New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26
SPANISH MARkSME EN-.
WHY THEY ALWAYS MISS THE TARGET.
SHUT 7l1EiR EYES AND TURN THEIR HEADS
WHEN THEY PULL THE TRIGGER

From The Chicago Times-Heraid.
Lieutenant Baync c. Dent. nephew by Marriage is
of General Grant and graduatss oa rntired by
ini,irics TO his cyesigit resulting from Ohas, 10
fryrr lie applied for duty Immediately upon me ne
outbreak Of hostilitlrs. however. and Is nov one -
tTe Instructors on the training ship at Newpor.'
Much Of his leisure time was pass 'n N nked Ills
acgnaintancc with Latin American peoppeSh nm "a
tcnsivc He likes the upper classes Vi vs '' mi.
formIy c"mrtcous and obging but he holds tina.
they fundamental organs q, TAU ai,srs they
sS,S ,h,r oves and turn their heads the other
way when .h,y pull the trigger ana '"'' va"
Many years aso" Lieutenan Dgoi tod rc me.
when oae Of the forg"ten S9u'h tcndcd ium-
bcing Philadelphia, on which was an cnSiS" mir
crdy'e1 never Knew What those were nor
cnTld see that they were In any danger put we
saor man Tog a as s mahy days run ana
the anch nor down and shore Leave a, .hr tru reh
n,s and defended by the gallant C0verniment
troops 1t is certain that not niy n no About and
btt they did fight every day Inc H,t'l- VI .,,,in
NAM ever heard We could smell the buI I
powder fifteen miles oui INTO tie pii,iiS5 hnar The
viyas Ike succession If cat talis ~, and
Ameren yen a kmSW If w %ou let off frccrackcr
~. we're six weeks at Cartas'na ana t, mrt
never spent more en}ovp .n W" wanted quiet we
o. la" Sv r. 20 on board sit down in the mcSsroom
ana nSii Savs in the week sunday being hoi
dav There were two thonShhn Oh ,'' 49, ;1 Th.y
troops outside the walls and a. many 'i,i1f 1ir9
the bands played Then the rebels ou'sn' lniI
mini iTmc'S ahd pch"d over ne walls cautiously
and shot at the ien,1s ana So'krd N Then the
ban6. nltvcd They dined from Il to l. ana SUN ~
cge,i from I to rn a n.iS Continued uni;
SINNER WIS eaten and cigarettes were shl0heu,
officers went mt, TO ~ nT me general II ousdr and re-
Unrt,d ihat they had been shpoiins Ihrn '"e
bands played. , ,,v IN. dr,ul, WAS
done The fellows along the wall "ou'H SIt", ~ 4
fully at sGmething oHlsiaf , ui' ,crk the trigger
observed that the folks outside il1 tn' o', -
Not any Of them ever looked 70 watch me or r,r
.blt' They knew tina, it didn't havs any In, iile
consequence OF this sort 81 thng We -, au,rtrr
Of mill, vide. dependent upon h9" ,hr ",% rI,i
The chap turned his head and ho% n%fu n roIn.
atnund during the nerccness OF IN" enstsrn'',,'N
but learned that position on , str,,icar
W. used to stand and laugh ~ sH"'itH 'tur,n..
tion. but is me S n one man Was Killed
and he was a non-combatant fngnsiii'G,, wv nv
fully walking along Inc cb Si In some mysterious
ner found It's way ever the wall. ~ ~. .,t,'I,'ory
he tine the rebels had long and f'sncn'a'6oey
talk with the Presidents people, aiu MN band,
left when they vent away ; az u and ali Of the
i"y,I hands Stood On the walls and tooi"d 10 M
knowledge the only mcr kllirL u. tn" 49,, ni,hi To-
surnrlsc 4 town 1t vas carefully plannen. an" t
sorac Of their number immofiAt' S "r six com
money They landed on th" h"A'h I'VE -. ~ .ait
panios Of them and the intchin" GINS w. H.
IN, ,h,, ~ machine gin doesn't care whether OF
MOI ynu shut your cyea. J. keeps on W. h"N. ,,,,
Cub,ns l,nons others. and They AL dd Il IN IN ,he
sam. WY. II seems to ' AN i.'' ,iN' '. -;,,,n
~ rrg,li,rs and Cuban insurgents ana earn ,nt
one man was wound,4 II n"'S 10y ,,,n'Ir "r soIn,.