The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-20

! the WnarNeS where the Spanish ship
Ping, now prizes of the United States,
viii soon be augmented by a large fleet
/ of transports flying the American
colors.
Some places, mainly for the sale of
/ liquor or drugs, are open, but their
/ patrons are few. Beggars are in evil
! dence, of the same imDOrtunate sort
which make Havana unpleasant for
/ foreigners. Now and then a man or
woman of the better class begs the
( correspondents for milk for my little
one, in the name of God"
At he dock, where the Red Cross
I steamer State of Texas is unloading
! and preparing for long stay, a guard
from the Ninth infantry has been
mounted, but the soldiers have had lit
! tie trouble, except from the inroads by
( bad boys.
There is no evidence of gloom on the
faces of the Spanish men and women.
/ These people are already laughing and
! are pleased at the military and naval
show, and at the prospect of getting
/ food other than rice and salt meats.
1 Nearly all the better class of houses
are closed. The residents have not re-
turned from the suburbs. to which they
fed on the threatened bombardment.
Filth is noticeable everywhere, and
strange to say, the city is healthy in
spite Of it, But if Santiago is to con-
tinue healthy much sanitary work is
necessary. Arrangements. therefore,
are now under way TO remove the most
( dangerous features and to improve
those which tend to purify the city.
The harbor of Santiago de Cuba is a
very beautiful place, with its high
ramparts of mountain groves of cocoa
palms, banana trees and Towering
shrubs, pushing down TO the very
brink of the bay.
The channel is tortuous and marked
by bright blue and white buoys, or
clearly defined in places by long booms
OF logs, marking the entrance of shall
low bays and inlets.
Old churches, forts and bastions
share the promontories with light,
wooden houses for summer uses of the
higher classes.
The harbor was the scene of a
beautiful marine pageant this after
noon. A score or more of American
transports, the way being pointed out
by the Suwanee, giided majestically TO
the quiet anchorage, something they
had not enjoyed for weeks, being COM
PEELED instead to stand out to sea at
night, to be tossed about by the waves,
or to use the precarious grounds of
Baiquiri. They were fine boats, many
of them being among the largest speci-
mems CT the American merchant
marine. Nearly all bedecked with
flags, they steamed in proudly. making
a goOdly show extending over a mile
Of water
A dispatch boat of the Associated
Press, on its way out to sea, saluted
each of the transports with blasts from
the siren OF the Almirante Oquendo,
taken from that ship some days ago,
and put in place by the enthusiastic
crew of the dispatch boat. The salutes
were returned not only from the trans
ports, but by the cheers of the men
on board them, who had long looked
forward TO this feature of the cam
paign.
How soon the Spanish troops will be
loaded on these transports, for ship
ment to their home, cannot be announc-
ed at present, but it is understood the
delay will be as hort as possible.
The big government tug Potomac ar
rived today from New Orleans She
is provided with modern appliances for
wrecdng and, with the other vessels
sent here for the same purpose, will
secure all it is possible to save from
the ships which formed Admiral Ger
vera's squadron.
The long bridge at Aguadores. on the
Juragua railroad connecting Siboney
with Santiago. has been replaced in
temporary fashion by American SOL
diers. The work was completed today |
thorities viii use the railroad to trans
port from the seaboard the stores, mu-
nitions. horses, etc, which were unload !
ed at SibOney before the surrender of |
Santiago.
AGAINST FEVER. {
Strenuous efforts to prevent the
spread of infectious diseases among the |
American troops in front of Santiago |
de Cuba were made as soon as the city |
surrendered. and for the past SO hours |
our soldiers have been sent as rapidly /
as possible to the hills to the north of |
the city, where new camps have been
established.
Everything possible is being done to
improve the sanitary conditions of the
camps. especially in case of the troops
which are expected to take part in the
expedition to Porto Rico. OF the regi- I
ments here, only those which are not
in the slightest infected will be allow
ed to go to Porto Rico The others will
remain here for the present, encamped
on the high ground north of Santiago.
Two immune regiments from New Or
leans ard Mobile are expected here
daily and upon their arrival they will
be sent to the city, forming the only
American garrison which will remain
there.
The physical condition of our troops
is not considered serious. now that the
number Of cases OF fever is growing
less all the time. and it is believed that
the disease will disappear with the re-
moval of the soldiers to healthier To-
calities and the extra precautions
which are being taken.
General Wheler's cavalry division is
practically free from sickness and will
probably be allowed to go to Porto Rico
to take part in the campaign.
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