Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-17
WHEN TIE TWO ARMIES CLASH.


Fighting quality Of Americans.
Washington. June i5.-Army officers
who have been reading the recent news
from cuba nro discussing with great
confidence the prospect OF au carly enc
counter of the United States troops
with those " spain.
The superiority maulf,steI hy tho
marines ut Guantanamo boo Nighttime the
spanish soldiers uf pand,'a army
opinions that h"f. boon formed upon
reports given hy G.nUrl lee and
other observers 0f th. Spanish soldiers.
The Information ot che war DEPART
ment De- that three different classes of
nrhtiug mon Uiil he met by Ono forces
% The United states Tho most luuuy-
Iug und tho least numerous ur the
rurrrIlllH. composed almost exclusive
ly NJ uu outcnHt got OF blacks. 90 for
prison n they have mot just boon ra-
l0HH'd 60 dH duty in the service nj thu
country that released them They AFRO
not likely Co g.yo or Co hook Tor quarter
and may Do. ,yr.otp1 90 Doc guilty or
ntr0cluH Zoo 90, dead. coz 10 prisoners
To- battle They mover nght ln bodies.
but scatter in th0 bush ANA have some
craft of thr woods tui the trail.
Another sort of trouble tD boz looked
Tor Dr. THE volunteer. 10. IHu cuban att
tnchNl Goo Spain and D.. I.IIkUH che lu.
rurgyuis Intensely and WUI Nsht stub.
h1rnly. hut without military skill
These ntU not looked fnf boo great NUM-
ln lnh about Havana, 20. urH uuWrt-
nuH and uUitgr equipped ThHy have
better notions m arm than the regulars.
VIII Doc the most numerous uud thH
least tu ho feared. They have not been
Wrll cared f0r hy spain. thoy have 800
such discipline and arm iH the men OF
the United StntoH army they DO mot
know what b. De- Go march long dts
pnr'H, insufficient food has reduced
thnlr ability fOr Energetic work. they
have rp hostility Co the CuhHuH and
they VIII ilghi when they cannot choose
Co DO otherwise.
some of the officers who have been
looking into the conditions OF the
United filtUs forces sly they will NOT
hD surprised Co hear that tho Fubiuru-
ton ~ the trluiurlH iu cuba will turn
OUT tu hH such re- task ua the army uf
ihr United States undertook in the
Mexican war whom the progress 60.
ward th" CITY 81 MoNiDo was scarcely
None NJ the Spanish soldiers have
etDr been ln anything like "a battle.
They have been hrHct by small iuHur-
hui scatter ln the huch and have some
them. ana they have sometimes dis-
charged their MuuHDr rifles into, tho
brush ln tho hope that there was
something % hit Tho experience u
meeting with armed forces that win
not run when attacked win b. an en-
tlrc novelty Co them.
n i've hundred marines could pence
tratr I'VE miles Into the encmy'H coun-
try with such success nH wua mot ut
Guantanamo, army and navy men be-
love that the regiments ~ the army
VIII soon demonstrate their nfupfH 20
lu up" the FpHniardH IN conflict To
Tho marines tho experience thry have
been having WIS new Not one In ten
" th"m has ever had anything except
barracks experience. vurlad hy duty
uu board chip IN time ~ peace Tho
lnfuntry ana cavalry ~ the army have
had some hghtluF experience Thev
hove learned ON tho plains Some lrs-
SONS about turklInr foes who akulk
ard run and who indulge m umhuah,s.
For many REASONS merely suggested
here, army officers look FOR interesting
reports uH soon uH General Skaters
'''W wv N|NNNN NNN NNH NNnNMHN "a
chance 90 use thHlr kmE-IurgnuHon
rifles
re- said one NJ them There la any
Spanish force 10 be- found In tho oprn
or in the bush. our lnfuutrymou aud
llHmuuntrd cavalry will md them and
uFht them with good appetite. regard.
less NJ the weather only those who
have come IN contact with tho regulars
NJ the plains know anything about
them.
Unless Blnnco and Pnudo have been
cOnconilng the Eood qualities N their
lighting men, ana thus have deceived
ur 20 lead NJ on. II n my opinion that
IN the FIRST engagement our troops viii
mako II plain that IN an open Held ur
even protected works. the mon ~ the
United States forces VIII outmntch
them. our men viii prove 80 superior
that we win wonder why Shuftcr want.
Cd aH many NJ 1900 troops 60 capture
santiago and clean out the east oud "
tina tulurN DO