. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. cent occu-pation, although everything was in the mostperfect order. But in the great hall wherethe governor conducted the general andhis staff was centered all the good taste and 160 THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES elegance I was able to discover anywhere inSantiago. And yet its decoration was sim-ple. The floor was of tesselated tiling andthe walls were plain, except for a soft tintof pale blue and trimming of gilt. Oneither side of the room and extending tothe lofty ceiling were long mirrors of
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. cent occu-pation, although everything was in the mostperfect order. But in the great hall wherethe governor conducted the general andhis staff was centered all the good taste and 160 THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES elegance I was able to discover anywhere inSantiago. And yet its decoration was sim-ple. The floor was of tesselated tiling andthe walls were plain, except for a soft tintof pale blue and trimming of gilt. Oneither side of the room and extending tothe lofty ceiling were long mirrors of finestmaterial. The doors and windows were hungwith heavy Turkish tapestries, and the fur-niture was of a superb old pattern and ofsolid mahogany. Here, where Spain has made merry formore than two centuries, our soldiers wereconducted. Their sabers clanked on thestone floor. Some were thirsty and withoutfurther ceremony hurried to the water jugstanding in a shady corner of the innercourt. Others, wearied by days of ceaselesslabor, betook themselves to the fine big-armed chairs and lit GEN. WHEELERS ROADSIDE the meantime Gen. Shafter at the headof the great room was receiving the localcouncil and other civic officials. As the lastof them passed in to address him a little oldman, with the purple robe and round cap ofa bishop, accompanied by three priests inblack gowns, entered the main door. Thosewho stood at the entrance made way rever-ently and the prelate advanced through thecrowd of officers toward the head of theroom. He was of no small importance inthis Spanish community, Fray FranciscoSaenz de Virturi y Crespo, archbishop of theprovince. He was immediately given a seatbeside the general, and with the aid of aninterpreter they conversed with apparentsatisfaction. Then when he rose every man in the room stood with military precisionat attention until he had passed and goneout. It was now near 11 oclock in the governor, seeking to do the honors p
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