America's war for humanity related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty, and the glorious heroism of America's soldiers and sailors . mediately dropped anchor a few hundred yards off INVASION OF CUBA. 473 shore. So they were suspicious and wary, and when the headquarters ship,the Seguranca, from which this is written, left the dock, three colored womenand a pathetic group of perspiring stevedores and three soldiers representedthe popular interest in her departure. The troop ships were the best passenger steamers the government couldbuy. They were fi
America's war for humanity related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty, and the glorious heroism of America's soldiers and sailors . mediately dropped anchor a few hundred yards off INVASION OF CUBA. 473 shore. So they were suspicious and wary, and when the headquarters ship,the Seguranca, from which this is written, left the dock, three colored womenand a pathetic group of perspiring stevedores and three soldiers representedthe popular interest in her departure. The troop ships were the best passenger steamers the government couldbuy. They were fitted up with pine cots and a small proportion of stalls forthe horses, and the first-class cabins were turned over to the officers. Onsome of them the men swarmed over every part of the ship, on others theofficers held the bridge to themselves, on the majority the quarter deck wasalso reserved for them. There were other differences ; the food on some ofthe ships was very bad ; on most of them it was the regular army rations,served to the men cold, with hot coffee. On a few of the ships the foodserved to the officers was provided, with patriotic feeling, free by the owners. DISAPPEARING COAST DEFENSE GUNS ACTION. of the line to which the transports belonged ; on our ship it was charged forat a moderate rate per day, but it was exceedingly bad. It was for every one a most tedious experience. For those who were notable to withstand the slight motion of the sea it was a week of sickness,without the comforts or seclusion that a sick man generally obtains. Theheat below deck varied from 102° to 110°. Most of the men slept on thedecks at the imminent risk of rolling overboard; those who were quarteredbelow tossed and groaned during the night and made up for lost time by sleep-ing all day. Probably half of the men forming the expedition had never been at seabefore. They probably will desire never to go again, but will say from thedepths of their experience that the dangers of the
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