The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-30
A Spectacle Of Grandeur That Has
Rarely Been ExceIIed.
WORK NOT ONE OF PLEASURE.
the Work Dangerous-First Cry OF
the Troops as They Recognized
Friends Was for Food.

night)-June I'D seems to be a great day
for spectacles. year ago to-day In
London two men saw what they Expected
to be the greatest spectacle % their lives
the Queens jubilee procession. This
morning from the deck of one Of The
Suns dispatch boats those same Two men
saw a spectacle which in Is absolute
grandeur and supreme reality knocked
that jubilee procession into cooked
hat.
II was Just O'Clock this morning. half
an hour after the Suns Dispatch heat
had slipped out OF Guantanamo Bay
that II became apparent that the i1vad-
ing army had At last begun its work IN
deadly earnest of Santiago. From
Guantanamo 10 Santiago Is distance OF
thirtv-si1 miles. and Yet in Jess than
thirty minutes after Ice rnS, just MS soon
as the sun arose. I'm fact. great wreath
of smoke was seen making ''s way along
the horizon line. In another hour one
could see without the aid ot glass that.
TO use the words Of the frst mate. "Hall
had broke loose all along the Inc For
ten miles this side Of Santiago. "hereN er
a hut or q blockhouse had stood, there
was now either a great wall OF smoke
or a little patch of fame which told It's
own story
THE WARSHIPS.
Directly in front. close I'm along the
coast. were warships NJ al sizes splitting
ont almost continuous tingues Of fire.
while half mile off shore lay a great
black heet-the transports
This Is n landlubber's story. II makes
no claims 10 accuracy from naval
point OF view and IN the excitement Of
those four hours Of consecutive bonn
bardment all warships except the very
big ones were apt 10 look more or less
alike There were one or two that stood
out. however even I'm the landlubbeT 8
mind. The New Orleans was the most
indefatigabe OF them all II seemed as
though she never ceased firing. even 10
catch her breath. The little Wasp and
the Annapolis made her good seconds.
and the Helena made 50 much trouble
wherever she went along shore that f
she had been a four-in-hGnd or band
wagon she couldn't have raised larger
cloud Of dust.
OF course none Of these ships made half
as imposing an impression as the flag
ship New York, which, with Admiral
Sampson aboard came swinging down
the line shortly after II o'clock. The
New York took no part in the fray, but
Admiral Sampson sent his compliments
and congratulations TO an the ships
which had participated I'm the general
row do dow. In an hour or so the New
York returned to her more dignifed
surroundings on the other side Of San
tiago and the work of landing the troops
from the transports was carried on by
the smaller fry. IL was no easy under
taking. Quite a heavy sea was on and
from s o'clock each Of the transports
had been surrounded by halo Of launch
es and rowhOats jammed with soldiers.
all waiting impatiently for a chance TO
set foOton land. Each boat was crammed
TO its gunwale. and when II IS said that
many OF them had 10 walt as much as
four hours before their time came to
reach the landing stage IL will be under
stood that the work of lar-.--g was not
an unmitigated delight.
THE HORSES LANDED.
Those transports which had horses on
board drew up along the iron dock Of
Ihe Carnaeio Company. but about l
O'Clock a transport with side wheels got
TANNED against the warf in such apo
sition that i'm sclf-defence a. had 20 dis
charge it's cargo Of 100 mules into thirty
feet Of water. and the poor beasts, obiiv-
iOus to sharks and other denizens Of Gu
ban waters. swan gamely to the beach
forty yards away.
From noon the scene al the landing
stage was picturesque beyond words.
Kiralfy himself could have devised M
great green mountains in the background
and the smoking villages on either side,
and for a musical accompaniment there
was always "There'n BE a Hot Time IN
the Old Town Tonight" No matter
whether the band happened TO be I'm
a small boat or on one Of the trans
ports which drew up alongside the dock
/ when IL came within hailing distance
Of the shore the strains Of Hot Time
were invariably its lay. Not only Is this
song destined 10 be Amerca's war cry
until the trops march into Havana, but
to the Spaniards as a race II promises
to become far more efiicacious than the
Swan Song was 20 Lonhengrin.
THE OTHER SIDE.
But there was ano. her side 10 the pic
ture. As the sun dispatch boat drew
up along ide the wharf we had our first
chance TO see now the sea voyage had
treated the men. Perhaps the fairest
thing 10 say was that they looked as
well as could be expected. But here IS
an instance that throws a good deal of
| light on a situation which will be fully
ventilated later on. The Roosevelt
Rough Riders were landing from the
Yucatan when the Sun dispatch boat
came within hailing distance. Two of
the troopers happened 10 recognize man
on the Sun boat TO mention their
names at this stage OF the game might
| get them into a great deal OF treuolei
| for regulations just now are very strict.
| There aren't two better known and more
popular members Of the Calumet club
| however than these same two men
| The moment they recognized the man on
the dispatch boat they cried with one
voice;
For Gods sake. give us something 10
| eatv
| In cold print this may sound funny
| But as those two poor boys uttered II
| this afternoon, nothing could have been
| more pathetic. 1t gave such an insight
! into a great and lamentable situation
J However II may be said that II the four
| punches OF bananas and six plneapples
| can be considered as any assuagers OF
| hunger. there are at least two Of Roose
| velts Rough Riders who are filled up Il
! the handle tonight.
WAR CORRESPONDENTS
The landing Of the war correspondents
from the Olivette was interesting, too
| Most OF them looked like a serious-head-
| ed. determined lot, and these men, by
] their very seriousness and whole-heart-
edness. served az a splendid contrast 10
the small coterie OF the other sorts who
I'm their gayly caparisoned outfits. fairly
outrivalled the MONDAY Santiago sun.
| one novelist, VINO enjoyed the distinction
| OF being the only war correspondent who
was allowed 10 bring his horse. was SO
ineffably superior that when he happen
| ed TO meet some OF his old friends they
| colt urac thafr hOnn1eu lutV IN take