The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-06-15
LANDING SUPPLIES.

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initiatOry plans was one fraught with
seemingly insurmountable difficulties.
work upon. The then existing lines
were connected with but few Of the
more important cities. and the equip,
ment was crude in the extreme. Even
these meaSer accommodations had
been rendered useless by the different
military forces DESTROYS of keeping
their opponents without news. No de
lay was made in statiOning men and
supplies 1T every place of vantage with
orders 10 push forward through the
wllds and wastes planting poles and
stringing wires.
Probably the best work in bringing
the Inhabitants OF the Pearl OF the
Antilles" In closer touch with each 9th
er has been done by Captain Carl +.
Hartmann. chief signal officer of the
provinces OF Santiago de Cuba and
Puerto Principe. Captain Hartmann Is
a Jerseyman. lie is possessed of II cool
head and quickly acting brain. The
placing of the greater part Of the trOp
ical island in his jurisdiction pruTed Il
wise move on the part OF Colonel =. NJ
Whitsidc on whose stan WAS the sig
nal officer. The captain had his head
quarters in the seaport capital of his
territory. In Il short time he was fore
Ing IA roadway through noraSS and
thicket westward from Santiago. The
Santa clara circuit met him III the
Puerto Principe border. completing u
stretch of $40 miles which carried a
continuous wire through Pinar del Rio
To Havana. By extraordinary cXcrtion
Captain Hartmann established branch
offices along the northern coast line
AMI even penetrated east To the shores
Of the WlndWaul passage In install tn,
clickin. keyboard ami the guIta pcrchI
ca~cd tranSmittcr.
The war department. recognizing
Captain Ilartmanu'S executive ability.
recently ordered him Io report Ia Wash
ingtun AMI await further instructions
from General y. ". Greedy. The lie
partmcut'S Idea j. Ia place him in com
mand of IL company which Will dupli-
cate his cuban Suc,-,.~S in either AlaSk:t
or the Philippines.
ON the day Of the captains departure
for The United Safes oh board the
transport Mcl'hcr>un he talked briefly
about his experiences. Not only was
The climate handicap" >aid he, but
the very country itself appeared Ia h"
liz I
all ideas uf rapi,lity. Forests AMI thick
cts. rivers and brooks, waSh"utS ami
rock lined raViucS were encountered in
almost every direction. The Cuban Ia
burcrS. with their ever ready naChcicS.
were perfectly 1T home under such cir
cuni~IanctS. They >Auvclcl and hrwcd
indu>Iriou>ly At intervals. hUI had an
habirual iuclinaIiun for losing time az
midday. The natives wished to throw
aside their tools about II o'clock IN thu
morning and sleep until :; IN the after
noon. Then they were ready Ia obey
commands.
Formerly had Il large Uumhcr ut
enlisted United States SuldicrS in my
division. but their ranks have dwindlcd
considerably. because they hav" been
sent To DO the important preliminary
work in othV' paris These vacancies
have been partially filled with natives
who dO not do the work ~ we'll ana
are somewhat laA in their habits. The
Cuban telegraph operators confuse
matters by using the continental mode
OF Transmitting. Tie American alpha
bet il insisted Oh. but IA soon a. ~
islanders connect both pound away
suit themselves
The lines constructed 10y CAPITA.