The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-27
SCENES IN GUANTANAMO BAY
OUR BATTLESHTPS SWINGING
AT THEIR ANCHORS.
Spaniards Dying From Yellow Fever
ct the Rate of Fifteen Per Day
General Miles Moustache.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Guantanamo HarbOr, July 17.-1l1ere
J is enc locality on this southern coast
to which the heart of the American cor
respondent will always turn in fond re-
! membrance. Guantanamo bay is lack
! ing somewhat in the scenic features
| which make Santiago harbor SO note
worthy, but if not so picturesque, it is
/ tar easier to reach, much more capac-
ious, fully rs well sheltered, and affords
] much more desirable holding ground.
/ Many poor fellow whose stomach has
! absolutely refused TO become accus-
tened to the ceaseless swing of Carib-
lean waves will recall how his appe-
lite returned with the splash of the
mud hook" and his mental processes
Sssume their accuracy with renewed
digestion.
To tha comfort of this harbor this
evening is added a spectacle. This is
none too large a word, since the feet
Of the United States herein gathered
could not be eqUalled in the western
hemisphere, and embraces the most
formidable shiDs which fly our flag.
here you can see every batueshiD in
our navy. Here, too, are the Newark.
Marblehead and COlumbia-an object of
much interest from its four stacks and
its 23knCt reccrd-the big auxiliary
cruiser Yale, the tiny French fr:ghte,
while tug boats, torpedo boats trans
ccrts ard dispatch boats galore make
even this ample harbor seem well oc-
cupied.
AS night fell the electric lights on
the huge battleships cleaned through
tie aorthoies from stem to stern. Now
and again 4 bugle call from the camp
of marines on the hill, or from the deck
of man-of-war was echoed from Fish
crm2n's Point, which guards the east
ern e2tra-ce. Then the men had an
hour oe bathing in the clear water,
where SIX fathoms seems six feet.
To add comfort of sound TO that of
scene ard rest, the band of the Ore
gon commenced to play, softly at first,
then in more swelling measure. and al
though the tune chosen was the well
known Washington Post March,"
never id music sound more sweetly,
and TO the minds of the listeners it
brought thoughts of home coming and
the march through troops of friends.
For an hour the bands played, each
patriotic selection bringing an echo of
cheers from forecastle and quarter
deck and then a silence, through which, |
ct 8 o'clock. stole that sweetest yet |
saddest OF military and naval bugle !
calls-'taps." Lights are out now, and |
the harbor is left to the nomadic shark /
and the fussy steam launch. A peace |
LUZ Sce--e tEu-N, anu none luS less 80 |
that its more notable human accom-
5animents are those which make more
horrible war.
To grim famine in Guantanamo City |
and its environs is added the ravages
If yellow fever, which seems to be
much more virule2t in type than it is
arther westward. Deaths from yellow
ack average Is per day. This report
S official and from Perez himself
General Miles, who came here on the
Yale this evening, was not allowed to
and until he had shown a medical GER
iticate TO the effect that immediately
lfter his visit to the Santiago army his
'erson and his apparel had been relent-
essly fumigated. The general of the
-rmy has gone so far as to sacrifice
lis moustache to the exigencies of the
occasion. Whatever the deprivation
nay do for his health, 1t had 10 chang
d his appearance as to make him al
lost unrecognizable until you come
FitEin speaking distance.