The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-25

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Kiefer told me on Saturday hat it did
not rain here exc p, in summer. hut
that we would probably G"d the de"
very heavy |" less than six hours
there was falling from the heavens
what Snuth Car"linianS w"'lld call
very heav, rain. aud IT kept falling all
mpht Mi less than tw" or thr' g
inches Of water fell during the night.
A yer, heavy dew, indeed. | a'u glad
that it was not SD heavy lat night.
Our march from the boat to camp
was long aud hot que, but the sceu-
erv vas 40 novel aud so attractive
that the march seemed short to the
men On every hand there WAS some
thiug TO attract attention. We passed
through fur ar Eve miles Of streets
and ever. where the residents Of the
city would wave United States flags
aud sometimes Cuban flags, TOO, aud
the meu cheered themselves hoarse.
As we neared the suburbs and as we
passed through the country at every
house flags were waved and the SOL
diers cheerrd. Wine aud fruit were
given the men almost all al"ng che
way aud crowds Of Cubaus followed us
the entire way to camp.
The railr"od passes within fifty feet
Of the tents. aud the depot at Beuua
Vista is not more than three hundred
yards off. The train passes about
every hour I use the singular, as
there is bus one train on the road. 1t
ruus from Havana TO Maranao. dis
tance Of sixteen or eighteen miles, aud
returns, making as many trips as pos
sihIe day aud night. The cars are all
always pretty well filled, too. There
are three classes where we only use
two. The fare from any point on the
rnad to any other point is the same;
that is, distance makss no difference.
The fare from here to Qlemados,
about three miles, is the same as from
here to Mariauao, distance of ahnut
eight miles. From Havana to Mari
auao it is til. same, about seven
ceuts. This is the first class; S. C.
ond class is cheaper, aud third class
cheaper still
Tue s"lders go to the neighboring
towns in great unm oers. Your CORES
prudent went with u party of officers
to Marianao, thence back by Sauna
aud Qaemados yesterday. The stores
aud workshops were all open and
work going on as 90 any other day.
No notice of Sunday seemed to be
taken. The shoe aud hat factories
were all az work, and the saloons and
other stores were doing what looked
like rushing business. regretted
then that we we're forced to work ou
Sihday to get our camp ready for the
night, for it did not set such an e1-
cellent example to the natives. Al
Sauna we noticed quite crowd, a
noisy, cheering crowd, in mag"id
cent building on principal s rect aud
upon inquiry ("uly inquiry across the
street,) we found that cock fighting
was g"ing on.
At Quemados we noticed some men
leading cnws aud the r"pes had been
placed through the beasts noses in'
stead of around their horns, as we put
them. Idon' know how the thing was
doue, but the poor animals were
bleeding profusely at the nose aud
the rope was red with blood for at
least a foot from each COW head.
There are proves guards at all OF
these towns, but there dies not seem
to be any need Of them unless it is to
prevent American snldiers from rails
ing disturbance, for they seem to be
the noisest crowd.
Last week a soldier in the 2nd
Louisiana regiment, in camp right
near US, shot and killed a fellow SOL
dier. The murderer was tried By
Court martial and sentenced to be
shot. There seemed to be no mitigat-
lug circumstances at all, and the SEN
tence was approved aud read at dress
parade yesterday afternoon. Accord
ingly the unfortunate fellow was shot
to death at sunrise this morning on a
hill in plain view of all the surround
lug regiments.
1t is hard matter to get pass tc
go iuto the city of Havana. An ap-
plicarion for such pass has to go
through the entire length Of army red
tape, from captain to major general
so our men will not visit there SO
often. um happy in the idea that
an official visit will take me there on