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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-13
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-13

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know that he knows lots of mysterious things about theodolites, transit ma chinery, sextants and cube roots. He looks like a dandy when he arrives fresh from the Point" but for all that he cannot be humbugged. The same men who shirk their work under old political colonels sudd nly straighten up when they have to do with young West Point lieutenant. That landing near Cabanas could not have been made had the leaders been other than West Pointers. This does not mean that other men may not have exhibited equal courage under other conditions. Here, however, panic an1 massacre were averted solely because each sol dier knew that his officer was to be trusted, and each officer knew that he had complete moral ascendency over the men under him.
 Now, West Point does not graduate either towards or fools, and soldiers have consequently conceived a great respect for officers from that school. It Is a very unpopular school with pro- fessional politicians, for there Is no room there for the exercise of political favoritism. We notice that there Is just now disposition to weaken the regular regiments by drawing away from them the younger officers to serve on the staff of volunteer organizations. This Is a cruel injustice to the regular army, and 1t is done in order to weaken it and to make It appear as though the volunteers could accomplish just as much as the old seasoned regulars.
 The regular army needs all its West Pointers in this hour of national strain, for the courage of the re''ular private Is the confidence he feels in the officer who leads him in battle. Take the same men who behaved so nobly in the fight I have just referred to and place them under political captains and lieu tenants and I doubt if they would have stood their ground. They might have shot thelr officers in the back, and I, for one, could not have blamed them very seriously. We are doing a very dangerous thing In tampering for po- litical purpos with the organization of the regular army. We are forgetting that the efficiency of troops Is based upon the respect of men for their off, cers and the corresponding confidence of officers in their men. Once weaken this bond and you produce state of things t, at can be compared only with a ship whose crew has lost confidence in the men on the bridge.
 POULTNEY BIGELOW.
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upon 1t than during the whole of it's barren existence. It's fortune has turned the rock hitherto deemed val ueess Is to be a busy place, and will doubtless put much gold into the pock- cts of its English owners.
 During the past year good many people have heard of Clipperton, be- cause of the curious dispute as to the islands ownership. In fact, the mat ter is still shrouded in the mists of doubt, though as far as the guano seek CTS are concerned, nationality Is sub- ject of indifference. The island was discovered by an Englishman, Captain Clipperton, therefore some say 1t should be English.
 It Is believed that the United States Government does not intend to contest the Mexican claim, at any rate all the negotiations for the present enterprise have been carried on with Mexico. The Pacific Islands Company, which has ac- quired the right to strip Clipperton of it's rich guano deposits. Is very wealthy London corporation. Titled men are on its board of directors, as well as members of some of the wealth lest shipping firms in the city. It's af fairs here have been managed by a we'll known traveller of the South Seas, MT. J. T. Arundel, who has spent the last few months going to and fro on the Pacific, looking after the vast interests which his company holds In all parts of the ocean Naturally, the Clipper ton enterprise concerns San Francisco chiefly, as the nearest commercial cen ter though some of the guano may be shipped to Honolulu, and some even sent to Europe in sailing vessels
 The water front, which Is always cu- rfous in matters of this kind, has seen nothing of the men who are to do the hard work of this expedition. Eighty Japanese laborerS were imported from Honolulu. They came up in the Peru and as soon as the steamer arrived were hurried off to quarantine at Angel Island. It Is risky work bringing these men here, because under the United States law their contracts are worth less. The company, even though it paid the passages, had no legal claim on the services of it's laborers, and if the men had been landed in San Francisco no one could have presevented their walk ing away at their own sweet will
 Fortunately the action of the medical officers in placing the Japs in quaran- tine relieved the company from this difficulty, and when the Alice Blanch- ard moved out into the stream the la borers were quietly put on board with out even having set their foot in San Francisco. Only three or four white men accompany the expedition.
 Captain Freeth, who Is in command. Is an experienced guano seeker With him goes a young Englishman, MT. Burleigh, who has yet to learn how mo- notonous life can be on a desolate coral rock. For the task before these men Is not a pleasant one to contemplate. Clipperton is merely a desert rock, an annular coral isle, without even a fringing reef to protect its shores from the laundering Pacific breakers There L. q 4 ,,oI&r@ e., -l.i~ huge mooring buoys, which are to be put down outside the reef to enable vessels to hang on while the guano Is being sent out in small boats.
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was that no one should smoke be- tween decks. This was ordered not from any precedent in the navy, but for the very rood reason that our cargo was largely made up of hay bales, which were on the same deck as the sleeping quarters of a large DOT tion of the men.
 During the whole of this trip I did not hear of a single man being drunk, nor did 1 hear of any complaints on ac- count of the necessarily hard life they were compelled to lead.
 Not a single man had bunk or a hammock during the entire trip. There was room for very few down below. Most of the two companies had to sleep on the two upper decks. which in this particular craft were open to the weather Thus when it ra'ned- and 1t did rain very hard off the Cuban coast-the men slee~ing on the decks had to get up and stand huddled to- gether through the night-at least un- til the rain was past. Most of them were drenched through several times.
 However all of them were so glad to get away from Tampa and see some thing of actual service that they had no fault to find.
 The same men had travelled some three or four thousand miles by rail before reaching Tampa, and had been twelve days on the journey during which they had been treated worse than cattle. This I mention here only in parenthesis to illustrate how men of so much intelligence and familiarity with good living are able to submit to treatment which would be regarded as barbarous by officers in the Russian army.
 On the afternoon of May Il, at 8 o'clock, these two companies of United States Infantry were ordered to disem- bark from the transport and go ashore to fight anything that happened to pre- sent itself. Our expedition had been coasting along the Cuban shore from Havana all the way to Cabanas, some thirty odd miles westward. To meas ure the courage of the men who went ashore we must understand just how much danger there was in the under taking from their own point of view.
 Presumably the Spanish garrisons from Havana all the way to Cabanas knew of our presence. If they did not it was their fault, for we coasted near to shore the whole day on a very con- spicuous paddle steamer painted red.
 We anchored within half a mile of shore and disembarked a dozen regu- lars on a beach of which we knew nothing excepting that 1t was about a mile from Cabanas, in which, accord Ing 10 our CuDdn SulOeS, there was or had been a garrison of 2000 Spaniards According to all the probabilities, d Spanish force would be on hand to dis pute our landing. Those frst few men who landed through the surf went as coolly as though by special invitation of friends on shore. There was no pa- rade of fine sentiment. no handshak- ing, no address from the commanding officer no serving out of stimulating drink, which sometimes makes men careless of danger.
 Thick tropical bushes lined the beach, and behind these we felt confident that Spanish sharpshooters must be lying in ambush, with possibly small piece
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lack of them from the privates. One was my German friend, Buerger, who had served in the Franco-German war, had then served in the United States navy, had then been transferred to the army and had already served Un- Gle Sam eighteen years. l had many a chat with him during the trip and found him one of the few happy men l have ever met. He loved the service, had no idea of being anything else than a regular soldier, spoke English with a strong native accent, was proud or the German Emperor, but thought Ger many was going to the devil from too much government
 Buerger stepped into his seat, picked up his sweep and pulled for the Cuban shore with mechanical ease and am- phibiousness. There were l06 soldiers altogether on board and about half of them went ashore, while the other half lined the bulwarks of the trans port-their rifles ready.
 It was hard to say wi h was the most dangerous, to remain on the transport or go ashore. Both were bad enough as picnic grounds. One shot from shore could send the rotten old paddleboat to the bottom In five fath- oms of water, wit no means of saving life except by swimming amid sharks and breakt
 There was a moment when about a dozen regulars stood alone upon the Cuban beach while the small boats were struggling through the surf to take off more men. But never was there among these or any of those who followed the sI- ghtest hesitation to fol- low the orders given by the officers. The woods had not been reconnoitered previous to lanoing. They had not even been fired into by way of precaution. Nevertheless this handful of soldiers at once commenced skirmis,.ing into the unknown, and soon enough the bull lets commenced to sing about our ears.
 These were not picked r en. They were taken as they happened to come. The commander did not ask for volun- teers to start from Tampa or even for the first landing party. He had to se- lect men to pull the sweeps not because any were more brave than the rest, but simply for knowledge of rowing. Ev- cry man who was In that fight on that day was intelligent enough to know that his chances of seeins home again were hopel ~ssly small. The mere idea of landing fifty men on an unknown beach in the neighborhood ot a strong garrison was enough to stamp the en- terprise as equal in danger to that of Lieutenant H. bson, who corked the harbor of Santiago by sinking the Mer- rimac in the channel under fire from the Spanish forts.
 Thc secret of this peculiarly Ameri- can attitude toward danger is In the habit our men have of acting individ- ually. The American habituany takes care of himself where the Euro ean Is more apt to invoke the aid of a police man. The American of the Western part of this country is not prlne to risk his rights to the slow and nckle justice of the law courts, especially where the Judge is suspe ted of political ambition. Consequently the American type in- cludes @ man who venerates the con- stitution of the United States ir the
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there are not nor ever have been peas ants, and consequently our enlisted men have wholly lacked the element of docile servility which makes discipline in Continental armies comparatively easy.
 The American regular. gets q mini mum pay of s13 a month-small enough, to be sure; considering the average rate of wages in civil life. Yet not. only l5 1t sufficient to attract good men to the service, but it. holds them practically for life.
 The quality. which impressed me most in the regulars at. Tampa was the average intelligence and good sense. Of course I do not compare them here with picked volunteers but. with the troops of European armies In Amer ica there are no guard or cite troops in the European. sense, and one regi- ment of regulars is presumably just as good as any other, at least from the commanding generals point of view. have never heard: a regular offlcer curse a man or even use offensive language to him; on the contrary, l have been struck by the wholesome IeIation be- tween officers and men. cannot say as much for certain xoluntees egi- ments at Camp Alger. ..;.
 It Is frequently imagined that men accustomed to much liberty and high standard of personal comfort are there fore. more difficult: to control than troops like those of: Russia; who are accustomed at, home to be treated much like cattle. .
 My experience. does not tally with this view .. I could give several illus tratiops from the little that has hap pened to the United States in: this war. For instahce, L doubt if any: troops of Europe were ever for so long a time compelled. to live in discomfort so ex- treme and so unneccessary as the bulk of the regiments about Tampa ] have already detailed much of what I saw while living in camp, and do not pro- pose to reopen that painful chapter
 During that time, however. l did not hear of any serious breach of disci- pline. There must have been plenty of muttering among the. men. but no. att tempt was made to influence headquar- ters. | moved freely. among the conpa- nies in the regiment whose guest I was and the men had ample opportunity of ventilating the grievances they. felt. but they preferred to suffer like men rather than expose themselves to the charge of worrying about matters of mere comfort. In some of the regiments where: l happened to have the oppor- tunity of noting the matter, I found Ine average nelgnt or che men decidedly higher than what prevails in Europe I have seen guard mountings where every man appeared to be above feet in. height. Both officers and men seem to be decidedly superior in this respect to average foreign regiments I have seen. The Russians have perhaps the largest. proportion of tall men, but outside. of the. guards I doubt if any regiment of the Russian army has so large a proportion of we'll built, tall men. as say the First or Twenty first United States regular infantry.
 made the reference to the composite picture of Boer- and Englishman be-
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events of business life. So while thou docks to cheer the third expedition on it's way to Manila, but few noticed an innocent. little steam schooner. which lay, as If to escape observation. at the furthest end of the Vallejo-street wharf.
 She Is not a pretty boat, this Alice Blanchard; her round heavy stern sits low in the water, her white painted spar deck gives her a sop-heavy ap- pearance, her battered sides and chafed planking show that she has been noth- ing but a marine drudge, humble un- obtrusive cargo boat. But probabaly she is good enough to make Clipperton Island and load guano, as that is all she is required for. There are many signs of her mission to be seen about. The upper deck Is being fitted with hunks, exactly after the not too luxu- rious fashion of United States trans port The wharf is crowded with mis- cellaneous stores, boxes and barrels of all kinds are scattered about, and two huge flat bottomed surf boats, heavily planked and built to stand hammering on a coral reef, have just been deliv- cred by a local builder. But most prom tent of all is couple of huge iron mooring buoys, looking exactly like the boilers of a large steamer. There are enormous rings round the buoys, car rying heavy shackles to mich vessel may make fast, and the nooring cable stretched alongside is of the heaviest make and best quality
 All these things mean the expendi- I- N4I.,rv@ sicJea has been taken in hand by men of mil lions, accustomed to dealing in large sums Clipperton Island in the next few years, will have more money spent
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abstract but carries a siXshooter in case of accident
 This forlorn hope of fifty men was attacked from tn ambush by q Aorce estimated at several hundred. It might have been several thousand for aught' these men cared. They had splendid opportunit for running away in pam ic. They were in thick forest, where they could see but little of the enemy ana still less of their fellows. They had reason to think they might be cut off from their boats, and they knew that If they reach the beach alive the boats on land were not though to hold them all. They were not fighting elbow to elbow, and the rattle of the and continuous.
 If I heard 1t once I heard 1t dozen times anon the regulars in and about Tampa, What Is this war about, any way?" The idea of liberating Cubans or negroes did not to them seem to be very good one.
 There was not so far as I could dis cover, any particular enthusiasm for the cause in which they were nominally enlisted. But it was grand sport and they went at it with the same gusto ttat they woll1 have exhibited If or dered to exterminate Apaches or grizzly bears. And he lies the essential diff ference between the professional and the volunteer in this war. The regu- lar is invincibly brave from sheer force of habit. He is incapable of panic, as he is incapable of vulgar passions. He kills his Spaniards as his surgeon ann putates a leg, but he does not neces- sarily hate the man he kills. He loves the Spaniard who shoots straight. On the contrary he despises only the enemy who gives him an easy job. He fights for the sheer Iove of fighting.
 The regular West Point officer is at the bottom of this holy joy of warfare He is a man who soldiers adore. They
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AMERICAN SOLDLERS .=:.. LN CAMP AND RAT7ZE
Bigelow Compares Our Regulars
 and Volunteers Witb Those Of he Other. Crack Nations of he World
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cause the English officer represents the spirit of the enterprise, courage and high breeding. The Boer, on the other hand, typifies the element of silent,
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 spun, who does not care much for rul- ing others, and cares less still for be- ing governed against his will. The American soldier is worried by very few rules, and these few are such as he can thoroughly understand. I was SO fortunate as to accompany the first American expedition which had fight ing with Spaniards on Cuban soil. The transport used carried two companies of the First Regular Infantry, and we were gone about six days. The men during that time had apparently as much liberty as though on picnic.
 Guard was mounted st night, for req sons that all could understand, but during the day officers and men were at liberty to seek rest and recreation much as they chose. The harshest rule
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There can be no doubt that there will be quite enough of us for the work The only fear is t. at when the fighting begins 1t will be impossible to see the battle for the war correspondents As to our many great talents, they re- main to be proved, but it has already been clearly established that nothing in the way of facts will pass unre- corded We shall clear the battle ground of facts as clearly as a patent carpet sweeper.
 Here, while we are waiting to begin, nothing-not the smallest incident-es- capes us, however secret 1t may be- The other day one of the series of little expeditions for the carriage of stores and ammunition to the Cuban insur- gents left here on a steamer called the GusSie. It was, of course most secret ly despatched. The first essential to it's success was that its going should be known only to those on board and to the insurgents who were to meet it. But, close secret as it was 1t did not escape us.
 Sixty odd war correspondents scooped 1t up. and on the morning of the day upon which the Gussie sailed every newspaper in America contained a dou- ble column headline account of 1t. de-
 
 ing, the time at which 1t would prob ably start. the spot on the Cuban coast at which the stores were to be landed. with complete particulars as to the ar mament of the ship and the strength of the force she carried.
 The Spaniards may not be able to shoot very well. but some of them can read. And when the Gussie reached the Cuban coast and prepared to land her cargo she was surprised to find that a considerable force of Spanish soldiers had been posted there to wait for her. She had q very narrow escape from a very tight place.
 It Is quite clear that whatever may he our competence For dealing with them, the facts will nft escape us. When after the crestfalloE ,':turn of the expedition we were reproac bed with having caused it's failure we replied with great dignity that since the lt ader of the expedition had been guilty of the unwarrantable favoritism of giving permission to two only of our number to accompany him it was the manifest duty of the rest of us to knock the stuffiIg out of the out fit. When in reply to that 1t was urged that this did not justify our disclosing secret movements of the army to the the enemy we contemptuously inquired whether any one thought that we were out here for our healths
 The outcome of this was the estab- lishment of a censorship All news dis- patches have now to be approved and initialed before they will De accepted at the telegraph office. The censor has my sincere sympathy. There Is only one of him. With sixty odd ravenous newsgatherers on the spot five censors would have been no more than 6 fair allowance. But only one has been ap- pointed. He is Lieutenant Mylie, ant and courteous young officer, who acts as one of General shafter's aids. Since he began to carefully read line by line sixty odd dispatches day a look of gloomy despondency has been settling on his oountenance, the bright