Show A PRIEST lj WAR Chaplain of the Third Cj llry USA Writs to I friend tot Wul rJnttr Imsal l ralhtr J J Iawlor pastor of Iho tnthfdrsl received l an Inttnttlnc litter from the n v f J Hart rhiptoln nt the Third United Stalls rnvAlry litfora Hirllijtj wltli Ocn Flnrifra dlvlilon formerly tharllln at Port Hntlllnc lr 1 Hart tulle nl ntlon to the great rika aoMltrf ran In tltluilttnt Ml It I mil he Rya hat n bid the gun boata A few cannon on ahjr well handled could have detlroyed ivory transport In our fleet A jingle hIm h-Im anY ordinary nun on land or on ehlp might hone lurk each of our trhnfporie with all on bated Mlh 1 out the wanhlpt we were qulla at theme the-me rcy of ho enemy W landed on the 211h And compel on hone on n hIll The prln 11 I art 1 seountalneus end ptclurevtue I 00ryond Icier lptlon I not Plot 00 the neeeiurlea of life to tip nilhlnn 6f he oomfort loch nf we hid In dears 1 lllnnoou we would not all 1U oft for a year or mart ixriapa our flat txmibarlrd the little town callM Daiquiri and leveral I uthera along tho roaM the day before we de barked I had an excellent view of the action of the gun aura their effect It la I pomelhlni awe IoptrlnO to wltnln even when conadou you are root In danger Wh t mutt be he feeling uf thou aipojfd to such a lire In tamp every Oran la I his own or rant cook orderly aielttanl clerk t mexenetr uMkeper carpenter waeherwoman Itumtreie ant every thing else He btromea hit own pack mute before reaching camp ant mUll Miry til 1 food drink clothfe lw1 Iwdllnf and whatever elae 1 I tie ne d We Hayed In camp where we landeil form Jun t to June 17 at a I a in Our army moved on foot All the cavalry eirept a few field officer wen illimounted having I been obllKtil tn lisvc beI anlmala at Tampa After I Af-ter the battle of July I 1 and I I I wan on duty at the tint rtlTllon hoinl l tnt near lleneral Rhone linidiuar tera and I nlinMMtl Roth nulfting there ai I ahall not oon forget War la ii terrible thing At Iht hoiplul mentioned I performed per-formed funeral aervlcca for thlrtrliur per0n I Ihm nnieera and lhirtyon rtvntea In Ihf ipap of elKhtern h nre I liarnited tiro and I henrd rcorca of I ronfrolon The Aral funeral mole > I there 0a fir ten men Including Captain I Cap-tain tirnancr all of whom were liurlid In one till I In another pit twenty f > ur were bull l 1 ataved at the has pltal o days and then joined my rrtl mnt whleh ht11 A 1011101 overlook ling 80ntallo to flute 10 the Inhl 01 Ih center of the tattle lino m n l In plain view I or Ihe Sloold tto 11000 l Pirated by COD or TOO yard bhrlna thi truce I went Hhionif other re clmnt tho hear confcMlon and It bra the Jlt Ioj roaf o < artillery that Informed me true was off and the battle on I Could not describe the horrors of that tilf I Sunday July it I wltnet ed the lot mol surrender of the province and rllt The lollowlnn day I obtained phlon to pan the llnca and paid my upocl til th arehhlehop of Ranllexo who ret celved m kindly 1 took dinner with him I wait the firm prieat of this expedition to celebrate BUM In I eaml In Santiago |