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course recovered; the third was Tiffany, who, I be- 

 lieve, would have lived had we been allowed to take 

 him with us, but who was sent home later and died 

 soon after landing. 



I was very anxious to keep the men amused, 

 and as the quarters were so crowded that it was 

 out of the question for them to have any physical 

 exercise, I did not interfere with their playing 

 games of chance so long as no disorder followed. 

 On shore this was not allowed ; but in the particu- 

 lar emergency which we were meeting, the loss 

 of a month's salary was as nothing compared to 

 keeping the men thoroughly interested and diverted. 



By care and diligence we succeeded in preventing 

 any serious sickness. One man died, however. He 

 had been suffering from dysentery ever since we 

 landed, owing purely to his own fault, for on the 

 very first night ashore he obtained a lot of fiery 

 liquor from some of the Cubans, got very drunk, and 

 had to march next day through the hot sun before he 

 was entirely sober. He never recovered, and was 

 useless from that time on. On board ship he died, 

 and we gave him sea burial. Wrapped in a ham- 

 mock, he was placed opposite a port, and the Ameri- 

 can flag thrown over him. The engine was stilled, 

 and the great ship rocked on the waves unshaken by 

 the screw, while the war-worn troopers clustered 

 around with bare heads, to listen to Chaplain Brown 



