Letter from Dwight R. Yates to his aunt Annie C. Harley
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Title | Letter from Dwight R. Yates to his aunt Annie C. Harley |
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Subject | Yates, Dwight Rezin |
Harley, Annie C | |
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 6th (1898-1899) -- Personal narratives | |
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives, American | |
Cuba -- Description and travel | |
Description | Letter from Dwight R. Yates to his aunt Annie C. Harley about the delay in letters being sent, the health of himself and his unit, a dream about being home again, what he has to eat, and his boat trip to Cuba. |
Creator | Yates, Dwight Rezin |
Source | Dwight R. Yates papers; MMS-1805; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
Date | 1899-02-01 |
Rights | |
Format | Correspondence |
application/pdf | |
Language | eng |
Identifier | mms01805_i00001 |
https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/collections/item/32474 | |
Spatial Coverage | Santa Clara (Villa Clara, Cuba) |
Fostoria (Ohio) | |
Rights Holder | Yates, Dwight Rezin |
Type | Text |
[from]D. R. Yates Co. D 6th OVI [to Mrs. Annie C. Harley, 302 McDougle, St Fostoria Ohio, Ohio] Santa Clara Cuba Dear Aunt -I think you was a little hasty the way you write I am sure I have answered all letters I have received the best I could I think you wrote some and put in that letter of Roxies on Christmas dident you get an answer to that one I answered it and the next one I received was 3 days after we landed at Cien Fuegos I answered that one as soon as I got some stamps from home we dident get our December pay till the 28th of last month I sent you a money order 2 days ago of $20 did you receive it all right your letter was wote the 23 and I dident get it till the 29th so you can see how long it take for a letter to go and come back was very glad to hear from you I am well there is only 6 in the Hospital out of our Matalion there is 30 in the Hospital in the 1st and 3rd Matalion so you see this is much healthier than Cien Fuegos this City is occupied by the Cubans there is a few Friendly Spandiards living here the only nice thing about this city is the plaza they have there high toned Cafes their main drink is coffee that is the high toned people well I will finish in the morning Hello it is nearer noon than morning I have had the drowsiness all forenoon it is half past 10 recall from fatigue just blowed I layed down at 8 oclock and just woke up and of all the dreams I was to home Grandma was cooking we had sausage potatoes good butter we cleared the table once and run out of butter and Lew Risser was on his way to town to sell some butter and he had stopped for dinner and we used his wasent that a good one when I woke up I told Yocum my mess mate that I was liable to go in a trance some time I have fell away quite a bit will weight 130 it is on account of the food being so short it is not so warm to day the wind is blowing a little my duties are guard duty on camp and up town ever 3 days and probly do fatigue between the guard, the bannas and oranges and lemons are ripe they pick them off before they are ripe and hang them up you can get all you want of them for a nickel the coconuts are 10 c a piece, yes there is vegetables here they sell them around camp beets, radishes, lettice, onions, peas, beans and ect, I wouldent spend the rest of my days here if they was to give me the Island I dont like the weather the people you cant talk to them at all Oh I can say a few words give me a Home in Ohio that is good enough for me, I didnt get very sick coming over but I dident feel well al the way over nearly all the boys gave the sharks their meals I saw hundreds of the porpises we had a nice quiet sea all the way over, we was only 2 miles from the water in Cien Fuegos I guess we are 100 miles from there now yes the tide comes and goes thats the reason we couldent leave charleston till morning the tide was in full, I go bathing ever week and wash my under clothes my but the fleas and lice are thick down here, we have hard tack, beans and potatoes and our Matalion gets 7 beef every 10 days so we have fresh meat nearly once a day some of it is nice and some tough have only saw 3 milch cows since I have been here at Santa Clara I saw quite a few in Cien Fuegos milk is 10 c a pint I haint saw a sheep yet I dont believe there is any here we all have cots to sleep on furnished by Helen Gould if it wasent for her we would be sleeping on the ground the shade trees are scarce what there is is palm well I will close hope you are all well Good Bye |