The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-18

| as gross prepprfcatorS. and the ionlj
way 10 save .htIr credit foryefacity 0r
tho present occasion was 10 give ocuihi
proof OF II by repeating his feat. II Saj
finally down, but With many a stop sant
long.draSn breath, 49, Il
ljy the time No. Ind tnoiEtened III
own clay by pouring LIQUID into It's hbl,
low, No. 0 cnr1pi In sight. and seeEtlns
I, the spoil. came for a sharc. fold ofthi
absorbing capacity OF the policeman
they insisted, With many dire threats
that seelhY was believing, and that
they, wanted proof, A,n
The full cup wns. again presented, d
reEnundlng thwnck OF his own bpdge Of
Office on his shoulders caused him 70
begin d struggle With another measure.
A pause for breath, md the order Keep
II up. and put5er down, .. emphasi36l by
IN upraisel arm, was scarcely forceful
enough To compel obedience. y
Before tho vegsel was Gmptlcd, how
ever, the provost guard appeared on the
seene, and the whole party OF soldiers
was soon III tho buard TENT How the
policeman explained matters to his
chief has not been disclosed.
Troops have been moving watsrward,
in n somewhat lclsurely manner, for
two days. and brlgnlcs on transports
from Mobile were IN the harbur, when
persons on the watch for news noticed
that the regular Western Union oper-
ator In the. Office at the hotel had been
supplanted by military one, and that
Gen, Miles and Gen. Shufter were both
In the office.
OF course. something was thought to
be brewing but most OF us went to
bed at the usual hour. But sleep had
scarcely reached us before we were
reused BY gone wakefuI ones wlthfthe
information that n special train was 10
be sent 10 Port Tampa ut s:ao a. M,
and all. correspondents who wished to
accompany the expedition must be
ready to 80 on board by dnybreak. My
blankets had been rolled. my valIse and
trunk packed. and my tent sent to Com.
pany II, Tenth infantry, with which |
expected to travel, and It took but a
few minutes to get Into my clothes, get
my baggage down 20 the porters room,
trunk checked and stored to wait fur
Their orders, and valse and roll of bed
ding checked for Port Tampa. InSthe
night II would have been useless to hunt
for the Tenth infantry, SO / attached
myself 10 Gen. Niles party, and sat
down to walt the three. hours which IN
terrened between the present and $50
a. m. n,
But go. and $50, and 4:20 passed, and
no train appeared. Meanwhile one had
the pleasure OF seeing on the bulletin
board o synopsis of the news so careful-
Is concealed from us earlier In the even-
ling, which had been In some way pro-
cured at Washington and wired back
to!a correspondent here
AT length, at 4:55, our "speciarEpuli-
ed out, but within half mile was
blocked by Q train on which tho, Six
tenth Infantry was loading. The sin
gle track TO Port Tampa groaned under
the pressure OF trains, and some bril-
gade commanders marched their COM
m9rdS. down through the deep sand, to
save time. q t, q;
Owing to lack OF transportation some
regiments left their tents standing, the
recruits being left behind because they
were recruits. b;
But the wharf Cor pier, or mole, as
you may choose to call it) was scene
OF dire confusion. No one seemed to
know, on which ship his command was
TO go. and regiments waited long before
It could be ascertained. The move.
ment disclosed two things: the necessi-
ty OF more thorough organization OF the
transportation department, and tha
folly OF expecting a single track road,
equipped for single track business.
and fr1itaI ~ e. -.
be able to handle such an amount as
now comes to this one. 4
: Better. far better, use Mobile and
Jacksonvi!Ie5for lighter draughr vessels.
and ship from all three points 10 rem
devious at Key West, than TO try 40
rush;ali through here. &esl
3 as l failed 20 find the Tenth Infantry
or TO ascertain to which ship It would
be assigned. l cast In my lot with most
OF the correspondents, and we were sent
out TO this vessel. When he got US here
the censor must have rejoiced, forywe
have been in the harbor all day, delfy.
erir5 water, to other vessels OF the fleet.
The olivette. in addition to tanl5ca-
pacity Of 10000 gallons storage. has IA
condenser with capacity OF 1900 gas
Ions per day. so is valuable part of the
fleet Ist35
While 1t may not be admissible 10
give number and strength Of commands
going on the expedition. L wish to sneak
OF one concerning which much has been
said, and OF which but little has been
said which Is complimentary. l refer. to
thei"Cowboy Regiment" or, as gener!
ally called, "Roosevclt's Rough Rlders..,,
In common with scores OF others,sI
have noticed this command, have seen
Il II, camp and elsewhere, and have for
1t only words Of commendation, and u
am not Boosting when say that thirty
six years Of service should enable me 10
judge. s. d ! ii l.3
In company with foreign corre-
spondent visited their camp. With}tts
men In shelter tents and It's officers IN.
der tent-ties. with no surplus baggage.
and Its well-appointed pack-train ofl250
mules, the men In brow. canvas cloth.
Ing, TINT OF the officers trimmed with
the yellow CT the cavalry, It looked Ike
business. So ~
I have not heard of a serious breach;of
discipline in It since It came here,
though slight ones. for which extra IA.
tigue or confinement to camp limits
were imposed, have occurred. Six hun.
dred OF these We're selected for the tex-
pedlHon, and were marched over to the
Tampa Bay hote! grounds, and paid
after night, that thcE might be feady{t6
So. And despite what has been said 81
the heIpleisness OK the cowboy on foot
ihty We're 70 80 without their horses.