The evening times., 1898-09-09
PRISONERS ON PARADE.
Spanish Capfyes See the
Sights Of Baltimore.
LEAVE FOR HOME TODAY
The Officers and Some of the Sea-
men of Admiral Cervera'x Fleet
Take Trolley Ride Through
WashinEtOn's Sister City-Arouse
the Curiosity of the Populace.

: hoSPl, 0-~SiAlS -ISS oplilSH
prisoners of war came to Baltimore last
night. spent a few hours. had a rollick-
ing good time and left town on mid
night train.
They had all been on parole to Annap-
oils since soon after the battle of Santi-
ago. and yesterday bade farewell to the
Naval Academy and started on their long
journey home. Sleek. well fed. well
groomed and happy lot of schoolboys !
they took Union station by storm and en-
joyed themselves. Their appearance and
reception were strikingly in contrast to ,
that of the dusty. trayel-stained boys of
the Fifth. who were so royalty welcomed
at the same place the day before.
The special train bearing the prisoners
rolled into Union station at $40 p. m.
over the Pennsy ivania Railroad. News of
their coming had spread early over the
upper sections of the city, and five hun
dred people, most of whom were young
girls. had gathered at the station to see
them. Deputy Marshal Farnan. with
Round Sergeant Henry and twenty ap-
trolmen, formed the crowd into two long
flies, extending from the gateway down
the platform Exactly on time the pris-
oners entered the gateway, and two by
two, arm in arm, headed by Mr.. b.
Courlaender. district passenger agent OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and
Lieutenant Charles S. Hill, who was in
charge, they passed slowly through the
double hedge of people.
The crowd pushed forward until barely
room was left for the passage of the
SpaniardS so eager We're they 10 see
what manner of men they were They
showed each other this way and that,
looked at the prisoners from every side.
and finally some laughed and others Won
dered
! The Spaniards were. with one or TWO
| exceptions men of small stature. few be-
| ing over five feet six inches in height.
| They were all dark. with black hair
! and eyes and most of them jauntily wore
! beard and mustache. They were dress
| ed in ordinary summer suits, with straw
! hats.
| AS they passed aiding the platform
they eyed the crowd as curiously as the
| crowd eyed them They laughed and
| talked quickly and excitedly to each
other, and pointed directly in the faces
of persons in the CROWD who attracted
their attention. AT every group OF pretty
| girls there were some who fingered and
| looked backward. All the dignity of the
| procession appeared to be In the front.
where Commodore Jose Paredes Of the
| Colon, and othepss of< the more distin-
! guished officers and older prisoners
marched. The middle and rear of the
line was almost aggressively jolly.
One of the pri5oners-an officer too
in passing pretty girls pulled his com
| panion around, pointed squarely at the
| young lady. and broke into a torrent of
| words. poured directly at her The girl
looked at him a few seconds from head
| to foot. and then turned her back. The
i officer passed on nIiabashed. and found
| farther down the line many girls who
were not so naughty.
Following the Spanish officers came
fourteen sailors. dressed in white duck
trousers and blouses with white hats
The procession flied into the dning-room
of the station, where a long table had
been arranged for them and where they
Were served with supper by the railroad
! company. AS soon as the last man pass
| ed through the door Il XaS shut am
| locked. the crowd surSed forward to
follow. The iron grating was let down,
barring the passageway out into the
| waiting-rooms.
The sailors We're taken outside the din
| fng-room and placed in a reServa tion in
the extreme northwestern corner Of the
big room, close to the stairway. \ lire
of sturdy policemen kept off the crowd,
which had seen the maneuver and crowd
ed into the room to get close TO the sail
ors. For an hour and half the Spanish
officers enjoyed dinner while from every
window, both doorways and the big room
outside hundreds of bright eye; looked
1 in upon them. a memter of the crowd
said that there was some thing lbout 1t
that resembled the feeding Of animals at
menagerie-the barred door; and Win
dows and the crowd outside.
! The sailors did not eat with the officers,
and remained standing outside, talking
and loughing with eacn ether until the
supper was finished. Then they exchlng
ed places with their officers, who went
out into the reservation formed for them
by the police. Here they stood, smoking
I and chatting, until Geo -ge Webb, Of the
/ BALTIMORE and Northern Railroad Compa-
I ny, who had invited them to be his guests
on trolley ride to Electric Park, an
nounced that it was time to go.
! A space was cleared, and. headed by Mr..
| Webb and Mr.. P. W. Wilkinson, of the
| company. they marched in double file up
the broad staircase into the street. Two
Baltimore and Northern cars were in
waiting for them. The officers were put
in one and the sailors in the second.
| After the Spaniards had seated them
| selves, a rush for the car was made by
dozens Of girls, who had followed them
up from the dining-room. Dozens of fair
hands were held up to the windows and
Spanish officers leaned out of the windows,
shook hands with the girls, said many
things to them in Spanish. wrote their
names on slips of paper, and very reluct-
antly parted from them when the car
started
The cars went down Charles Street, to
Read, to Calvert, to Baltimore Street; out
Baltimore to Eutaw, and then returned
along the same route! and went out to
Electric Park. over the Baltimore and
Northern road, where they became the
guests of Mr.. A. Fenneman.
All along the route the Spaniards had
eyes for little else than the pretty girls
on the streets, and the sailors in the sec
ond leaned far out of the windows,
waved their hats and shouted Spanish
words of endearment in their efforts to
attract their attention. They We're taken
through the grounds at Electric Park
shown the Casino and eyed by the crowd
They returned to Union Station at II
o'clock and left a half hour later for
New York, whence they will sail today
for Spain on the steamer City of Rome.
The officers were. Commodore Jose
|, Paredes, of the Colon; Capt. Jose Mac.
Crohon. of the Teresa: Lieutenant Com
manders Diego earlier. of the Furor; Pc
dro Vazquez, of the Pluton; Carlos Con-
zales, of the Colon: Lieutenants German
i Suanzes. of the Vizcaya; Jose Batron, of
the Colon; Ferdinando Lenz, of the Viz
4 caya; Joaquin Chiqueri, of the Teresa
A. Lopez Ceron, of the Teresa Enrique
| Maria, of the Oquendo; Jose Ma Pazos,
of the Vizcaya: Rafael Perez Ojeda of
the Teresa: Captains of Marines Angel
Boado, of the Oquendo: f. Baleato, of the
Vizcaya: Eugenio Espinosa. of the Colon;