A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . y worn toshreds before we left the transport atGuanica were once more revived, andcapered with new life. Good-natured irony-flew from lip to lip in fantastic speculationas to probable promotions in case all theofficers should be killed at the first horses were told, individually and withgreat tenderness, just what every man ex-pected of them in the approaching no comrade gave another any instruc-tions regarding mother or the girl at home,if he were to bite the dus
A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . y worn toshreds before we left the transport atGuanica were once more revived, andcapered with new life. Good-natured irony-flew from lip to lip in fantastic speculationas to probable promotions in case all theofficers should be killed at the first horses were told, individually and withgreat tenderness, just what every man ex-pected of them in the approaching no comrade gave another any instruc-tions regarding mother or the girl at home,if he were to bite the dust. For my ownpart, I found my mind so busy in going overthe cadences of a waltz I had danced withSomebody months before that I could notbring myself to consider anything else butthe beauty of its refrain — or was it Hereyes ? — try as I might. And, besides, it isnot profitable to shake hands with the deviluntil you are within reach of his claw. The wagon-road leading from San Ger-man, over which we were now marching,follows the valley of the Rio Grande, whoseflats, varying in width from a few hundred. YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS 45 to a thousand yards, extend on each side toa chain of hills. On either hand, in the im-mediate distance, are fields of sugar-cane,bounded wherever they touch the road bywire fences. San German, the city through which wehad just passed, is a place of nearly 10,000inhabitants, with a jurisdiction numbering30,600. It has three very fine markets, acharity hospital, a seminary, good schoolbuildings, theatre, and casino. There is arailroad in construction, a post-ofiice andtelegraph station. It is situated on a long,uneven hill, at the foot of which liesthe beautiful valley of the Juanjibos andBoqueron Rivers, which is made a veritablegarden of enchantment by the orange,lemon, and tamarind trees, together withvarious other plants, growing there in abun-dance. The town was founded in 1511 byCaptain Miguel Toro, and has borne thetitle of city since 1877. The pri
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