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At the gale of a Spanbh Ion built be-sidt-o the railroad line between Gibara and Holquin in Cuba, ,I plaque W(IS inscribed \\'ith the appeal "Chri-loti:'ltl Traveller, SLOp and remove }'our hat! The grollnd YI)\I tread on is sacred, in the name of Ihe Cuerpo dl' "lj(mtPT1a d, Man',wlw,'''C Thc fon was namcd aftcr Seamen Rama and Cancela of the 2nd Bn, 2nd Regt of the RO''aI1\'il\'allnfantn' Corp!>, \\ho had died figilling alone on that SP()l in 1890. against a force of some 1,800 Cuban rebels. On shipboard. na\,,1 enlist("(IIIl(n wore a traditional blue or while jumper ....ith a bro."ul blue bib (or "Nelson") collar. a broad-topped flat cap and ....i de trousc=n; - lillie dinerenl from thOSt' .... om m na\il"'s around th~ ....· orld: the black hat ribbon bore the n3.Jlle of their ship in gold lettering (lot-"e Plate DI). S.,i10ni on land duty and those scr\ing as na\

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