The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-04

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this reaches the reader. ), N ~
VIII the experiences Of thls wear tcaehi 1
US, 10 q nation. a Lesson which shall be
rememoered? Can the long yoyare AZ ]
the Oregon and the need OF supplies and /
munitions OF war at the Phillppines
teach US the need OF the Nlcarag,ian 4
canal VIII the loss OF public weasel 1
m canal belonging to a foreign power,
through which, IN our needs OF her ser.
VICES. we hah to send her because we
had no adequate waterway within our
own borders, demonstrato tp our law.
makers tho fact that our great lakes
anu Atlantic seaboard, and the game
podies OF water and tho Mississippi
should be connected by canals OF depth
enough TO float ocean-going vessels of
ordinary draft? saiI ~ ~ ~ a I |
VIII they realize that, for the present,
ana probably for CONC years 10 come,
the sun VIII not set on oil our garrlsons
IN the same day. and that they must
iegislate for the defending OF Old Glory
IN Doth hemispheres? Or, will the les
sons be foraotten, and sometime In the
future we be caught unprepared by
some more active enemy than Spain,
and our national pride humbied, and,
ike France to Prussia, be forced to pay
an indemnity which will largely out
value all that means OF defense could
have cost In half q century.
GOSPEL MEETINGS. n
During the past week the Gospel
meetings among the troops have been
nuemrous and largely attended. The
Z. n. c. A. sent down their men, we'll
quaufed and earnest In their work
and General Howard Rev. DR.. Dixon.
Major white and others. not forget
tins chaplain Bateman have labored
early and late They have arranged to
have an Army Christian Commission,
with tents, books, papers and writing
materials follow the army, giving over
TO the. Red Cross Society the care of
tho sick and wounded and transmission
OF material supplies from home for the
men. They also suggest that all relief
supplies be sent to It.
Tampa has never before seen any
thing like the present excitement,
Trains to and from Tampa run, crowd
ed every day, the town Is full Of SOL
dlers till 8 p. M, and yesterday, In adj
dillon to the regular church services.
there were nine religious services held
out-of-doors or In public halls. General
Howard and Major White left for Mo-
bile and Chickamauga this morning.
DR.. Dixon remains; through this week.
should have mentioned In connec-
ton with the Lakeland affair that.a
man from another Inland town which
I VIII not name, was here two or three
days since, interested In getting troops
camped near his place. He had evil
IDENTIFY not kept UP with the march of
events, for he wanted only southern
troops, mot any risgers nor Yankees"
None OF any description have gone
there yet.
THE QUEENS BIRTHDAY.
On the birthday OF the Empress Vic
toria. the Englishmenl here, with sew
eral public-spirlted Americans, gave q
dinner in honor ostthe event in the din
Ing room Of the Tampa Bay Hotel. to
which all the Representatives o: the
press. together with representatives OF
other foreign powers sent here to OBJ
serve the war. were invited.
Upon the wall OF the room above the
table the flags OF England and OF the
United States were crossed, and on an
adjoining table. elevated little above
the one at which the guests were seat
ed. was regal crown. fully three feet
In height. made of evergreen and how-
ers. 40
Toasts were drunk and speeches made
by men OF both 'nationallties.T The band
OF the Sixth Infantry played the aa-
tional airs o. both Countries every
bocy standing. and then congratulate
tons were wired to London in one
hour. and forty-Gve: minutes the thanks
OF her majesty expressed through al
official nF hor L.,1I i
Crossed flags of both. countries orna-
mcntea the bills OF fare for the din
ner, and funders them was the legend.
Blood is thicker than wafer"
The. night was deliclouslys cool. max
ing the use OF a blanket necessity for
sleeping. but. the forenoon has been
very hot. and I have just come In from
witnessing brigade drill o; the Third,
Sixth and Ninth Cavalry on the level
ground west OF the hotel, and which cx-
tends to the shore OF the bay. had
not seen SO many mounted men on
drill In thirty-four years.
The battle formation was fine. Two
regiments ''ln reserve" two battalions
or the other as support" and one in
extended order. or as old tactics ex-
pressed 1t "deDloyed as skirmishers,"
was tile formation which saw from
the top OF n freight car, on q side track
near camp The body looked imposing,
but the days OF cavalry, mounted as
effective against infantry, are past.
The open field over which they moved
was perhaps half q mile wide and two
miles long. Formed on one edge OF Its
shortest diameter the mounted men
were within easy range OF the infantry
rifle. -, Al.
With Its six or eight shots per minute
mot considered very rapid fir!ng-and
the fiat ira ectory OF the arm now In use,
infantry on the opposite side could abso-
lutely destroy the mounted force before
1t could pass over the ground at gal
lop. s
The first fatal accident which has &C.
Cured among the troops took place last
night, when George W!tzel, of Troop G,
Sixth Cavalry, was drowned while bath
ing. The body was In the water about
twenty minutes, and all efforts which
could be used after its recovery were
applied without effect.
Inotice in O New York paper a very
sharp criticism OF the Executive for not
having at once sent 5000 men TO Ad-
mfra1 Dewey's assistance In the Philip
pines. Consistency. thou art a jewel"
mol IlOTc tHSH year dSo tnal sumo
paper was holding: General Miles up to
derisIon when he expressed the opinion
that the regular army should be raised
in number to 75,0o0 men, and It declared
that the National Guard OF the country
was ample in numbers and preparation
for any emergency.
The tnmely adage that "the proof OF
the pudding IL in i:s,eatlnS Is true now.
Tho regular army was not large enough.
and the National Guard was not ready,