The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-15
A LETTER FROM CUBA.
lIENpur ARrrK> .nd y. G.. RE-,

non oi your many readers who NAV
have loved ones in Cuba will give YOU
Il few notes.
As is well known we arrived here m,
Jan. 9th. lSe'. and have. therefore. iust
been here four weeks to-day. W..
came on the transport. "Rmlmnnin.
which. ann glad To say is. going To hc
converted intoa SEA hc:lr>c for carry
ing those that have and Will die i'm
Cuba. We have all hoped before thai
we would not return on it and much
more do we hope Son0w. \ great many
of the boys We're real >icl, coming over.
The first night the 2nd and :;rd Bat
talion> spent i'll camp they were. not
able I" put up their tents. and as Il
consequence were thoroughly soaked.
and. us our father wrote. il reminded
INN ct many such niyht.; spent in the
valley of Virginia.
Cuba is the most beautiful country
i'll the world. and. with proper care
and development. would equal the
Garden OF Eden. We are surrounded
with beautiful green hills covered with
great tall palms. and in the valley they
are HOW cutting sugar cane and lIaulin.
II To the mill. often wished for !,
camera large enough To take in the
whole scene. The climate is lrlirv..
unruuallrd anywhere. Right now W..
=" without amy coat. In the middle, Of
tn" day il is very hot, still in the shade
II is delightful. rs we have Il good
breeze right of the Gulf of Mexico.
and III night one blanket is sufficient,
except inst before day two is often re-
Tuiltri. Cuba will eventually knock
Florida ont us Il winter resort. and
some cntrrprisng man can make Il for
tune by building Il hotel on one of the
many hills surrounding IIavana.
The boys are delighted 50 far. and
YOU can see crowds with their KNAPP
sacks going AMI rambling. for any way
YOU go there is something pretty to
see. Right near lis are immense ln-
mana and pineapple orchards. The
plneappleS are planted between the
rows of bananas. You cannot imagine
how delicious IL pineapple taken ripe
from the tree is. l,anan,S are scarce,
as old Wcylrr destroyed all the farms
lic could find. Oranges are plentiful
ami better than those from Florida and
are cheap.
Within sight of our camp, which is
upon Il beautiful hill, nine miles from
Havana and onefolrth mile from
pnelnado> and Mariana, can br s.wn
I'll" rendezvous OF the Cuban soldiers.
A great many are uuartcrrd there now.
Within Il mile can br >tcn Il couple of
the famous Spanish block houses, and
wire fence. They are certainly works
OF All ingenious brain. and c.uld never
b" taken with infantry. i,,i il littls.
could knock them ollt in short
order The I'll. Corps Chief Engineer
says their block house system around
Havana is one of the finest pieces of
engineering llc ever Saw.
You must not believe everything yul,
see III the papers in regard to IIavanH
and Cuba. For instance. he CORES
pondcnt OF the New York .Jomruni tclr-
grHphed his paper hat one of our boys
had died of yellow fever. Asa matter
OF fact he is still living, and has never
had yellow fever ut all. The health of
tit. boys is us good us il was in Savan-
nah, and far better than jacksonville.
In my Company we have only one man
i'll hospital. There is not IL case of vel
low fever in the Regiment Mothers
and fathers should not worry on that
account, for believe where We are
located is as healthy us anyw here we
could be. The boys are moi allowed to
go t" llavana except with III officer.
Anderson County is pretty well rep
resented by officers in our Regiment,
aud they are IL credit to their Rcgi-
mcnt. There is Captain and Quarter
Master G. {. Sullivan; 1st Lieut. T.. Il.
Cox, Co. y; 2nd Lieut.. Charles $. Nc
Cuiiomgi, Co, A; 1st Lieut.. T.. {. Hor-
ton, Co. &; end Lieut.. w. y. Scott. Go.
*; and j. j. TrOwbridge is Chief Musi-
Clan. Captain Sullivan is one of the
busiest men III the Regiment. Lieu
tenant +. X. Cox has often been detail
cd for special duties, and in Savannah
Ill
Lieutenant Horton has been appointed
for the Rcgimcntil Exchange,
and Il very responsible position, too.
The Exchange is strictly IL dry one,
and does not sell beer or any strong
drink.
All the boys are trying to learn Span
ish but are making slow progress.
From our Camp we can Src he place
where the famous Macco was killed. |
also Moro Castle light.
There are many rilmUr> ns to how
long we will he here, but all are with |
out foundation. Senator Tillman and
all the Representatives are trying to
get us ont. Col. .!onc:; thinks VIC will |
not be here more than two months |