Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-02

name Was given by the span
Yards Who knew what theN
were talking about For SOME reason
u soil 81 climate cuba n the mot "a.
,ored u all the West Indian Islands
Not only 10 the so,u,g Of the island
u wonderful beauty and yarie,, bot
the products OF her soil are amer ~
quality than the products OF uni Ol
her neighbors though they lie IN rae.
tloaily the same latitude aud grow The
same thugs
Wrapped up Ia cuba b. most a. the
military romance OF our generation
The war with Spain was very attic
AFFAIR as wars 90 uOVadays Az the
nghting that took place hardly
amounted to the size az good aMr
mish IA the Russo Japanese war But
II Was al intensely dramatic and pc.
turesque campaign aud II WIS Oh, nnlN
American war OF our generation u
marked the fun development % The
United States az world power And
war that ever took place Naturally
therefore. We think good deal pl g.
though u may seem small affair to
other nations Aud as matter 10 fact
II was intensely interesting and amds.
ing. II you ask any war correspond
ent who has attended the campaigns
OF the last fifteen years. Which OIL
them all he remembers with the most
interest. he viii certainly choose the
Spanish. war az the best Ga
Derlence OF his life
The Broken Hawser.
The reason for this lies largely boo
the romantic scenery OF the Santiago
province The harbor OF Santiago Nitl
its ancient MORO castle guarding tn
entrance IL on Of the most pictur
esque sheets of water bon The raub
bean It runs inland through gay
IN the high rocky coast Ike q lonr
sieve just inside the cu'ranc. the
sieve turns. SO that from the outside
10 Is impossible to see the harbJf go
all When Schlcy. with his hyng
squadron, was sent around the south
side OF Cuba 10 search for Cergcra ;
fleet. he passed by Santiago aud de-
clared there was no Spanish na' in
side That evening CoalIuE vessel
which was being toWcd along b. Die
OF the Warships broke The haWser aud
wes left behind Tor a few hours Nhile
the cable was being meuded o.e OF
Ceryera's vessels came and poked her
nose out OF the mouth OF the hurbof
thinking Jh1t the American fleet had
gone She Was seen immediately b}
the collier and Sohley was bro-gh'
back to bottle up Cervcra " that col
lier had not broken her tow lime Ger
vera might have come out OF Santiago
aud proceeded 10 Havana. and the
whole course of the war would have
been different
That would have been pity. fo'
Santiago provides the most wonderful
setting Tor campaign Back from lh,
rocky coast. a few miles inland runs
high range OF mountains Between
these mountains aud the coast th,
country IL covered with the r,hc.
vegetation The American armJ 900 a.
lacking Santiago had 10 advance a.oul
one narrow path through an almost
! impenetrHble forest When Gln0,
planted his battery on The lamous hil
OF HI poso which llrs about ihro,
miles from he entrance 70 Santiago
bay along the light green o. m,
grassy slopes the attack had begun
/ The American army. after lying toi
hours under the CALLING IRE o. a.
spanisrds had al length made up iil
mind % stay quiet no longer % ros,
and slowly walked 40 the ridy, oil
hills That vas little bit Of bath.
as battles 20 But ,izc even Boo war q
not everything And iu The his'o, o
American arms there Il uo more 10
mantle page than that which describe,
the frontal attack on the San J4ir
hills without any proper artillery prep
Aration and practically without orders
Marvellous Changes
That block house silii stands oa sai
Juan hill to show where The American
troops came w the ridge The Ian,
through the woods IL roa q hle ma
cadamized road tut the wonderful
setting remains just ~ 10 vac o. ycari
ago when Theodore Roosevelt rode vi
the ridge a. the head Of the Rough
Riders Durirg these hfteea year
comparatively zee Americans hay,
visited the scene o. our only receu
xG. Il has been dlACult VI ae.ess