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Show THE BEE 10 IN GUANTANAMO'S HILLS A Hot Day's Trip Over a Part of the Battlefield. TBAMP IN A CUBAN WILDERNESS. Mn From Cniii Mi-CmI- I t Wrro Out Si.inlnril So TIimI limiting Fur thr KITort of Our Itiillrt Might Mr Srrn Work f !! Dolphin' shrlU. Fur SklniiUliliig l'l-li- l Cut llrllr SpHiiUli O.T1-crr- 'a thr Chlrf Fiml. Tln New Vnrk Sun nrrcs.i indent i: t Camp MrCalla, (Inantanamo harbor, writing under thedak of .luuoifO about au cxiHilitw n to t lit liat t says: Over tin valley of Cuzco, four miles back of tlu hilltop on which Mies the American Mas, hundreds of vultures aro swarming and circling, scenting tho Spanish dead which lie below amid tho cacti aud tho chajuirral. American bullets stretched them there, and the panic among tho Spaniards which tlio slaughter caused was so thorough that-- ' they have not oven come hack to tho battle Held to bury their dead. For three days not a single Spaniard has been seen or heard from anywhere in the vicinity of tho camp, save across tho bay, where communication with Caimanera is easy and whence tho march to tho wooded hills and gorges back of the camp is long and difficult. So thoroughly rested have tho marines become since tho Spaniards ceased to annoy them aud so far has the work of fortifying the camp progressed that yesterday an expedition to tho battlefield was undertaken. Surgeon John M. Edgar was mainly instrumental in planning the expedition, as he was particularly desirous of examining the wounds inflicted npon the dead and determining something 'of tho character of wounds inflicted by our navy riflo. Accordingly 50 volunteers were cal speedof obtained and command in ily put C. Lucas. Lieutenant Lewis With 30 of Lieutenant Colonel Enrique Tomasoa Cubans to act as scouts and guides, the little party started out, accompanied by the correspondent. Every one was armed as though expecting to meet the enemy, even the newspaper man carrying an enormous revolver in his belt While it was not deemed probable that the enemy would make trouble, there was no way to tell, and every one felt better at the thought that there were 80 rifles, along with 80 belts, each holding 180 rounds of ammunition. The road taken led down the rocky hillside and into the brush and out of sight of the men above. The soldiers moved single file, of necessity, the path being wide enough for no more. They moved in silence, too, for the walking was not conducive to conversation. Tho Cubans skirted ahead quite jauntily, looking neat and clean in new white Jack Tar suits presents from Com- mander McCalla of tho Marblehead. De- hind them moved the volunteer marines in their now warworn campaign suits of crash. The red gravel of the trenches and the profuse perspiration of the men have worked sad havoc with the thin light stuff of which iho suits are made. I vztt terribly hot in the gorge below . uw mo camp mil, mr it o'clock in tbo morning, and the breeze from the sea was still loafing off to tho southward. Doth sides of the juith were clohely lined with cactus aud other tropical growths. Underneath the feet wero rolling stones which made ones footing insecure. The hushes caught at your eyes with every stumble and tho utmost care was essential to prevent mishaps. About 1,500 yards from tho camp tho cxM-iliinn came upon what is known as the wharf, overlooking what iscalled tho salt pond. This is a long, wide stretch of saud on which tho sea from tho bay hacks aud, receding, leaves a thin veneer of salt. On this wharf and half blockhouse was found an outpost of marines guarding tho approach to the camp by this path. Tho Kilt puul is perhaps 300 yards long. It was jierfcct-ldry when tho expedition reached it, tho tide being out, and from it arose heat waves that made it fairly duuco before the eyes. With tho inarch across it began the emptying of the canteens, for as fast as tho tepid water was taken In through tho mouth it poured out through the pores. Already the clothing of the whole party was wringing wet. Past the salt pond the path led through more brush, winding in and out along the line of least resistance, and then we came uion the hills. There were still the brush, the stones and the heat, with the added burden of precipitous incline, up which it was necessary to clamber. Over one aud down it, across a gorge, up another hill aud down it, and we were in the valley of Cuzco. Up rose the rocky brush covered hillsides all about us, with the vultures circling aud circling about aud then settling out of sight. They told the story, aud tho scent that tho varying winds blew down upon us from all sides only served to intensify the most disgusting of all of warfares many phases. This was worse than blood and death. On tho sea side of this little basin, up just a gentle slope commanding a good view of both the basin and the sea on the other side, were the ruins of the blockhouse which had been destroyed u the day of the fight. ' The soldiers swarmed around it, for it was cool here, the breeze now sweeping in from the sea. All about were pots and kettles of the panish soldiers lying just where the:r had left them when they fled. To one ide was the head of a horse which in their hunger the Spaniards had killed ahd eaten. A little farther i n toward the beach could be seen the windmill over the well whence the enemy had obtained their water supply. It was riddled with the shells of the Dolphin when Captain Lyons was helping Captain Elliott of the marines to run the Spaniards to cover. The well, which i en filled with stones, was still I .ess, no effort having been made by t .e Spaniards to dig it out. It was between the blockhouse and the windmill that tho first corpse was expected to be found, as a Spanish lieutenants body h&d been seen there the day before by Borne Cuban scouts. The expedition was too late, however, as tho body had been freshly buried. It was o course not disturbed and the party moved carefully into a gorge that cut in two the eastern slope of the basin. Skirmishers ran ahead to guard against surprise, and the grewsome work began. Not many steps were taken befe the first body was found. It was far gone, tbo vultures having done their work y led-foan- d. j j j j j ( i lie gl lUliltig nHUII i mi found U wus me envy u& radcs. They threw the yellow fever 6care into him, but he wouldnt drop it ami sweated all the way back to camp with it. After the gorge had been thoroughly explored every one had enough. The field where most of tho lighting had taken plain had not been visited, but tho Cuban guides declared they did not know the road to it Tho vultures could In) seen hovering over and iug into it in great numbers, but out locating the path, it is impossible to make ones way through thu cactus. No one was particularly anxious to hunt for it, so the order was given to return to camp. If tho way over had been long, tho way back was longer. It was 2 oclock in tho afternoon now, and the sun was doing its best. Canteens wero empty, legs wero heavy ami feet wero sore, but, like a liorso making for borne, no time was lost on tho return. Camp was reached a little beforo 4 oclock, and as tho tired baud crawled over tbo breastworks tbo men who had not been in tho fight realized for tho first timo wh those men had to suffer that day wtieu they had uut only to march ami climb, hut fight as well. imm bleaching, mj that tho doctor's work was easy. With u lwyonet knife la quickly severed it, aud, pushing hm !; tho remaining shreds of scalp, showi.l just wheru tho well aimed bulht f soino marine had entered. There no light up thin gorge, for tho Spaniards were already on tho run when they reached it, their first act and mot desperate stand having been made o i tho other side. Tho wound in tho skull showed that tho ball bad entered tbo back of the head and come out in frout, causing a comminuted fracture at both tho entrance and exit. The hole of exit was larger than that of entrance. Tho raugo at which this man was killed, according to Captains Elliott and Spicer, who wero in command of tho marines on tho day of the fight, must have been about 700 yards, aud the Spaniards skull shows that up to that raugo tho modern rifle bullet has an explosive effect. Twenty yards beyond another body was found shot through tlie skull in almost the same manner, the bullet Im.mg entered the back .f the head as he was clambering up the gorge. The effect was identical. Only those whose bones were struck A Characteristic Incident of tlie War. wero of service in this examination, as Tho headlines in tho morning papers there was little flesh left, but another bad ball recounting tho daring dash of tho rough corpse was found in which a entered tbo mans ribs aud broken two riders furnished an interesting themo of them, showing again the explosive for tlie passengers on a Cambridge car which left Harvard square at 10 oclock effect. ausome the other morning via the subway. It has been maintained by Two men boarded the car near Camthorities that the Lee rifle, which our exbridge city hall, the elder quickly buynavy uses, did not have this effect Dr. closest but at Edgar's ing a morning Boston Globo to gei; the cept range, convinced news. His eyes had scarcely scanned the examinations have at least him that those who hold to the contrary first page before au agonized groan was theory are right. He says, however, heard, and the next instant he said: that at anything over 1,000 or perhaps My God, my boy is deadl I told him 1,200 yards range the bullets, having not to go, but he was bound to go to the lost some of their velocity, would not front. The mans companion pulled wounds. cause such brutal the bell, aud after the car came to a full While Dr. Edgar was picking over stop he helped the heartbroken parent his corpses the rest of the expedition from the car. He was deathly pale and were skirmishing for relics. Every one tottered rather than walked, assisted wanted a machete or a Mauser, but the by his companion. The mans name Cubans went carefully over the field on could not be learned, but some one had the day of the fight, so that the search heard him talking about reaching town for these was fruitless: However, there only the other day aud also commenting were plenty of Mauser cartridge clips on the class day exercises at Harvard, so and empty shells, straw hats and Span- it was taken for granted that his son ish cockades. must have been a Harvard man. It was One find was a Spanish officers field a touching scene and furnished the pascot. It was much nicer than any in use sengers with a realization of what war lees and steel means to many a saddened heart. in our army, hsvin frvit The marine wno ' Russian :iiiiimiiiiiiim: BATHS Turkish i WITH SCIENTIFIC 1 MASSAGE TREATMENT, Given Men and Women in our Bath Rooms or 3 at your own Home, BY PROFESSOR KALISKI, Late of ST. 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