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The insufficient and inadequate provision for the care and feeding of the wounded at the field-hospital of the Fifth Army-Corps, which I have tried to describe in the preceding chapter, was due largely to the inability of General Shafter's commissaries and quartermasters to cope successfully with the two great difficulties above indicated, namely, landing from the steamers and transportation to the front.

Bolla was a sore subject with him; there had been a rivalry between them about some work which the committee of Young Italy had finally intrusted to Bolla, declaring Arthur too young and inexperienced. "I know him pretty well; and I like him very much. He has been staying in Leghorn." "I know; he went there in November " "Because of the steamers.

Thus he comes to the world's greatest seaport Liverpool and the steamer finally drops her anchor between the miles of docks that front the two cities, Liverpool on the left and Birkenhead on the right. Forests of masts loom up behind the great dock-walls, stretching far away on either bank, while a fleet of arriving or departing steamers is anchored in a long line in mid-channel.

A month afterward the fazender, his wife, his son, Manoel and Minha Valdez, Lina and Fragoso, departed by one of the Amazon steamers for the immense establishment at Iquitos of which Benito was to take the management. Joam Dacosta re-entered his home with his head erect, and it was indeed a family of happy hearts which he brought back with him from beyond the Brazilian frontier.

On dashed the whole squadron, the steamers keeping up a hot fire from their great guns in return, though so well sheltered were the blacks that not one of them could be seen. This sort of work continued for some time, several officers and men being hit, when one of the steamers grounded. She then became, of course, a target for the enemy, and several people were wounded on board her.

Let me get to the nearest telegraph office, and we'll have some events, right smart. Let me attract attention. I've sailed in these seas before. There's steamers goes out of Kirkwall yonder frequent we must get hold of one. A telegraph office! that's what I want. I'm a-going to set up a blaze and I'll set up a blaze elsewhere as soon as I can lay hands on a bundle o' telegraph forms!"

"Not in my attachment to all that brightened my childhood, and Hero is closely linked with the dear happy time I spent at the parsonage. Mr. Palma, I want him." Her guardian smiled, and played with his watch chain. "Officers of the ocean steamers dislike to furnish passage for dogs; and they are generally forwarded by sailing vessels.

Here's one of those beastly steamers coming: they spoil the lake, but they're very convenient, I suppose." She glanced at the big steamer puffing towards them obtrusively and sending a trail of smoke across the green and violet of the hills.

S.R. Mallory, of the Navy department, gave him warning of two or more steamers, of a class desired for present service, which might be purchased at or near New York "steamers of speed, light draught, and strength sufficient for at least one heavy gun." "The steamers are designed to navigate the waters and enter the bays and inlets of the coast from Charleston to the St.

I sent secretly four thousand men who were at Wady Halfa to relieve him if it could be done; five hundred to push forward on the quickest of the armed steamers, the rest to follow as fast as possible. I did my best. That was a month ago, and I am waiting waiting and hoping, madame." Suddenly she broke down. Tears streamed from her eyes.