New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-12

nor no ,.Ses no smell perfectly snfe
dime" was tn. answer. and it was comprehensive,
But others spend their sl5 month ike me nan
who stood in the little frame Posho oY and he was
scrawline letter which began WIN YIN v ynu could
! Mother" written so big and ooid th"' ~" 0'
An sending Something to the folks asked "a q
Yes ! send little of It to mother re rep i,t,ie
! looking up with a startled air. az II lust H.,
ashamed Then no stifened at the thought ma h,s
anybody might suspect that his mother hceueu MS
"6f course. she's well fixed but ! 1int sS s,a no
use for t shdmGn "" Rep her? She's well
fixed yes but II may come In handy
The first shower baths were put IN operd'o" '9
tcrday. They were built under the direction OF Ut
Finer Loo 4 Ncw-York specialist on fevers. who
has charge OF five new pavons. Dr. Lee was
employed by the Russian Government In the cho'eI"
epidemic OF 1892 He Is introducing here tnc cious
| toilet arrangements that he found so eiicd0'o''
| then and the shower baths. 4. ,o,,s In
'The tonic Influence of the water AZ II iai T, IN
move orr te Tie men crave the shower baths
ard were the qui vive Of Interest "hi'e '"e'
WEI" n othrr Darts Of the building rolling bathubs
have been in use to reduce the temperature Vi '''
! fever patients
They were just two happy darkies. kicking 'he',
heels log The sun poured down warn a' NV
| cheering. They clearly enjoying the i"'' ~
| Of the camp and rs they doubled up In spasms VI
| laughter over each Others limitations OF ou''e'S
and SHELLS II was hard to think of them as the
splendid fighters that they had proved themselves
/ I'm Santiago.
"Ncvah saw anything easy as dat diggin
! bitches at Santiago we're" said one. who belonged
I to the 10Th Cavalry. de bullets hyin past
me par paf paf an knowed the deeper dug
the less oh me were target. Deed dat were easy
dGgln'
After they had both (the other was oath In
/ fantryman) let of few war whoops Of laughter
! the black trooper continued;
/ Reason those list boys moved down laik
| wheat were dat ley didn't know how to play
/ 'possum Ike culud troops When dc Spaniards
! fred vollcy dropped an they thought we
were dead They'd be spriscd when we'd jump
| up and come at 'em ag'in
''Thev got SO they eyed ne pretty close after
| while Member lat moved my han onct and
! paf, paf, par, came de bullets all roun me
showed deys watchin US ] thought It were re, 'ime
FOR another charge bout then an reacncd our an an
| pOked my pard, Who was lyln' next to me. lie s
| 'Thon the TWO happv sons OF Africa doubled up In
| another spasm to think how the Spanards had
The nfantrymAn was Northern negro and
II saved my No. too by playing postum" he
began. II shot through the foot. and was
trying 70 crawl rom the field OF course. mat
made M target i9r one Of thos" - Snanlar ris
TO me. 50 whom one Of them whizz.d by gave =
sprluc and then 'ay II dead. VI" quit me and
amk aST" wng "f % Sa sSc F"Sy poHd
the tree h. In 20 one OF our men and he
crcpt up and shot he boy; h" only nineteen.
II clipped on his right forcfngcr. There j. no
and IN" young fellow climbed down. and our man
hogan 10 take him To- the rear az prisoner. Two
by signs what they were going 10 do 10 him; one
oi them borrowed ne SiTlnshrld rom the AMER
mnche,c and took the young Spanlard's head from
his shoulders IS clean rs whistle"
Neither launched
81 hath" ami revenge IN the calvaryman's eye IA
served him right
when reaches camp the first thing he notices
is the absence 81 athletic sports. THIS Is due TO
tho fact that even ,he well men are so exhausted
from tho Santiago campaign that they don't feel
Ike doing any thing but alt around They cheer
one another with talk NJ n highly spiccd nature.
Half dozen - hem lay IN tho shade Of one OF
their tents Yesterday afternoon. one OF them was
a staggering youncstcr with down on his cheek.
who Favored each II his remarks with an oath and
attempted To make himself worthy Of his position
as veteran by making cold-blooded observations.
You don't know nothln' abou, shooting" said
rn!Ide-aecd cnvalryman. why. was facin'
bullets when YOU was tcethin."
"Aw them Iniun brushes don't count" retor;ed
the neitlcd youth
4 Amt taIkin about red men. I'm talkin about
Spanish"
w4en9 iG y9q n, syc5 faGc sGonsh nro before
N.
Well they III" thing. they was
Grcasofs. II was ~ 1872. wnen CARA was having
bis revolt ag'in Dan. CARA would burn up a
Mexican barracks with the Mexican soldiers sleep
IN M H. ana then ED come across the Rio Grnndc
20 escape capture. Several troops OF tho "a were
sent To keep him put OF American territory. | was
IN Troop T.. and ~. met ON several thousand
strong one evening They poured a vollev into us
and "" followed en- down the river an night
cral al those dropped dead before daylight when
CARA. with a parting volley. escaped across the
river
THAT the time that Captain John G. Burke
10 lcav" Mexico aud 20 to Chicago He could talk
a bit Of Mexican. ana ahen he met Mexican
might be an American ctizen-he'd string him
up to tree by he neck and let him hang until
he'd tell where Garza was. Finally the authori.
ties began looking for Burke. and he got ont
I ever met one ~ his Dat hs would burn I'm 40
grass for mile at stretch He died two Years
lie must Of been good fellow" drawled
the lid who was convinced
The conversation soon drftrd 10 a never falling
topic with Camp Wikoff sohliers-thc preference
III" Spanish showed for shooting AZ Red Cross
mon wounded Americans
And they never lost chance OF protec,irg
Themselves by the Red Cross" said one of the
group. They planted one OF their biggest cannon
night under a Red Cross. ] Was near tho mill
tary attachc Of the Japanese Government a. he
lifne. ana you ought see him lump M and ,Iourn
lie was 80 provoked he couldn't think OF his Eng
lish or French. and talked I'm Janan.so -,
few minutes his hand went to his revolver ana !
thought he was going TO shoot - '
" non the nag OF truce wns up the little Inn
vent 10 General Tora and said: W ''p
" II you don't move that KUN youu hova 70 nm
swcr 10 my Government lave =" ""-
The gun was l9OVcd too, before tho amman.
mcnt was renewed" 'e"ee-