The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-25
THE BADGERS WAKE.
Jersey Sailors Nearing the
End Of Their Tour
Of Duty.
THEIR CRUISE OF THREE MONTHS.
What They Have Done and
What They Have Seen
--Gibona and Guam
tanamo.
HEIR CRUISE or THREE MONTHS.

10 stay upon the auAll1dAy y DadSSt-
They have had nearly three months of it,
and, while it has not been their fortune
to find out how it feels to be shot at, they
have had a deal of valuable experience
and now know intimately many of the
hardest features of the lot of a jacky in
time of war. The story of the cruise is
reviewed in the Newark Cali of Sum
day.
There are many things as difficult to
bear as HI of going into battle; in fact.
the BOYS on the Badger welcomed with
bowls Of genuine delight every seeming
opportunity for a scrap" In each in
stance where they hay received the or
der. Clear ship for action they have
sprung to their work with the gieefui
alacrity which always tells of a task that
is to ones liking. They have endured the
burning heat of the ~fiercest rays of
Cuban sun; they have rolled and tossed
on the CLASSY ocean with the temperature
of the engine rooms up to 1870 degrees and
higher, and they have put up with poor
food and a monotonous repetition of the
same diet, all without a murmur. The
only thing they have complained about
in their letters home is their misfortunes
in not getting into a fight. and, in spite of
an they are coming meme more ~ loNe
with the service under whose banner they
enlisted thar ever. and more convinced
than yer before that the proper place for
them in time Of war is on deck. with the
blue water below and blue sky aloft. They
WIN itass any a"iounl yarns = spin'
too' 'nese saiol veterans "hei oiiee 'ies
get shore leave and shift their fighting
gear TOT me garments u me peaceapie
y wees ago iase Nseules'as 'le faoser
ie1eiieu 1~ua.eanafpV Day ~ 'He spulA
coast : 0upa. ana pfoeeeueo 'aNe
apoatu o0 .9his y eoai Jus. wa 70
nieaht rae boys were not Ahlofineu' pue'
oeiHs soou oiuiei now 'ass aHNei ~
questions, II may mean enat 'heS are =
orils paeN part q 'He Forto nieai
iorees. ana a. az events y would seem
that they are ilkeAS 70 DC ABOUT ehe iast .
'ne naNaa reserves % pe nuseeIeu out.
FROM last accounts receiver pE lettel
last week the boys on tne baeger are sun
ehains over lhelr not pelhs allo"eo 10
san IN ana capture the city OF NueVltas'
on the north coast OF Supa. All OF US on
ooara mere writes one Oh ehe Ne"arh
members OF the crew, 1eel very sore mat
Nuevitas was not pomoarded When
everything was apparently IN such me
shape for such action, OF course, we got
a pretty good prize tthe tug Don Rodri-
guez, recently brought to New York by
Lieutenant Peters,. but it was rather a
soft thing, although money-if we get any
will be very acceptable"
On AII0l1ct r the RadCapF 1pff KpV West
after coaling ship. and proceeded to Guam
tanamo, aking eight small boats for
SIMPSONS fleet, together with stores and
mail. The ship proceeded along the coast
toward the west. passing their old station.
off Nuevitas, and proceeding onward
toward Cape Maysi. The officer on the
bridge of the ship passed the old. familiar
landmark found himself instinctively in
dulging in the old search for blockade
runners. and. finding none, for even then
two weeks ago) the war was practically
over and the DAVIS of Spanish thraldom on
the war-racked isle were at an end.
little t,ter the shin began to roll and
wauow ana a stiff son came SWINGING
IN ana If nidnion+ tba How wac
about she vrorst the rascrvemen had heen
tnaa+a1 ~ g Far nf+ar t;,oe thew
CANA n tho harhor IF Gibara Recently
cant,,rad .Jt is > very nict1,reso1,e
snot !, writes one az +he bovs ..The tovv,,
lias Il, +be aide of . hilI w,ila nec,,Iiarlv
sbaned raced mountains comnletelv s,Ir-
ro,na an b1,t ne water from The civ
walls z,i+b rota ana ardhonsas oo,,ld
ha nlain,v sear, from tho Radper,s decl
p,hila rising bieb above the other huild.
mo-. i, 41,e oe,,fra ~ tbe town stands q
oo+hadrs1 ~ oon1rept with q dome and
tuo ,,,ita loftv towers n annearanoa
az +o,,n ,.asarohlad ,iot,,res W. bad eean
oe +bo rra,- ragd 1Saayine cihar. 10
stna ~ s,s;.+ad a1onr +ba c,,han oaos+
49, re- 80 1900 aae+omI-,
~ 5e". pnslAe ~ rnssas1 asa4 J
= sas.,1a -,
"e . ny 9 3 IS ~
eoi'iioeu - = - iesa 80 -
'iisht. 1 ne aug Z a,iu pieeiie0 :,
way through the MihaWaro passase' ana
at oaypreak on Aussuay was sleaillns
westward along the southern coast. The
coastlina bore is a continual range Of
mountains IN eVef-Vary1hg beauty. AT ~
o'clock we came suddenly upon SIMPSONS
Haa+ 1ybiob u,s biade, bab;nd +ba hills
49, ""7
which rise abruptly from Guantanamo
Bay. The Badger ran in, and, after re-
oa;r;,n iaa4u,aHanr ~ eirn., horon
celYihS instructions by siShai, pesdh
fling tba eiebt s,oau boats over the side
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