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

Volunteer infantry. Camp Columbia.
':uyana. Cuba Mnnia, .J,rn.ry ..
N.W. The ~ south Car"li"a now
!onTortably campd an Cnb.u >nil
ana it is the first regimen, rf Snth
i,:,-olna soldiers tn lrav" he tui-ii.
-:: Continent IL i a notable f,ct
th4. the sentiment ni The men have
rt.nCcd considerably since leaving
,iu Aunah. Evcrtnnci> pleased iirr,..
am even those who wanted "a bc III,
charged while in the l'nitrd States
:Ir glad now that th.y did not have
+hcir own way ah"ut It. Quite a
num6or Of men who were h"ur,ick
ghilc at Camp Onward are hu"jant
and happy here. There /, nothing
bn. guard duty 70 do, )" il is only
Dur day in every week that the men
have 20 work
Our camp rite ia IL beautiful one.
Il is situated about c,rht miles from
lhc city Of Havana "n Il chain Of hills.
In the distance n"unta,n- are in plain
7icw, and 70 the southwurd the city
" Marianao may hc seen Two sides
~ our camp are b"rdrrrd by rows "f
'oyai palm trees, the trees being ah"ut
sight or ten feet apart. The railroad
rnnning from Havana to Mariaiao
borders the camp "n the west and the
camp of the 4'h Illinois Iii the east
\ large aud beautiful baunna grove is
iust across the road to the north, aud
near the canp line il the home Of a
wealthy Cuban family. Here is to be
nrcn most beautiful flower garden.
beautiful palms, fl ,wcrs aud trees 70
III make up garden w"Illan would
rail Gust lovely The hill, around
AZ form picturesque scene. Words
~! 10 express the l"vclinc~s nf III"
Lountry-that l., English words do.
maybe when learn |" speak Spanish
! will bc abl. 10 give the readers If
the News aud Courier some adequate
'dca of what We have seen aud What
beautiful scrnrry We behold every day.
Everyone here i in cc,lncy over the
The Cuhans seem 10 be proud TO
have the American snldirrs with them,
and everyone nndS aud gives IL fcll"w
IN blue Il pleasant ~n,lc aud some un-
intclligiblc hugo when they meet.
The widowed occupant "f the mag
nificcnt dwelling referred to above
must have given Col jones such an
irresistible smic that he was forced
10 speak to her, fur he met her and
pallcd at the hunsc Here he was
treated Nd nicely that To day he took
thc regimcntal band there to y rcnadc
tho family. There are six young
ladies' in the family and some Of them
speak English quite flucn,ly, aud,
knowing your correspondents scn,i-
mcnts, the G." oncl invited him, al"ng
with Col. Thompson. to go. tno. The
entire family we're strong Cuban sym
:nathizers, aud they arc always glad TO
entertain American soldiers We
2erc given Il royal entertainment and
they expressed themselves Il. being
highly pleased at the compliment
Col. Joucs had paid them by bringing
lhc band To scrcnade them. Que Of
The young ladies' asked for the baud
30 play tho national hymn, and when
i: rendered "The Star Spangled Ban
Dcr' she said that was not the one
Dixie and "Yankue DOODLE were
tried, but neither was the Que she
wanted. Finally Prof. Trowbridge
struck up "Thcrc'll be Hot Tune
in tho Old town To night and the
clappcd her hands and cx-
claimed: "That's it," She had evil
1cntly heard it often when the rcgu-
tara were encamped here. If what |
experienced this afternoon is far
"pecimcn Of Cuban hospitality, then
:: IL unsurpassed even by our own.
The regiment reached the wharf at
Havana Friday morning early. In
short time the men disembarkcd aud
started for camp, but two battalions
we're carried back aud remained aboard
Ahc boat till Saturday morning. Col.
= Thompson battalion came on and
pitched tents cnnurh to accommodate
Rhc men. The wagons we're kept busy
hauling the baggage, bur whru the ~
and 3d battai"ns reached ca,nr S.,nr-
Iay about . clock ,hcr. were no
Acnts here for them, nor did they ar
rive till Sunday. The men we've
Forced to stay out in the air all Satnr-
day afternoon and Saturday night. \
little after dark rain began falling aud
all night. Everyone 60,
thOrOurhiv wet and tuuch h,vy,ro ,r,s