. Schley and Santiago; an historical account of the blockade and final destruction of the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Pasquale Cervera, July 3, 1898. Copyright., 1902, liy \V, B. Conkey Comp;iny. The flag was aliniut s/iot aiuay(xxiii) AND SANTIAGO 241 the officers. Everything was dirty. Enter-prising American soap manufacturers couldhave obtained splendid advertisements bycleaning the Cuban army—^^officers and menalike—and having pictures of before andafter used as illustrations. There were no beautiful sunsets or brilliantsunrises while I was off Cuba. It is a peculiarfeature of t
. Schley and Santiago; an historical account of the blockade and final destruction of the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Pasquale Cervera, July 3, 1898. Copyright., 1902, liy \V, B. Conkey Comp;iny. The flag was aliniut s/iot aiuay(xxiii) AND SANTIAGO 241 the officers. Everything was dirty. Enter-prising American soap manufacturers couldhave obtained splendid advertisements bycleaning the Cuban army—^^officers and menalike—and having pictures of before andafter used as illustrations. There were no beautiful sunsets or brilliantsunrises while I was off Cuba. It is a peculiarfeature of the Cuban landscape that night suc-ceeds day without any picturesque displays ofcolor, and so suddenly that there is nothingthat can be called twilight. In the same waythe sun comes up in the morning with a shoot,and by the time you get it through your headthat the sun is up you also discover that itis red hot. Everything is absolutely monot-onous, and you long for the changes inatmosphere and color and temperature thatcome with varied life in the North. The onlybits of color I saw were on a couple of nastychattering paroquets who woke me early themor
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