The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-26
GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE,
He is as Popular in jacksonville as He
j. i'm the old Dominion.

j. in the old DOMINION
Here ne is mngling with the throng
on the piazZas of the Windsor Hotel tnr
hero OF Havana. the idol of the South
the loader-t0-be Of the forces In 1upa
General Fitzhugh Lee He holds the
keys of Jacksonville town. the only city
On Florida not owned by an individual
like Mr. Plant or Mr. Fiagler Lee
CORPS. the Seventh. numbers twenty
thousand men. They are encamped aH
around the outskirts Of the city. There
fore the Windsor hotel is equi-dlsiant
from AN camping centres. TACT Wnlcn
enables the general 90 visit nus men us
day and attend banquets az night WIN
Great persOnal convenience on both oc-
casions How nue Dee looks in his MAJOR
generals uniform, Ho IS pOrty. but Doe
carries hls TWO hundred and ninety
mounds gracefully. He has the same
smile for all and the same merry creases
az the corner of hts eyes ass when iasl
saw him. at Key West after that last
VOYAGE from Havana. April .. l remeh-
bor now how he shook his nst an Havana
as we stood on the deck of the OliFeils
while chat pluCky steamer pui'u "u-
of the harbor of our enemies. Lee snooN
his fist at The Spaniards and saIo me
wanted To- have chance TO 'sho" 'IeIH
later. Ills hopes are about to Doe redl-
ershfu of AN ARMY against Havana.
And he is preparing for The cray. iie
is proud of his men, He knows me VIII
lead them 90 victory. Iu their iuin' ll'
men think there is nO general ln lAe
army. Niles and Brooke and Smarter ih-
cuded. Ike Lee. ] ann bound io say thil
of all the camps / have visited, DID, none
have [ found the cheerfuiness. me en-
tbuslasm and the health which cAdIdc-
terri. Camp cuba Li0re. There d niue
too much pomp and ceremony ana pro-
co-ei,ns and brass bands just a. present
but tho bows VIII ger over that when me
order comes 90 board the transports.
uefora Lee arrived iu JaCksonFiAc Some
one named tne cnCdmpmenl camp
sprineHeld But Lee did NOT nAe 'Nt
name IL was commonplace. Dc meant
nothing. So Doe rccipistcued ll ,dHlP
cuba Llhre. and thus gave 90 JaeHa3H-
Vile the honor OF having the camp WIN
| the most unique name. Ana on H'"
jacksonville bows ana s,iapeS 'o
There are lee billiard parlors ana Lee
| rost,,,r,nts and Lee shoe stores on every
corner There is a Lee Grand OF zee
craam and the b0otDlacks nave what
| they call Lee shine.
! You see. Lee is very o1lising. ASK MN
to "a banquet and Doe accepts and max
fust the sort of speech YOU expect. Tie
rides horse az the head OF PROFESSIONS
dimes at the head of private tables. ia
serenaded nightly by brass bands from
illinois and North Carolina and Iowa ana
altogether ne is kept quite as busy So
cially as I'm a military sense
Meanwhile De does not forget that ne
must prepare for the campaign against
| Havana. lie is trying 10 reduce ".7
weight bv riding horseback at least one
| half hour every day and by TAXING lh.
| natural Turkish bath AFFORDED py H'e
| minutes walk I'M the sun. Al inc Same
| time he keeps as eye on the neWspap'l7
| lacking for news of Lee-for he loves 20
| read about Leland for news OF 'n'
| TRANSPORTS He would Ike 10 hno"
| whether his corps is 10 embark nero
| a. r,ernandina. twenty-miles mp the coast
,r,r,p. two hundred and ntiy miles
| across state. As JacksonViue mas oii'y
| fourteen feet OF water and ferndhul""
| only twenty. while Tampa mas twenty
four ne rather thinks We VIII all go DaeA
| TO Tampa. Anyway be hopes the eiH-
barkation point will not be Fern'n'
| FOR there is no big hotel up there, no room
for professions and brass bands, no "a
| ciiitias for speech-mak.ng FOR Lee i5
| Nap0leonic On his ideas. Tie believes ln
| amusing tho people In giving them Tor
| ever something new The greatest COM
pIiment I can paw General Lee Is 70 say
| that he has as many laults az Heilt p.
| Therefore he is human. and the man VINO
! is human is bound 10 make mistakes, and
he who makes mistakes is the sort known
in the South as the heap smart good TEL
| low
have reason 20 know all this showing
off bores the general. bores him feartuily.
| But he is a man who Is bound 10 pc
agreeable az the sacrifice Of personal
| comfort and inclination. He itches ana
| aches and pines and bankers for the real
thing. the killing and the exterminating-
| OF Spaniards-in the island which. since
rsconcentrados were invented. lost It's
claim 10 being the Pearl OF the Antilles