The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21

AlOupLEeVeTylllns mol visible luetHd-
ked eye. Those who should be In tu-i
ythortygdidS not seem to be doing any
thing, though there may have been4an
s~undercurrent Of business which, failed
{to!deteCt.Sg
8I mnke an exception to this in the
case of q young IMAM, whose name
have forgotten who said he had had
stwoiyears experience as aSmember Of g
state Organization jatskansas Clty.&Hej
was drilling a. squad sof some twenty
men, all Americans, in the manualSof
arms, and he found I was an off,
Ger his "at-ten-tion"M$h had some force In
It,. and his prompt, snappy wayStoldSof
discipline, and meant business" He
will be heard from yet, II let alone.
T found all shades Of color in the
ranks, /! from the coal black negroSto
pure, white whose pale face showed that
he had not laboredfi in the open air. To
the soldier s 5eye they do not seem first;
class material, but they. are Jealous In,
the cause; and the first negroes who,
were made soldiers during the war of
the rebellion did not. present a%$specially3
promising appearance before they were
uniformed. The man referred6to said
he was a. civil engineer by profession,
and called his company the engineer
company"
Aiyoungi Cuban, who said he was
Yale man, !" andy spokepEnglisk al.
most without accent, showed me
through the building. He wants3to be
attached to the United States forces, as
interpreter, in which capacity I think
he could render excellent service They
hope to form part Of the first force togo
to the island. s&5
West Tampa is almost as: Cuban IS Is
Cuba. The houses are not built in the
style of the tropics, but one hears only!
Spanish spoken, and tobacco-Worldngf
of some sort is almos. the'only industry
WORK FORTHE W.sR, CO.
Though the war with Spain lasts but a
month, or even one week, after our army.
has landed in the island, the Spanish SOL
dlers viii have the last OF the provisions
TO be found, and still more starvation,
than new exists must be the lottof the;
rcsoncentrados. Anticipating thls,I
measures should at once be taken, all
over the. country, for organized system
attic relief measures. Let that noble or.
at once begin work, and arrange by;
& ! OoS 49, Va EStllCSp ~ SdkiN d5LLl0
oughly, and thus ascertain how much
specified time. and gathering 1t at some
central point, have 1t ready to follow.
our army as soon as 1t has a foothold at
some harbor.
Make the organization similar to the
Christian or Sanitary Commissions Of
the late war, putting at the head per-,
sons of known executive ability, and
push the work. for every day will see
lives wasted. Confer with Miss Barton.
as. soon as practicable regarding the dis
position of supplies; but5don'tiwait for
her reply. Have the relief ready as
soon as you can. Do. not send "knick-
nacks," but solid food, medicines. foods
which will keep In that warm climate,
and clothing suited to It.
"A shipload IT, now at Key West await
Ing the opening of a port, but more than
ten shiploads will be needed to feed and
clothe the hungry and the naked till
they can feed and clothe themselves.
We have taken upSthe cause IN the
name OF Freedom and Humanity; let US
show to the world that we have not made
any false claims or, statements regard
Ing our intentions.
At this point I am not able to get In
formationl about what may have been
done. If I am late in making the above
suggestions, so much the, better; II am
not. I hope the work may be at once
begun. Il
SPANISH ATROCITIES.
A man! claiming to be a major on the
staff Of General Gomez made his ap-
pearance here two days ago, saying he
had brought dispatches for the jnnta
from that officer. which were forwarded
to Washington by the hands OF another
person. I had no opportunity to talk
with him till this. morning. Making
some allowance for what seems, for q
man; insthe position he occupies, to be q
propensity to hear his own voice, the
story he tells, is one of horror.
He told of one case where. a defeated
Spanish force Of about 1000 men in q
retreat before the Cubans. accidentally
came upon an insurgent hospital con-
tanning twenty-five patients (wounded),
four female nurses, and twelve guards
and t%butchered every one. mutilating the
bodies In the most shocking manner.
He offered. i'll would take the risks.
to take me through. to General Gnmez's.
camp on his return; but I think I will
& HENRY HoAlEYN,
VI Rreyet Major u, SAL Retired,