Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-14
CAMPAIGNING IN CUBA.
The Iusnreent Army Divided Into
 small Hsud- The las'a Routine.


 Emory " reaH hts maIof u fhs Calaa aay. Uns Haru ua artI.le f1r tar GruHrg. uadJla4 Ten Months aHA us Cuban H rgsutss Hr. EHu rass uur operations Uefe f1u- GHrd iH One prefHs. af Santiago ue Glha. lar-s proportion of fhr Iuhabi. tHtz af UlIth aHH blacks aesteudaHJz ef nau,e Alrran-. Hnartad In f.e dat- at slavery Most Hf tae msu arc ol medium sf1tufr 0llA broad >heul- def- aud NrlIlesl lofud muscles. rhcy ufr peaceful iu disposition. srllom lt cXrr. guarryllug aHous themselves. and arc hrner anI fearless iu battle. As up attention has been given by fhe Spanish authorities fb tdrlr rdueutiau. less tAlu out-uuarter ut tae country peopie Ina thiS province are able Ia read aud write. but tHcy are gifted by na- turr Nita largr amount at iutell- -cuce. Their homes are hardly uorc than roofs. The families are large. often numbering from sixteen to righ- teen. Children under five years stl- dom Wcar clothing. Lamps are almost unknown. candles being generally uScd
 Vegetables are plentiful. and meat k now furnished 10 the families by the prefrct, all officer of tLe civil govern ment appointed for each township 10 protect and care for the families, also to furnish horses. vegetables. and oth- rr articles necessary for the troops in his vicinity. As the Cuban soldier rt~ lies mainly upon vegetables, and. when the enemy Is not Lear at haud, often camps in the same place for weeks at d time. it k necessary, in order not 10 exhaust the supply, 10 divide the forces into small bands of from fifty to five hundred men, according to clrcum- stances. The vegetables chiefly used are green plantains ta banana, but not the variety sold ill this market, green bananas, sweet potatoes. pumpkins. and the nutritious yucca These Vege- tables are either boiled or roasted on the CualS.
 The camp Is usually chosen in an opening near q road. where fresh NdiNI AlAil AlN kllAl ulAtl Ei tiSS lbuiltA lhI the horses. the officers and assistants being, as q rule. mounted. If the camp Is for short time only. no huts are built; but if 1t Is expected 10 remain for several days, the soldiers erect small shelters. A majority of the oili ccrs are provided with large piece of canvas, which is stretched as roof over their hnmnocks The hammocks are hung to trees, or to posts driven in- to the ground. Each soldier does his own cooking, but each officer Is attend ed by an assistant. Fires are started with flint and steel. no matches being used, except, perhaps, for short time after the capture of q town. The prin- cipal fire-wood Is cedar.
 As soon as q camp site has been Sc lected. guards are placed. but only on the roads, as the Spanish troops never enter the woods. The horses are then unsaddled and taken 10 pasture, ham mocks are hung. and fires are built Soldiers who are not supplied with vegetables are allowed to look for them; and. while usually they are to be found near at hand, it Is sometimes necessary to go several miles before finding them. At night staff-officers are required to do guard duty near Headquarters, to receive any messages that may arrive. and to see that all Is quiet in camp. Reyeille is sounded on the buEle at daylight. and every one, officers included. Is obliged to turn out Coffee or samhumhia Osweetened waterl Is then made. and about one hour later roll-call Is sounded. after which the soldier has very little to do but rest until , ?. m. when roll-call is again sounded. Retreat is sounded nt eight when every man must be in camp, and at nine silence" Is sound ed. and all remove their clothing and retire for the night.
 The Cubans eat but two meals n day. one about II q. m. and the other about 6 p. m. They often march hy moon light, and many of their attacks are made at night, while the Spanish forces never march or attack except by day. In T Spanish camp the horses are not unsaddled during the day, and at night the men often do not remove their clothing, and the entire camp is well guarded Medicine Is scarce, and fever is common.
 War Veterans in the Senate.