A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . marched only twelve miles, but 30 YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS were hungry, limp, and ugly. So, havingcrammed down a hasty supper of nothing inparticular, we made short shift of absenttents, and, pulling our blankets to our chins,lay face upward to the stars that made ushomesick, and slept the sleep of tired littlechildren. I was wakened in the middle of the nightby a distant jangle of sabres and rattle ofhooves. Seeing our officer of the day. Lieu-tenant R. E. Callan, standing not far awayand
A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . marched only twelve miles, but 30 YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS were hungry, limp, and ugly. So, havingcrammed down a hasty supper of nothing inparticular, we made short shift of absenttents, and, pulling our blankets to our chins,lay face upward to the stars that made ushomesick, and slept the sleep of tired littlechildren. I was wakened in the middle of the nightby a distant jangle of sabres and rattle ofhooves. Seeing our officer of the day. Lieu-tenant R. E. Callan, standing not far awayand looming gigantic against the sky, Iasked him the meaning of the noise; and hereplied that it was Captain Macombs troopof cavalry just coming in. I lit my pipeand talked for a while with the lieutenant ofother things than war — Maude Adams andJohn Drew, football, ambition, and books —till finally he went away to make his pipe went out, and I dreamed of strangerhappenings than my longest thoughts couldfashion in the glare of day. And, when Iwoke again, reveille was soaring from postto post. p. CHAPTER IIIThe People of Puerto Rico Their attitude toward the invading Americans — Theproclamation of General Miles — Justice and the pri-vate soldier — Depravity of the native masses — Menand women of the better class — Local attributes oflife — J hint to the weary. BEFORE proceeding further with thestory of our advance, it may interestyou to know what manner of peoplewe found the Puerto Ricans to be, and howthey behaved toward us who came to themas dogs of war. When we were first on the island, there isno doubt that the mass of the populationregarded us with acute distrust, if not withdislike and fear. But the prompt measurestaken by General Miles to disabuse theirminds of any preconceived ideas of ensuingrape, robbery, or desecration, did much tosoothe the more ignorant and childish of the3 j2 YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS natives, while the intelligent and educatedclass
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