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Title: 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
Year: 1898 (1890s)
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Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: New York, St. Louis, N.D. Thompson Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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n inured to all thefatigues and privations of an almost wild, primitive existence, each mountedon his own horse, familiar to him, armed with his trusty carbine, to whichin moments of emergency he has been not infrequently indebted for an excel-lent repast. These hardy horsemen think nothing of fatigue—in fact, laughat it—while to them a campaign seems an agreeble party of pleasure. Theyhave a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of the woods, can find their wayby means of the sun and observing the bark of trees, following the track ofan enemy or a stag with incredible sagacity, assisted by their dogs—for eachman possesses his favorite. They have no regular uniform; each arrives athis post just as he happens to be dressed, made up entirely by his wife fromthe cotton which he himself has planted. A hat made of plaited palm leavesshades his face, bronzed by the sun or maybe the fumes of his pipe. An otterskin, artistically folded and sewed, contains his ammunition, his necessaries
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PRINCE Mr RATS EXPERIENCE. 1(15 for kindling a fire, together with his little supply of tobacco. A walletattached to his saddle bow contains the provisions both for himself and horse.The animal is not less hardy than his master. A few handfuls of Indiancorn a day are sufficient for him; but toward evening, on arriving in camp,he is unsaddled, the bridle taken off, and two of his legs being attachedtogether, he is set loose in the wood, where the abundant grass soon affordshim an ample and cheap supper. Amid such a heterogeneous mass not much discipline can be expected.They have no regular maneuvers. Each fights on his own account, and asif by instinct. It is a hunting excursion on a grand scale. They are, however, thetroops who most distinguished themselves during the last war < 1812) andwho claimed the honor of having driven back the English at the battle ofNew Orleans. I have myself made a campaign with such a troop, amountingto three hundred men. They were commanded by a general

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