The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-14
GOOD TINE IN roRTo RICO.
Private clarity of the Regulars
writes of His Experiences.

Writes of HIS Experiences.
private J. c. Clarity, Battery p, Fifth
Artillery U. S. A. who formerly lived
IN savannah writes his brother, Mr.. ].
Il Clarity, that the men at Guanica, Porto
RIO. are getting on very nicely. Private
C,arity is not altogether in love with the
camp site that has been given his battery,
for he writes that it is 1.-THE h. of a
Mace to camp during the rainy season,
which is now on" He tells of the damage
a storm did on Aug 20, when all the tents
In the camp were blown down and the
entire outfit got a soaking.
Calf-stealng seems to be a form of d.
version with the men in the Porto Rican
army. Clarity tells of some of the boys
having stolen one, which was barbecued in
fine style. An officer of one of the volun-
+ecr commands got onto the affair He
wanted to know who had stolen il, but the
fellows kept mum about it. Upon finding
that he could not get the name of the Gull
nrt the officer told the crowd that had
e0ioved eating the calf that they would
have to pay the owner. Nothing seemed
further from the intentions of Clarity and
his companions than this, however, for
ha writes that they win see the officer
officer of the volunteers while they are
T-uued states regulars. This appeared TO
h. fact in which Clarity takes great
,r.1e but with the volunteer troops 1t IS
noticeable that they regard themselves as
baing the ones VINO might feel pride in the
euperlority of their position.
Clarity's rather Wanting remark was
probably influenced by the knowledge
among the regulars that they have been
hotter cared for during the war than the
volunteer troops Although the regulars
were nearly all sent to the front, they had
ar easier time in camp, seeming to have
a greater abundance Of everything than
the volunteers had, and also a greater va
r,etv. They would freely admit this, and
the counters could often be heard to re-
fer 10 il with sorrow. Private Clarity
e1vs the officer will lead a dogs life If he
fools with the men of the battery, who
are attached to his command to hold
Gunica A part of the battery, Clarity
writes is detached for service at Ponce.
Getting passes to leave camp must be
troublesome where Clarity is for he said
he had to steal past the pickets one night
recently in order to get into the town. Ar
rived there after considerable lodging, he
and a comrade We're sitting in front of a
house talking to the native occupants
when they saw an officer approaching.
Had they remained where they were, the
oWceF NOulu nave uSiHdloSu " sec tHeil
passes, so the two soldiers considered dis
cretion the better part of valOr, and work
ed a very precipitate sneak They escap-
ed arrest and punishment by a court mar
Hal by running under the house and later
making their way back into camp before
reveilie sounded the next morning. This
they did by falling in with some of their
comrades, who We're out on a pass and
who had boat. The officer who had seen
them, and from whom they had made
their escape, was with the men, but Clar-
fly said he and his friend were fortunate
in not being recognized. On the whole,
judging from his letter Private Clarity
seems to be having a very good time in
Porto Rico