The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
FRESH NEWS FROM RAYS MEN
LIEUT.. CRENSHAW ARRIVES Al
ATLANTA ON 4 FURLOUGH.

A sunstrOIse Seriously Affected His
Eyes CaptS. Yancy Carter and
John TwigEs Have Had yellow
Fever and RecOyered--Only seven
Deaths Have Occurred In the
Regiment The Soldiers Lack
Nothing American Institutions
, spriuainE Up Rapidly.
Atlanta, Ca. oct. pa lot Of fresh news
from Col. Rays Georgia Regiment Of I'm
munes was brought TO town to-day by
First Lieutenant Frank Crenshaw, son
Of the Railroad Commissioner.
Lieut.. Crenshaw received a sunstroke
while in command Of the fever hospital
and his eyes were seriously affected. On
that account he obtained a thirty-day's
furloUgh with permission to visit the
United States
Capt Yancey Carter. he says, was strick-
en- with yellow fever about the first week
in September, and was very in for two
weeks. but recovered.
Capt. jefferson Wilcox OF Nacoochee,
Ca, was desperately in with yellow fever,
but recovered and resigned his commits
s.on.
Capt. John Twiggs Of Augusta, also had
yellow fever, but has recovered.
Lieut. Crenshaw said of the regiment
Santiago, and Cuba: THE regiment is do
ing well and there isn't a finer or more
popular officer in the army than Col Ray
There has been but seven deaths. one of
which was chat Of a Florida man from the
rvl--
are good and abundant, and there is al
ways a surplus which we trade with the
Cubans for milk and vegetables, every
vegetable you can mention is abundant
The water comes from a spring and is
good, but the men are not allowed to drink
It without boiling.
THE regiment is mostly occupied with
dsarming the Cubans They are sulen
and want money to pay off their army
They predict trouble and demand the right
TO govern the Island. Every Cuban gem
eral wants 10 be president, and his army
supports his claims. The United States
authorities have about 1900 Spanish cav
airy horses, which are offered to Cubans,
who will take them and go to work on the
farms, but few are disposed to work.
"A tramp steamer at Guantanamo want
ed men to load and offered 81 a day for
laborers, but The Cubans refused to work
for less than SO per day. The masses of
the Cubans are trining and without princi-
pie. No man with a thimbleful of sense
win say they are capable of self-govern-
ment
There Is no lack of food there You
can raise a crop every forty days, and
game, vegetables, bananas, cocoanuts and
ctron fruit are abundant.
Santiago city has an immense trade,
and tramp steamers are loading and I'M
loading there all the time. The principle
articles of trade are sugar and rum. San
tiago rum is the best in the world 1t will
run an American crazy, but Cubans drink
1t without getting drunk.
THE city has been wonderfully changed
under the administration of Gen. Wood.
The place has been so thoroughly cleaned
out that 1t would hardly be known as the
same place.
Americans arrive on every ship to go
in business. There are many establish
ments open already, doing an immense
business and getting rich. They have
wholesale dry goods and notions, and
Swift has refrigerating depot for West
ern meat. They are building an ice fac
tory. and other American institutions are
sprnglng up rapidly"