The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-08-29
BY ROBERT B. CRAMER,
Special Staff Correspondent of The Constitution,
With Army and Navy in West Indies.

tempting to run 1t in his Wretched olo tlh
boat Not only does MORO look straight
down on him, with Socapa to eaten MN II
MORO should miss. but back of the big
hin from the outside Is bong zls-zag IN
trenchment over which sixteen long ana
lean guns peer down as II expec'aht Oh
just some such daring operation as hia.
Beyond near where the Merrlmac lhaily
sunk is another row Just like 1t, ana from
both q line of mines ls suetcheu s't H.
across the channel. That Hobson had the
courage to run such Eantlet can oiiiy
be understood on the grounds, as tersIy
stated by General Toral, when one OF tiis
aids speaking of the impossib'llty or the
Americans taking the railroad nortn OF
Santiago, said. with shruS Oh MS S''ou1
ders:
And Toral knows
Admiral Cervera's Wrecks.
Passing out Of the harhor, we turned to
tho tUest and five or six miles up the
coast we began to find the wrecks OF what
had once been the proud ships OF AdlhlIh
Cervera's neet-the Cape Verde meet thaI
worried us so much before it sncaked into
the Santiago bottle. We ran across the
Maria Teresa first and were IN llhle -
see the wrecking tugs UnderWflteF ana
Jones succeed in pulling her clear OH the
beach and into clear water, where she float
cd straight and free. But she was niue
more than q burned-out and bIackened
hulk, with one military mast left staholhS'
Reln., the first out, she had been given
only enough saots to insure hef ldte Dc
fore the ships under Schley gave chase
to her sisters, and in this way she eS-
caDed complete destruction. The naval eX-
perts who have examined her say that SHe
can at great cosc, be saVed and II lhiS
IS the case | think one may safely predlct
her salvation. for money is not Ilhel9 "
stand in the way Of adding 50 valuable
prize to our navy not only as u souvenir
Of the great battle of July 81, but be
cause the Teresa is really good boat
She was by long odds the best built OF the
lot.
Half a mile further up we found the
Ahmrante Oqnendo, burned, blackened,
wrecked and wholly ruined. 1t was dl1nE'lt
to see in her any resemblance to the dash
ing craft which sailed into Havana harbor
just before war was declared, ana DOW"
Il graceful response to ttle TREMENDOUS
ovation she received. An explosion lotW'uN
had blown her bow clear off, and her port
side was doubled up until 1t oVGriappeu
the protected deck, exposing twisted lids
and an awful commission OF suns machinery
and debris Of all sorts. She was right on
the shore, and when we went on DOaIu
to get some of her discharged sachs as
mementoes she seemed, rs we wake"
about to rest as solid as u rock. Inc
NiZcaya, Il dozen miles to the west. Scehltu
to be in worse shape If anything, imam Nie
Oquendo, but a detail OF marines was
t7'A''t '''iN'
ing UP bits of things Of Value. Jhey lounu
quite Il quantity OF Spanish silver com AZ
melted together and Il few gold coins a
l3-lnCh solid shot from the oregon had
gone right through her hull, piercing DOlh
sides AS clear whistle, and through
one of the holes thus made the marines
on the inside were passing small articles
out to their comrades in launch. e
went on her, but did not stay long, for
there were many dead men below VINO
contributed to make the place about as
"a : ~
wished.
Yellow Fever Hospital Growing.
The necessity of reaching Guantanamo
before dark made it impossible for US to
go on to where the CrlstobaI Colon lay,
but we We're told that Lieutenant Hobson
had been put in charge Of her and that he
had hopes of saving the huh and all the
guns. We saw on the return trip two
black and shapeless masses where the tor
pedo boats PIuton and FLror had gone
ashore, and 1t did not need expert knowl-
edge to understand that they would never
float agaSl. Passing MORO for the sec
Und time we came to Aguad0res and the
American soldiers operating the railroad
there whistled shriiIy and signaled that
the road was open for traffic from SANTA
30 to SibOney. Later We saw a crowded
train rattle by, decorated with American
flags, and again they saluted US. But
when We got off Siboney our spirits lsH,
for the yellow fever hospital, which, when
/ was last there, contained less tnan
twenty tents, now hau over Il hundred.
many Of them Of large size. Iney formed
white city that WouIu have been DcuutI-
full under any Utncr circumstances, but
which now caused an Involuntary snudder
even to those OF US who mad Hyed in 1t
OF necessIty-durlnS the first few days OF
lue epidemic.
There were Il couple Of transports in the
Ntuc harbUr and We moved NJ c4Ose enough
to nail tine nearest one. We asked MN
how the situation stood on shore, and he
replied that he had no exact knowledge.
DuJ tAat the physicians at the various hoa-
pllalS had handled up to date nearly 5000
cases OF fever, about one-thIgd beng of the
dread yellow variety. He said he saw bod
les BENG carried into the hlIls for burial
every night and morning, but ne mad kept
no uht-possIbly hundred or hundred
and fifty in all. Most of the wounded
had been taken In transports to the states
and had brought back immune physicians
and nurses, who were dong heroic work
disease.
But there's only one way to do that"
he roared at us through his megaphone.
How" our captain roared back. II is
not easy TO converse at sea.
Take every last man of them back TO
Gods country quick he said.
IT being treason to talk to such a re
be.Iious person. we vook our hats off to
him In silence and turned the nose of the
yacht once more down the coast 10 the
east
At Baiquiri and Guantanamo.
The sea- was rough and We put into Bal
quiri harDor for breathing spell and
an opportunity to eat dinner. One lonely
transport rode the waters in front of the
floating dock on which the American
troops first landed, and the town-what
was left of it-looked lonesome and dirty.
Nearly all the houses had been burned
and the big iron pier stood up like some
great, gaunt skeleton above the ruins.