Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-30

Frank and Lee Head are VITA TIE etl
Missouri Volunteer IzfEztzy and
are Doing Wei


are In Cuba sngAged in doing photo-
gr<rsIe work mainly for TIE solzssu.
Ths boys nsds Q snail fortzne IN the
Different military camps in the States
during lad Sumner and fan. Frank,
the sldssl writes sons 70 HE family
az fellows:
CAR CoLuKBLA, HAVANA, CHA,
March ls.-DsHr folks- We Moved
ont e camp last TsesaHy, bat have
core 10 work ss or Baggage has been
delayed We shiPpe11yso poands for
tks party. We are cEzped 8 uiies
fron HAyAna and 1 Ea= frun TIE
beaeAs - - have . NICE bxsszs Al
day and Il Il very pAs&sGrt n the
shaes, but TIE sza - sarrzbiy bot.
There Is grsEi relief in he ulghs a. n
h then very nice ErdoooL We sisep.
under two hlAzkstE Ahsaxy dsu fAns
at nigaL making everything dGzp IN.
TIE tent uzl tne szn conss Cd.
Ihh Is 8 veEy rseA oozntEy, tie
grvsnd processing three ard f0zx eropE
II tos1eco, eHDs, &C. ayssr. Palma
banana 0rzngss, EnssppassGnd sHcA
grcvshs are bat . fsw ssspe trOm Ia
he hozsss here are al aass or
6rek with wzls Is 70 - Inches thick.
They are uEa&lly hollow. he bzEd-
tngz are 01s story high and 5zHi
around . garden In whieA Enows
groves of paA@s ard other trees and .
profusi0u Of flowers. ne houses have
no glass windows, a. al openings are
protected By iron bars and make the
buildings resemble . jAA
We left Albany, Ga, one night At
II o'clock and ErrlveS In Tampa,
Pa, the nsxt morning Staying in
Tampa \ day, we boarded the
OHvetts and sailed 81 4 O'Clock in the
morning. he voyage was very
roaKn- We arrived al Key west a. 2
?. II and isft for Havana too hours
zter. Al S o'elcek the next morning
ne sighted Oh Glory over Moro Cas-
tie. IvH ssada Photograph Of the
scene. Il took the oHvstts three
hours to anchor, - the Plant Line, TO
which the OHTetse belongs, has no
dock in Havana bay. We went
ashore il aEnRn boat
From the oivette ne could sss the
wreck Of the Maine she mas settled
90 much that very little can be seen
Of hs--zst the top Of the main mast
In the barboF were several var vessels
-o1e French, one German and the
Texas, New York, Chicago and two
others, the names Of which l did not
learn
Amer landing and qn&rreling with
the ezbnen for half an hour we drove
to q hotel kept BY sspauisb lady who
"h&d lived in the states" Here we
have eoase and rolls from 2 tos 9. m,
breakfast 10 10 1873 and supper 4 to
s, 20 we got In In time for breakfast.
Our hotel i on the principal street,
Prsdo, over 100 feet wide with drive
ways on each ode; two rows Of trees
and . parade in the center. An we
could do In the direction Of flirting
with the natives was 10 grin, a. We
were members Of the az. !. tn club
when Il anne TO talking, and then the
girls never 20 out without cbaperons.
They are allowed to t&Ik TO one
through the bGrs, but never 20 TO
parties or elsewhere alone. This clAss
belongs to the Spanish race and are
the best people Of the Island. The
Cubans are mostly black and . major
ity Of them are ike cur negroes.
Much Of the sickness is caused By
their 9th.
Provisions are a. high ~ . cats
back here-eggs, Sc per egg; mia,
SOC per gallon; batter, z0e TO Soc per
pound; coal oil, SOC gHIlon-STsry-
thi=z else IN proportion. We buy our
stuH from the government commits
ssry and get Il At wholesale prices. I
wish Charles was here; be could pick
up the language In . short while.
Does be want to GOMEZ We are heal
thy and expect to stay during the
winter, provided the soldiers do. The
volunteers VII leave Ron
When yoa writs use thin paper, a.
the natives charge one the extra
postage and q fine, 10 cent?, for not
being prepaid. lam going to Havana
to-norcv 70 Photograph the church
where Columbus was buried, the in
terror above costing s5oo.o0o Address
mail in care Of SIKH Missouri Yolur-
teer Infantry. FRANK HAD.