The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-27
SCENES IN GUAM AKAMO BAY
OUR BATTLESHIPS SWINGING
AT THEIR ANCHORS.
Spaniards Dying From Yellow Fever
at the Rate of Fifteen Per Day
General Miles Moustache.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
Guantanamo Harbor, July 17.-1herC
is enc locality on this southern coast
to which the heart of the American cor
respondent will always turn in fond re-
! membrance. Guantanamo bay is lack
ing somewhat in the scenic features
which make Santiago harbor SO note
| worthy, but if not so picturesque, it is
tar easier to reach, much more capac-
ious, fully rs well sheltered, and affords
much more desirable holding ground
| Many poor fellow whose stomach has
! absolutely refused 10 become accus-
/ tened to the ceaseless swing of Carib-
! lean waves will recall how his appe-
/ lite returned with the splash of the
mud hook" and his mental processes
assume their accuracy with renewed
! digestion.
To tia comfort of this harbor this
evening is added a spectacle. This is
none too large word, since the feet
of the United States herein gathered
could not be eoGalled in the western
hemisphere, and embraces the most
formidable ships which fly our flag.
Here you can see every battleshiD in
our navy. Here, too, are the Newark,
! Marblehead and ColumDla-an object of
much interest from its four stacks and
its 23-knCt record-the big auxiliary
cruiser Yale, the tiny French fr:gate,
while tug boats, torpedo boats, trans
Ports ard dispatch boats galore make
even this ample harbor seem well oc-
cupied.
AS night fell the electric lights on
the huge battleships cleaned through
TIE -ortholes from stem to stern. Now
and again a bugie call from the camp
of marines on the hill, or from the deck
of man-of-war was echoed from Fish
erm2ns Point, which guards the east
ern entrance. Then the men had an
hour oe bathing in the clear water,
where SIX fathoms seems six feet
To add comfort Of sound to that of
scene ard rest, the band of the Ore
gon commenced to play, softly at first,
then in more swelling measure, and al
though the tune chosen was the well
known Washington Post March,"
never DID music sound more sweetIy.
and to the minds of the listeners it
brought thoughts Of home coming and
the march through troops of friends.
For az hour the bands played, each
patriotic selection bringing an echo of
cheers from fOrecastle and quarter
deck and then a silence. through which,
at o'clock. stole that sweetest yet
saddest OF military and naval bugle
calis-"fapS." Lights are out now, and
the harbor is left to the nomadic shark
and the fussy steam launch. A peace
tul Sce,,e truly, and none the less so
that its more notable human accom-
paniments are those which make more
horrible war.
To grim famine in Guantanamo City
and its environs is added the ravages
Of yellow fever, which seems to be |
much more virule-t in type than it is |
farther westward. Deaths from yellow |
jack average Is per day. This report |
is official. and from Perez himself.
General Miles, who came here on the |
Yale this evening, was not allowed to !
and until he had shown a medical GER
-ificate to the effect that immediately
after his visit to the Santiago army his
person and his apparel had been relent-
essly fumigated. The general of the |
army has gone so far as to sacrifice
his moustache to the exigencies of the
occasion. Whatever the deprivation |
nay do for his health, it had 10 chang
ID his appearance as to make him al
most unrecognizable until you come
within speaking distance.