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

.,.it. hound In their weary
phus,u' g. even from his grave, does
~ ,.,,,.iess poet stiil touch the hearts
ny 49,, world with his tuneful praise 81
RENE Under the circumstance. now
a,ar a was thouRhtlcss, not 70 say uh.
Kind. In the jubilant fellows nsau.l
for ''God'n country 70 ni'Ns .uas ~, ~
sic within hearing Of 'her uNapPo'h'-
ed comrades. A.. h,.,t,,i ,ro
,tvavs Interesting. though never ih-
spiring. viir-smelling. grccmiHh water
III 49, under It's CORRIDORS nhipH nt aus
~ 4, ,be rbur--trauHpuftF, iuon-
..s.g,,, merchant vessels. Spanish
,,fg.s.- Tho ward View Interrupt
"a ~ tho crumhiInr pink and yellow
walls ~ the old Moro de san Iago.
ON tho ahnrcward side m anphitheat,r
" low. green hills. topp'u hsie nna
there hy now dianiahtl'u SlNi',hn
fort. In front. the rrnY rroNcriy-
utrirhon town. shamhllng up ip steep
dcoilvlfv. The suspect" pon-a rninll-
or boat. house n few rods from our hus-
pitat also built out over the water
and reached by another long pier--cun-
tuuer in send tts frequent carfpea or
vruov fever patients and curpsrH 10
s.bauov Day after day. na ~ 10 our
r1rrIfors- keeping the nica ~ THIS
sick man, reading 20 that one, on feed
inr nunthor.-I see the little boat with
its icil.taic yellow iiag. come up u the
stairs OF the pen" I put myself hc-
tween n and my patients range ~
visions hut though We both pretend 70
I Ignore IL We know too well what ia 20.
. ne On. some stiff Ftili shapes. dashed
/ 1, pinnks. are brought down the stairs
and put aboard the boat followed by "a
mnurnf,n procession ~ soldiers. sick
unto death. n the latter are alive
whom they reach albonoy. sixteen miles
dlstant they viii ~ into the great
yellow fevcr.hospltni. with perhaps one
chance In ten ~ recovery. and the
shapes are bound for cremation some
where down the river
ono of the nearby hills rrconef
than the rest with Frucsomo suEgca-
tlnns Of exubernnt vcrduro. n faced
on ita wntorsldc with the high adobe
walls and massive gateway Of q Camp,
| Santn. n usr'is no fuueFHi ufas and
tafvrn crosses O. Indicate the purpose
81 thni cneirsui" ttn Nuitnp@ that
| continually circle above n. attracted los
| tho odnfr they love, tell lis hnrrihl,
story Of bursting vaults and shallow
rented graves from which bones arr
| evicted 20 make room for new tenants
| Nothing affects our sick men - un
| nleanintiy nH the sight ~ these dis
rurt.ng hnsFnfds. which abound every
where IN tropical countries ana have In
creased hundred fold In cuba within
the last thtrC years impolled by thel
uncnnny irHtiTct u approaching death
they often hY ~ low over the open cor
fldorH ~ ihs .oapital that one could NJ
most touch ihrm with ones hand ani
occaninnaiiy n rofHod bird drops int
midst u reckinr chunk of2carrion from
ta tired claws. Such IL the soldiers
horror ~ these most ionthsome crrt
lures % the air that nenr-b,
| glimpse u one viii sometimes throw
nervous invalid into convuiHinnH. An
no wnnder-f0r they have seen them q
hnttionelda perhaps tearing AZ the face
Of dead comrades. have heard The me-
talk am1nP themselves about the vul
lures ana tell each other stories ~ per
.1nal experiences. They AL feel tina
the naurcous birds form the chief nor
ror ~ war and know too well IN
meaning ~ their approach whom IN
dead are lylnE In the undcrbrush on