. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. d through several small vil-lages but in the open country a house was rarely manner of building is peculiar to the inhabitantsof that country. The better class of residences arebuilt of corrajjated iron, both walls and roofing, someare clap boar
. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. d through several small vil-lages but in the open country a house was rarely manner of building is peculiar to the inhabitantsof that country. The better class of residences arebuilt of corrajjated iron, both walls and roofing, someare clap boarded similar to the less pretentious homesof the working class of people in the United States,others are built of brick and overlaid with a coating ofwhitewash, while the home of the peons are built ofpoles and rough boards with thatched roofs, or withwalls and roof covered with grass and huge exception every house in the country and inthe villages is raised from two to five and six feetfrom the ground. The houses of the more wealthy ofthe residents are enclosed in high fences or walls insideof which are beautiful gardens of flowers and all abouteverything is neat and tidy. One peculiarity of all buildings which gave theman odd appearance was the absence of window one or two exceptions we did not see a house of. Snap shot (it Korto Rican child in usual costume, wearinga briLrht smile and a strin- of beads. Pkoilk ok tifI: Inland. 245 any description on the island which had a piece ofwindow i^lass in its construction. The doors are madein two parts, the upper half reniainin<^ open the belterpart of the time while the lower half is kept window openings are protected by paneled shut-ters. The temperature varies but little at any periodduring the year and glazed windows are considered anexpensive luxury and not at all a necessity. The sys-tem of taxation in vogue previous to the invasion of theAmerican troops practically prohibited the purcha-
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