The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-16

transports in the harbor loading We an
chored in the harbor until some time in the
afternoon, when we were lowed up to the
San Juan landing. Sigsbee, the captain of
our poor Maine came on board while we
were out in the harbor and was received
with cheers and many were the hands that
thrust toward him. 1t was considered an
honor to grasp that hand, the one that
controlled the great battleship which gave
her existence to the cause so noble and to
hear that voice which commanded her
when she made that fatal voyage All re-
membered that 1t was for the protection of
Cuban and American citizens in Cuba that
he was sent there. only to see 26s sailors
and soldiers slaughtered like cattle by
some treacherous dog, for the qualification
of blood thirsty nation, whose method
of warfare was the destruction of women,
children and cripples.
The San Juan landing consists of sew
eral slips and storehouses. We unloaded
the day after and marched through Ha-
vana TO the camp, hike" of about eight
miles. Havana is just as the American
magazines picture 1t; old fashioned. mar
row streets and houses that look like jails.
The girls here are certainly about as pretty
as any ever saw. Some are really beauti-
iul and some are ugly enough to make
your eyes hurt. The majority are pretty.
There are very few real white ones. most
of them having the regulation Spanish
complexion. There are more negroes here
than whites by good deal, all shades,
from jet black to a weak coffee color.
Those of dark complexion seem to think
that the more powder they can paste on
their faces the prettier they are. Some
look as II they had been diving into a
Hour barrel. ! saw one whose face would
have made the average American girl turn
green with envy. l won't attempt to de-
scribe her further than to say she had
Jet black hair and eyes, rosy lips. trans
parent olive skin tsuch as you read abouD
ana features carved and arranged as only
natures sculptor can carve
Iaken all in all. however. l wouldn't
exchange one American girl for six Cuban
senoritas, There is really no comparison.
me people here are simply wild over the
American soldiers. They fairly worship our
UNIFORM When We passed through town
every one had something to say, such as
'V1ve Cuba Libre.' "Vive la Americana -
and heard one little tot about wears old
cry out in badly broken English America,
CUBA, one Some patriotic citizen had evil |
IDENTIFY taught Ii to her
we are camped on q bluff about seven
miles from town in sight of the gulf and
near small place called Marianoa. GET I
some good map and you can find 1t. Our
camp is IN q very good place, level but I
wen GRAINED. There is nearly always
sood breeze from the south. The biggest
disadvantage is the soil. dark red CLAW I
oam, which sticks far worse than Houston /
nud and is as full of rocks as Miami We |.
ave large hospital tents, 14xl4 feet. about
,hree times as roomy as our other ones
we're and SIX men to tent. They seem
luite luxurious to us after being in those /
nhaii ones for so long. The government /.
,as issued each man folding cot. which
Increases our comfort hundred per cent
we marched into town on the Isl To he
resent at the flag raising. There is moth
hs TO be said about that, as we were
cross the harbor from MORO Castle, where
ne nag was raised It was simply an arr
'ilery saiute and Old Glory went up amid
storm OF cheers Ii meant I Hftenn ',,,;ia
'areh for us to town and back. Your low
az son,