Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-06

man says that aftcu the fighting at
nnrluuiri he lay two days on the field.
wounded In the thigh. shooting at the
buzzaf,ls az they settled down to their
icast-and that he believes another
hour Of II would have len him n raving
maniac. DO you remember that horrible
Old picture VI the Jewish mother mad
~ beating on the vultufea from the
bodies Of her i've sons. hanged In
row There II wounded rough rider
In the hospital who looks the pcrH1n-
hcatiun Of courage. but who trcmblca
and shuddrrs whenever a vultufc IL
seen. even nfar On Ike black fpcck In
the Ffy. They say that h. fought Ike
o. tiger ln the taking ~ Santiago and
never nlnchcd In the face VI spanish
guns hut afterwards. when he lay In the
long grass with n bullet 10 his breast.
he went Into mn hysteflCul Nc when he
saw tho vuiturcr coming. covering
away from them and crying like "a
frightened child. lie know they would
NOT mllcft his own body sp long ns
lie fingered In Il. hut thOfe were rtlll
shapes lying all around. upon which the
owl birds settled in clouds. There was o.
sound Of toaring-nnd when the black
clouds lifted. there was nothing lcft "
each shape but cicnn-p picked bones and
bloody f1rs " uniform. Yet there la a
good deal % be said IN favor ~ the
vulturea. the rcavangera " the tropics.
without them the pcsiilcuco which ful-
lows close lu the heels " war would
claim more victims than shot and she'll.
Their work N sanitation. though terri
bic a. think nf-guidcd b uucrrinH In
HtInct Co cufrHos hid To- The chlpuarci
which the burial parties faIl ~ ind Ia
nH necessary a. that of their fellows
above the Persian Towers ~ silence.
imediatvly In front of tho hospital IL
the new Immune" camp their white
tents strung ln triple rows hair "a mile
~ more along the watcfalde streets ~
Santiago, when the sun shines, tho
men appear 60 be- having q pretty good
timc-cucklug noisy Jokes. pitching
quultr and playing cards. grouped In
dian fashion, around n dirty blanket
spread ON the ground. whom the
wlnd0WH uf heaven are opened and the
rain dcscenda. u u quite another mat
teri Then NIL not on duty r't|fc 20 their
lcnky dUg.tentH 20 squat hf llu on the
wet ground and pass the time ua bout
they can. IN these peaceful days thorc
seems no need n HcntluclH pacing tho
| qulct street In n pourlng fulni and u
| discipline" must be preserved at nny
cost ~ life and comfort IL not Uncle
samuel rich enough 60 provide each %
hia soldiers with a rubber blnnkrti II
not. the people at lurnl I'm the United
| NAAAfN MANtNN w hNNAA ~ "NNNNN WV w
ncionry. 4 very small portion Il IN,
money we have Invested ln feeding un,
| grateful CuhunH. would have furnished
| our boys with comforts which would
no doubt have saved many prccloui
/ lives.
when their diaaFrccable duty r. done
the wrnrisd HcntinelH crawl under thoIl
tents and lie down on the solder
| ground In their fnin-auukcd clothes
thus inviting malaria O. assist IN
chilly dcws Of nirht and the fierce ray
~ the MONDAY sun In engenderlnl
fever. hut these men are 'lmmuncr
you say. Immune from what-ffum IN
natural conditions Of the CLIMATE AM
from an the Ills to which flesh u heir
yellow fever IN among the least 81 dan
gers 20 be- avoided IN Santlaro--f0
While n has rcaped its hundreds durlnl
the lhft few months. mnlarlt dyrcnteri
and other diseases Induced BY imprupc
living have been gnfnerlnF their thou
sands In the Campo Santos
| FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.