Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-09-28

Vulean-He Hoped soon to be Re.
lieYed from Duty and sent Home
Where he has been and what he has
been doing Since he Left nere-The
Cabans and their Sad Plight-They
have been Misunderstood by the
Press-The way the Spaniards Pro-
pose to Defend themselves on Shore
--another Letter about the Professor
He Will Soon Be Home Again.
Z. S. S. VULCAN,
GuANTANoMo BAY, Cuba,
Sept. 6, 1898.
My Dear Prof Wiley: AS time for
fall opening draws on apace / begin to
think of w. V. e. Not that the inter-
ests of the Summer quarter were dwarfed
by the war, but, that at such great
distance il was not possible for me to
believe that | should return in time to
take any part in it. / believe you are
to be congratulated upon having chosen
the better part,-to sit at the feet OF ma
ture during the summer rather than to
try to keep up the perpetual grind. Our
students will not miss anything by our
being out of business the past summer
Well, the war has gone merrily on
and on and closed, to all intents and
purposes. Now, the question arises !:
What are we going to do about it 2"
| Those of us here and elsewhere among
the volunteer forces who have positions
awaiting orr early return are anxious to
get back of course. Others, and there
are many Of them, do not care how long
Uncle Sam retains them, as it is good
lob for them. I know nothing OF the
prospects for we have had no mail for
two weeks and no paner later than the
j Florida Times Union. August 18th. We
expect mail in a few DAYS. The Scor-
pion. one of our fleet assembled here. ia
going to San Antonio. Jamaica. to take
what mail we have, for shipment with
via BOSTON Transit Co. steamers and will
bring back any left there for the fleet.
Commodore Watson is in command of
/ the feet here in Cuban waters. assem-
bled ut PLAYA del Este. Baliya de Gnan-
tanomo His fac IS an the n s s
Newark. We are about az miles from
Carmanera. the port of the great sugar
interests Of this eastern portion Of the
province OF Santiago de Cnba. The
princiual town. Gnantanomo. is ~ miles
inland from Caimanera. reached by A
railroad bnilt after American fashion
but operated by the Spanish govern
ment till quite recently. A few DAYS
AGO several of the officers from onr shin
visited Caimanera. and called on the
lieutenant from New York Citv) in
charge of a detachment of Co. II. of tho
3rd Regiment from Georgia. now oecu-
pying military command Of Caimanera,
The sand batteries with winch thew
...,,1,e,sa ~ lfa.1 fr;..,..,o,.o a -,
promised the inhabitants an early de-
strpction 81 The whole American feet if
they shonld enter in tbeir barbors-
consist OF three brass cannon. cast in
Spain. oldest l769. latest 1893. "What
! FOOLS these morfalsu were?
Similar Formidable ouns were mount-
cd in sand batteries outside of the old
Spanish fort opnosite Caimanera-latest
1916 None were mounted in the fort
/ nronar MeCalla nj the Marhlehead
stood off here IN the bav nicely ont of
raach IF the SPANISH blnnderbusses and
nonra6 she'll ,fter shell into the CITY and
10 f,rt
Won are ton we'll acouainted with the
cont,,ra of tho Snanish block house here
Tho 11.1a lost nv detachment of
nar;nes for me 10 recite anv details.
last Las, sunday tho f;rst in Sentember the
NO., 49, frn,,, The Vulcan decorated the
.,roroe ~. ~, th;s etc now knouT as Caynn
mccol,a f Tbera were marines killed
asd x s~o,,naaa ont of sn0 in the ac-
t;on - end tha Snaniapds bacL in the hills
e e,o' @lao vi tbe,p With fba o1errllas
,,,,n,bara5 aror 5ooo ,rhay have since
he any rno ~ o 81 Gnontanomo and to.
5av anatbar Snanisb steamer went mn