Arizona republican., 1898-09-15
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 Use the wholesome baking powder .5ehH- Aug's Bcsk 8

Aug's Bcst. B saw our men dickering for the med als and badges of bravery and distin- guished gallantry on the breasts Of hungry Spaniards. But hunger takes precedence over pride and many of the vanquished sold their cherished decor .ations for q piece of silver. However, American silver was worth nearly twice as much as Spanish silver.
 One young man Of my acquaintance said he had been charged by dear friend to bring back to him a machete picked lip on the battle field, one with which the fallen patriot had hewed and hacked at the enemy until he fell a victim at the altar os Cuba Libre.
 That's a beautiful souvenir idea" he said, "but seeing as only about three
 jubans were killed. and these were struck by stray bullets while they were hiding in the rear, I do not see how will ever be able to accomplish it. y Then he bought machete from Cu- ban who had been Spanish volunteer. Schmedtgen of Chicago got a frag- ment of Spanish shrapnel that came near putting him out Of action at San Juan. He followed the direction 1t went shrieki11g over his head and found 1t. probably accidentally, but it was a souvenir to be cherished.
 Mcdowell Of Chicago had tiny don key that had faithfully carried his ra- tions and provisions about as he fol- lowed the army He brought it with him when he went into Santiago and declared he would bring it home as his most prized relic Of the trying cam paign.
 Souvenir ideas took an artistic form too, after the merchants in Santiago opened their stores This was more notably true in the newspaper men. They found that their campaign clothes did not look well in the clubs and bet ter cafes, and soon after they appeared in the white uniforms of Spanish off cers, even to the buttons and the cock ades on Panama hats.
 l Whigham of Chicago was one of the first to leave off his brown oyeralls and leather belt and parade the Plaza de Armas in the fetching costume of a Castilian officer.
 Those are rather swagger clothes said one who was tiring of his own ullaplualou dppdrel.
 They are the cnly decent clothes lone can buy in the town," he answered apologetically, 'and then they make a good souvenir.
 "Then I guess I'll have to buy some like them
 After that one had to be acquainted with them to tell Lewspaper man from a Castilian.
 :,. rI foI tical turn in the navy. The officers O, the navy are more successful in this pursuit than the enlisted men. Ono young ensign who participated in the battle in which Cerveras fleet was de. venirs of the event.
 "As soon as the Spanish crews were got off the wrecked vessels he said
 "a number of the officers, including myself, went aboard the Colon. We
 brought valises, sacks and empty cof
 fee bags along. and we found enough
 stuff to fill them. I found Cervera'.
 silver dinner set Another officer saw
 it at about the same time and we di
 vided 1t. I think my share of it i:
 worth about 1000. I do not believe
 any of the fellows in our crowd would
 take less than that for what they go
 that day.
 One Of the steam launches Of the Viz
 caya drifted into the bay at Sibone.
 the day after the fight. Souvenir
 hunters carried it almost entirely ava.
 piecemeal. One of the thrifty captain
 of a transport sent his crew to lift ou
 the engine, which they brought to him
 The crews of other transports carriet
 to their ships nearly all of the machin cry that were in the two railroad shop
 at Daiquiri and SibOney. They als, , carried off ali of the furniture of an, account that was left in the abandone, ] houses in these villages. They had tn , naval idea of souvenir hunting.
 When the blockhouse on San Jual
 hill was taken the Spanish flag wa still flying over it. A soldier pulled i down, while score of others wer ; reaching for it. They were all SO cage
 to get hold of it that they divided among themselves, each taking snlal
 piece General Kent, who commando , the division in which they were, trie,
 to recover the flag to send it to the Wa <, department in Washington. He sue ceeded in getting only some smal pieces of it, which he forwarded wit
 his report.
 Wounded soldiers evinced grea : desire to get the bullets that ha
 pierced their flesh. The surgeons wer
 equally desirous of getting these mis
 siles Few soldiers were so badl
 wounded that they did not have tn presence of mind to call for the bulle
 that had been cut out of them as 500 as the surgeons were through wit :. their surgery of the injury :, i've cut forty bullets out of sol ; diers," said one surgeon, "and I hay only one. The fellow I got this out c is still crying for it, and I guess IT
 have to give it to him yet before h will leave the hospital. They may b . badly wounded but the most of ther D refuse to take anaesthetics so they ca . keep their eyes open watching for tn bullet
 :. A soldier one day, who was able t ? hobble out of the hospital, showed m Il the bullet that had been cut out Of tn :. back of his neck.
 ''The doctors tried to hold this ou '. on me-" he said, but I climbed off lu