The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-03
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The climate, the season Of the year
in the West Indies. especially on the
decks Of a man-of-war. is better suited
to salamander than to anything else
It is bIistering hot down there for oui
sailors, and when ii rains the atnos-
phere fairly steams The heat inside
of the harbors is simply terrific. and
cur sailor boys become restless except
when on the move, Schley, however
cannot anchor on the outside of San
tiago, the water being a mile deep, sc
he keeps moving about. The same is
true largely Of Manila There are nc
boiled shirts worn by our boys at Ma
Mia. They, as everybody else, wear
two light cotton garments, one a kind
of loose jacket buttoned around the
throat, the other a pair of trousers OF
the same material, and nothing else
save white canvas shoes and a broad
brimmed hat. The cost of these suits
made to order is 81, and the average
man has about eighteen of them, for
he often has to wear two a day. The
costumes worn by the women are little
more complete, though the tyranny of
the corset is not known. A foreigner
can live in one Of the best houses in
Manila, with three servants and a sta
BILE and entertain literally for $50 a
month.
SO the ordeal which the boys are
undergoing is a terrible one, especially
around the coasts of Cuba and Porto
Rico. The heat refracted from mod
ern steel armored ship makes life on
shipboard in the tropics almost unen-
durable. Many Of our ships have been
idly basking in the sun, or riding out
the sudden squalls common in the gulf
| stream for four weeks without a
/ chance to strike single blow. It is
notable that in many trustworthy de-
scriptiOns that have been furnished by
! the Associated Press of life in Samp-
sons squadron not a murmur of dis
satisfaction has been heard. Inaction
on deck where the thermometer reg
listers 10 in the shade is perhaps a
greater test of discipline than the rak-
ing fire Of an enemy in battle.
The news of yesterday indicate that
it Will not be long before something de-
cisive must happen. If Cervera is in
Santiago. it is a question of only a
short time. Why did he not get out if,
in fact, he is still inside of the harbor,
on the approach of Schley, is a question
| yet to be answered. His fleet was prob
| ably unfit for a longer period at sea-
Cervera at large would prove a con-
! tinual menace to our coast cities from
| Portland to Galveston. Our seamen see
an end to the torture of nothing to do
| under a tropical sky. July and August
are the months for West India hurri-
! canes. Before a month has passed it
may he confidently expected that the
American navy will be protecting their
/ own base in Cuba rather than blockad-
ing that of the enemy, in the open sea.
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schley is expected to sail into the Span
iards, but not until they sail out into
him.
schley has one drawback. There was
no difference of opinion on the pronuncia-
! ton OF Dewey
Spain seems TO have Just one good mlne
in her whole outfit. That was placed IN
der the Maine.
If Blanco has 125,OoO men our invading
army OF 10000 is liable to have an exceed
ingIy exciting time.
With the exception Of Dewey, there has
been wanton waste Of gun powder from
beginning Of this war
After all we are 10 invade Cuba with an
army Of 10000 men. What have we been
waiting for all this time?
General Merritt must be humorist. He
has placed in command over our Ed. Lit
tie man named Overshlne.
Every time our ships fire = shot and do
not kin any one the suani,rds get up and
shout that we were "repulsed"
Il begins 10 look as If the Bank Of Spain
was likely to hang out the old bluT:
"Depositors VIII he paid IN full"
There Is one almost certain indication
that the end Of the war IS not near. Wall
street thinks the end q war is near.
TIE news center IS no longer Washing
ton. The president knows very little more
about actual enacted events than the ciri-
zen in Bonneville.
Ola Csmara and his Cadsz feet NAV be
in Cuban waters At this time and not at
Cadiz az ell But q lot Of bottles have
been set and he viii be trapped.
The war has reached tina. point where
the fact that Secretary Long doesn't
know a5ou: a th.Dg. IS no evidence what
ever that 1t has. not taken place.
Prince Henry Of Germany snu5bea
Dewey jus; before the battle Of Manila.
Dewey has our permisss 70 sail INFO
/ Prince Henry and batter ais royal cour,e-
nance or.
The signs are Just right for a brush
: with Germany before we sc: through with
Z Spain. Emperor William wants ~ fchc
j lie; him make Just one pass and we.
armed capa-p.e viii accommodate aim.
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