Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1898, Page 10

_. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1898-12 PAGES. — WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. Remnant Sale of Furniture, Mat- tings, &c. MNANTS accumulate in farni- in dry goods—and dealt with in the looked over it out immediately. Here are sam- ples of the cuts we've made: $2 Porch Rockers............$1.25 $7 Lawn Swings. avai $5 $3.50 Morris Chairs. ‘ (Cane seats.) tac. and 15c. Mattin: eaeae IOC c. Mattings.... BROS po and 50c. Mattings Beds cut to.... Carriages Tron Ba Wash.B. Williams, 7th& fy ldobd e eee eee ee eee eS 2-pe. Jersey Bathing Suit, Only 73c. Wa f bingtonians are fast finding out that the town's completest equipped quotes lower prices on every n any one els r Bathing Suits ap t ‘Walford’s T: ed wes cn Pa. 909" and Ave. McMunn’s Elixir of Opium I a preparation of the Drug by which {ts injurious ed, while the valuable medicinal tained. It possesses all the seda- J anti-spasmodic powers of Opium, sickness of the » bo vomit po heada acute nervgus tnvaluabl and is recom- verre reer errors rereees reme¢ best physicians ERRETT, Agent, 372 Pearl St., New York. myli-w&s-ly JAMES B. HENDERSON, 933 F St. N.W., Stock Clearance Sale of WALL PAPER. We are cleaning up our stock in order to make room for fall goods, and offering broken combi tions, in lots Papers which sold for qa- from 2 to 50 pieces. 10c. and 15c. now 4 to 5c. 25c. and 35c. now = = 10c. 50c. and 65c. now = = 15c. Lots from 2 to 5 pieces, 3c. Hiring your measurements with you. JAMES B. HENDERSON, 933 F St. N. W., Bet. oth and roth. J9 11.13, 16,18,20,23-60 GERMANY CHINA, IN How That Country ix Planning to E large Itx Influence, infl is the If the iment- jasm for any his country it is for It was th= birth 2 of Confu and Mencius, and Tai Shan, or Great Mountain, on » Confucius’ model, King Shun, of- ferel sacrifices cn the altar of heaven in B.C. 2 st populous province bh ing at least 28,04 the promon-- lace and bur- bitants; 009,000. It contai and dsposits of tos, galena, sulphur, er. has emp in mo pro: the port of Tsingtao, dock and where a harbor can be made; the bay on which thes2 stand, and a strip of land 400 square xtent. It has further acquired ad railway concessions, and is pre- xploit the country with Teuton- ic thoroughn A German merchant in Tie ned from Berlin, young men of the on: tsin, recently tells me that 2,000 year military class be sent out. They will be encouraged to learn Chines», and, if possible, to remain in the country as clerks, commercial travelers, or merchants. This is legitimate enterprise, and likely to be successful. But in all the legations here acc2ssible on the subject I find ic believed that special privileges have been secured, including the right to forbid the construction of any railway in the prov- ince which the Germay government does not approve; and in Berlin it has been semi- officially given out that ‘na has also granted to Germany the preferential right to the first offer for all other public enter- pris>s which involve the co-operation of any ether non-Chinese foreigners in that prov- ince. Now, unless act 54, above cited, is in abeyance, this is impossible. No Teuton can have a right that is not pessessed by every Briton. One important line, from Tisntsin southwards, been forbidden; but, as its sionnaire is Chinese, that does not -rprise us, for no Chinaman has rights in own country comparable with those of of the militant European. England's ~ navai port, Wel-Hai-Wei, is in Shan- Does anybody suppos> we shall ask rman permission to make a railway to Chefoo is a treaty port in Shantung, with a fine harbor, which recently held ny of our ironela t to be in the r of Berlin to say, “We wish that > shall not have a railway to the in- We prefer the line shall go to tao, our port?” se are extreme ca te to show how utterly impossible it is to allow any h exceptional rights. But the su- perior limit of the pretensions Jf great con. tinsntal military powers no one under heaven yet know JI to antiel- >m. nd and the aost of th trade merchants of Ho Kong, Shanghai, Australasia and England Will look to their governments to see that there is no insidious closing of the door to British commerce, enterprise, capital and labor. We do not want 28,06 000 possibls customers struck off our boo’.«, ——_——_+e ‘The ink plant of New Granada is a curi- sity. The juice of it can be used as ink out any preparation. At first the writ- ing is red, but after a few hours it changes to black. EIGHT STRAIGHT Timely Hitting a Lost Art With the Senators. AGAIN BEATEN BY TEBEAU’S MEN A Series With Cincinnati Begun Today. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES soe eS League Schedule and Weather. Cincinnati at Washington—clear. Cleveland at Baltimore—cloudy. St. Louis at Boston—cloudy. Louisville at Brooklyn—clear. Pittsburg at New York—clear. Chicago at Philadelphia—cloudy. Record of the Clubs. lubs. Ix B.C. Clubs, Ww. Cincinnett. . 27 .6FS) Pittsburg... 41 29 623 Philadelphia 33 618! Brooklyn... 32 42 -608 Washington. 29 503 Lonisvilie.. 24 Ti St. Louis... 24 going down yesterday before the jand men the Senators suffered their eighth successive defeat. early de-l The rain storm in the afternoon prevented the dou- header, but despite the fact that the srounds were somewhat heavy, it was de- cided to play the regularly scheduled game, and the smallest attendance seen on the srounds this season witnessed it. While it was a perfectly played contest, not an er- ror being charged up against a man on either side, it was far frem interesting, it soon becoming apparent that the Washing- ton people could not connect successfully with the ball as pitched by Wilson. It ts true that the Senators obtained eleven hits off the Cleveland man, two less than their opponents got off Swaim and Weyhing, but they failed to make them when they were most needed. Reitz was particularly par- tial to Wilson's pitching, getting four sin- gles out of as many times at the bat, yet he failed to score a run, altaough he sent in beth of the runs scored by his comrades. Cy Swaim opened the game for the Sen- ‘Ss, but after he had been hit for three singles and had given a pass in the first inning, two runs resulting, and had failed to prevent Burkett from safely bunting in the next inning, Gus Weyhing took posses- sion of the rubber in the third inning. The results did not clearly demonstrate the w dom of the change, for while the visitors failed to score in the third and fourth in- nings, they went at Weyhing so savagely in the fifth that four runs resulted on five hits and a pass. The Wanderers added two more runs to their score in the eighth, making a total of nine hits off Weyhing, who gave two passes and struck out but one man. Wilson pitched a remarkably steady game. giving but one pass, and be- ng at his best with men on the bases. ¥ nators took the first turn at the Burkett received a pass, and, after Childs had fouled to McGuire, reached third on s single to right, and went home out at first. McAleer’s single nler sent McLean in. In the fourth ng the Cleveland push scored four run: singled to center, Childs’ scra| single to Wrigley placed him on second, and he went home on McKean's single to left. Wallace ngie to right and Tebeau’s tap nm the shoulder filled the bases, and Childs end McKean scored on Blake’s single to enter. In the sixth inning Anderson hit to right enter for two bases, scoring on Reitz's single to right. Blake hit to left for a dou- ble in the eighth, and scored on Creiger and Wilson's outs at first. Burkett singled to left, took second on a wild pitch, and went home on Childs’ single to left. Score: CLEVELAND. R.H.O. Burkett, a2 0 Childs, 3 O|M'Kean, ss 2 2 5 O\Tebean, 1b 1 0 6 O MAleer, ef 0 © Walle Wrigl'y, ss 0 Cre 0 Wilson, °, 210 0 000 8 100001 2000 40 0 2 x— ol Totals. 3; Cleveland, 1 (Rurkett); off of Wilson, 1 1 (Wilson); "Two-base on bases. Washington, ba Swaim, Te W pen) ; Hit by pitcher —1 Weyhing. Um Time of gam fd piteh » and Hurt. minutes. One Brooklyn, 7; St. Louis, 1. The Brooklyns won the third game from St. Louis yesterday on their own grounds by 7 to 1, The Grooms batted hard anl fielded well, and at no stage of the con- test were the visitors within hailing dis- tance. Brooklyn St. Louis. . New York, 2; Louisville, 1. Only- six innings were played at New York yesterday on account of the rain, the Giants defeating the Louisvilles by 2 to 1. Rusie and Cunningham pitched great ball, each side getting four safe hits apiece. ILE. New York, -240 Louisville -140 Pittsburg, 6; Boston, 3. The Pittsburgs won a notable victory from the Bostons yesterday on the latter's grounds by 6 to 3, making an even break on the series of four games. The phe> nemenal fielding of Shortstop Ely, coupled with his batting, was responsible for the victory. two home runs being placed to his credit. RHE. Pittsborg 10400100060-692 Boston 01000200 0-310 8 Base Ba! Notes. Cineinnati today. Now to break the losing streak. Both clubs played errorless ball yester- day. Mercer will try and lead the Senators out of the slough of despair today. Bobby Wallace gave an exhibition of sci- entific ball playing yesterday for which he is famous. “Pepper’’ Reitz continues his cool, steady game and yesterday was the one bright particular star in the batting constellation, getting four safeties out of that many times at the bat. The Clevelands hit the ball yesterday when they had men on bases, while the Senators secured their eleven singles with the sacks empty. This really tells the story of the game in a nutshell. The games at Philadelphia and Baltimore yesterday were postponed on account of rain. Three innings were played in the Quaker city and it looked as if the Reds were in for another defeat, but the rain saved them. At Baltimore the game was not started. The Cleveland club should never be al- lowed to go to pieces. If it is transferred to another city it should go intact. The aggregation has all the earmarks of being the best in the league, and with the en- Tagement back of it that goes to the Cincinnati, Boston or Baltimore clubs would undoubtedly lead the procession. It appears as if the Indians never play poor ball and when they are beaten it Is owing to extraordinary playing on the part of their opponents. Another fast team begins the series at Washington today, carrying the name “Cin- cipnati’ across the breasts of the players. Their style of playing is altogether differ- ent from the Clevelands, being almost con- |inually brilliant, and when they fall down it is generally a very poor exhibition they put up. The Reds’ infield is the talk of the year, Beckley, McPhee, Corcoran and Irwin playing sensational ball, while the outfield and pitching staff is exceptionally strong. Two games will be played tomorrow for one admission. The strongest objections to the Senators’ playing in the last two series are made against their seemingly Ustless playing. There was a little life the Chicage series, but against Cleveland what life was left in the team could not have been dis- covered with a telescope. As an excuse for this want of interest It might be stated that when a team cannot bat consecutively there is very little chance of putting life into its work, and there is nothing that will throw a club into the dumps quicker than the loss of the batting eye. DeMontrevilie made his one hundredth hit on Monday, and is the only Oriole who has reached the century mark except Keeler, who made his one hundredth hit last Wednesday. McGann lacks but one hit of having one hundred, Jennings lacks two ard McGraw three. Big Dan McGann, Baltimore's first base- man, has not made an error in the Jast twenty-three games. He has accepted in these games 223 chances, with never a mis- play. That is a record that will probably not be beaten this year. And, by the way, is there a first baseman in the league who comes anywhere near McGann in consist- ently steady, excellent work in fielding, batting and base running? If so, he has food shown himself this yéar.—Baltimore un. Dr. McJames pitched two full games and half of another last week, which is a hard week's work for a pitcher, especially against such clubs as Cincinnati and Chi- cago. The young Carolinian won both his games in masterly fashion. The half game was hopelessly lost when he went in. His work is remarkably steady. The best of pitchers get badly beaten at times. Twen- ty hits were-made on Nichols in a game last year and nineteen on Rusie by the Baltimores. McJames has not been hit hard this year. The nearest approach to it was in Boston, when some long fli®s that would have been outs on some fields fell over Boston's short fence for home runs.— Baltimore Sun. The percentage of the Washington team is .38 A year ago at this date the local percentage was .388, only six points better than it is now. Yet the club finished in sixth place, the best record éver made by a Washington league team. Compared with the percentages of this date last year, Cleveland, Chicago, Pitts- burg and St. Louis have done better work than they did last gear. An teams have done poorer work. We may yet overtake Brooklyn. A year ego its percentage was .443, and yet ‘the Senators,tied them at the finish. Now it is only .43: ENGLISH CRICKETERS COMING. 2 Make-Up of the Team of Experts Who Will Tour This Country. The composition of the team of English cricketers which is to play in this country in the autumn has been announced by P. F. Warner in a letter, Mr. Warner has experienced no little difficulty in get- ting his men together, but the following thirteen have now all definitely promised to come, and it is safe to say there will be no deviation from the list. It is: P. F. Warner (Middlesex), G. R. Bards- well (Lancashire), C. O. H. Sewell (Glou- cestershire), C. J. Burnup (Cambridge Uni- versity and Kent), E. H. Bray (Middlesex), S. M. J. Woods (Somerset), F. Mitchell (Yorkshire), E. C. Lee (Oxford University and Hampshir-), B. J. T. Bosanquct (Ox- ford University), G. E. Winter (Cambridge University), L. J. Ainsworth (Old Marl- burians), R. Berens (Oxford Authentic: and C. KE. M. Wilson (Cambridge Uni- versity and Yorkshire). The team will leave Liverpool for Mon- treal on board the Gallia of the Beaver line August 27, and before they reach the United States they will play two days in 1 scored one run in the opening in- | Montread and three days in Toronto. The two out, Anderson beat his | first game in Philadelphia will begin on Childs to first, went to third | September 16, and the second on the 23d. s single to left, and scored on} Mr. Warner writes that his team this single to right. In their half the | year will be stronger than that which sent two men across the plate. | played here last year. It is especially powerful in batting, every man being capa- ble of making run: E. H. Bgay will act as wicket keeper, with It. Berens in re- serve, and the bowling will be in the hands of Woods, Ainsworth, Lee, Wilson, Bosan- quet and Winter—a combination of great variety and ski ADMIRAL > CERVERA. Personal Sketch of the Commander of the Destroyed Squadron. The Excelentisimo Senor Don Paxual Cervera y Topete, admiral in command of the Spanish flying squadron, is rightly con- sidered by all Spaniards to’ be one of their best sailors. He comes on his mother's side from a stock where for generations the name of Topete had been feared on land and ocean by many a foe. Cervera {is also a good old name and the pr@sent bearer of it {s every inch a gentleman and carries his head very high. He is still very pleas- ant to lcok at, with his broad forehead, keen brown eyes and carefully trimmed white beard and heavy mustache covering a large determined mouth. He is not very tall man, but has broad shoulders and walks very erect. The admiral is not. a young man, being over fifty-eight. His birthplace was Cadiz, the “ as the Andalusians call their clean, sunny, blue-wav early childhood he showed his inclination for a naval career and never rested until his parents gave in and sent him to the naval college when he was not yet thir- teen years. He passed, every examination with ease, obtaining his commission as middy when most boys are still fond of the playground. Step by step he ascended the ladder, rising in rapid succession until he reached the highest posts possible in the Spanish navy. He has always rendered great services to his country in times of trouble and dark hours. He was one of the finest officers with Prim in the terrible war of Africa. Again he was of invaluable service in the Phillppine Islands, and in the last Cuban insurrection. Admiral Cervera was in London for three years as chief Spanish naval commissioner. He was delighted to occupy that post in such a great naval country, and in his letters home he expressed again and again his pleasant impressions. He visited every great arsenal and sudied hard to be able to understand every modern invention not only for warfare but also for the large mercantile vessels and transatlantic steam- ers. He made a great many valuable pur- chases for the Spanish navy. He was wel- ccmed in the best of London soclety, being much liked. Later on he occupied the same post in Paris, but for a much shorter time, as his valuable services were mucn needed in his own country. As minister of marine he showed great energy in putting down many old abuses and in reforming the administration, and during his office the dingy, ugly offices of the ministerio de marina were quite a pleasure to frequeni with regular hours, disciplined sailor order- les and polite officials. The ministry of marine is the government office that is nearest to the royal palace in Madrid, not far from the British embassy, and it is a dingy place in all times, especially when in such close contrast to the splendid Al-. cazar on the other side of the square. Un- fortunately, a change of politics came so scon that Admiral Cervera left the min- istry before he could put into practice his many plans for the advancement of the navy. Many acts of bravery and determination are related of Cervera, especially one that no Spaniard can easily forget. Castelar, the great republican orator and statesman, was at that moment president of the re- public. The radical party was not satisfied with the moderate way Don Emilio con- ducted affairs and there was mug discon- tent and an undercurrent of dissallsfaction and conspiracy going on. Things once more looked gloomy. No one knew what might happen. Everybody distrusted his neighbors. It was in 1873. Don Paxual Cervera occupied an important post in the Carraca arsenal (Cadiz). He noticed that there was an undercurrent of mystery go- ing on among sailors and troops in that place. Determined to discover what it was, he waited and carefully watched every movement, every word, every strange act and soon it was evident to him that the rank and file had joined the radical con- spirators and were quite prepared to join in the rebellion even against their very officers. So cleverly did young Captain Cervera move that he was ere long mas- ter of the day. Going from ship to ship, even from man to man, he argued, con- demned and used all the means in his power until the whole arsenal and fleet gave in to him and under his word of com- mand fought against their tempters and won the day. Vice Admiral Cervera hoisted his flag on the first-class cruiser Chris- topher Columbus built at Genoa, a vessel of 7,000 tons, carrying thirty-eight guns, and five torpedo“tubes, her engines 6,750 horse-power. His first appointment as “guarda marina” in June, 1859, was on the war steamer Ve- lasco, then sublieutenant, 1860; lieutenant, 1862; first lieutenant, 1868; frigate captain, 1873; captain, 1885; post captain, 1801; rear admiral, 1896. He is a man reputed for ceol energy and resolution, very popular with men, but rather hard, stiff with of- corm, “ *, town. the other A COWARD-REGIMENT ing Shelter at the San Juan * Battle, Bex REFUSED TO-MOVE WHEN ORDERED Other. Regiments Walked Over Them, Hirrying Into Action. Lay Down t ¢ CRITICISMS — SOME NOTED Correspondence of the Associated Press. [ Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press.] EL PASO, Near Santiago de Cuba, July 8.—It would-not be easy to -find-in history a campaign which, has been replete with more picturesque features than this of Santiago de Cuba. -In.speaking of it as a campaign, I include both naval and. mili- tary operations, which constittte as closely reiated’a whole as even the necessities of the dramatic art could exact. The doings of our warships along the southern Cuban ‘coast for the last five weeks have been a continuous spectacle of the most stuperiddus and sensational order. Every day, every hour, the flect has fur- nished an imposing panorama of martial activity, offset by a magnificent back- ground of coast, bristling with fortifica- tions, and culminating high up toward the heavens in a horizon of wonderful boldness and of unique strangeness and beauty. When we read in our Thucydides of the sea and land fights of aycient Greece we retain in the imagination thrilling pictures in natural settings of simple grandeur, but the modern battle has, as a rule, retro- graded as to poetic characteristics rather than advanced. The killing for our coun- try's sake has grown to be more and more of a business. Therefore, the aspect of this war, up to the present time, waich I am trying to emphasize, furnishes a sort of esthetic re- lief. The debarkation of the troops and their movements on land partake in only a different degree of this element. The swift movement of boats to the abandoned shores of Daiqueri and Siboney, laden with lusty and eager soldlery; the rush of the latter through the boiling surf to set foot on the land they were to conquer; the wild swimming of poor, frightened beasts through the chopping billows; the un- freighting of heavy guns and munitions at the foot of frowning, honeycombed cliffs or beetling bluffs, in these a Claude Lorraine or a Turner would have found his, most welcome inspiration. Acme of Human Tragedy. ‘Then the quick, sharp fighting upon the heights; the unfolding of the army into its long, serpentine, advancing length; the passing over the sightly plateau of Sevilla down into the éntrancing valley of the San Juan, dimly unyefléd at its feet; the camp- ing, or, rather, bivougeKing, in mist-snroud- ed bottoms, amid shrubbery weighted low with tropical dew; the lighting of the 10,000 camp fired, which burned flickeringiy until the full, voluptuous moon came out to shame them; ‘the kudden onward march on the day before pthe beginning of the great battle, lasting for many of the troops far into the thick, murky night; the drop- ping down to sleep for a few, short, fitful hours, without “fire 6r sup, in the dense bramble and cagtus brush, nearest to the positions that they were to take in the early dawn for thecoming combat; the awakening on the dew-saturated ground; the snatching of the brief cup of coffee fur- tively cooked behind\the cottony mist ris- ing fromjthe v en the quick blazing out of the sun, vinging of the artil- lery into positid§s the booming of the sig- nal guns of thejHeet,\telling that the ships were there to do their co-operative part: the flashing of Lawton’s batteries away to the northwestwor nouncing that he had begun his_ onslaught upon Caney. where the enemy hat threatened our flank; the: difffenlt adgqgee> through brush and open space, exposed to a withering fire from the Yrenches in front and the sharp- shooters in ‘the rearf“the heroic storming of the San~Jugn Will in our immediate front to the music‘of both bullet and shell; the long, grim struggie to make sure of positions so gallantly won; the deep pall of smoke hanging over the field as dark- ness fell, and the frequent flashes of riftes far into the small hours—no mere word picturing can ever convey an exact sense of what all this meant to the eye and the ear and the soul of those present. And during and after the more important part of the conflict—the bestowal of the wounged and dead —truly, battle is the acme of human tragedy. Battle of San Juan. Of most great fights it is probably true that the nearer you are to the extreme front the less general conception you can gain for the time-of what is going on. The formation of the ground on which the hat- tle of San Juan took place peculiarly il- lustrates this fact. The enemy, behind greenly masked breastworks on the east- ern verge of the plateau, could be located by the troops who were moving against him, chiefly by the sound of his volleys. Even from the summit of the hill at our left center, on which Grimes’ Battery was posted, and which afforded a fine general view of the whole field, from the extreme left to the “Stone Fort" dominating Caney, it was not easy to discern clearly more than a small portion of the Spanish line of fire. Our men, as they advanced to the at- tack, were completely shut in for half the tance westward of the San Juan river by the tangled brush, which, however, was peopled by bushwhackers, whose fire was constant and deadly. In some of the regiments the majority of the casualties took place here, before they had emerged from what would ordinarily be termed “cover.” And, singularly enough, some of the volunteers, it Is sup- posed, showed the greatest reluctance to leave this fancied shelter, which was really so dangerous to them. Regiment Refused to Obey. “A certain regiment, which I shall not name until the official reports of the battle are accessible, lay down in the road lead- ing through the timbered plain, and all but one battalion refused to move on when or- dered. Officers of other regiments were heard to upbraid these soldiers and to ask them to act Ike men. If their own officers had thus spoken to them it is not to be doubted that they would have promptly responded. The way*was so blocked by their inaction that for a little while the advance was stopped. > Then two regiments of regulars ‘pressed forward over the prostrate forms of those ahead of them, some of the soldiers never touching ground’ for’ Yards at a time. It is but the merest justice to say that the regi- ment which ha@ lain so obstinately in the road afterward, through at least a part of its number, helped to carry the most diffi- cult position india font. It is very prob- able that the egndugt of two of its bat- talions, as desenibed to me, was due to a misapprehension of orders on the part of its officers. The order of Gen. Shafter which led to the battle of S{n' Juan was tentative in its nature. “Yop wifl push out and cap- ture the salient position-in your front,” it sald to Gens. Whee -r and Kent, “it it can be done without bringing on a general e1 gagement.” 31 1 How in the rame of all that is military Gens. Wheeler @nd Bent. or any one else. could determine beforehand whether this attempt would bring-on a general ergage- ment is certainly heyond human conjec- ture. And yet if; seems strange that a de- termined assault with the full strength of our line, on the best and most prominent position of the enemy, with our right wing at the sanie time. hammering away at a commanding stronghold on his left flank, could be ordered without the accompany- ing supposition that a_general ergagement must follow. Could Not Be Checked. One thing is certain—that the enthusiasm of the men and officers was such that, once started, their advance could not have heen checked, even by orders from the major general, until they had driven the enemy from the crest of the opposing ridge. Unstinted credit is due to their ar- dor in attack, and to their suhsequent steadiness in defense of that which they had gain Tt was only as the stalwart blue-brown the American troops. hurled the ~_ ‘Une of Spanterds back from the deep intrench- ments in which the latter had been hidden, ard took their places as possessors of a cominating position. that the whole pano- Tama of the fight was unfolded to those who were carefully watching it from the exposed vantage point of Grimes’ hill, where the shelis from the Spanish smokeless batteries dropped with more or less irreg- ularity for hours. The sun had burst forth from the mist at the moment of the first command of “Forward” with scorching intensity. Now the mist had risen and was absorbed in the vast depths of the air which seemed te give all the colors of the landscape a more lively brilliancy. Between five and six miles to the north- eestward the insistent firing of Lawton's artillery could be marked almost as dis- tinctly as the gyrations of a crack pitcher by the grand stand spectator of a base ball game. First the white puff of old-fash- icned powder. What seemed to be many seconds weuld tick away before the dull round detonation reached the ear; lastly, through the glass, around the base of the old church converted into a block house near the upper end of the town, or else upon the ramparts of the “Stone Fort” above it, great masses of dirt and d were seen to rise, showing that the shell had struck and had exploded at or near its mark. Our Cool Marksmen. The mist lingered over the lower foot- hills, however, and only where a deeper fringe of vapor floated over the edge of the valley could the line of our infantrymen be made out. It was, of course, much in advance of the artillery position, which was a sharp pointed, pyramid-shaped hill, to our right rear. The steady pop-pop of Lawton’s- rifles arswered by the Spanish at longer and longer intervals cheering enough, as well because it proved the cool- ress and deliberation of our marksmen as that it indicated an uncompromising on- ward movement. The firing continued heavier on the right throughout the whole of the first day than it was on the left. Nowhere was better demonstrated the fact that position and defensive works were the chief reliance of the enemy. This carried with it the cor- rollary that these two factors had been im- mensely underestimated by our general of- ficers. It was a marvel to every military man who surveyed the field after we had secured possession of the whole Spanish line how we ever had been able to do it. They all declared that with such positions, so covered by intrenchments, no army in the world equal to ours in numbers could have dislodged us, unless, indeed, it had a great preponderance in artillery. Insufficiently Equipped. One of the most striking facts of the campaign jis that the Santiago expedition was insufficiently equipped with field guns; but even had we three times as many field guns it would still be true that we were absurdly wrong in our notion of the fight- ing capacity of the Spanish troops, and of the value of their preparations for de- fense. Whiie for three or four days our army was encamped on the Sevilla branch of the San Juan, it became a common remark of field and company officers that any enemy with a small degree of enterprise could at- tack us there and easily do us great dam- i ed, he could not rout us and e us back in confusion, so crowded and jumbiea was cur camp and so imperfect our formation. A high ridge to the west- ward of our center, which was not thor- oughly picketed, would have afforded him command of our entire position. But not even a demonstration was made against us. It was only when it was thought that the Spaniards were erecting new and more menacing works in the vicinity of Caney, which might enfilade our right, that Gen Shafter’s determination to move at on was announced. The reason for the Spanish indifference to our position and also for the very feeble resistance which they made to our advance rear Sevilla is no longer far to seek. They had chosen the decisive battleground, and there alone did they wish to fight. Their confidence in the strength of the San Juan pcsition was entirely justified. In the first place, the natural conformation of the ccuntery could hardly be more favorable to a defensive campaign. The Wilderness in Virginia presented far less difficulties to the invading northerners than did the San Juan valley to Shafter’s army. The greater part of it is densely covered with young timber undergrowth, interlaced with thorny vines, or studded with natural abattis of cacti, palmettoes and brambles. The roads were originally little more than blind trails, every one of which afforded a hundr2d opportunities for ambuscade, A Mixed Company. What an undertaking it was to deploy a line of battle at right engles to one of these paths will pertaps be imagined. On Friday, July 1, in moving through the tim- ber toward San. Juan ridge, some of Wheel- er’s regiments became seriously mixed up, owing to the utter impcssibility of moving straight forward at anything like regular intery Capt. Charies Morton, com manding a battalion of the 3d Cavalry when he finally approached the open sp: across which the dash made for th right of the San Juan position, found him- self surrounled by men of two or thre different regiments, mostly, however, of his own. He did not hesitate. It was not a moment for hesitation. Mauser bulle and shrapnel were singing thick and fas through the air, and men were falling on every side. Morton put all the men near him into line, and wnen Maj. Wessels, commanding the 3d, gave the order to charge led them forward obliquely behind the Bat- talion, under Maj. Jackson, and quickly took the most advanced position on the right, driving the Spaniards from a ha- cienda house which he found there, back upon a battery of theirs down under the walls of San Juan barracks. He held this pesition agiinst superior odds for a long time before -elief was sent him. Had he waited to separate his men from those of other regiments who had become mixed up with them in the scramble through t brush this movement might have been far less successful, as every moment ot delay in the advance meant loss. Spaniards’ Engineering Skil. Secondly, the artificial strengthening of the Spanish line of defense showed the very highest order of engineering skill. This is the verdict of all competent ofti- cers who have examined it. The utmost advantage was taken of the conformation of the ground, and each, fortified point or angle commanded some other one. In many places, on gaining a piece of trenchments, our troops found themselves under a cross-fire from other portions of the original line. And even in the posi- tion which we held since the fighting ceas- ed just prior to the truce we were largely exposed to a possible oblique and in places even an enfilading fire from Spanish bat- teries on our left. To offset this, however, travers were constructed at certain parts of our line. The ridiculous over-confidence of our general officers has received a severe re- buke, while the rank and file of the army have evinced a far greater degree of hero- ism than it was gupposed would be re- quired of them. lessness as to first military principles characterized much of the conduct of the campaign up to the beginning of the fight on July 1. Even on that day few of the general offi- cers seemed to think it incumbent upon them to show themselves to their soldiers at the front, or to examine the situation with their own eyes. It was long after the battle had begun that a field officer con- gratulated General Sumner on Weing the eee officer of his rank to visit the firing ine. Late in the day General Wheeler ca: forward from a sick bed, and afterward = mained in the very front, an example and an inspiration, as simple and unaffected courage always is, to all who knew of his presence. In contrast with the scientific accuracy of the Spanish lines of defense, the slip-shod and ignorant manner in which certain portions of our entrenchments have beeen constructed would cause the veriest cadet to smile in derision. One regiment, for instance, dug its trenches so far below the brow of the hill that no aim could be taken at the enemy unul he should be right up in the proces- sion. The truth is that before and while our army was entrenching itself an officer of the engineer corps was on the ground charged with the duty of directing the work. 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