Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-07-22
VOLUME NXXII.
Camp Cuba Llbre.


DTroR lHDErE DESf:-Iu "a pref
~ pine grove in Panama Park, ab III,
four miles from Iactlnnyl!e. yuu
may find Il roy 81 twenty tents stu
ated on the RI .ht oi line Of the second
squadron of "rurrcys Tcrrors7 rcgi-
mcht, aid YOU need not go near to
know TINT this il the quarters of
Troop NJ OF Nevada for by the ring.
ing ont Of the clear voices in carousal
song nt eve, rnd by the general good
feeling which is so marked, one would
qu ckly see TINT this is the troop FROM
the sagpbrush state in the FAR West.
Our trip here ns yOu already know
was on" full "f misfortune. The
wreck at Tupelo was one OF the most
terrible sights inmaginablc and the
loss of our comrades here caused u
Cloud tO come over us winch will
never be removed for the maugled
bodies of our dead and dying com.
rides aH they were packed from the
burning cars wHs 1t sight we will
never t,rget. Though our trip here
will bn remembered mainly with sor-
row, there were many things happened
too which will be remembered with
pleasure for the people uf the sunny
South throughout our whole trip
treated us most kindly, often meeting
us Mt the train with lemonade and
sandwiches. The negroes. ho we yer.
especially the little fellows were
afr:.id OF us and often afforded us
much fun.
What DO think of the South?
Well. will tell you. II" be short |
like il tiue as Tar ~ could SEQ from
the train aud what now see dbout
me. The immense fields OF cotton,
tobaccu and corn. the endless forests
OF beautiful pine, pnplars and many
orn"r kinds ~ trccs Rnd the grcht
abun lance OF birds and flowers made
me feel that tins pnrt al the world IL
almost perfect. 1t ia iruu that it Ia
quite warm but MS yet cnCunt say
that rrnlly suffer. Risht here 1t IL
very sandy and il rains very hard but
there are rcdccming features CnuHgh
To outweigh these and like IT hare
far better thnn at the Fort. Through
Alabama. Mississippi nnd Georgia
the country 10 most beautiful and
here we passcd throuLh towns such
I II,n,, 81, ~ only ..xtGinI m 1,ipf ~
looks for they were 80 nicely situated
md The houses seemed 10 bc very
good. We pas icd other towns how.
ever which looked ns IL struck with
hard times aud where everything
seemed to he uCgrOcs and watcr-mcl-
Ons. The south I think IL hlIcGd az
the aorih for beauty 10y far md the
people nrc more cuntentcd hut nor
thcrr climate il 10y Tar preferable.
Tho main difference between the
South had Nurth as FAR as ! have gccn
is found in the people. Tho great
energy md ambition which character
izca the northcrncr sccma lost III the
south but Tor Q5nuin" hospitality the
snnthcrncrs are Tar ahead. and more
mi trintism cannot hc found anywhere
thaI, i'm them. There il Il very mark
cd differences between the women and
girls too. While M rule the girls
~ the north may br more highly nc.
complishcd. am surc yon will lind
more extreme beauty in Alabama
and Mississippi than in the whole
north though IL really CRATES upon
my nerves to say e.. Tho sOuth ns
far ma have seen is all right, though
from the north. must say Il.
Tho boys of Omr troop nro at pres
cnt nIl quito well and happy aud with
hnrily M exception ready and nnx-
ions io move la Cuba or wherever
else wc may bc called upon Ia go, and
thr statement ~ letter 20 one " the
I,iko papers Ia the effect that the
b,ya arc getting col Zee: ia b'urd
for have spoken 10 nearly every one
in the troop about IL nnh have not
found ono who Ia not only willing
but anxious to go Ia the front. Tho
boys from NcyaJa are not tdalo Of
TINT kind of s,uiT hut arc of tho kind
Of which state and nation might
feel proud aud il ever given II chance
will prove themselves 30.
a. present il is impnssiblo To eay
how long wc will yct romnin here but
ono report and llic one which ] think
tho mort likely 10 he correct ia ihnt wc
will go to Porto Diiro ~ soon us opor.
ationa begin there.
For about the last week il hns been
very stormy hero, raining iirrousIy
every day. Monday chunks Of ice
over M iucb N thickness fell thick
mud fast but the Run hnS now como
forth again md all ihinh the rainy
Hcag ~ 10 hc about at ai ond.
Tho news Of tie surrender uf Snnti.