The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-19

work to bring up food and ammun 'tio1:
have change of underc othing and a p.ece
of soap left, and am that much richer tn
l have been sleeping with M and G.
on the ground, under an arbor Of btsnch s
covered with rubber blankes, u4!il la t
small boughs But it was harder sleep ng on
1t than on the ground and reminded me Of
that saint (St. Francis, who was bro.led on
a grid.ron.
Friday, July 22.-After several Interruptions
l have gathered up energy fficient to con-
tinue my letter, but when l have finist ed it.
| am in a quandary t. how l shall m II
it, for there is not an envelope in tae COM
mand. l began this on cracker box, slit n G
on the ground. Then rainstorm came u
and l had to seek She ter In a sheter-or
/ am finishing it on my knee. You have little
idea of the state we are in. Half of tie
men, more or less, sick with ma IA. Our
one doctor down with fever, no quinine for
days, nothing but shelter tents for the sick
to lie n and no proper food for them 1t
is lucky thing Santiago surrendered VIII n
it did or l am afraid we would have suffer g /
defeat.
I do not think that more than leo man in
our regiment could march five miles today.
So far l have kept up we'll as any one
and hope to continue doing so, bur l doubt
if any one wi escape malaria altogether.
The sickly season is now upon US and it viii,
of fever, at present prevalent, is a very mi d
form and only lasts few days; later it
will be more severe, but by then we viii be
away, l hope. The who'e exped ton has bee !
wretchedly mismanaged from start to fin sh
and 1t has been the line officers and enlist d
men who have brought it to successful end
Sunday, July A.-Today a few wall tents
came, and l have one with c. h3ve not
time to write more before the mail goes:
Another letter reads:
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. FL wrote you last
on the 3oth or 3lst, and there is not much
has left the harbor, there are not so many
ships going your way. The history of one
day now is the history of week. We sit
still and do nothing, or as little as we can.
Keeping out of the sun is the main object Of
our lives. The men are sill In shelter tents
as the Breakwater with our camp outfit and
ress Monroe and has not returned.
The officers however, now have one wall
tent to two officers, and 1 am sharing mine
with C., who shared his dog-tent with me
in the command. but 1t is of a malarial
nature and not yellow fever at all. There
have been a few cases of yellow. fever
amongst the teamsters and some of the men
who have been sleeping in houses, but they
have been kept carefully isolated, and there
is no danger of its spreading much. The
weakening, but yields easily to qunine, leav-
ing the patient wreck for few days. We
have had no deaths in the Third from this
cause and indeed only one from sickness-a
case Of consumption. I have had no fever
as yet, and indeed no trouble at all-except
night sweats-since landing In Cuba. My
bed is now off the ground and 1 drink very
little water, SO 1 may escape altogether. We
look forward to leaving here within twenty
days, which is a most cheering prospect, es-
pecially as bowel troubles are on the in
crease among the men. Just at present I am
in command Of the Third infantry, and Lieut.
Col. Harbaugh is commanding the brigade
Every officer has been sick with fever or
bowel trouble except Col. Harbaugh, Moray
and myself, and there is no telling when our
turn may come, but seeing the time to stay
is so short we may escape. One thing is
certain they must get the regiments out of
this country before September sets in or
there will be nothing left of the regular
army but invalids The men are being well
fed now, but that very fact in their weakened
condition only leads to bowel trouble, and yet
without eating they cannot gain strength.
If some of those military attaches who pro
they ever saw could see them now they
would change. their opinions l had a note
from M yesterday and he was well. 1t is
too hot to visit when 1t is not raining and
he is eight miles away.