The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-28
Difficulty in Securing the
Supplies.
4 CHARGE BY BAYorET.
Freight Car Containing Arms and
Equipments Captured.
coRnNE's LATEST VENTURE.

NEW York. juno es.-[Spocial. Here
= q story that comes by mail In q letter to
4 relative from an acting colonel Of n
Of tho regiments sent to Tampa from this
vicinity. It is not given by way Of criti-
oism on the methods Of handling troops
snd supplies a omergendy, but simply as
= incident and 10 help show In a measure
how ereat were tho dinlculties which con-
fronted the authOrities In concentrating
ana smbar1ins Thousands Of troops In q
"Hhen we reached Tampa" writes the
acting Oolonol In effect, I'VE were largely
without equipment, and we were clad In
AenSy unifofms, entirely unsuited TO the
lntsnse heat prsveiling here. In conse-
uuonoe che men Of Our command were put
70 : aro6k amount of discomfort, not to
nnrsufdsring. We allowed a few days to
III IS before we made any complaint, but
\ 1na}Jy went 10 me proper authorities
nn0 ban investigations. You bare no
doubt Soa6 of the nine miles Of blocksded
1ssigiit cors containing supplies and equip
ancnt that lay fer days n days near
kIamua. Well, ] found that our lighter
uulforms, togsthsB with . lot Of supplies,
were In one Of ne ears In that nine mine
utsink. 1 aleo found NJ the number and
mar5iuss ofFtSe eaR and its approximate
oo64tfon. but \ WAS assured that it could
not be unloa121 and we could not get the
Hhihns oagjkj1h We VtQpd In 10 much need
anti fhe 6lo6knde had been raised and the
sonf btpuopS down to Tampa. Besides, q
lot a rcd tan forms had also to b gone
through with, which no one seemed 70
1avo time or power TO attend to just then.
xsh1ng : css ~ stcrm.
"Axl our plsss for expedition were in
win. II was ont Of b QUESTION, We were
told, to shove things ahead In the least.
We even offered 10 find the car, . the
things out Ourselves and carry them In
back loads TO our camp, but IL wa no use.
Tho authorities n charge either could not
or would not assist No In the slightest. X
s'Bo We decided TO cot ON on " 40.
count. The first thing was to ind the
car. This we did. though 1t involved q
wearisome tramp through the sond for
zhiles and the examination Of hundreds OF
cars and the uGng up Of ewholc day. We
located the car, however, but It remained
and scaled. More, like all the other cars
n tho mammoth blockade, u was protect.
"a By armed guards, ana they declared
UU&y WOWlA 8nOVV tnO hEc0 AhoAA ~ tsAa
forcd with the seal Of any car.
ssOf course No couidnlt blame them for
tnis. They were put there to guard the
ssrs, and they only did their plain duty in
6bcyinx orders. But wa wanted the
thine1' ana We meant to have them. We
hevc up tho attempt that dag, however,
1hough ~ returned to ths attack in forcs
- noxt, aud this ID how we managed 10:
MNIlU--A ~ $3.50 a. As<A ArxnvvkAu% -
lHnkless, oafedevil chsps. We got . squad
n chem torsshsr, armed, a oouros, ana
rnarcbe1 them to ne paxt Of the blockade
s1lere our o. was stalled. II wss easy TO
10 ellis without exottipg any apprehension,
% b ooom 0teryWhore. Besides 10 we're
- % .ssp pretty ven out Of sight In she
woods thEouth which thofAilvoad runs for
ssWAsI " ~ reached the car, another
- allowed -. take the tfikks belonging to
q our squad had In the meantime been
~ - q cisht, but 81 the word every
1nGn gIfFang inte tho open, his bayonct An.
q sndf AZ sun - charge Before this
~ oyoeda hnd talked Of shooting q {.
Nov - ssst Of talk Wa on the other
-, Or men outnunbsrsd the guards,
a91 lools1 - asesrmiasd that thsv sccepts
- ~ 8tbatiqp almost without protest.
Uipo61(Qe . mighty short time 70 break
opln tk(4 o. end get our things I assure
~, p6kt at u force doing the work
While the others covered the guards and
keDt = ah4yp lockout for interruptions. It
w1e > S1st5 thing to do, I'll admit, and
might have resulted very unpleasantly,
Ut At worked, and we have heard nothing
ebout II oipoe.~kdon't pretend to defend
our ectt>Q, but 10 was no moro indefensi-
~ han ths slavish adherence Of the au-
thorities to red tape, DO matter how much
'9eqpeeliss>ien and waste resulted thero-
Gf0Tns
'How should che blame for the situa-
ton b dxcdf Don't AZ IL. It wal un-
avo>dable IN ell the circumstances per-
hapss but Il should surely teach the gov
eminent a Of this wars most salutary
Patrons Of the vaudeville stage have
ben much interested Of late in the first
appearance Of Mics Kimbsal, once known
- Little Corinne, on variety boards.
There Is hardly . town Of any consc-
quence In which this young woman did
not appear before big audiences in the old
days when her mother was alive, and
there never was . better advertised Juvenile
Ser ON The r. "a. Mrs. Kimball was a re-
narkably shfewd woman, and sbe was not
only an adspt IN the advertising line and
IN tho otker arts of tho theatrical man
sGeF, but she knew how 10 handle and