The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-24

Smelling Of our fleet. He set his men
10 work building cribs beneath the
bridge 20 make it substantial. This was
a half days work. While he was work
ing with his men. he asked II any OF
them could run an engine. One man had
been an engineer. Another volunteered
as fireman. He sent them back 10 ex-
anime the engines. They reported later
that the Spaniards had taken the arms
between the driving wheels. AS soon as
the bridge was completed all hands turned
in to find those missing pieces. They
found them, some in bitches and one away
down in the sand at the beach. Finally
they got the engines IN shape and fired
up. The man at the throttle opened her
and the old engine started away. II was
a very proud moment for al concerned.
They put on a lot of ore cars and tri-
umphantly sailed back to Siboney. Chaun-
cey having the honor Of running the first
train in American Cuba.
The colonel set them to work TO bring
the supplies up from the beach 70 Sib-
oney and store them in the dwelling
houses there. Siboney is about as big as
Valley Center. The supplies were lying
on the beach in the sun and il was neces-
sary TO remove them at once. The detail
was increased and nearly everything was
transported to this place by the Hum
phrey railroad including an immense
amount of hospital supplies. This job
was at last completed and everybody was
ordered to the front. They ran the en-
gines back into the roundhouse, drew
the fires and were bound 10 the front
!
slippery, but they went forward slowly,
and camped in the rear Of General Law
tons position, 10 the northeast of San
tiago and before the town Of e. Caney
Gel Ke-nayD They had no apprehension
this far. They did not momentarily ex-
pect TO be fired upon They were not half
so nervous as they were on the trans
ports the first day out.
At last the night OF June 90 came.
Chauncey messed with an adjutant.
Hamilton Smith. The two young officers
had hired little coJored boy al Tampa
for their servant He was with them
that night. They called MIN 4 striker"
always striking for higher wages.) They
went 10 bed at II o'clock. they expected
10 be ordered to reinforce Lawton's adj
vance in the morning. They had heard
some distant firing, buc not much. They
were not nervous and Went 10 sleep
quickly. Reveille woke them and after
breakfast. at which they coniectured what
would happen that day, the regiment adj
vanced. They had struck ne thick chap
paral and the men pushed thei.' way, two
abreast through the bosky underbrush.
They were still perfectly easy about the
shots, for they could now hear ran
dom cracks in the distance. It was about
S O. clock in the morning. A man came
up on horseback and talked to the colonel.
The colonel ordered a haIy. The men
stacked arms. broke ranks and threw
themselves under trees and smoked and
talked. Pretty soon, about d quarter of
a mile away, a big balloon began 20 belly
out This interested everybody, so they
lay there and watched the balloon go UP
with the men in the basket watched them
take observations and afteTward descend,
tie whole operation being very entertain
ing.
They were again ordered to advance,
and they soon knew they were 10 help
form a semi-circle of troops around the
town of FL Caney. They were advanced
through the thickets and halted. They
heard a great rumbling behind and pres
emily a big crash. Artillery had been sta
toned behind them. Over on their right
artillery also opened up against he Span
ism trenches and a blockhcusa at the top
OF a small hill (about twelve feet high)
on which EI Caney stood. There was