ItisworsethantheFrenchatSedanamilliontimes。WearejustamateursatwarandaboutliketheIndiansColumbusdiscovered。Iamexceedinglypleasedwithmyselfattakingitsogoodnaturedly。IwouldhavethoughtIwouldhavegonemadorgonehomelongago。BonsalandRemingtonthreatentogoeveryminute。Milestellsmeweshallhavetowaituntilthosecruisersarelocatedorbottledup。I\'mtiredofbottlingupfleets。IlikethewayDeweybottlesthem。Whatastorythatwouldhavemade。Twenty-sixtransportswithasmanythousandmensunkfivemilesoutandtwo-thirdsofthemdrowned。RemembertheMaineindeed!they\'dbetterremembertheMainandbraceup。IfwewaituntiltheycatchthoseboatsImaybehereforanothermonthaswecannotdaregoawayforlongorfar。Ifwedecidetogowithaconvoywhichiswhatweoughttodo，wemaystartinadayortwo。Nothingyoureadinthepapersiscorrect。DidItellyouthatMilessentDorstaftermetheothernightandmademealongspeech，sayinghethoughtIhaddonesowellinrefusingthecommission。Iwasgladhefeltthatwayaboutit。Well，lotsoflove。I\'mnowgoingtotakeabath。Godblessyou，thisisa\"merrywar。\"
RICHARD。
InsightofSantiago——
June26th，1898。
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