
Cor lazy people 10 attribute their laziness 10 ana
matter Of few days OF wretched sickness re-
lieved finally by liberal doses Of guthrie Hut Inc
surgeons. from their experience IN cuba. nave
found that 1t has three forms. and iaey nav
classified Il malaria re'n!tier' malaria anH l'Il
nicious malaria. The first is the ordinary mai"ild
tn. second is masria IN more Hr sT nus f6c evsT
The third and last is d form in when the rev.
deaes aimosi every aiSmpI TO orf tsss form is
more fatal than typhoid. and the porc'h'aFf o
"How do YOU know when a case develops rcrn-
cious malaria a surgeon was ASKED 'n' o''''
by is Fsss toT2 # al We "2 naR best
nv The fact that If the man gets well IL Is malaria
and il he doesn', then we know FOR certain II was
pernicous malaria
In a campaign ike that at Santiago IN "h'n
over, rrivate In the American Army fought as II
victory depended upon his particular eXeroon Is
rather difficult 70 pick out unusual cases oi nero
ism Where whole origades were charging JOY
ward so fas, that it was I'll the officers could 90
10 keep mp with them there was little chance io'
one man TO distinguish himself more than ms '''-
lows.
The charge Of Troop p. ist Cavalry. is not differ
on, IN kind 70 tina Of hundreds Of other troops
/ and companies that added undyins glory 10 "'
STARS and S,r,pes on those nrst days % July. lN'
| but n IS worthy Of az least a passing notice pc
cause Of the magnificent courage o. two prva'es
rbo led the charge All day the troop had been
fighting cutting barbed-wire fences. crossing from
ridge 10 ridge under the whitening fire OF an enemy
| whom they could not They had driven inc
c,a,,s-ds from, several trenches and captured ono
| hockhouse Finally the troop found Itself on me
mex, 70 the last ridge Il had got mixed WIN "thcf
| troops some Of its men with other regiments
| while some OF the 10th Cavalry and Rough Riders
! were mixed with Il IN the general shhke-uI. IlS
/ officers were dead Woundel OF had Gon" 20 ofhcf
/ parts of the line Across an exposed vale c'ul
] tod IN Il
! house and bv their best trenches. To cross thl'
omen place ana climb that hi and capture iT"n,l'S
and blockhouso meant certain death ana wounds Toy
| many Theoretically mixed troop drawn ron
several regiments and having no officers to com
r,ond or encourage g. would either 60 back or 81
dou-r and think I, over For a few moments they
! lay picking Of exposed spaniards. Then Charles i
/ Schwartz a Des Moines UowD boy; spIans " auS
ne plunged fo or soY. ne e wax take Ss sSaek
! At the same time Trooper orson Early who some
W @f HsiG ssrr na ana tied it to his cbne
forward. waving the ~, Of Golof IN on ,' IN ,,cnr
across lnt 80 - bck bouse froIn which the span
me rrenrr,s a. q, ne fhoneb; 81 dto-hand en-
gd rccrjtateiy fed schwartz dropped with
mortal wound in hi- abdomen before ihc irenche'
were reached. and d!et DAY or, 50 Ia'st i ~.
division hospital in Cuba His body lie N Cn i.,,
soil but his memory Will De kept fresh ioT many
years by his comrades I'm Troop b. 49,, 49,. 81,
Earlys companions accredit him win helns ,h'
first man IN the .trenches al hat part OF ne me
lie had no sooner reached the trenches than ne sho
/ arari"a he Officers mache;c as p memento. sine
the battle the troop has been unanie 70 se' ""0'
William 3 Alien was last seen hghnng on III
FIRST hill They mink ne must he'f ,-oo vas 49, :,
dn3leted by bullets and fever that when II mrs
~ Guty Wien four men had been put AZ fatigue
work It left two mon 70 water the hnnaien ho'SeS
The troops here are getting homesick They arr
hafr n. al m