Evening star., 1898-08-15
IN SANTIAGO CITY.
"Company Enterprise" the First
English Newspaper Printed There.

"COmpany Enterprise" the First
English Newspaper Printed There.
From the New York Herald.
In the mails from Santiago yesterday or
rived an illustration of how speedily sci
der boys can get back to business basis
when victory crowns them In battle. Com
pany of the 33d Michigan Volunteer In
fantry has published a newspaper in the.
city of Santiago. Company Enterprise"
is its expressive title, and the work on it
was all done by printers in the company.
The Enterprise is full of news. but some
of the best features of 1t are in its editorial
page. I'VE are the first real thing English
reading newspaper to be printed in San
tiago." declares the editor. Aye" he mod
estly continues, by the holy smoke we
are the first real thing in the Island of
Cuba Our old historical friend Christie
pher Columbus landed, we believe, some
where in this neighborhood four centuries
or so ago. We were in a conteriplative
mood the other night, when the idea
struck that four centuries of white
mans rule in Cuba was altogether too long
without an English paper. We saw the
opening in a twinklng, and jumped into it.
That's why We are here
That Gen. Shafter approves the business
push of Company F is shown in para
graph of thanks to him for allowing the
paper to be printed. That those who arc
in charge of it are sharp business men is
proved in its advertisements, which are so
any IDaG a supplement nau 2Oueu
to the first issue. All the men of the com
pany are from Port Huron, and every
business man in that city has been i'm
pressed into the advertising columns of the
Enterprise.
"Our entire staff" says the editor from
editor-in-chief to printers devil. lives in
Port Huron. We expect 10 return there
when the war is over. We will send adver
tising bills 10 our Port Huron advertisers.
ard we will be able to camp on their trails
till they pay.
Our rates are all We can get; no cord
wood taken for subscriptions; rejected
manuscripts are fed to our office cat.
Spring poems are barred
Sergt. James Stewart is business man
ager of the Enterprise. Its other officials
are Corp. F. G. Cuykendal, edtor-in-
chief: Private F. ]. McCutcheon, Ioca! ed
itor: Sergt. John A. Barrow mech 9nical
superintendent; Privates a. Raligan AID
G. Maurer, comps" and Private T. w.
Butler, Interpreter.
The army mule and his value furnish
n aterial for several Interesting items and
comment, the best of which is this answer
by the editor to che Peter Fuzzy" who
complains of corns. and wants to know
whether to blame the Santiago pavements:
Our veterinary editor, to whom Mr..
FuZZy'S question was referred, is too busy
repairing army mules TO answer it in this
iCsue."
This is taken from tribute to tte army
mule: THE American eagle is all right in
theory, but We would suggest that the
army mule be given chance TO have his
picture on the American flag and coins.
The mule is the soldiers best friend"
Santiago can scarcely be expected to
have all the modern appliances for print
ing. One of the things in which it is short
is the letter w. as is shown in this thrill
irg story of battles aftermath:
"A view of the battlefield of July 1 and
would lead one to wonder how the
American army came out of this campaign
with such a comparatively small loss of
life"
But one can forget the lack of this letter
when he reads the editors apology:
please excuse the 'vvs,' as we ran shy
on 'ws.'"