The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-28

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!, eyesisht resulting from Chsgres lever
:, He spplisd for doiy i'm edistely upon ih,
A ouihresk OF bosiilities, however. sud II
/. uow one OF the Instructors OF the usinins
. ship st Newport Mach Of bis leisur'
time vss passed 10 Chicago, where be il
widely known and well litei. His =,
!. Qasiutspce with Lsiin-Amsriosn people.
is extensive. He likes the upper CLASSES
OF them s companions, having found
them. be says, uniformity courteous and
obliginr, bat be holds that they have 9
fundamental organic fault which prevents
A them from being or becoming ht q shtsis,
They shut their eyes aud turn their heads
the other way when they pull the trigger
and they can't help 1t,
!. Many years ego. Lieutensnt Dent told
9 me, when one OF the forgotten South
! American revolutions was revolving, the
} old. blunt.ended. numbering Philsdelphla
on which was ~ ensign, was ordered TO
. Csrtsgens 10 protect American interests.
| never knew what those interests were,
nor could see that they were 10 any dan
ger but We went. A sailor man would %
! soon cruise to Ecuador as elsewhere, 1t
is oil so many days run and the anchor
, down and shore leave at the end OF it, We
found Csrtssens Invested by the gallant
rebels and defended by the gallant Gov
eminent troops. II 10 certain that not
any OF the gallant privates knew what
they we're fighting about, aud although
tried many times. l never could find
out, but they did fight every day. The
firing was brisk, and the most enthusiastic
and ntinuous l ever heard. We could
smell the burned powder fifteen miles out
in the citing, and long before We sailed in
to the hsrbor we could hear the vivas like
q succession OF cat calls. South Amer
cso you know, will scream 'Yivsf aud
dance frenziedly sbont il you let of fire
cracker.
We we're sir weeks Of Csrtsgens, and
have never spent 3 more enjoyable time,
1t was Fourth OF July every day, and
when we wanted quiet we had only to go
on board, SIT down 10 the messroom and
fight cockroaches. This was the order OF
procedure Elk days in the week, Sunday
beiog q holiday. There we're two thous
and or three thousand troops outside the
walls, and as msLy inside. They rose st
seven in the morning and breskfasted,
Then the band plsyed. They dined from
l2 to l, and smoked cigarettes from till
IL. The siests lasted until $3.50. AT four
firing Was resumed and continued until
| 6. Supper was eaten and cigarettes we're
smoked. The officers went to tie house
OF the general il inside. or to the tent OF
the general il outside, and reported that
they had been shooting. Then the bands
played.
At Csrtagens l discovered how the fir
ing was done. The fellows along the
wall would sight carefully Of something
outside. turn their faces toward me With
their eyes closed and jerk the trigger. ]
observed that the folks outside did the
same thing. Not any Of them ever looked
TO observe the effect OF bullet. They
knew that il didn't have any. The conse
quenoe Of this sort Of thing was that the
bullets went anywhere from fifty yards to
. quarter Of Q mile vide. dependent upon
how far around the chap turnod his head
and how hard he ierked st the trigger. AT
frat we we're chary about going around
during the fierceness Of the engagements,
but soon learned that a position on the
walls was less dangerous than 3 seat on
Chicsgo street car. We used TO stand and
laugh. II sounds like eXssserstiop, but
il ia the simple truth, that during the six
weeks OF our stay but one man was killed,
and be WAS . non.combstant EnglishmsD
peacefully walking along the street. He
was struck by = nearly spent ball which
in some mysterious manner found its way
over the walls. At the end OF the time |
the rebels hsd long and gesticulatory {
talk With the Presidents people, snd then
they left. When they went away ell their ,
bands marched along the walls and footed, .
and ell the loysl bands stcod on the walls
and footed. To my knowledge the only i
men iilled 10 that revolution we're lot OF
rebels who attempted one night to sur
prise . town. II was carefully planned,
and some OF their number Immediately ,
sold out Tor money. They landed on the 4
beach, five or six companies Of them, and |
the machine guns were waiting for them
The slaughter 10 explained by the fact
that . machine gun does not care whether ,
or not you ,hut your eyes II keeps on |
working. :
l have seen other Spanish. Am ericans q
shoot, Cubans among Others. and they oil
did it in the same wsy. II seems TO be 30
ipersdicsble trait When read 30 &C
count OF battle between Spanish reg nlsrs
and Cuban insurgents and learn thst one :
man vas wounded it does not puzzle me ,
spy. l think 1t probable that be shot
himself. or some comrsde behind him let |
of bis gun sccidently. an unable to 8
see how be could have been burt by 30
oppousnt q
Probably this mstter-oi.iact statement
by Lieutenant Dent explains why Monte I
JOS vessels could fire 81 Dewey's squad c
ron for louu aud not kill man; why !
Americsn ships can contiuusIly engage
land batteries 10 Cubs aud show only 90 Z
occssioosl dent 10 token Of H.; ~by Amer /
can small boats ., Cieniuesos could hspg