The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-01


another excursion through the sur
rounding country. We left camp
about 10 o'clock and went over to
Marianao, small town which begins
about three-quarrers ola mile from
our camp. Here we saw the houses
built lust as these Of Habana were.
They are low one-story buildings with
bars across the windows. The houses,
most of them, are built adjoining each
other and makes one think Of the
tenement houses in the cities OF the
States. The people and stock all live
together there, too. There is one
thing that is quite familiar at home
that all searched for to-day, but did
not find, We tried our best to find a
chimney, but failed. The natives
must have some other way Of convey
ing the smoke from the building. AS
we made no calls, we were unable to
see exactly how this was done.
After we got into the town we be-
gan to look around for something OF
interest. Soon we saw large group
of natives and went over to see what
the fun was. We found that the
laborers employed by the government
were being paid off.
Soon we began to feel the pangs Of
hunger. We ent to grocery store
to find what could be had there. We
priced some cheese and were told that
it was so cents a pound in Spanish
money or 40 cents in American, or
"Mericana, as the natives say. Other
things were high in proportion. Rolls
are two cents apiece.
From the grocery store we went to
a cobbler's to have few tacks put in
our soles. In the United States the
lob would not have cost over nlckle,
but the cobbler wanted thirty cents.
He was handed ten cents by the one
having the work done and we walked
out. The natives are fast learning
that when a soldier has money It's
very easy to get it out Of him. They
are raising the price on everything.
From here we left the town and
went down the road 10 see what could
be seen out there. We had no guide,
consequently we had to trust to luck.
Soon we came to building having
Caban flag flying over it and Cuban
soldier standing in front Of the gate.
Upon inquiry we found that we had
come 70 :, Gu5aa hospitalin which the
Cuban soldiers who were wounded IN
the receAs var we're quartered.' We
went igi and were met at the door by
negro oy about sh'een years Of age
who was patient He said, en
friends, Uobaaa americana here he
made signs as Is ae wvse cutting some
ore throas- pamela. He emeant
that we bsth ..ated the Spanish.
We v ie ard found men there
who had leen Shot UP pretty badly.
Some were minus leg, another an
arm aAot. haa his head tied up,
and sae 49, Ali the patients were
GLAD 10 see aud shook our hands
most eoq,. From the first ward
we went 10 aae aispensary Here we
fouoa py of drugs and surgical
mategM ,ha had been supplied by
the Anere eovernment We went
on through sips in the uudry: op-
erasiug room aud commissary and
fnal i. rs ward. In the Off
GER a1 patients were especial
ly pgafe ausi accommodating. They
rrieo .ae.4 best TO talk to us and we
TIRED i, rslls g. them but Of no avail.
We coua ,uake ourselves under
stood to each other. But we kept on
making sigus until We found out that
two of the men were captains, TWO
liertenaaiS and one sergeant. We
les them know that one OF us was a
first scrgean, aud the other second
sergeant. There was one, the SER
geant. who Nned to make US under
stand something but could not. We
all seemed puzzled at each other and
remained 50 an,il soldier from the
First Texas regiment, who could speak
Spanish. cane in and acted as inter
prefer He was trying to make Us
understand that he too was first
sergeant.
We found that some Of those poor
patriots had gone for weeks aud weeks
without doctor as much as casting a
shadow in their doorway. There was
a captain who was shot through both
legs Just above the ankles who, from
appearances, would never use the
lower part of his legs again. The
fractures had grown up without the
services of physician and one OF his