The evening times., 1898-08-03
HECHT { COMPANY,
SIS Seventh St.

upon the Wabash; from the hills there
comes the scent Of new mown hay.
"Great heavensr said to Capt. Luna.
what recollections that must bring to
them among these stenchful trenches'
Then they sang Sweet Rosy O'Grady.
Finally somebody started Nearer, NY
God. to Thee The boys sang It through.
every word. Two or three hymns were
sung. the lads. with splendid voices. maxi
ing the little hills rejoice.
'.They seemed to know the words and
tunes SO well that 1 remarked TO Arizo-
ma Sam: These boys know hymns pret-
ty well. Sam
"'Parson.' said Sam. eyeing me con-
descendingiy, them yer fellers has got
good memories. It's a long time since
any O. that lot. heard them hymns in
church. And ez fur religion. ef you want
to know. them boys needs tobacco Il
great deal more than they needs hymn
books
lit was those Arizona men that young
Bert Mcmillan. son of Commissioner Nc
Milan of New York. Joined. saw many
of his letters to his father. In which he
shows the true man and soldier. In one
letter he says he did not wish to Join the
New York millionaires. but rather these
cowboys: for. he said. they were. per-
haps. rough outside. but true blue from
stem to stern
when one reads this boys letter
where he tells his father how he bagged
two Spaniards in a fight. and how next
morning he kissed his mothers picture.
read the old Bible and prayed for them
at home. one feels the days Of chivalry
and honor have not passed.
"A New Mexico Rider told me of Bert
Mcmillan: He want robust-lookin
chap. but he could shoot well. and he
first to get to the top o. the hill
1.-The sufferings of the refugees at Ell
Caney were frightful. A Spaniard offer
ed 500 in American gold for 100 pounds
of flour. One woman / saw gave a SOL
dier gold bracelet for two hardtacks.
Many a time a bottle OF wine sold for one
hardtack, and a machete for a mouthful
of meat.
"I gave a woman who had diamond
rings and a cashmere shawl one spoonful
OF porridge. She ate with dignity. but
evident starvation. I did not get her
bracelet. Soldiers gave away their break
fast. IT was an awful spectacle of mis-
ery-old. young. rich. poor, white. black.
yellow. red-a terrible mosaic OF misery.
1t ended as all things terrene must.
when the Americans entered the city
old Garcia went of to sulk. Perhaps he
was honorable. but / have no doubt his
soldiers meant to loot. The only evidence
OF loot I saw was Gen. Wood, with Capt
Luna-the latter the only full-blooded
Spaniard In the American army-calmiy
paying two prices for their dinner at the
Cafe Venus.
wood was a fine selection for COVER
nor He said he was not afraid of the
fever but he would take every pr-cau-
ton. II the board of health in Santiago
would clean the city. good and well; re-
tain them. If not. dismiss them and get
a board tina. would.
The Spaniards are dirty: the Ctrbans
dirtier The Spaniards are hungry: the
Cubans hungrier. A negro. of the Fourth
Cavalry. described our Santiago allies
as the .eatinest lot o. damn scoundrels' he
ever saw.
There would net be nearly so much
fever IL the men were treated rightly.
There was and is. an alarming want of
food, delicacies and medicines in the
army of occupation.
81 saw Gen Ludlow and Gen. Wood
and Col. Roosevelt. all within the space
of an hour, come to Clara Barton at the
pier where she was unloading her stores
from the State of Texas and simply beg
OF her for cornmeal and rice. milk and
a few dried fruits.
Our men are sick they said, and
more will be sick
Miss Barton helped them all. But
when they had gone she said to me: If
the American commissary cannot send in
food in time of peace to a handful of men
what could 1t do with an army as large
as that we had in the Civil WAR;?
Even the iron will of Theodore Roose-
welt was shattered when he half i'll him
self. sat on the stump Of a cocoanut tree
as 1 badeher good-by He had 121 men
i'll out Of $50. and Is men Ill in one COM
pany Of 80 men.
IF we were hemmed in by the enemy
he gloomily remarked or II we were
making last stand for national exist
ence. we could bear It and move without
complaint. But we are in a land Of peace
and behind us the great America. with
granaries bursting with every kind Of
food, and cannot buy at any price food
or delicacies for my sick men,"