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We sailed from New York Tuesday P.M. 3.30 sighted land (the Bahama Islands) Friday 5 P.M. and reached the Bay of Santiago at 9 A.M. to-day July 25

 The Captain of the U.S.S.

Resolute (Mr. Eaton) is a very agreeable and intelligent host having traveled in many lands he furnishes much intelligence

  We have on board 5000 tents

hospital supplies, ammunition, nurses, physicians and surgeons and soldiers from New York.

 The sailors are unloading

tents now, they have to take them in boats as the water is too shallow for our ship to go up to the wharf.