Show SAYS WAR IS HELL interesting LEMER FROM now located with the army it in porto rico natives arc are worse than worthless will return to price when mustered out of service in price and carbon and emery countie know knows william W bosell di call ala WM was stationed at price for boat about two yen years as an ergeant in the sigual corps cort of ills united states army the following letter bat has been l from him dated at gadams Gony Gay nin ams porto alloo angust august lull and will bo be 1 interest lote reet to hi hl mn M fri n ti I 1 in wv 04 f f i el c tb th ass tr try it wu written to captain dal bal 1 I 1 suppose yon you think I 1 bare forgotten my il I 1 frieu is I 1 at irke price vv bol 0 o hot but ebl Is I 1 war aarand and war la is bell bev and 4 I 1 haro have certainly bail had one hell kell of a time ume a uce I 1 left at chickamauga park it was a continued which for our branch tar ne iut tut lot lots of work at one on tim if it looked an a if we wre were going to be b cut lefa ont of it elto It oKether oLlier bat but gr ft r the th put it afteel o day days we bare lays been strictly in a it t I 1 fret bf of all our transport ran ardore at ponce an ani I 1 after two daya days dilay we landed and stud marcha overland orr rland ben here to GuAy atus with IWO how horses and IWO maira through tha enemy country with a 4 very small escort and equipped of mans course th the spaniard spaniards did nt know this or they would have taken a the boot opportunity they will brer bare have 0 of erp turing a goodly numer of uncle bima boons stock we got through with only one email small skirmish the spanish soldiers eold lere are rank coward cowards an ani I 1 uiko take to thu the mountain mountains at the fint first hot we bare have had on aoa fight with them here lot but it did not amount to moch touch aa as they glye up the place without a a the h bu it a I 1 I 1 off la villau a dw bull dred yard of kheir ani aul the ily day before befort day the enters army from bore here made a forward move mout toT Tilda ain joan the head of 0 the column was within OM yards of the eulys uaea lines and the artil lorys pins guns already in poel pod tion avo more inore and th the arst bot hot of what would have been ft a hard little would hare love been fired when aa an side uede do camp brought general brooks an all order from the president preel dent to barnd all farther military operations the peace between the two cat nation ions I 1 wa was boke ie to badke crooke when be he the guage a go a and be he waa certainly much die 1 l pointed if slot ata dl austed from my observation of the troops in agential ae as the news waa was passed back down the line I 1 think there wax was a beelin feeling of relief and for laj my self although I 1 did not feel the Might lightest est fear I 1 waa was glad the battle did not occur the we bare have gained allied it was ceTta certainly a good thing for it would have been a hard fight and nothing bat but the invincible grit aul ceras of bf oar our yankee BolJIc re coupler coupled with therow abe cow ardice of our out enemy would have won and many ard many a good man would ba ivet bla his life the blanish bad the bat of ua us in both position ei tion and num beit the tha tho ont xv turned here and we iro are nov no awaiting lie the remit result of the th peace prop which i yet bave have dot not reached sit a so that bat we my may still laro lave the fight to fight it would take pages to tell yoa you the trials ard hipe and I 1 bar bate ne through to will leave that until I 1 you which I 1 lips will bo eoon soon the country la Is the VIC climate delightful light tol and tie the eo nery grazzi gramand anit sd ben then all ia is eald sald I 1 ibo bo people not nathu halg but and ball half pence lazy IM filthy and good for or nothing Coco Cocoa taut luts tal lassas sugar and a few fraits arr ita which grow with little or no cultivation are plen plentiful but other foodstuff an are I 1 imported ind und very high cifare gars wine wines aud and liquor s very cheap dont dogs a aee how can get them here for the prices kt U ponce we got the genuine owed canadian dab club whisky for per quart bottle american money and can equal fitas ffman offman honse cigars for or oae me cent ct nt apiece with the except lots of a very few pure spanish Span lab the women ere are very ary and mostly black the poo pie an are very much ranch like the mexicans cau only arom I 1 I 1 hv have been doing too the work at of farat class 1 berge grint act eter since I 1 reached oik aik aman adaui park but have not revolved toe the promotion I 1 expect 1 the deryt A next month my term exair es be september IV it h ur mrs dwell and awant 1 to i tarn to price ce and I 1 dont dealt sa why we cadt make a living then them gite give aff lv buil regards to all my fr I 1 t should like to w all 11 ot 0 them but ba it tl ti at willing to a hard bora job daring during war tialin limi 1 I arjil probably RO go to san event peace a or it contenti lum vt of the VA war biot pt la in the lutter latter erent event I X may not birr in there them |