New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-30

| Cuba or for both reasons. Al any 'd''' 49,
the transports crowded. although SUN
were The big Vigilancia. sister snip u NV
Seguranca carried the entire list New
Regiment. about 1920 men. but some Oh inc
boats. even of good size had only half as many
soldiers on board. However the men stage"
on deck as much as possible. so their hu'hoe'
must have appeared formidable
FLEET PASSES CAPE MAYsI
That same afternoon. Friday, the lighthouse
! on I.obos Key a British possession. came INTO
sight 1t is some sixty miles from the CUBAN
shore and insurgents bound for Nassau or some
other British island in a small boat are sure
! of a welcome here from the lighthouse-keeper'
Much Of Saturday the Cuban mainland was III
| sight. the lying some twelve or nf'eeh
! miles from Cape Sauna and Cape Lucrecia me
! hills we're of considerable height sunday
morning the feet. which had been meaning
southeast suddenly turned to the south pass
ing Cane Mavsi the eastern end Of Cuba. and
then veering to the westward. Up to now the
sea had been calm. The wind In general came
| over the port bow and while the vessels were
| In motion they were fairly steady. IT they
/ came to a standst and fell into the trough OF
| the sea the motion uncomfortable But
this often. Entering the Windward
! Passage. the ships encountered the rough water
that is common there. No storm arose. but with
beam wind the rolling increased considerably.
REPLENIsIHNG THE WATER SUPPLY
Just rs the other boats made the turn to round
Cape Maysi. par; OF the fleet slipped to the
north. bould for Great Inagua one Of the
! Bahama Islands. 1t consisted OF the Olivette,
the side-wheeler Gussie. the cruiser Helena and
the Hornet and its mission was TO replenish the
Gussies supply Of water. She carried few men.
but number Of mules. which would be precious
! when heavy artillery was to he moved up among
the hills about Santiago. and needed water for
them. So the Ollvettc. which is "A water-ship as
we'll as tn. Red cross boat. was detailed &C. at
tend to this want The operation would have
been difficult I'm the scaway. so the boats were
/ ordered - MatthcwtOwn. where Man-o'-Wars
Bay offered easy field for the transfer. Great
Inagua IS * no particular Importance. but the
stay there gave an opportunity for buying fresh
fruit and rcrlcnishlng stocks Of cigars.
The tug Oscc1la Joined this little hotilln for a
brief space flying the nvc-of-cubs flag 10 de-
note that she was on service "a dispatch boat
She brought news that tho city OF Washington
was also shor, OF water. but had to be found
before she could joe supplied As she not In
sight when the Gussie's tanks had been filled
tho Ovctte steamed - 80 rcjoin the fleet. over
hauling part ~ 81 hy dark
For time tho boats had spccdod nearly ten
knots ~ hour hut this lcft tho slower ones be
hind AVID ia" pace sa kenod 10 seven or eight
knots Even AZ thu Tho last boats were often
out q sight - ihc leaders Tho hospital call
on several mornings Detained the fleet long
enough 20 elbow the tail-endcrs to got Into n bet
| ter position About 10 q. ~. the Ollvcttc dis
played fag signal 10 ask II there were any
sick on board the other chips She moved the
length ~ tho fleet and whom ship showed the
flag sEulfyluE Yes" went mp 20 her on Thurs
day there were a fow slight 1905 Z Illness out it
was deemed lnadvlsahle to transfer tho patients
IN the small boats Friday the sea was stlcr
and seven or eight men We're brought to the
Ovcttc from other ships None were In scri-
/ GUS condition. Others were sent to her Satur-
DAY. including Major Mo;t Hooten. Of the 10Th
Infantry who was suffering from rheumatic
govt. The entire number Of patients on the
O.vetrc whoa her journey ended fifteen. Of
whom three had been brought from Port Tampa
HOW THE SOLDIERS JARED
The end - the voyage was most welcome to
the soldiers coopcd up IN their hunks down in
the hold. Many became scasck from the OPP
pr,ssivc surroundings who would otherwise have
remained well The greatest liberty was al
lowed them. however. and many spent virtually
all their time on deck. There Sleeping was COM
Portable Guard was mounted on shore and
on some IL the transports 7hcrc was daily drill
The flod presented tn most difficulties. The
mon were on travel rations Tor two weeks. This
meant that they had almost nothing hot to eat
although coffee was supplied in album lance
Ccrnod beef ard bareback the staples II
| travel ratlons varied once in a while with baans
| al tomatoes. In some cases these vegetables
were heated. Tho officers had the usual first
cabin accommodations. and paid the company
owning their vessel for their meals. Sometimes
n private would try to buy food or drink from
the walters. or course. watch was kept To
prevent ;his. and prices were accordingly hIeh
FOR the contraband articles. one man paid ~
cents for a cup If iccwatcr. being utterly tired
~ the warm articl" supplied 20 him. The
wealthy New Workers in the LIST Cavalry Volun-
teers Gtough Riders suffered especially from
the conditions between decks. although they
were wonderfully plucky. one Of them who
was sick but refused to be left behind and
would not 80 20 the hospital lost he should be- Of
fcrcl e for q good hot breakfast just before the
feet lefl Tampa. He didn't get it. however. on
this diet and In the confined quarters II would
not have been surprising had the men deterio-
rated a good deal In condition. But they landed
IN nnc spirits and confident that day or two
on solid land. With hot rations, would make
them as Il, t. fight as ever was soldier under the
Stars and Stripes.
80 LIGHTS EXCEPT on THE FLAGSHIP
At night the warships took up patrol duty at
some d!starce from their regular positions some
= them quite near the shore. orders were to
show no lights 1t night except the sailing lamps
NJ least orders 20 most Of the feet Tho
Seguranca was cheefu,ly needless Of the instruc-
tons whica came from hor she was blaze
81 light from stem ~ stern. II seemed 10 the
cnvious eyes 81 tho officers On the other ships
that she had absolutely every lantern. electric