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Show THE BEE ..iK CUBAN SOLDIERS BAPlOlY DEVELOPING INTO VALUA BLE AIDS TO OUR ARMy. Gcrl llfnry W. Lawton Knj They Ar to ll Count-- ! t'poti I'nilrr Any Comll. tln - Mny Mr tuber Wrr l(rrurd Trtx "TIu of by ltooer 1 1' llinn. Culiuun nro fast ln a rt liable military force, to bo counted ujhiii limit r any ct md it inn.-',-" write General Henry W. Liwtmi to tin congrcsMtian frtuii hi (Lawton's) old Lome, at I ml., tho Hon. George W. vn who also an ollieer in tho Steele, regular army just after tho war. "Liko others. I erred without knowledge when in my haste 1 said theCuUm soldier is n myth, an evanescent dream.' I hav6 learnetl Letter of late. "General Garcia has hero (with Skaf-tor- s elTeetivo men. army) ahout When they first appeared before us Fald.-'iO- - boldly launched at tho trained rpautin column near 1'layudel Kjto on Wedues- In both Cuba' "warn" day, June (that was tho find timo an "insurgent" column, divided into regiments and jsuMivided into mmjunieK, had ever boldly met tho Spmiard in the ope- nsuch as it was and did not run a wav after the tlrtt volley. On the Contrary, thevheld the field ami the Spaniard Iran. Army oflieers agree that this sue ces was a great moral advanced step of the Cuban. Tin re is no question that many members of Roo.xevelts troops would never have been rescued from the terrible wilderness of maniguay hush, vines and tropical growth in which they lay, where they fell, severely wounded, hut for tho Iudiuulike skill of these Cuban trailers and mountain men. A majority of Calixtos men were Itorn in the valleys and on the hillside of the mountains arotuid Santiago and Guantanamo. As soon a.- the fight was over Colonel do Rivas of the Second Cuban regiment sent the 200 of his men who had been in the advance skirmish line out to help find and bring in the wounded and dead Americans. ."The scouts quartered the ground like trained pointers," Major Davis telegraphed a friend in the fleet, "anil saved the lives of all the St. Louis Globe Democrat. wounded. j j THEOIIE PLAGE ONES EARTH Oil El 110. Ill EIIIISI Mltll! MW IIP III list IKI WIIIIII. Fifteen Miles From the City. Pleasant Ride. No Smoke. No Cinders. Finest Band In the State. 25cROUND TRI P 25c. - Against Crfally Him Should Investigated. What, is the United States senate going to do with the bribery charges made against Mark Hanna? Those charges, backed by the report of an investigating committee appointed by tbo Ohio state senate, have been laid before the upper house, and now the people of this conn try demand that prompt action bo taken thereon. Fortunately for Hanna there is a war, though he asserted there would be none, nml that war has drawn attention from his disgraceful acts to matters of apparently larger moment. Apparently they are larger, hut not so in reality. There can he nothing of more importance to the people of this country than in the honesty and patriotism of its lawmakers. Foes wi thout can be met and conquered, hut foes within are a constant aud deadly menace to liberty. It should not be forgotten that the report of the investigating committee declares Mark Hanna personally or through his agents guilty of bribery. He is alleged to have bought his seat in the United States senate as he would buy a scat in the board of trade. Is the senate going to pigeonhole this indictment against one of its members or is it going to investigate the charges and if it finds them sustained by the facts expel this man who has corrupted men in order that he might be in a position to corrupt the laws? What is tho senate compared to Galixto Garcias army. Ragged, dirty, long haired you never saw such an army. There was one favorable sign visible the guns they had wero in excellent order and serviceable. We began to issue new clothing and arms where they were needed, and the men wero formed into regiments of 800, rank and file, 80 men to a company. Some care was taken to select the best men for line officers, and General Garcia recommended the field officers, and his suggestions were followed. "You would never know the clean, alert, ready man of today, who brings his piece up smartly to the salute as I pass, as the ragged, half starved, wholly dirty refugee who conducted the so called army under Garcia. They wear their uniforms well. Their head covergoing to do, anyhow? ing is the native hat, called panama in our country. Their Remington and He Wasnt Left. order. in excellent are rifles Springfield Biggs Quite a rivalry between Tim The men shoot better than any people and Fred. of Spanish blood I have ever seen. They Griggs Yes, I understand they are are well drilled for their opportunities. both seeking the hand of Miss Triffett. "The colonels and captains have their Biggs They both called at her house men well in hand. The chief lack is in the other evening and at once began well trained noncommissioned officers, the exciting game of trying to outsit but this fault grows less every day. The each other. Tom had to give it up final Cubans are very apt, and they attend ly and left Fred in possession. our guard mounts and the lesser cereGriggs So Fred got the best of it? monial part of the service. I notice they Biggs Thats the question. It was a then do their own guard mount much rainy night, and Tom did not take better the next time." away the poorest umbrella when he left These were the men whom Garcia fV r h nn Boston Transcript. corps THE ENVY OF THE WORLD. I The Charge staffs Gadshill force was an ornamental SALTAIR, 2. MARK HANNAS CASE. GENKKAL HENRY W. LAWTON. 9 THINK OF IT. N. W. CLAYTON, JOHN P, MEAKIN, Excursion Manager, General Manager, LAGOON... The Great Family Resort. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS FOR THIS WEEK Dont fail to come and bring your family. If you havent any, bring somebody elses. BALLOON ASCENSION SUNDAY- - pa te for pound Trip, 25c. Calders Park, THE IDEAL RESORT, Boating and Dancing i Every Day... FI S, LEVY, Manager. Every Sunday by Helds Military Band ADMISSION FOR ROUND TRIP, IOC. . Grand Sacred Concert . 10 PARK FREE. L, MAY, Excursion Agent. |