SIIAFTER AtlD HIS ARMY
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Cn$feic Pictures of the Cyclonic
Campaign at Santiago.
07 IfEI EIOET XI IT.
jdtoetew ef LmIh aad Hebe
loeM Hleierr ( the IBs.
m-llaw hefler Wetted O
pterr-Trrsa fereae ee Teaee
eerf Tbs rtakUaa iaeete,
ICeyyrighl, UN, bf Mm Aether.
L
Tblt I lb first of i eerie of 1 8 artt-
1m eotnprising (bo blatory of tb Ba
ttsgo eeinpeign by Captain Georg L
Kilmer, 1st United Btste volunteer
Oeptsio Kilmer bold tb blgbest rtuk
la hi ipeclalty deed of beroism and
dsrlug and U wall fitted for tbs im
portant work b li doing. II baa bad
access to th vary beet source of lnfor
tattoo, be Interviewed ovary officer of
Importance from Ocoeral fibaftor down,
aad lb men la Ibf rtnki bar alio told
Itlia their start. Ilia artiolM art tba
trtt BoUtla article! oo lb great bio
lortotl struggl emund Santiago.
ITII tba flail
excrptloa of Na
polooa' Bossies
campaign, tber
baa itavar been a
military eipedl
t ion f rang lit witb
personal distress
and suffering
equal tctboss fa
dored by Bbuf
ter'aarmy. lb
oaaa la all iH
nor atriklag
frota Iba faot
tbat after a most
brUliaot victory
tb amy wa
ccnpelledt retreat loth face f aa
enemy nor terrlbls tbaa tfpautib bul
lets. Tb pbyaicat wreck of tbia army
Wbleb bad bora pered by tb If aoasrt
at Beattago reached Camp Wikoff, Loog
bland, between tb 16tbof Aogntt and
lb and of tbat month, and I oooaidar II
lb happiest episode of my career aa a
Writer tbat I wa commiuioned to go
to Uootaok and par neither tim oor
spent nor labor la cot (ring lb oanp
tram end to rod la order to glean from
tba lipa of participant! of alt rank tb
tro atory of bhaf ter'a campaign at San
tiago, Tb moment I stepped from tb can
lolo a throng and Jam of war won fig
am clad In (taioed and begrimed ant
forma aroond tb landing at afoouok,
tb IS year tbat bar elspsed ainoa I
msrehed with tb conquerors of Peters
berg, beck from Appooialtoi over tb
blood stained coarse to tb army land
lag oa tb James, war wholly obliter
ated. It seemed tbat I was a soldier
again, toocbing elbow with heroes,
tbtnking their tboogbu and abartng
with tbem tb after emotion of ereale
seldom finding parallel la the life of
one man. From tbat tim oa antil tb
camp was practically bao4oaed 1 lived
among tb soldiers, sbariag the tente
and tb far of officer and men. Around
their oampfirre oa tb cbUly sight and
wader the welcome ehad of raava la
tb beat of tb Aogntt day they told
see of tb ball!, a&ad iketobe of tb
euloa and explained tb movements
of tb regimes te, brigade, diritioss
and tb vaatag ground of batteries.
There cam together to tab part la
thee reel tela officer wbo bad act com
pared oote sine the fight of July 1.
Whenever there wat doobt or coe tru
est y upon any point, abeest offioer or
soldiers wbo conld testify la tb mat
ter wereiammooed. Moreover, soldier
of mry rank finding tb straia of weeks
lifted at laet wr la tb mood to recall
stirring locideot which, wbea pass
ing, bad left no Impress except ai tbey
bar! or startled, la point of fact. 1
foaod tb army emerging from a borrt
tle Bigbtmsr and fur tb first Um
feeling tbat It was all over and tim to
take aa account cf what bad happened.
1 was cotutious from tb first moment
i my entrance to Camp Wikoff that I
was la tb midst of a tareric body of
scldira. Tb tjp I conld recogulse aa
set tag stUted la to-e, bat the amy
baa kept pace witb the marc of i-
rveoMWV and th Ideal soldier of ltd
the reel asd xulrmad soldier of
Shaft' regular regimeat today.
Tees was ao pwiag ta tb camp, a
steading bat ta band to b gated at
aent aUiKUl as beta, bat a bastHeg,
dead earoeet, suldierly activity, which,
wiU eoul self coutrel, was broke off
Vjetf sawagb to sit dow and disram law
aVutle of th easipaij, Ther wa a
dl8ereK wheihet th fcidkef later
vtewd w to leW d a eUalu e
a regtmeat at a eaaader of a bng a4
divuaoi aA aicef uag thaaif
f th e.ep, tw al whom were ta
BMMd dating my stay ta r.ettM U
a my, Ueeri Mtlw a4 UeoereJ
Wbar.
A this 1 h b a try of the fight
tag a the s44iee ta lia of battle r
eernhMr tV it It a. seieuy to dteraea
saeeiKve, let I eual4 B4 belle
prelaw the eerws if Its manekHe
wdaf r-WM sarmy aa ty mviag
t&t ! t hl Wdf w ao l the eve
at a ht vf ta tt 4dre t th av
be we to rry oay wutthy of It
t heitt b bmv b may a4 K
hif be tut ate Ut, a be
'itB-ioe I a b'fih ewe4
UiWM ft. he(H t e sttJieaV
I m f etew a te pa a wb-el
tmm -a ta teeel rWte bee tk ear
Me t It Mt4 ey ale b b4
weet f te rmm at whe
I reeld oiieww b ee4s4 tf atmtet
W4tl iU.NniiNtfMiHtelHl'
ratK Tte tMea ef ta 4
kettieu I teg , b eVveeed
btwte tM bi he a iel a4 e4
beeJI 4t-Uivi tl ta 4AetUee a
Ue ti.r ee-aic
A W aiMkfiMr are ta tb aaH
erg I evbi m be. aajieg ta
mrealfseasn and aga at Ctsam Wtba
tbat Om espial af has ors as I saw h.
arrlaf bbe arm wrok lying oa th
memd and la ab bospMsle, eowld not
bar been parallotad by ary stogie eorpe
la tb Army of tb Potomac ta 1844.
This notwithstanding the faot that at
tba beginning of tb Wildernee cam
paign lbs Army of tb Potomao wae
tborongbly reorganised and coosolMat
d.
la tb flrrt place, tbli ooaorry bai
progreaaed mor than a quarter of aeo
tarysino tbat tim. Military Ideali
bar been foitered and followed op to
lhair verv blitheet DolnL and tb vary
laments of cbolos American boo and
blood and ainew and brain wblcb went
to the ereation of the crack corps of 1664
hav entered Into tb make op of tboee
malebhws regiments of regnlan wbo
stormed snd carried tbs beigbts of El
Caney snd Kan Joan In tbs face of foe
tbs sqoa) In eoorag la equipment. In
position, of any troops tbat vr stood
tor belt la
Shatter bad tb pick of th regular
army witb bim at Santiago, This wai
stated to me sgsln snd axaln at Gamp
Wikoff, and I think no discriminaMon
was intended sgaipt tb regimni fjat
wer not there. Tb fact Semi to be
tbat tboss regiments wblcb wer select
ad bsppened to be, without a singl ei
aiinu. nn to tb verr bicbeit standard
ef efficiency. Tbs soldiers bad pasted
sbiooKh jot tb iperieocei in in west
wblcb would fit tbem for a bard earn
palgn, Tbey wer well offlflered, well
disciplined, ragged, "gritty" tnea. la
tb Army of th Potomao la 1804 tb
very bett of tb army oorp bad regi
ment and sometime whole brigade of
paw and untried material and soores and
scores of green ofllcera Ons needed bat
to em the regular! In Camo Wikoff to
reoogniu at one tb fact that tb vet
ran there bod not evolated in a ainIs
mooth'a campaiga from tba suuidard of
tba militia volunteer.
la tb twenty and odd regiments
wboea camos 1 linirered round not a sta
lls on but wbat wss commanded by a
veteran of tb civil war. u many oases
these commanders wer major. Tb
field officers a bora tbem. a burnt oo ao-
Count of woands or promotion wer war
veterans, and la seversl lnatances lb
commander bald tb rank of captain
ad were wsr veteran. It seems tbst
there are now something lik 69 cap
tain la tb regular army wbo served In
tbs civil war. Tbs Impnrtanc of all
this will appear during the battle) nar
rative, where lb leaders will be named
ta connection witb their war record.
General cbafter sayi that after Samp
son located Cerrera's fleet in tbs harbor
of Santiago and bad locked tbs ground
over be cabled to Washington tbat an
army of 10,000 men coold tak tb city
at oo blow. Shatter was already get
ting together an eipedition for tb In
vasion of Cut tome where, lis wss di
rected to embark 10.000 men and pro
ceed atone to Santiago. Owinstotom
difficulty In tb way of forwarding cer
tain supplies or other elements tn f n
exoediiion to tb noint ol embarkation
at Tampa there were empty transports
la tb barbrr after tb 10,000 bad gon
on board. Shatter ordered tbet amply
transports to be filled with troops, snd
as a molt be took something Ilk 16,
000 or 11,000 men to Santiago. Us ml J,
and General Wheeler, wbo was present
at tb coorer ration, agreed witb bim,
that bad tb expedition gon witb 10,-
poo men tt would bar enaea in a nor
tibl diatrr. la confirmation of tb
atatemeot about embarkation Is tb
atory of the Ninth Infantry, of San Juan
fame. Oa the night tbat It embarked at
Tampa ao orderly dashed op to th
headquarters witb a meeaag to tb ef
fect that II the Mnth regiment waa not
an board th Iran port within a limited
time girta it would be left behind at
Tampa and not go to Cuba. Tb point
was tbat th material which bad been
ejrdared forward to Tampa might arriv
1 " pi
ttAi. w. e, stums, t. li.
Bed be liieded ahead of tb regiment,
ead so It was really a face betwrea vd
dier sad torn other ry part ef
Ue aieediuisa.
Tb Itftb etfrps a tt f.gkt at
Uasrsea Js!y I wt aa follow -.
WHCCtXta CAVAUtT UVUIOM.
tueMM rj-M V a eavairy. eii
C reteirr. H C- a v.r tewJL
tteI irS C A mui. MS
C. a tarter uWe4i, IM t. t ewfcte
teaea in a tietert.
Tber wee oa!y two etaadrva f
em-a. mteMet at aatMx c 4d
rua bMsg Wft at Tawfawtui th swree
Set terror.
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A COLONIAL THANKSGIVING
ajrealat Aeeewet ef e Dleaev tUvera t
in.
Among tb paper of th 1st i-8rate
Benator Guy O. Stoddard of tb town of
Ledyard was fonnd an old newspaper
lipping oontalulnjr a qnsint aooonot of
aa old ooloulsl Tbaukiglviug church
asrvlo and dinner. It wa written In
tb year 1714 by tb Rev. Latrrmio
Oonant of tb Old South pariah, In Den
ver, lias., and ran tboa:
"Y Governor was ta y boar and
Bar bfajesty's commissioner of y ens
toma, and tbey sat togotber la a blgb
sat of y pulpit suira V Governor
appear very devout and attentive, al
though b favors Cpitoopucy and toler
ates y tjoakers and Daptiita.
"Us was dressed In a black velvet
oca l, bordered witb gold Iocs and buff
breeobes with gold buckle at ye fcneos,
and whit silk stocking.
"Tber wa a disturbance la y gal.
laries, where It was filled witb diver
negroes, mulattos and Indiana, and a
negro called Pomp Shorter, belonging
to Air. Gardiner, was called forth and
pot In yo broad tale, where b was re
proved with great carefulness and ao
lemnlty.
"II wai then pot la y deacon' seat
between two deaoona. la view of y
wbols congregation, but y sexton wa
ordered by Mr. Prescott to taks bim
oat, beoaut of bla levity and Strang
contortion of couutcnaucs (giving grar
aoandal to y grar deacona), and pot
htm tn y lobby under y sulri some
children and a mulatto woman wer
reprimanded for laughing at Pomp
Shorter.
"When y service at y meeting
hews wer coded, y council and other
dignitaries wer entertained at y boos
of Mr. Epes, on y bill near by, and w
bad a bountifnl Tbaoktgiving dinner
with bear' meat aud veniaoo, tb last
of which was a flu bock, shot in y
wood near by. Y bear was killed ia
Isjnn wood near Ilea ding.
"After y blessing wa craved by Mr.
Oarrlch of Wreutbam, word cam tbat
ye back wa shot oa y Lord' day by
Pwjuot, an lodtao, wbo cam to Mr.
Epe with a lya ia bis mouth lik
Ananias of old.
"Y council therefor refoeed to cat
y veulson, but It was afterward decid
ed that Peqnot should reoeiv 40 tripe
svs on for lying and profaning y
Lord' dsy, reetor Mr. Epe y coat of
y deer, and ooneideriog this a Jmt aud
rlgbleoo seutenoeoo y sinfol beatbeo,
and that a bleating bud been era red on
re meat, y council all partook of it but
mm. Sbepard, whoa confcienc was ten
der on ye point of y venison. "K
York Tribune.
TbaakaKlrlas Geease,
Children in New York ar devising
game to be played on Tbaoktgiving
day. Usually in tb gathering together
of familie tber ar a bott of young
folk wbo need to entertain tbemnelres,
One gam that 1 think I going to b
nnomally iaauresting I tb aeap from
prison.
It require children wbo ar "op" on
geography1 j atill, if need be, it I a les
son in tb dugult of plbsnura Tb
gam proceeds after tbia fashion i A
map Is beld by tb judge, nraalla
grown person ; then, too, children ar
chosen and placed in separate comer.
Say tb Judge: "Now, Carrie, yon
represent Kew York tn this corner, and,
Richard, you ar In Moscow imprisoned:
yon want to (rt away and reach bom
by Tbaukiglviug day. You bar got
from behind tb walla, but what is your
asost direct rout homef"
Then Richard has to tell each sea,
country and ocean he crosse to it
home for th turkey and cranberry
aDce. If be can't do it suoceesfully, be
muat remain right on tb spot on tb
floor where be stopped ontil b thinks
eat bis escape.
Other members of the game are
placed la prison at various parts of the
coo u try. The favorite Jails now ar lo
cated in Spain and Cuba on account of
the Interest tn the war. A leading ques
tion is, "11 yon wer pot in a Santiago
pTteon, bow would yon get back to
Bp tor
Soon the room become filled with
priaoaers, all trying to get borne. UUlf
of tbem are "aulled" in th center, try
ing to think cf the booadiry line which
brtog freedom ; otbera are jut leaving
tb L4iu ealla
It ba tb tarn Interest when got
well tuto it as the soothers cbildrea
find in "runaway negro" or "prison
er' bsse," When tb gam baa been
played treqneotly, tboee wbo jjoia ia get
very familiar with th Junction of coua
BM and leera meay straight line and
lvr jumps tbat bad not appeared
paaetu Uf, l or those w so are not
ejejte coarereaat with geography eaty
! task are gireo for isaUooe, W be
faeved ia a Part rt and find the.r
WV bom ta Uaeiua 'ew York Prees,
Am Tbeebtet-
Tbat I vtr etadMd foul hall at ec4-
bat I aevef praUvd tb poetry ef my
female trteeda,
Taet I never waa akk ator tbaa tw
Week at a tita
That a 1m ef wbuiy never pat at
taw a e tailed .
That I eee tk M ta a prAet gam
at the n4 Uate
Tbet I ftert rep4 ft f w
Wttbt ten eiery I It
last I fter ate4 Ue tract pat ta
s ly my wife c4 the graves
Tbet I ev tt my eeifthbs kaww
bbeeiwettf my braft
Tbat I fvt4UMte4 ft tby mm-
4aj the e4i f ateaa
last I aeree feMreenl sarUleg !
a revUauie tb ia
tbst I -4 aw4 4 eiat
ay llaiiee w a see t4 tit weeld Aa
laet I arH b.4 y taK wat mere
aW te aKibs t ki till
tbet I nK.t4 a ted ttgt -
fjtt ta tee tMia, d my maetaaa.
i TtMtl I at bl say bxeaiaa twsA
paUsy, fUiea br near anave
bJH M smma, aeties msevwa m a B B I r I !
AKL YUU VVIL-L-IIAJ
To be convinced that wc can best serve you, not alone with low
prices, but with the strongest combination that can possibly appeal
to your intelligence, HIGH QUALITY AND LOW PRICES.
The following special prices will close Tuesday, November 226, 8 p. m.
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DRESS GOODS j
BARGAINS
80 ple PliiiOKl'Mes, 10c values Q l)f
salt pritw y rd . ....... O 1 "as V
14 I'W-os Novelty Yam fancies, fRular I f a
16o voIuh, Me prion, wt yard. ....... 1 1 V
10 pieees ul HuMinK and Noreltki, A
reKulitr Hitc, eele prc 1 tfu
8 pieces Novwlty Dress Goodii, regular QQa
4 c, sals price, a yard 000
7 pleos Novelty Drees flood, regular
bUe, eele prion, a yird..,..................U 1 1
8 pieces Novflty Drvns Good,
retrntae 6"e, eele rt. a jrird...
FLANNEL SKIRT
PATTERNS.
25fl Ouilug Flannel Skirts, sale price, Q A
each eeseee eee eeaeeeeee i V V
COo Outing Flannel Skirte, sale price.
ffM II eeeeee- seeeee eeeee
76c Outing Flannel Hkirts, eale price, fi7
escb .... feeiseeee wT WW
1 Ou'ing Flannel Skirts, tale prloe, Qfl a
eech.., 07W
Fancy FUnnl Hkirr Pii'trrn, rvnnr rtriee
49C
45c
aa
1 1 prir, ech. ::..$i.io&$i.29
PRINTS AND MUSLINS
SPECIAL LOW PRICE.
30 pMCe favorite fancy printa, Q AA
regular 5c, Bile prio, r rd....U 1 "asw
60 pieuee tfimpenn's urum, blncks AO A
and fai ci-e, rogular 8c, t yard.. Tt 0
I, (MX) yards fWinaa b'n, mill leuift h,
from 2 to 10 yards in a peee, fjf Q a
worth 1 Oc, sale triee. a yard see ft BSBl gr
One bale An'l-reon LL. Ma-lio, Q Q 4 a
regular 4l(tenU price, pr yd...aj U'lV
10 pt-e IVpp R MunIib, h-galar C-, C
anle prlro, pr yard......
10 pit-we Ixindle, blwietied, rg. C Oa
be, eale price, per yard w aw mv
UNDERWEAR
We can cure that anomfortab1s, chilly Ming
you here if yoo will come hT and take
adVMtitMfc' the npleudid offering w ar
makiriK iu Uud-reesr,
Oo raw Mho's gry Merino Rhlrta and A A
Drewnre, reicular 25k, sale prlce,MM:b 1 7U
SO doi. Melt's ft'"? Mi-riuo Hhlrt and O Q A
Drawers, rit 40, sale price, each Ct 7V
3H doi. Mali's Wool Fancy Hlilr's and AO(
t)M ru Mln nrii'S. HH ll
l'i ilM niHi'e PMUitary nmna auo
prHWm. all wool, rfirular
1 25, eal price, encti..
GROCERIES
Special Prices.
Bpeelal drive Coff-s, try It, per J 2 J 2C
90 Tea Sifting", sals price, per pound... 1 7C
40c good onsolored Japan Tea, now, lb. 33C
HOc Gunpowder T-a, eal price, per lbU J V
85c bmt Enll-h breskbiet Tea, eal Qa
pr)ep twr lb .
SUPPLY YOURSELF
With a full outfit of Hry for the coming
smiaon while our present low rle prrvsil,
60 do Children's nlbd Hose, L-H, 1.2, Al
rKulir 5e, Kale price, per pslr..........Ttv
30 df Mlceen' Citton lloe, fl-e Q f Qa
l.in-d. cheap at 1K pir O I'Qv
25 dot. Bore' wmhIwm l'. llwd llooe, i Oa
,111V
cb-p ef Ifx-, snle irlr, relr...
e caw u e cotton II nil-1 low, bmcK 1
and brown, reg. 12V, epeclal price...!
FRED SCHMIDT & BRO.,.921
flee WesMter DteeerereeV
Tb recent disappearance Panty
Wecaaley, late of Itrokea Bow.of which
mention bas been saade, ta explained.
6 he baa taken to tba variety abow aa a
means of wooing the fickle goddea.
Her parent bare bee a eoouriog Oma
ha for ber for a week, aappoelog that
the had become a eioUne ef fool play,
aod reoently wbea tbey a pied ber up
on the atresia and gars chase aha
dodged Into about and entered the
room of a strange young maa, to
whom aha told bar yredicsatenV Be
wee gallant and allowed ber to rem tie
antU there waa no longer any daaer
of encountering her parents, when ha
eeeorted ber to a train and she departed
for SU Louis, where she claims to bar
aa engagement la a variety abow.
MAN1UTR00PS TO COME HOME
IsMete Hew ee ta Way te Taks lb
tlase mt Tea ta ft JUU4
Dejvsb. Co'.a, Nov. It. Oortrso
Adam bas reeelred a telegram front
Adjutant General Corbie, saying that
the voluateer regimeate bow doing
iety ta the PhiUppiaea are te be or
A red borne as toon as the u oops sew
ea the way fur tba lalaads rsak tbart
te take their pUeee.
Itfwt Se Tib stsee VTa
Kw Voat, Nov. IV Coueereltf
the race rlolt ta North aad Sutk Car
t day that a meeting ef argro ett trat
aa4 ether woi4 te ci4 ia uwper
Veto ea aeal Taersaay te aiareta
tb aitsatioa. It ta alto etpeeted that
ateetieg "Ul be beld ee the aasae
eereiag ta lVua, rbUadelBbi,
Vt aaaiagtoa aaj waMtge
Next time!
I eet ye wWe ye res get
wm tes tMk. et et 4 est asd
it te tie at
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