The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17


end then Wriggles his whole body in ar
tor. The iigser is about as big as large
flea but he iacks the Aeas agility. When
YOU accumulate a 1isger the only thing
90 do Is To cut him out with knife or a
needle as you would a silver OF wood.
When The troops landed at Raiquiri there
wasn't q woman or child In sight. Twen-
Jy-foUr hours later family of four came
in from the hills and paid a visit to their
little wooden cottage, from which they
had been driven by the Spaniards and
which now was in possession of the Amer
leans. The next day three or four more
families came ia. They aN found places TO
sleep some where, and the women went TO
work at once, washing clothes aud per-
forming such other services as the insur-
gents required. At Sl00ney The experience
was about the same. Women and chill
drcn have been coming in from the hills
each day. The army is feeding not only
tho insurgents but all the Cubans who
apply for rations. And they are not at all
backward about asking for things. A sol
der was bathing in the surf yesterday.
w hen ne came out on the beach half
dozen Culaus stood around his pie of
clothing inspecting his trousers. The rag
gedcst Of The group pointed to his own
torn neither coverings. then to the sol
dicrs' uniform trousers and made signs
signHying that he wanted to exchange.
The soldier refused. Then al the other
Cubans Joined in with gesticulations, la
mentadOns and eXpostulauons The sol
der got into his own trousers and the Gu
bans went off into the shade to think it
over. Gen. Castillo admits that his men
were Of much more value as fighters and
urciess scouts before food began to be so
plenty with them.
The two trails from this point to the
e.. 81. Az.
that starts over the high hill-Were lined
with all sorts Of uniform overcoats, blous-
SEES and trappings thrown away by the
troops during the early forced marches
under a hot sun. All these We're picked
up carefully by The insurgents, and to-
day, when two companies of them lined
up to receive their rauone, their natural
picturesqueness was greatly augmented.
one man wore a regulation blouse, with
brass buttons which had a cavalry SER
geants stripes on the sleeves. Another
had Spanish cap and haversack mark
ed ~. S" A third mad the regulation
blue infantry trousers with a white stripe
and nothing else except the shapeless high
straw hat that is the headgear of the
country apparently. There was hard
shower at dusk last evening and scores
of Cubaus appeared in the heavy blue
ovcrcoats which the Second Massachusetts
discarded along the trail on their first
march to the front
A member Of one of the Michigan regi-
ments was discussing the taking of San
tiago with one of the medical corps The
surgeon remarked that the army would tie
fortunate If the proportion of killed was
not greater than one in every twenty.
Are they going to take the city by as
saultY' asked the Wolverine. Il thought
they We're going to starve EN- out Why,
that's murder'r
Yes" ehmed in another doctor, dryly,
land they're going to use real bullets,
too"
A horse or a mule is worth almost his
weight in gold. Several correspondents
have obtained mounts from Port Antonio
or from Jamaica, bringing them over on
their own dispatch boats. Many colonels
of regiments and adiutants think them
selves fortunate TO have good mules.
saw one eminent novelist and newspaper
writer try for forey-eight hours at Bal
quiri to get a horse, a mule or anything
with four legs that could carry him a few
miles toward Santiago. His final offer
was $1O0 for the use of "a small, thin and
much saddles CALLED mule for tWenty-tour
hours. When this offer failed the man
laced up his leggins and started on his
weary walk. Until to-day, tobacco has
been nearly as valuable as horse OF" mule
flesh. Col. Weston, in charge of the com
missary department, got some tobacco
from one of the ships this afternoon.
There was such a clamorous crowd de-
handing it that the sale was stopped af-
ter a couple of hours. A little tobacco
that appeared on the beach mysteriously
this morning sold readily at s. for a quar-
ter-pOund package. Cigars are priceless
and cigarette paper brings Its own reward
in the shape of money, ratons or any
thing else that a soldier has to trade.