People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-09-08

saw and heard many amusing things
which, cOntraSted with the serious
side, appeared all the more ludlcrous.
After the SpaniardS had fed from
Their trenches about one of the block
houses 10 the face OF the fiercest Of |
charges by the Rough Riders and |
their negro allies, the dugoutS rapidly |
filed with the white and negro troops.
They were hungry and seeing the
SpaniardS fleeing across the incline |
toward Santiago as fast as their legs
could carry them, fell to gathering up
and eating the many good things they
had left behind. Beside bread there
were cold potatoes and rum and an
occasional hard boiled egg or piece Of
meat. The victorious soldiers forgot
for the nonce the presence OF war or
even quasi danger and scrambled over
each other in their efforts to appease
singing hunger. While Frantz was
munching dry piece Of bareback be
saw a black member of the Tenth
cavalry approach the body Of a dead
Spaniard whose cold lips held a half
smoked cigarette. STOPPING over, the
negro carefully removed the cigarette
| from the dead Spaniqrd's mouth and
placing it in bis own, lighted it, say
Ing as he did so: "YOu dOan want
dat butts any longer, Mistuh Span
yud, aud I'm dyin' fer smoke"
Then he walked away without 50
much as giving the dead man second
look, Notwithstanding he had a fine
gold watch in his pocket. Had the
negro been a Cuban he would have
taken the watch first, then attended
to the cigarette. There was no money
in the cigarette and the watch could
be sold at a neat advance,
Captain Frantz was one of the first
to enter Santiago after the terms Of
capitulation had been fixed upon and
with several officers of the rough
riders went on tour OF inspection il
the true rough rider fashion. They
did not turn over cigar sign or rOl
beer kegs down into the Chimes,
"washee" joints, but they had spell
of a rollicking good time aud gaze
the S.aniards real American trea'
without expense either from none
tary or nervous standpoint. While OF
their tour Of inspection Captain
Frantz and his band visited La Venu
cafe, the only strictly bon-tUn res
taurant 10 the Dago city. Their,
they found several Spanish ant
American officers at dinner. WheI
the rough riders entered the cafe In
Productions went round and every on,
, fell to eating. A Spanish colone
who sat near Captain Frantz talket
freely with him regarding the battl
Just finished. When the meal wa
, over and all rose to 60, Captain Frant
/, extended his hand to the Spaniart
, and remarked that he was glad t,
o have met him.
81 am pleased to have met you, ais
=. captain" replied the general, IAN
hope we shall meet again but on th
! present footing. want to say l hav
met your soldiers, both socially an
, officially, and must say that prefe
q to meet them socially"
Q The sally caused a general laug
p throughout the cafe, and, after
r parting toast to the good health an
long life Of the Spanish, the Amer
y cans withdrew TO their tents.
: While in Santiago Captain Frant
b was invited by General Joe Wheele
to 90 aboard small boat and visi
the Notifications and the wrecks
h the erstwhils powerful Spanish flee
q He was 10 this way enabled to visi
!, Moro castle, and the very TOOL
,. where Lieutenant Hobson and h
brave comrades had been imprisope
: after the sinking Of the Merrlma
7 The old castles Wanted proves W;
!. all in the Spaniard's eye, accordlr
y. to Captain Frantz' view Of it. The
were nothing but old style gul
mounted, that would not have sh'
10 hard enough to penetrate a hea'
~ timbsred unarmored ship, much lie
', gone through any Of America
heavily armored vessels.
~ While on the visit to the wrecks
~ the Spanish warships, Captain Frau
-, -. says General Wheeler removed
~ clothing, and, mounting the rail-
~ Of the boat, leaped int the water
NC a bath. There we're many shar
~, lodging about, attracted by the bod
W of the Spanish sailors, but that ma
no difference to the little gener
n0 who swan about for five or ten m
~ utes and then, calling for a 70
climbing up the boats side smill
Ign and much refreshed by his plunge.