Show PORTO RICAN CANfAIGN Hot WeatherPertik Field and American Sentiment Ponce P R Aug 15Correspond ere of the Associated PressNearly two weeks have elapsed since the frt troops of the American invading army landed at Guallca and i that time almost without a shadow of resistance or opposition apart from the Spaniards more than half the southern coat of Porto Rico has come absolutely under the control of the United State mi tary authorIUe The maIn force at this point is cain e about a mile and a half est of town and is about four miles from the pert of l > once The harbor is fled with transport and the unloading of cargoes car-goes proceeds all day long Lighters C laden with hors mules and lrovis Ions a well a ammunition and all kinds of army equipments are con stanty passing from the steamers to i the shore Great pies of boxes containing con-taining stores of ever description occupy L oc-cupy the whar0 and warehouses I Along the four miles of roan from the port to the maIn camp an endless train t of mule teams and ox cars passes dUl L lag the hour of daylight and the nevcrcasin cloud of dust shows how the work of transporting stores and ammunition 15 progesing The road 1s an excellent one but no ran of any consequence has fallen sine the army arrived and the constant con-stant travel of the heavy teams and hundreds of animals ha ground the surface into a fine dust which is te more intolerable owing to the bIasing August sun whose rays nour down > upon th sweltering men and beats f In the town proper the streets are lined with teams and horsemen and the sidewalks crowded at all hours Front 1 oclock in the morning until 4 oclock in the afternoon the heat Is intense i in-tense but the evenings and nights are cool and delightful Nothing but America sentiment is ii ard on the streets or in the cafes ces Everywhere the soldier officer or Jri vate is king The American fag flies 1 from a hundred housetops red white and blue ribbons flutter from the C05 tume o Porto Ricos charming daugh teIs and everywhere and at all times the cries of Long live the Americans 1 greet the ears of passing soldiers Away from the heat and lust of the town or beyond the limits ot the main cm and aong both sides of the mi itry road lies a country rich and beau thaI His and valleys are covered with green Here and there are Lrams of S S water along whose banks arc groves of shade tries Hundreds of acres of cane are in view all the time alh1 from S every plantation rises he tall brick chimney of the sgr mil There s no bIting frost of New Englaud or windswept S wind-swept prairie nor barren plains of ArIzona or New Mexico I is a and which the American farmer Americn could turnS turn-S into a veritable Garden of the iord |