The age-herald., 1898-07-22
GEN. FIIZHUGH LEE
From Golfers Weekly.

| From Golfers Weekly.
 Here he is, mingling with the throng on the piazzas of the Windsor hotel, the hero of Havana, the idol of the south, the leader | to-be of the forces in Cuba, General Fdtz- hugh Lee He holds the keys of Jackson | vile town, the only city Tn Florida not | owned by an individual like MT. Plant or MT. Flagler. Lees corps, the Seventh, num-
 bers 2o,0O0 men. They are encamped all al ound the outskirts of the city. Therefore, the Windsor hotel is eqi-distant from all camping centers; a fact which enables the general to visit his men by day and attend banquets at night with great personal con- venience on both occasions. How fine he looks in his major-generals uniform He is porty, but he carries his 200 pounds gracefully. He has the saS-- e-ille for all and the same merry creases al .ne eoIner of his ayes as vrl-.i last saw him at Key wasv Q mat last voyage from Havana. remember now that he shook his fist alt Havana we stood on the deck of the Olivette while that plucky steamer pulled out of the harbor of our enemies. Lea shook his fist at the Spaniards and said he wanted to have a chance to "show them'
 later His hopes are about to be realized. For he has been promised the leadership Of an army against Havana.
 And he is preparing for the fray. He Is
 
 them to victory. In their turn the men think there is no general in the army Miles and Brooke and Shafter included, like Lee. I am bound to say that, of all the camps I have visited, in none have I found the cheefrulness, the enthusiasm and the health which characterizes Camp Cuba Libre There's little too much pomp and cere- mony and procession and brass bands just at present, but the boys will get over tha. when the order comes to board the trans ports. Before Lee arrived in Jacksonville some one named the encampment Camp Springfield. But Lee did not like the name It was commonplace it meant nothing So he rechristened it Camp Cuba Libre, and thus gave to Jacksonville the honor of hay ing the camp with the most unique name. And oh, how Jacksonville bows and scrapes to Leei There are Lee billiard parlors anl Lee restaurants and Lee shoe stores oh every corner. There is Lee brand of ica cream, and the bootbacks nave what they call a Lee shine.
 You see, Lee is very obliging. Ask him to banquet and he accepts and makes just the sort of speech you expect. He rides horse at the head of processions, dimes at the head of private tables, is serenaded nightly by brass bands from Illinois and North Carolina and Iowa, and altogether he is kept quite as busy socially as in military sense.
 Meanwhile, he does not forget that he must prepare for the campaign against Havana. He is trying to reduce hls weight by riding horseback at least one-half hour every day and by taking the natural Turk ish bath afforded by five minutes walk in the sun. At the same time, he keeps all eye on the newspapers, looking for news of Lee-for he loves to read about Lee and for news of the transports. He wou! like to know whether his corps is to ern bark here or at Fernandina, twenty min miles up the coast. or at Tampa, 25O miles across the state. As Jacksonville has only fourteen feet of water and Fernadina only twenty, while Tampa has twenty-four, he rather thinks we will all go back to Tampa. Anyway, he hopes the emt arkation point will not be Fdrnandina, for there is no bS hotel up there, no room for processions and brass bands, no facilities for speech-mak- ing. For Lee Is Napoleonic in his ideas. He believes in amusing the people; in giv'.,S them forever something new. The greatest | compliment I pay General Lee Is to | say that he has many faults as merits. l Therefore, he is human, and the man who | is human is bound to make mistakes, and l he who makes mistakes is the sort known | in the south as the heap smart good fe. low.
 I have reason to know all this showing l off bores the general, bores him fearfully. | But he is man who is bound to be agree | able at the sacrifice of personal comfort and | inclination. He itches and aches and pines | and hankers for the real thing, the killing | and exterminating of-Spaniards-in the i island which, since reconcentrados were in the Antilles.