1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
457 
The War. 
BRIEF NOTES FOR BUSY PEOPLE. 
DIARY OF THE WAR. 
A battalion of United States marines under 
Lieutenant-Colonel Huntington, which landed 
Friday and established Camp McCalla at the 
entrance to the outer harbor of Guantanamo, 
were attacked by the Spanish, Saturday, p. m., at 
3 o’clock, and besieged all night. Four were 
killed and one wounded on our side, and the 
Spanish loss, though unknown, must have been 
much heavier, Sunday, June 12. 
The Spanish renewed their attack upon the 
marines at Guantanamo last night, but were 
again repulsed with heavy loss. Lieut. Blue re¬ 
turned to Mole St. Nicholas after a tour of 70 miles 
observation of the habor of Santiago. He reports 
Spanish fleet all there, Monday, June 13. 
The marines at Camp McCalla, in cooperation 
with the Cubans, made the first attack upon the 
Spanish. They destroyed a Spanish camp about 
five miles fromthe American camp, filled up and 
destroyed the only well in the vicinity, and killed 
about 40 Spaniards. One American marine was 
slightly wounded, two Cubans killed and four 
wounded, Tuesday, June 14. 
A Spanish regular, half starved, surrendered 
to the sentinels at Camp McCalla, and said that 
the Spaniards had so little to eat that many of 
them were starving. He said that hundreds of 
the Spanish Soldiers were ready to surrender if 
assured that they would not be killed. The Texas, 
Marblehead and Suwanee demolished a fort 
which guarded Caimanera, on Guantanamo Bay. 
The Spanish garrison fired three shots, stuck to 
their guns four minutes, and then took to their 
heels, Wednesday, June 15. 
The United States cruiser, Buffalo, formerly 
the Nictheroy, arrived in this port, where she will 
be overhauled and putln fighting trim. Spain 
has ordered the exchange of Naval Constructor 
Hobson and his men. The Spaniards admit that 
93 of their men were lost at Santiago during the 
bombardment. There was a wild stampede of 
3,000 horses and mules through the camp at 
Tampa at night. The W. C. T. U. is making 
active preparations for the relief of sick and 
wounded soldiers in camp, and for furnishing 
them needed delicacies and supplies, Thursday, 
June 16. 
The Cadiz fleet, about which so many contra¬ 
dictory reports have been circulated, has been 
reported off Gibraltar sailing in an easterly 
direction. It consisted of 10 vessels. It is semi¬ 
officially announced from Madrid that Spain does 
not count upon the aid of any European power. 
The Spanish premier admits that the situation 
at Manila is very grave. Aguinaldo, the insur¬ 
gent leader of the Philippines, has issued a 
proclamation calling upon the natives to assem¬ 
ble at Cavitd on a fixed date, and inviting the 
Americans to be present at a ceremony of a 
declaration of independence. Dewey reports 
little change in the situation of affairs at Manila. 
Friday, June 17. 
W. J. Bryan, who has been appointed 
a colonel of volunteers, puts himself 
upon record as opposed to the war for 
conquest. He truly says that we entered 
upon this war distinctly stating that we 
did not wish to add to our territory. 
Now, we cannot consistently change our 
plan and adopt a different policy. 
The tax on tea is likely to prove a 
bonanza to our tea merchants. They have 
been rushing tea into the country for 
some time, in anticipation of this tax. 
In three days, nearly $25,000 worth of 
tea was shipped from Toronto, in order 
to get it here before the tax went into 
effect. Prices for tea are reasonably 
sure to rise soon. 
The immense majority in the House in 
favor of the annexation of Hawaii, indi¬ 
cates that the Senate will follow, and 
that the President will agree to the bill. 
But for the war, this bill never could 
have passed, and it would seem to indi¬ 
cate a tendency to enter upon a colonial 
policy, which, we think, will undoubt¬ 
edly prove a mistake. 
The horrible mutilation of some of 
our marines who were killed during the 
first land engagement in Cuba gives us a 
pretty clear idea of the nature of the men 
against whom we are warring. As a na¬ 
tion, they are semi-barbarians, and as 
such, have no place among modern civil¬ 
ized nations. They have disgraced the 
world too long already. They have de¬ 
graded and cursed every land over which 
they have ruled. 
Following is an approximately correct 
statement of the work done by the Gov¬ 
ernment in about a month just past: 
Since May 14, shipped 12 solid miles of 
freight cars loaded with provisions. In¬ 
cluded in this were 29,123,945 army rations 
weighing 64,3(50,952 pounds, or 32,180 
tons in all. Obtained a supply of 20,- 
000,000 small-arm cartridges prior to 
April 21, and now has contracts for the 
delivery of 700,000 a day. Chartered 41 
first-class transports on the Atlantic, 
and 10 on the Pacific. Besides these, 4 
water vessels, 1 tug, 3 lighters and 1 sig¬ 
nal steamer were chartered. Since the 
call for troops, the following have been 
transported to the front: 126 regiments 
of infantry ; 34 regiments, battalions or 
troops of cavalry, and 20 batteries of ar¬ 
tillery. The following supplies have 
been bought and shipped by the quarter¬ 
master’s department: 8,810 cavalry 
horses, 12,802 draft mules, 2,109 pack 
mules, 500 small mules, 1,500 small 
horses, 4,090 wagons, 425 ambulances, 
17,052 single harnesses, 1,500 saddles and 
bridles, 1,497 pack saddles, 3,100 halters, 
1,755 artillery horses, 544 draft horses 
for siege trains, 106,382 blankets, 123,128 
blouses, 25,739 canvas coats and trousers, 
55,580 canton flannel drawers, 123,905 
summer drawers, 121,709 campaign hats, 
23,950 canvas hats, 92,844 leggins, 104,287 
ponchos, 130,785 flannel shirts, 192,656 
leather shoes, 300,399 cotton stockings, 
24,270 woolen stockings, 24,830 ham¬ 
mocks, 8,125 helmets, 3,820 mosquito bars, 
2,000 head nets, 6,006 common tents, 141,- 
562 shelter tents, 3,562 wall tents, 1,250 
conical tents. The Department is 
working on 21 batteries day and 
night. Has made 75 emplacements for 
8, 10 and 12-inch guns, 47 for rapid-fire 
guns, and has ordered emplacements for 
21 15-inch guns and carriages. Besides 
it has made 52 emplacements for old- 
style and modern siege guns. Four hun¬ 
dred miles of cable have been delivered, 
and 1,500 submarine mines laid. This 
shows how the money goes. 
It is said that French authorities are 
experimenting with a new bread to be 
used in the French army. It is a mixture 
of fresh gluten, wheat flour and a small 
quantity of fat. The bread is dried in 
the oven, then broken up, mixed with a 
done more damage than they thought, 
but the chief thing that won the battle 
was the poor shooting of the Spanish 
gunners. Probably, such remarkably 
bad shooting was never seen in a naval 
battle before. 
The Philadelphia Record tells the fol¬ 
lowing war story : “A tall, strapping 
soldier boy, fresh from camp in Virginia, 
and one of the detail sent back to recruit 
for his organization, wandered into a well- 
known Market Street restaurant a day 
or two ago with his eyes shining in an¬ 
ticipation of one good square meal. He 
ate nearly everything to be found on the 
bill of fare, topping off with three dif¬ 
ferent kinds of dessert, and then, with a 
full stomach and a light heart, proceeded 
to the cashier’s desk to pay his bill. His 
surprise and delight knew no bounds 
when the cashier wrote ‘ soldier ’ across 
the face of his check, and blandly in¬ 
formed the youth that ‘ no man wearing 
a United States uniform can pay any¬ 
thing here.’ As he left, a hearty ‘ Come 
again ’ greeted his ears, and it is needless 
to say that he has obeyed the injunction.” 
Drunkenness in the Navy. —Twenty 
years ago, it is said that drunkenness 
prevailed so in the United States navy, 
that it was a common thing to see three- 
fourths of a ship’s company returning 
from shore liberty in such a state that 
they had to be hoisted over the side. 
That sort of thing is no longer endured. 
The examining surgeons reject all men 
who show, by their eyes, that they are 
addicted to excessive drinking. Of course, 
LITTLE WILLIE MUST KEEP OFF THE GRASS. Fig. 205. 
Germany is aching to have a hand in the settlement of the Philippine question. The above, 
reproduced from the New York Herald, expresses the whole gist of the matter very clearly. 
Germany has been sending some warships to Manila, ostensibly to protect the immense German 
interests there. But it is pretty certain that they will not be permitted to do more than this, and 
that Uncle Sam will settle matters there without any outside help. The German manufacturers 
have been called the pirates of the commercial world, and it isn’t good business policy to give 
them any help in extending their piratical operations. 
small quantity of syrup, and pressed into 
a hard biscuit. Even this, we think, 
would be better for our soldiers at the 
front, than the salt pork and beans 
which, apparently, form 99 per cent of 
their ration. 
While the French newspapers have 
been howling in favor of Spain, this 
country has quietly arranged a reciproc¬ 
ity treaty with France. The French 
tariff on American meats and lard will 
be reduced, while our duty on French 
wines and works of art will be reduced 
or removed. This ought to aid our ex¬ 
ports of meat products. But the Cali¬ 
fornians are finding fault because this 
treaty will increase our imports of French 
wines. 
Accurate accounts of the great battle 
at Manila have now been received. It 
appears that Admiral Dewey did not 
have such an easy victory. It seems 
that, at one time during the fight, it 
really looked as though the Americans 
could not whip the Spanish ships. When 
the fleet withdrew for breakfast, it is 
said that Admiral Dewey was quite de- 
jjressed. The Americans, however, had 
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drinking men get into the navy, and work 
every possible scheme to obtain liquor, 
but the officers are usually able to keep 
it out. It is said that the ship’s painter 
who has charge of the alcohol used in 
painting, has to be carefully watched or 
he will sell alcohol to the sailors to be 
mixed with coffee. If drinking men do 
secure liquor and make trouble, the navy 
gets rid of them by “ beaching” them, 
that is, by putting them on the beach 
with their box and hammocks, where- 
ever their ship may happen to be in a 
home port. The practice of dealing out 
grog to the men, before a battle, is sel¬ 
dom heard of nowadays. 
The issue of bonds under the so-called 
popular loan, is considered a great suc¬ 
cess, it being stated that four times the 
amount could readily be sold. Various 
large syndicates of bankers are making 
bids for the bonds, but there seems to be 
an honest effort made to give small in¬ 
vestors the first chance. The bonds will 
be sold to subscribers at par, until July 
14. Blank forms may be obtained at 
every money order post office, and also 
at most express offices and banks. These 
forms are filled out and mailed to the 
Treasury Department, at Washington, 
with the money for the bond. The day 
the money is received, the subscription 
will be entered, and will at once begin 
to draw interest. The bonds themselves, 
will, probably, be issued in August, be¬ 
ing dated on thejfirst of that month. 
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an uninteresting invalid, for there never 
was an interesting one. 
The woman who suffers from weakness 
and disease of the distinctly feminine or¬ 
gans is certain to become an invalid. No 
woman can suffer in this way and be a 
healthy, happy, amiable wife and a compe¬ 
tent mother. Troubles of this nature sap 
the strength, rack the nerves, paint lines 
of suffering upon the face, destroy the tem¬ 
per, make the once bright eyes dull and 
the once active brain sluggish, and trans¬ 
form a vivacious woman into a weak, sickly 
invalid. 
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