The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-17
FROM THE TWENTY-FIFTH.
One of the Officers Writes Letter
From Santiago.

The following letter Is from an cfic.r Of
the Twenty-ffth infantry, which his been
near the, extreme right at Santiago. Yest;r-
days paper contained the cheering news that
this regiment had already embarked, and Is
now on Its way home. The Letter speaks of
the trouble between Shafter and scoyel at
the flag raising:
Santiago, July 22.-Received letters today,
but mail older than the last one 1 had re-
ceived. Saturday, in the afternoon, a picket
OF five letters came from the camp Of the
First infantry, where. they had st aged, and
this came In that bunch. Your last letter
was that of June 81, with one Of June % in
It, Received none since. We are badly off
for mail. The failure to give 1t to US is ap-
from the states right along Mail seems to
have been lost in transit on land. Well gel
It, OF course, some time, but it would be a
great thing to get it now. The lat st letter
in our camp is June II, and the late t news
paper July g.
Fever cases were sent to the rear to the
Landing at Siboney when tlfe city surrendered.
The transports came into the harbor, and be-
tween the two places we fer several days,
got no more than half rations. 1 got chance
on the goth and succeeded in Begging soma
oatmea! and matted milk for our SILK ffon
termaster and medical service have broke
down completely. The. commissary depart
ment seems OF be all right.
The afternoon of July 10 and little On the
fire. Fighting practically ceased On the Sd,
from then to the 10th nothing. Three days.
of hard fighting did the business. Our losses
showed the nature Of the fighting 1t was
10 per cent Of the troops engaged.
We were kept pushing constantly to the
right to enclose the Spaniards until our
line struck the bay and shut them off en-
tirely.
We are only half a mile now from the
bay, and we have withdrawn little to a
high hill since the surrender. Our last trench,
dug the morning Of the 18th, was less than
400 yards from the Spanish line. 1t looks to
me as though they were preparing to throw
our brigade, and perhaps Ludlow's, on our
right to assault thee town. ard then there
YOU'D have been been eb e. wf ea Rsy
desperate people chances Of fall
ends WELL" and here am, we'll and as com
Portable as the circumstances ADMIT. We
have only shelter tents as-yet, and don't get
our government rations orefeed in full guam
tity even now, and have Hinety-six msn on
W When i 1 got into town, July 20, succeed d
In buying some Jamaica rum and cigars
and bringing out on a pack horse some
canned things bought in Tampa. Most Of
loading Of the boat. rid s mem have lost.
through theft many. Of their belongings left
on shipboard. Officers have, but little except
their mess commissihles This morning for
CANNED pork and S Se4 d Sardtscs sous Is
night we are to have teas ham, pease and
after days of fat bacon, bareback and ceffee
Actually, used to taste to myself of bacon
and coffee. got my yalise, too, July 20, on
that visit to the steamer. I had my first
shave today and feel quite fine. On Ju y. IA
surrender was announced, on July u city
was transferred at $50 a. M, and at noon
the American flag was raised over the gov
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