Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-28
DRY WEATHER IN CUBA.
It {, Unusual, but Is Favorable 10 he kmed'
cans.
Men are uesithy spanish situstion not Va
Coed oaaniansmoan- are starving
--Uuhan soldier,

on board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Daunticss. on Marine
Camp. Guantanamo BAY, cuba, June
20. via Port Antonio. Jamaica, June ?"
-tC0pyriFhted. ises. by the Associated
Press. aside from the energetic at
tack 81 the spaniards ON the hrHt
American camp established IN Cuba
nothing has aHtonishsd the inhabitants
" camp MCCnlla ana the fleet general
Is az much ns the present long dry M
teryal In the midst ~ what was sup
p5ssd 60 be- Cuba'H rainy season. may
was uaherrd in with rains on the notth
coast and when the troops reached TIE
rauth coast there wprr "a few afternoon
fuln gusts, then cloudy threats nut q"
rain. and since the marines nave lAha-
I'd AZ Camp McCallA there has been
I'M .ps brisf shower and no more,
Tho cuban auxiliaricH say this lH ihg
usual thing for this vicinity ana
prophrsy no more rain until the hrat OF
August urhora In the hurricane season.
camp Mccalla has proved heh!thtul
and a nne place TO acclimatc ana haFi,
whom were half sick with xix weeks
confinement on the Panther when they
landed, are all as brown az lndlhhH
nnd hard as prize nFhtrrs. They have
mad their baptism Of ilre ana stood lhr
ordsnl They have gone six miles IN
land and smoked the spnnlhrdH out OF
their holes ON the peninsula. beaten
,b,n In the brush al their particular
Kind 81 nEhtins and lost wounded IN
thT exploit while the Spanihrds lost 10
dead and wounded not accounted Tor,
When Lieut.. prlehhnty's pioneer "a
/ pedltion 10 clear the river Of mines be-
| low Calmanera was preached. the ma
| rlnes were eager 60 follow thr aehlcN'-
mont by capturing both Caimanrri
md Guantanamo. Notwithstanding
| mat Guantanamo ID 70 miles Inland
| from the hay and lar out Of supporting
] distancr from the warshlpH. Resides,
there are 5000 spanish regulars there
| hut the marines thought n two COM
panlea ~ them had whipped ak CONE
panlps 81 SpnniardH az CuHcn noun
I tain the whole party ought - como
prrtty near getting away with them
| daFnes up the river The officers
| smile quietly az hearing these cnthuHi.
l astir 0uthursia ana are well satisfied
| with the spirit that prompts them Al
reports from inland agree IN picturing
] the spanish situation ~ desperate.
s'hs Cuhaus invested Santiago and
! Guantanamo 80 closely that even dis
/ matches between sections NJ the Span
In army arr captured uftener than
they get through. The military gov
] erunr nf Santiago mhun pNfemptuiN
/ drnnud three days ago on
/ Gnanttnnm1 for food and re-
! inforrsments The captured res
piy desp0ndently stated mat Guam
| tannmo was worse m than Santiago
and that nothing could De sent The
| Cubnus watch every creek and cross
roads. gathering In spanish courier
and bringing them In 20 McCalla oi
| Sampson,
me Cubans are gradually winning
the respect q the American regulars
The cuban soldiers, Hn FAR seen, are
about 90 per cent negroes, usually with
W,hIta cuban officers, The officers arr
into gent. anxious Tor their troops 1,
win ha good opinion ~ the Americans
T'hry Afe raady Tor any service Thes,
blark Cuhana are fine fighters, skilled
Am wuodrraft. and are invaluable guides
Most nf the trouble with them az guides
mas bon when they attempted too nv. d
Thsy are greedy AZ 10 American food
but Will readily be excused Tor tht
,.han they are seen 20 strip fOT swim
ming on the marine camp, Every oni
on Them Is emlclated, OWING 20 me
unecrtnln c1mmlasarlat OF the lnsurgsu
army. They have been almost uncon
| sriutisly but systematically starving, i
viu take many weeks Of F1pi fcodlni
10 get them Uncomfortable condl lion
Nearly every one Of them has 4 bloc,
debt against spain. Al Camp meal.