Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-10
FROM A SALT LAKE ROUGH RIDER.
willis NcCom'ck, One Of RoosNelts Boys,
Writes d Conditions In Cuba.


Writes d Conditions In Cuba.
wu Mccormick. o con ~ Hon. ".
r. Mccormick. tho we'll known salt
Lake banker writes az follows from the
camp uf R01rotuira Rough Riders %
which ht o. a momberi
Santiago do cuba july ~. 1898
My b,ar fHihtr=i Do hope that you
DO NOS fec au badly any longer on ac.
count of my course. u would be easier
Co face spanish bullets than the dis
pleasure of the whole family. SIN
when a man determines un such
course neither bullets nor yellow fever
rau deter him, ana ! would gn JUS, the
came u every man ln the army had
f.yrr 10 those tftfnra are 30 great. a,
the more reason flr able bodied men -
go 90 thr front A. l told Clarence.
DO ull De- nrhltrly because YOU all
have ,hs Ut, plndcrancc of common
sense 0n you side.
/ know you arc. ~ course. anxious
o. hear that it ia well with me. and 90
know a uttle % my personal expert.
nuysa. which viii be- moro Interesting
90 you than similar ncwHpapcr ac-
counts
10 begin with tho beginning. u
would have been dltilcult Go have had
moro pleasant trip. even IN yacht,
and in the pleaHsnteEt ~ waters.
The irquols T. one N the clyde
steamers. I had deck cabin on M
port side, getting thr northern hrrrz
AMI our company was most cong NAL,
r. lieutenant ~ cavalry, four army
surgeons. yellow fever experts and twn
majors u wasn't uncumfuuabIy
ruuEh. ana the celebrated hlurneHH uf
the sui stream was an deep and rich
aH plrHihlr. being studded here ami
there with white caps. However. from
an indications. Wr Just escaped one "
the much dreaded Indian uvcan hIrri-
canes our ship carried t20oOo1
of tlunuH, which would have been
q rich prize, aud our captain was al
wnys ON the atrrt. one day We sighted
a steamer huaNlnF down upon ~ On
thr port bow. Nn turned and went In
me opposite direction at fun speed. No
SIGNALS ur cnlufH could Dc seen. No We
Took her o. be spanish. She camo
clgsDr and closer. eth giving no signal.
when suddenly she sent u she'll hcrpFs
our bow anu hoIne1 the American
naE. The nrat shot was followed Inn
WHllutrlY hV u second which went
about ton feet over the nftcr-cnhin.
had heard. az she'll screaming. and
thought 20 fake" en- ! heard this
ono. lN h.t ul captain ever hove o.
N' "' ''fN ".A ""i" WYNN " ~" WV
but Co return 90 tho harbor You
can't Hre ~ "a couple 81 hundred yards
or Nri when you get In lt " opens up
DIE enough Tor hundred ships. And
iniH leads noe up 90 the destroying ut
ths cherished Illusion you are an.
doubleday entertaining, Let me toll %
ln whistcr' Tho sinking ~ the
hUulmuc wat u great "mka." II
.
than a Hunkcn wnrhtub would In,
stead ~ iyiug across the channel. ac-
clIliur 60 the account ana pictures. ID
lies ~ tho came direction aH the chan
hpl runs. ana IA 90 that mp against
bank Two thlpt could easily go hy the
thing hhrvnst. This b. thu truth % the
really DARING, hut NOT brilliantly sue.
ccsHfr operation, which has thrilled
the American heart
~ Tor santiago itlnif. soldiers walk
through tho city nu ruHri. Thin look.
ing natives hang around tho wharyra
AMI streets. llalf-1ttrvrl cuban boys
and rffs with skeleton arms and legs
and hg stDmachs h's everywhere.
Spanish soldiers ana uricpu walk
around W. u HurruWful, hali-Houled sort
~ way, sim displaying their Gao
titan PRIDE an STORES are clos 4, ana
four bareback viii buy more than u,
HNfN pr NN. H"INANlNN NN NNNa NNN AHH ]
Wnyr cts Tho town ltrHlf d nothing. /
Asia from thp picture que Old spanish ]
houses tho place mlEht be described /
as iunblH-duNn bunch ~ novels. The \
walk known af the Alameda i1 quite /
ur.tty. with ruwH 10 trees and paths |
uu either HIIa A. tho ,ll OF this walk /
Is thr public garden.
", plf a l..s. enough tl The cris- |
.uual GO. fH aHr hHr with a glass, |
These spanish sIipl certainly had ne |
lIfH pounded uui ~ them, pnr % me |
cruisers ls nothing but q yellow mass /
lying lu lNH beach, whore o burnt Roo /
ulthIuI tut ID steel mass, The Nizcayl
o. crush q forward ANA blown 20 plecoa /
ne hy thH sp.IaluuH OF Der own tot-
D. docs Further cast near ih' mouth !
6f ths harhir o. thn llrulklyn, Iowa, /
hur af.lm up, ana proud as ,urkey |
ElhhltrR. Although We were close |
enough % ,he brooklyn t1 talk DO anl |
rarslye ord rs from sfhley, I couldn't |
see scratch on her.
Tho iup % tho h7rb'r was most IN !
tctfatlnF uld Murrn. proxy vel hat- ]
tered, Win hoe 1nc nt aNlf ~ fortress |
lr h,;ag.uro, stands DO The west cu- /
france. and ou ,ha ,.H' aIH me more |
dams, rouF MOI ru battery 10 could one /
ly Doc ulH.rFu u los i.Up af yellow |
tlr;h. whore our shells had rrp.d 10 |
up, ana d'7WluH''d h.r guns
Th. cuban rrlH, along l.IU gonr|HtH ]
iH.Eh. "I, ~ i1' waters ono p E
D. 5000 A. '1. hush 20 loo tl. lrIru
Th mountains UemIHd ma ~ hrIlnrs /
uIH. W. tI|f Lake. .H'E th.r. H rl /
SNOW on ff.H. Thy ara covered with /
70 l.7" a"N.h NJ ..mn.r mahogany |
ebony 'nd nh.r hlrl waolt Th5
TF - l.a.F rn'' 90 my 1rpfis.,
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