Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-09

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! Doc. siO0 by mail from Stuart Co, Mar
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worn by Spanish officers, and sets OF cock
| ades showing the rank Of these officers in
every grade. Wherever a soldier has had
more than one relic of a single class, he
| has exchanged with others so as to COM
| plete mis- sets.
DR.. Cox has horse that was the prop
erty Of Spanish officer before he pur-
| chased 1t.
Capt Hodgson of Company G has a large
! number of relics.
| Mai. O. rien treasures more highly than
anything else he brought back an engraved
plate which was on door leading % the
marine quarters on the Vizcaya.
There are many machetes. swords. pis-
| tolls. and even sharpshooters' badges in
possession of the men. sharpshooter's
badge is usually treasured by the man to
whom it is awarded more thar by any one
else, and it would be difficult to purchase
such badges worn by the District soldier
| boys. Among the Spanish officers and SOL
diers. however, this feeling, apparently
| old not exist, for they sold their badges
| as they sold the cockades off. their hats
their swords, their pistols, and. in fact,
/
| cash, and such members of the District
regiment who were provided literally with
funds did not hesitate to spend their
money freely to get possession OF these
| menkntos.
Those Bnrbed Wire Fences.
| The regiment has brought home an enor-
| nous amount of barbed wire used by the
| Spaniards in constructing fences in front
| of their trenches at Santiago. This wire
| was made in the United States, purchased
| by Spain and taken TO Cuba, and then used
| to harass the American forces. A large
| number of the soldiers in the regiment
| have at least few links of it.
| What is known as block house No. . on
! the San Juan mill was almost carried away
| by the American soldiers This block house
was the scene of one of the most desperate
| charges made by the Americans. and after
| Its capture many of the logs were snl.t I'd
| irto small pieces and stored away among
| the effects Of the soldiers The District
| boys have brought home a large number
of these relics. The wood used in the con-
structiou Of the block house is mahogany.
which is plentiful in Cuba as pine i. in
| the United States. Some of the soldiers
who are Ingenious in using their pen
| knives have whitfield various things out OF
| this wood. A number of them have SHAPED
| the sticks of wood brought back with .hem
| into penholders.
| Eugene Smith of Company G is cutie
| proud in the possession of what is c!ai- ned
| To be Ge1. Pando's snuff box.
| Sergt. Claxton and Private James T.
/ Rowland of Company c have a relic which
| they value very highly. They saw g Span
| ish prisoner take a machete from Cuban
| soldier. and they proceeded to make the
| Spaniard give up his prize They brought
| the machete home with them.
| BATTERED for n Can Of Beef.
Private Rowland also has the cuff of n
| Spanish officers coat. He gave the officer
a can of beef, in return for which the lat
| ter cut the sleeve from his coat, and Now
land thinks he has relic that Will excite
| interest.
! Lieut.. Stutz has a very handsome sword
that belonged to Spanish officer While
/ the Officers were willing to part with any
| thing they had for the Americans cash
| they generally demanded and received full
| value for what they sold For instaree
| swords that probably cost the Spanish gov
eminent s. or 81 were sold for SO and SD
The second officer Of the Minnewaska, en-
which the LIST Battalion of the regiment
was brought to Montauk, has secured the
| pennant from the Spanish man-of-war
| Mercedes. 1t is fifty feet long and Ere
| piece of work. Cooper the officer of he
| MInnewaska who secured possession OF this
| relic. saw it floating in the water an6 pro-
| ceeded to capture it,
A very large number of the District SOL
Giers, after they get home. will smoke pipes
which Will suggest "reminiscences of Ilc!.
| military service in Cuba. Many Of them
secured pieces of bamboo from WhfSa
| pipes Will be made.
Spanish Ideas of Honor.
Some of the peculiar ideas of honor pos
| sessed by Spanish officers were exhib:te!
in the manner in which they parted with
| dnvfhinP they no.
| Of the officers wo'lld not permit them 10
| barter with their Yankee conquerors. and.
| in order to accomplish indirectly what they
| disdained to do directly, they had their
| men sell their swords. pistols etc, SO that
| 1t could not be said that they had sold
| them.
Some few of the men, when asked what
relics they have brought back with them
say they regard their own lives as the
most valuable thing they were able to get
| out of Cuba. Some of them declare that
they were 50 busy in getting their lives
| away that they had little thought for any
| thing else.
Many of the soldier boys have been great
ly disappointed since they have been at
Camp Wikoff to learn that the clothing
they wore while in Cuba must be burned
when new clothes are issued to them.
Nearly all of the soldiers hope to
take their clothes home, and preserve them
as mementos of their campaign. Their
hats, especially, have value placed upon
them which only they can understand.
After the regiment was recruited a large
part of the privates proceeded to print
their names and date of enlistment on their
hats, leaving a blank space to be filed
with the date of their muster out They
hoped 10 leave the as heirlooms to their
children, but now find that they must be
burned. This discovery is a great disap-
pointment to them.
The SAN Jnaa Block House.
Sergt. Dobson of Company d has a relic
which he found on San Juan Hill He val
ues this memento of his trip above any
other souvenir he has in his possession. 1t
is the key TO the block house on San Juan
Hill, and he found it behind the door after
the place had been stormed
Corporal w. c. Ryan. Company ID. pick
ed up, while going over the battlefield CT
San Juan Heights Tiny French and En-
glish dictionary. which could only be read