The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-08
WAR NOTES IN BRIIF.

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for a bottle, n with q long neck pre-
erred.
Another thing may be said in favor
of the Missouri mule-hc is a hay fever
immune.
Manila and Santiago will be among
the most glorious names in American
naval history.
CATER Santiago whatY" asks an en-.
change. Why, diagrams cf the coast
vt Spain, OF course.
An American postonicc ought to, le
established at Manila before the Omaha
stamps are exhausted.
1t is uow Watsop's move. He has u
clear road to the Canaries and from
there to the coast of Spain.
Sagasta is II more %persevering man
than the French premier, or else, he
does not know so well when to let go.
The list of Cuban insurgents killed
and wounded at Santiago is n proof of
their value as allies that cannot be
questioned.
The word stamp is an old American
synonym for money. 1t is easy now
to see how the words became inter.
changable.
The jokes on the marines aud rough
riders have been called in. There is
no better fighting material in this or
any other country.
A proposition to annex the rest of
the earth would get more votes in,the
United States than were promised to
Bryan by the allied forces in 1896. :
Not once at Santiago have the Span.
iards made an attack. They stuck to
their burrows like the obstinate var.
minis with which they may he classed
Guantanamo harbor is extremely
useful to our forces in Cuba. The hos
pital ships find a haven there, and
nearly all the fighting crafts visit it to
coal.
So far as the present war gives any
indication, barbed wire is a more
troublesome obstacle to the American
forces than whole fleets of Spanish
warships.
Havana papers insist that the city Is
quite gay this sum Perhaps the
Spanish ideal is realized when business
is totally suspended and existence one
long siesta.
The new canvas uniforms will short.
ly reach our troops in Cuba. They
will be appreciated, though not re.
ceived in time to give service In the
hottest places.
Admiral Dewey believes in having
good vessels, good men, good disci'
pline and good ammunition. TO which
the country will add a word about the
i Importance of having good command
ers.
Inventor Holland states that his sub
marine boat is ready, and that he is
anxious for a practical test at Santiago
or Havana. The government should
not turn him away on a mere suppos
ition that he is visionary.
mot a man flinched," says Colonel
Roosevelt in speaking of the fight a
| La Quasino. Yet two months age
these heroic soldiers were private citi
zens. The history Of the American
volunteer is that he always rises to tn,
| occasion.
A dispatch from Madrid under date
of Tuesday says; "There is great re
joicing over Admiral Cervera's quit
ting the harbor of Santiago" How
singular, and the American people
were rejoicing at the same time ovel
the same event.
Not many miles from General Wheel
er's headquarters Is the railroad run
ming north from Santiago to San Luis
II it is removed bodily some night and
twisted into corkscrews it may be in
ferred that the veteran raider has re
turned to his old tricks.
The smashing Of two big Spanish
fleets with a total loss of one mar
killed and nine wounded will give
Kaiser William something to thinl
about. He is intensely interested il
naval affairs, and cannot overlook til
] significance of these overwhelming
victories.
In answer to an inquiry from the dis
patch boat of Admiral SIMPSONS fla,
ship, regarding the chase of the Girls
tobal Colon, Bob Evans, captain of tn
battleship Iowa, said; II left the Girls
tobal Colon far TO the westw ard al
hour ago and the Oregon was givinl
her hell. She has undoubtedly gon,
down with the others, and we will
have a Fourth Of July celebration il
Santiago tomorrow"
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