La Junta tribune., 1906-11-24
IN CUBA FOR FUN
MANY AMERICAN sol0seRS o.
FORTUNE ~ ISLAND.
Cisssesiatnsst q End ~ Fishtias 10
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ent for H2rper's Weekly. is Capt <
b. Webster, an elderly Yankee from
Litchneld. Conn. the country q TO
bust onions and still more robust mea-
The cap'n would rather eat than
Fight. but. as IL 10 often necessary TO
eat-vell. pshAu, q man has to have
the price. even IL he has to fight for IT,
And Aghting in Cuba just nov b Al
most the best paying profession he
who lives by It IAN eat terrapin and
canvasbAck-if there are still such
things beyond this troubled land OF
garbanzos and papAs frituras-
There Is nothing OF the nrs eater
about Webster. On the day after Col
AvAlos had driven Pine Guerra's mea
out OF Consolation. the cap'n and
we're chatting when . cheerful heu-
tenant came along and remarked.
We're going after EN-"
"Dern IL all! l hope not" said the
cap'n. in his SLOW New England dravi.
Here we've been cooped up In that
blamed hot train for thirty-six hours.
fighting day and night. with mighty
little to eat. and the rebels giving us
NO time to eat It, I'm tired Of night
ing What want 10 . long sleep
and . few good meals. But. say. you
ought to have been there when ] got
thoss charging rebels right on the
transverse. When the gun got going
] tell ye they tumbled down Oh their
horses like . pack o. cards. Here.
lieutenant. how soon do we start!
Cap'n Webster was a coasting skip
per sailing out OF Yankee ports for
many years He IL q heavy, stoop
shouldered and "sot In his ways"
He brought q few flibuster caryoes
into Cuba during the war OF tnde-
pendence. and at the age when most
men take to golf he grew so fond OF
fighting that he has never been able
to shake on the fascinations OF the
game. He was United States consul
At Cardenas for q while, but a. 5000
as this rebellion started he began to
help organize the Foreign Legion.
Capt. George Reno Is . New Yorker.
tall. slim. pale and bashful. He came
down here MS a free lance war cor
respondent ten years ago and acquired
the fighting habit. He hasn't got his
company recruited yet. but when they
do take the field the Azaldos had bet
tor look out.
Lieut.. Adolph Fittig was . gentle
real estate dealer in Havana until the
war began. Then he remembered with
Joy the nne times he had during his
militarv service in Germany . few
years aso. Away to the winds went
the real estate business, and the Herr
Ober-Licutenant burst into bloom In
his uniform.
Lieut.. Herbert Shockley IL . small
and very cheerful lighting man from
Philadelphia. When they organized
the Foreign Legion he smiled and said
he believed he'd take . commission.
When he was firing a machine gun
on the roof OF the armored car and a
rebel Mauser bullet went through his
leg he smiled and said he believed
lightning never struck twice in the
same place. I wanted to photograph
him ~ soon as he had little leisure
after the battle. He smiled.
Better wait till / can stand up
straight" he advised. "A fellow hates
to look sickly In . picture"
The angrfest soldier OF fortune
ever saw Is Gilbert II. Carr. who came
in great haste all the way from West
18th street. New York. the Morning
side Heights district. to take part In
the game. Gen. Loynaz del Castillo
made him a captain in the rebel forces
and then this truce was declared.
Wouldn't that irritate your" Carr
asked me. How would you like to
come all the way down here to have
. little fun. and then find them CIV
Ing out rain checks?"
It does seem q trine rough on Carr.
He Is . slender. fair-skinned. blue
eyed youngster who belongs in the
second company Of the Twelfth Regi-
ment, New York National Guard, when
he's home. He has fought In South
Africa and in . few South American
revolutions.