A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . A Ruined Church along our Line of March,. A Puerto Rican Laundrv YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS 85 intent upon our part the merchants allowedthemselves to be coaxed back into theirplaces of business. The cafes were oncemore thronged. Semi-weekly concerts weregiven in the Plaza Principal by the band ofthe Eleventh Infantry and the Banda delBomberos, in alternation. Balls, dinner-parties, and flirtations resumed their inter-rupted course, gathering new zest and brill-iancy from the foreign element
A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . A Ruined Church along our Line of March,. A Puerto Rican Laundrv YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS 85 intent upon our part the merchants allowedthemselves to be coaxed back into theirplaces of business. The cafes were oncemore thronged. Semi-weekly concerts weregiven in the Plaza Principal by the band ofthe Eleventh Infantry and the Banda delBomberos, in alternation. Balls, dinner-parties, and flirtations resumed their inter-rupted course, gathering new zest and brill-iancy from the foreign element within thegates. All the Americans began to studySpanish, and all the Puerto Ricans to studyEnglish, without particularly gratifying re-sults on either side. Cocking-mains, localgames of chance, and more hectic immorali-ties were set forth for the delectation of theprivate soldiers ; while I have personal knowl-edge of at least one quasi-clandestine bull-fight, that may be best described as a furtivefizzle. Strict measures were taken by the brigadecommander to prevent anything resemblingdisorderly conduct among his men, andthough these laurel-cr
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