Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-07-02
ARE THREATENING SANTIAGO
A GREAT BATTLE AT ANY TIME,
Advance Force Less Than Five Miles
From the City-Cubnns Seem to he
Lazy and worthIess-SDanish Bull
let's Are Frightfu1,

On the Rio Guiana, June &c, noon (via
Kingston, Jamaica, June 28).-The adj
vance forces of the American army rest
on this stream with the city of Santiago,
four and a half miles westward, in PLAN
sight.
Last night the outposts, consisting OF
two companies of the Seventh infantry
under Major Coolidge, occupied positions
at right angles to the road, guarding the
crossing a mile and half beyond Sevilla,
where three regiments of General Law
toms division are camped - the First,
Fourth and Seventeenth. The Eighteenth,
Second and Twenty second Massachu-
sets, with the Rough Riders, Tenth cav
airy and portions of several other regi-
ments, are strung out behind them to-
ward Juragua.
About 500 Cubans, under General Con
zales, were camped around General Law
tons headquarters, but less than 80 of
them did scout duty last night
General Wheeler today, with the First,
Second and Tenth cavalry, and the
Rough Riders with dynamite guns,
moved up to where General Lawtons
outposts were last night and four bat
teries of the Third artillery and four
Gatling guns, with a special detail under
Lieutenant Parker, were brought and
planted on the brow of hill overlooking
the basin in which the city of Santiago
lies. The top of every hill and mountain
CT af - ~ block
houses, whence the Spaniards can view
the movements of the American army as
it advances by way of Seyilla to the east
ward of this city.
Hard Fighting Ahead.
No officer who has surveyed the field
over which the advance must be made
understands the task ahead of the
Americans, although our boys still ex-
press the most contemptuous opinion of
their adversaries. The general opinion
is that more artillery will be necessary
before it will be safe to attempt an as
sault, as the fire of different regiments
must be necessarily deadly and sufficient
to demoralize any force, no matter how
brilliant in its courage, when halted by
wire ODSl1uCJlOlS. some Oh the Objects
believe it will be necessary to lay reg
ular siege to Santiago and advance with
line of earthworks until the rifle pits
can be sheled with shrapnel. Should
night attack occur, our soldiers would
fare worse than did the marines at
Guantanamo, as the attacking force
would not be at the disadvantage of hay
ing to charge up hill.
Cubnns Are Lazy.
The Cubans with the advance forces, in
spite of the good behavior of their COM
rades at Guantanamo, seem to be utterly
worthless. All day they sit in the shade
of their palm matched camps, and at
night they smoke cigarettes and gorge on
Uncle Sans rations, while in sight of
them Uncle Sans boys, with empty
stomachs and not bit of tobacco for
their pipes, build roads all day under the
blazing sun and sleep on their rifles under
the sky at night
The Spaniards are using brass-sheathed
lead bullets, and the brass rips on touch
ing and tears the flesh horribly, while the
small brass splinters cause blood poison
ing. They are practically explosive bull
lets and are used in the Remingtons,
They also cut small cross through the
end of the Alauser bullet, so that it mush-
rooms on striking, with similar result.