. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. hesbetween Cuban scouting parties and Spanishguerrillas there has been no fighting sincethe engagement of Friday (June 24). Thearmy is still encamped along the Santiagoroad west of the Rio Guama. with Gen. Law-tons brigade in advance. It is practicallyin column, though strong outposts occupythe country for two or three miles on eitherflank, in order that the advance can be madeat an instants notice, when everything isin readiness. Just now there is delay, twoof the reasons for which are the arriv
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. hesbetween Cuban scouting parties and Spanishguerrillas there has been no fighting sincethe engagement of Friday (June 24). Thearmy is still encamped along the Santiagoroad west of the Rio Guama. with Gen. Law-tons brigade in advance. It is practicallyin column, though strong outposts occupythe country for two or three miles on eitherflank, in order that the advance can be madeat an instants notice, when everything isin readiness. Just now there is delay, twoof the reasons for which are the arrivals ofunexpected re-enforcements and the difficultyof getting provisions and ammunition to thefront. Gen. Lawton is unwilling to continuethe advance on Santiago while fresh troopsare coming in, reasoning that he can operatemore effectively with a larger force and withless loss, and so long as the means of trans-portation are only sufficient to get one daysrations at a time to the troops a forwardmovement is manifestly impossible. This isthe condition at present. THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES. *<«%* GEN. WHEELER RECONNOITERING FROM A TREE BEFORE SANTIAGO. The department of transportation and thecommissariat have been in unavoidable con-fusion. There have not been enough boatsto get the provisions to the shore, some ofthe mule trains are without pack saddles, theroad has been almost impassable and a hun-dred other things have added to the men have been taking the inaction philo-sophically and have been consistently violat-ing every known hygienic rule, apparently without the least ill effect. They have sleptin wet clothing, drunk unboiled water andeaten unripe fruit continually, but nobodyseems to get sick. The confinement to campis of course irksome when an uninvitingcountry is spread out before them, but thenthere is outpost duty to look forward to, andthis gives them plenty of opportunity torange the woods and morass and to gathermangoes and limes to their
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