The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-06

about with a lack OF ceremony mat mace some
of the men In them forget their appetites and
think only Of shore and their desire 10 reach Il.
Already we had seen the white boats OF the
trim little Marietta start away In tow OF her
launch for their landing. Gen Bates was In thu
launch with Lieut.. Reeve. one Of his aides.
Coles battalion Of Parker = force was 10 be
landed first. The Baltimore was 10 tow hall
the boats ~ near the beach rs possible and
then they we're to row In, The Montahes was
10 take the other half as far as she could, when
they were to be picked up by the Baltimore, re-
turning fromlanding iirst batch. After second
batch had been towcd in the launch was To return
10 the Salvatore. which was to go M close rs
possible. Tho boats first emptied were To
row or be lowed back 10 the Salvatore for
Cases men. With a hard beach II could all
have been done in an hour.
About hali-past . the Baltimore started
with the first batch Of the Tartar's bouts. There
was n lot Of trouble and delay in getting the
others Strengthened ont and the line from the
Moutanes made fast. Then they started. too.
They had gone but a little distance when a painter
parted half way down the lineof boats and there
was a lot of bother and delay in getting a new
one passed and made fast. At last they were
away again. and the Monrahes steamed a little
inside Of the position taken by the Salvatore
and anchored. Tn Baltimore was footing
about near the shore and the glasses in tho
Montanes's boats. where Col, Parker was,
showed that the men were In trouble. The
boats cast of from the Montahes and started
TO row in. Some Of the first boats were coming
ont slowly. The English officers OF the Tartar
had come along To look out for their boats.
md tha lapy,av. flAt. ,g.l Il. fh.a Gilman.
who manned them was something neither To
DO heard nor described. Not oven the China
men understood il,
VI PLUNGE INTO THE Mud.
When the first boats were cast or BY the
Baltimore they rowcd inshore to "A strip OF black
damp-looking earth about twenty yards wide
which ran into firm. green turf. This strip
the men took TO he the beach. They had no
idea what it was. The boats went through
the slight surf and ran into this black
strip. The fact that the boats, heavily laden
rs they were, went to the very edge Of this
strip. where II net the water. did not warn
anybody of the character Of this beach.
Now, men Jump out " sang out an officer.
and the men jumped. The first Jump produced
an exclamation and n sensation. neither Of
which j. reproducible in print. The man who
jumped wasa long. tail, strong man, lie had on
his bet with loo rounds. his hayersack with
three days ratIons and forty rounds more.
his blanket roll and his Canteen. He had his
rifle In his hands. When he struck rhe black
shiny beach there was n splash Of thin shiny
n.''u anu S0M" ne wen, NV" us Nm'es III ~
NASTY ''"i' ''"''V't' y" ~ " "
or oven a seemingly forCeiul Damn Il, conveys
any impression whalever Of what he said.
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"en' ashore N''h SOME Oh 'n'r i'sh'er ouher'
anu io""u '"u'' p'''e' ! 'an'ooo WIN ""'n
tIey constructed Il slnall raIt. lhey covered
this with a IonCLo. and on that Tut their
li,rLo, r,l. ria. and kits I'm, bf,ohad
''"'hc' '1H' '"'' "Hu mus INV H''heu
a iour-foot strap on ahead and pulled while
the others pushed They would work the rift
along n few feet by hnrd heaves, and then
Sit down M TO their ueCkS in the mud and resi-
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