Show IN guantanamo BAY GEORGE YARDLEY WRITES or 07 LIFE OW ON SHIPBOARD the bay la is commodious and the skin ore or 4 like utah skies as yet unknown mr george georee yardley whon parents IN mr fr and mrs thomas yardley lavt a this city at 90 logan avenue ferku addition writes them as follows 11 S S yankee cuba july 22 4 6 IMS IS 98 we lett left norfus N a rf k navy yard last sunday board the united states stales ship faai and arrived at santiago yest erd gy morning everything around looked peaceful although the 0 of several bombardments lacy stutt atu I 1 evident ev dent in thi the battered app on rance of 0 the fortifications ions over novt r the rains of 1 morro orro castle floated tho the american ea fia in the place of tho the spanish colors b had ad been there on the yankees Yank wf sy fast appearance the wrecks of the af Ms renac and the th 0 spanish ate i rolna de were plainly vill villitta itla in tile dalbor entrance we did not attempt to enter ar eb harbor tho the tact fact I 1 believe none BOIK ct J our ships hpe have tried to go eo I 1 an fn A ah to tho the supposed e ot of there I 1 took two photographs of 0 31 monn bastla and the I rooklyn which iu the only ono one of our battleships they i i after A tier reporting to the tha Brockl yi we steamed eastward to cua hangea bay it here wo we are now lying tart are arc a number of 0 our ships in ill hn bat among which are arc the now YOW Iru indiana dlana oregon iowa tan nen kett ark detroit and etli rs including several colli cattle collin n the columbia band and dixie passed us yesterday as we were entering the harbor T to were bound tir fir porte rico our destination Is as yet 1 to me but I 1 doubt about the spain ex i tills harbor harbor Is very Y there Is room in it fur for hundreds of 0 ships the shores are wild and acl jr ir regi ilar camp 2 mccalla looks pistil esaue at the top of a hill on art the eastern mile A cuban camp Is on the beh I 1 below our fleet makes a candioa hand ioa appearance I 1 have madl made a orvi I 1 ot of the ships as they lie ile mace dilly fully at i banchor anchor I 1 trust the P picture may mar ism out well you ask aek it we wash our clothes id do our own cooking we do the ilie act but the cooking is done by mm ess hired tor for the purpose every mayang when A hen possible the n natal atoll on oil deck far their clothes ElO out on the foryl artl dt iiii at half past four A hose haae thir which salt gale water Is 13 pumped ispa i pit on the cloth clothes to we wet them down ci then we me turn to with salt wat r sup anil scrubbing brushes and toral erst away un until tit halt past six at which tl ua A tho the clothes must be ba lilg topped I 1 ali itel li to a clothes clothe line which li I 1 then hollist to the foremast capt cant cronston Cronn Iron ton is particular about our keeping hoping clean lol W has punished several of the fellas for appearing in condi tim I 1 have not been one of the number numb t sly health is fine and I 1 an am glad ltd it Is again be in this delightful clinage it Is not As al a l hot here as at carfa tho the air 14 clear like that in utah LEI tho the water ies 1 a magnificent blue I 1 havo have never seen acen in the north the city of Calr amera tiles up P it ill river about seven miles and calt caa bs seen from tho the cross crosa trees whre wh re I 1 spend a good deal of time all ills ct J n of t the h e country la ll 11 in the haril bad loe olyn country 0 of t the A americans e r fea s but there us lift fill ill ruc rillas in the brush who lire fire SEW alne boats occasionally they are doln 0 no harm however wo we shall probably remain here it several sever it I 1 days as wa ie have on board a large quantity of ammunition and f V 11 plies piles for different nt thins here re affat tiona tely your sn i GE |