Th is reco rd was pre par ed at th e r eq u es t o f th e F acu lty o f Pr i n ce to n U n i e s i a n d u b is he d in a o d an e wi h th e o rde r o f th e B o ar d o f v r ty , p l cc r c t

ff h a n s u r a u r a n f r n in T u s e es . E er e o r s b e e m ad e to e e e i o m a io r t v y t c cc t t , fa m o s o f th e e e rs re e i e d h a v e b e e n u b is h e d e rb a im So m e ct , t l tt c v , p l v t . a u m n i h a e n o t res on de d in S i e o f r e e a ed a e m s to ea h h em l v p , p t p t tt pt r c t , n d th e s o f n a es o es n o t e refo re a to be o e e u as a li t m d th cl im c mpl t . S ch i t is h o wev e r i s h o ws h a a o o d n u mb e r o f P r i n e on me n s er e d h e i r , , t t t g ly c t v t o u n r in e e r d e ar me n w he h er o n an d o r s e a a n d did s o wi h c t y v y p t t , t l , t n cre dit to the m se lves a d th e ir Alma M ater .

W I L LI A M L I BBEY . 1 N E T N N. . un e 89 PR I C O J 9 . , , J ,

RECORD OF PRINCETON MEN DURING THE

P — A A 1 9 8 8 . S ANISH MERIC N WAR ,

A ’ . . OO 56 A W DHULL , M . D . , ,

Col d hi S ur eon A . . a n C e S . f g , U.

I do not regard myself as a positive participant. The

Surgeon - General did not appear to care to avail himself of me I notwithstanding my expressed preparation for service , and u t 20th I remained at Denver ntil abou July , when was sent to inspect Camp Thomas (Chickamauga) and then to organize and command the Josiah Simpson General Hospital - at Fort Va Monroe , . f Dr . Woodhull is now chief surgeon o the 8th Army Corp s in Manila .

’ B ’ ‘ D 60 V T . CAL IN EWI I , M . , , Lt l. D . . Co . S . . S . A G U. , , U When the war began I was Maj or and Surgeon . S . S . an d on duty as Post Surgeon at the Fort Monroe station . On 29 h 1 F t 898 U . . June , , the S . A General Hospital , ort Monroe ,

Va . I was , was established and in addition to my post duties Th t placed in command of it . e hospital was composed almos entirely of tents and had 560 beds for patients ; it was dis

c N . 27th 1 898 . ontinued ov , , because of the cold weather L 15th 1 898 I t . . an d On D ecember , , was promoted to Col

G U . . . Deputy Surgeon eneral , S A

W ’61 ED ARD FIELD , ,

Ma . 3. Ar t. j U. At the time that the war with Spain began I was In s pe c of r th e tor Artillery of the Departm ent of Califo nia , but upon 6 departure o f General Shafter for Cuba I assu med duties of

- a n d - Adj utant General , Judge Advocate , in addition to my

fo r regular duties , and nearly a m onth administered the o f o f routine affairs the department , in the absence Brigadier wh o o f General Merriam , remained in the Department Columbia to expedite the departure o f Washington and

th e dist ri Oregon troops . My w ork embraced camping and b ution o f the v olunteer troops which were arrivin g almost

en to daily . t G eneral Merriam arrived I continued act as

n - u f d Adj uta t General pon his sta f. My uties were still further

' complicated by a detail from the W a r D epartment a s Acting

- a s L Inspector Gener l in the ab ence of General awton . Find i n s s t o s I g it impo ible combine all the e functions , was r a s - b y L o f elieved Adjutant General ieutenant Bennett , ’ as - General M erriam s staff. My work Inspector General has

to o f b een quite arduous , owing the number troops present and the quantity of a rms and stores requiring inspection and o f condemnation . I condemned over worth property and inspected money account-s t o th e extent o f several mil U o f lions . During this period I have inspected the ni v ersity

s s d u California twice , and the po t in the epartment , incl ding

o f u w . I the n ew post Honol lu , Ha aiian Islands asked the D epartment Commander for an opportunity to go to the front , but was told that my services here were indispensable to to him , owing previous service in the department and famil iarit y with its conditions . F L F My son , Robert ield , is First ieutenant in the our te e n th o n Infantry , and has been activ e service ever since he

. s reached Manila Coming from special ervice in Alaska , he s o n 1 5 f S an ailed the th o July for Manila . While in Francisco he was ass igned to recruit an d command o n e of the skeleton

s o n e companie , which he formed into of the finest companies m cn in the regiment , quite a large proportion being young

m U t o u t - fro the niversities . The regiment wen upon p ost m duty al ost immediately upon their arrival at Manila . He participated with much credit in the battles of February 4th 5 th e and th , when insurgents attacked the United States f troops . A portion o the regiment containing h is company ’ was under General Lawton s command during the taking o f

Santa Cruz and other points . He was the only officer with m his co pany , and the acting Colonel of the regiment specially praised his services .

He has earned the respect of all his superiors , as well as the highest regard of those under his command .

W ’ 6 1 ILLIAM A . RAFFERTY , ,

M ea t - l n d Co . S eco S . Ga v. U.

F Being stationed at ort Riley , Kansas , at the beginning o f of the Spanish war , in command his squadron of the Sec o n d u Cavalry , was ordered to Chickama ga Park , Georgia , with 22n d 1 898 the squadron , and arrived at that place April , , and 1 2th remained there till May , when his regiment was ordered 4 h t o m . t Mobile , Alaba a On June left Mobile by steamers or fo r 7th transports Tampa , Florida , arriving there June , and o n J 14th remained board with men and horses till une , when ’ 5th fo r he sailed with the Army Corps , General Shafter s , San 22n d t . iago de Cuba Disembarked at D aiquiri , Cuba , June , 1 898 , and with his squadron participated in the campaign against Santiago and the Spanish army . Remained in Cuba t 28th ill August , when he was ordered to embark with his fo r L A u squadron Montauk Point , ong Island , arriving there

h U n . gust 29t in the . S . tra sport Minnewaska Sick in Cuba o f o f fever July 8th to 1 8th . On leave of absence on account s 4th ickness contracted in Cuba , from September to Novem 1 8 24th 89 . ber , In Cuba he commanded the only squadron that took their horses with them into Cuba .

’6 N . . 9 F STAHL, , Cha lain o S . V ls p U. . ’ H Es 1 R . o 7 ANDALL P , ,

ha lain S . N. C p U.

a Served in the Iowa at the battle of Santi go .

L ’ 2 M . 7 WILLIA P ANE , ,

I t M l n ol . s . d . Vo . I C f.

25th 1 898 Monday , April , , went into camp at Pimlico ,

Md . , in accordance with orders received on the preceding 15 1 9 . 8 8 r e Saturday , from the Governor Of the State May , , f F F o . signed my commission as Colonel irst Regiment , I . N .

L - U G . . , in order to accept commission Of ieutenant Colonel in 1 V . S . olunteer service And on May 7 th was commissioned

L - and mustered in as ieutenant Colonel , commanding the two

U . S . V . 1 s t . battalions which then formed the Md Infantry , and to which the allotm ent under the State ’ s quota restricted us . We were assigned to the Department of the East , and , under orders from those headquarters , proceeded to Fort Mon

2 h . f r o e Va . 5t u O th e , , May , for d ty there Was in command

27th - Post at Fort Monroe from June , when Brigadier General Hasbr o u ok left to take command Of a brigade of volunteers 8th in Florida , until September , when we were assigned to the m ul 7 th Second Ar y Corps . J y I was commissioned Colonel O f w a the regiment, hich was then filled by the ddition of the O f r Third Battalion , under the second call the P esident . Sep

8th o r - tember , reported with regiment to Maj General Graham , P to a . e at Camp Meade , , and by him assigned the First Brigad , 1 1 h 1 9 A . N t 8 8 First Division , Second rmy Corps ovember , ,

A . left Cam p Meade and went into winter camp at ugusta , Ga

u 28 1899 . and there mustered out of the service on Febr ary ,

’ . . D 6 O O . . 7 R W J HNS N , M , ,

t a A . Ca . n d t ur . S S . . p Ass . g U

O f t I was in command the First Division Hospital , Fif h n e Corps , during and after the battle of Santiago , and remai d 9

l on duty in that city after the cessation of hostilities , unti 1898 was o September , , when I rdered back to the United o n States , where I have since been duty as Attending S ur O f geon and examiner recruits , at Chicago , Ill .

‘

. . 78 C H HUNTER , Ex ,

Fir t i t I t r t s L eu . s A .

I left West Point under orders fo r Cuba but was not ‘ relieved from duty at West Point in time to reach Tampa ’ s oon enough to j oin G e n eral Shafter s expedition ; and I remain ed until July 1 3th as ordnance officer at the Siege F U . Artillery camp , when I left with Battery B , ifth S . Artil S lery , under orders for antiago . U pon arrival , our destination was changed from Cuba t o ’ f O f n Porto Rico , and we ormed part General Miles expeditio . P We arrived at Guanica , marched to once , and remained

ea s n r that place until peace was as ured . I was then ordered a back to the Military Ac demy .

’ 9 . 7 PHILLIP H FRASER , ,

7 l t Y. ol n s V . I N. f. 1 t . Y . . 2 h 7 s . G 8t 1 89 . 8 . Enlisted in the Regt N N , April , B 2 n d 1 898 . Went to Cam p lack at Hem pstead , May , Mus

- U . o . S n t red into S . service for term of the panish America 3 h o n 1 t . L Fl war May Encamped at akeland , a. , the last of L at . . May, and Tampa , Fla the first week in June eft Tam pa

U . S 23 V 1 4 . aboard . transport NO . , S . S . igilancia , on June th A O ff 29th rrived Santiago harbor, June , and landed at “ ” ibo n 24th S . d y , June Followed the Rough Riders towar s Las Guasimas , but did not arrive in time for the fight . Broke ca 27th th e m p at Siboney the , marching to Seville , thence s econd battalion went to S eville Heights for outpost duty u 30 h o n ntil June t . We rej oined the regiment this day at 5 1 . 4 M a . t s A . . s P M On July , at , we started on march tow rd fire El Poso and San Juan Hill . Marched up latter under 1 0

about noon . Again under fi re during Spanish night attack ,

2 — h 3. 8t July In the trenches at San Juan Hill , until July , when the investing line o f Am ericans having been extended 1 7 s t R . w as s o n westward , th e egt as igned a position Santiago

s S Heights , within a thousand yard Of the panish intrench R ni ente where we were again under fi re o n July 1 l th . e

a 9 th . mained in c mp th ere u ntil August , when the Regt m arched into S antiago City and embarked with the l 6th U . “

S . U . o n S . La . L Inf . transport Grand Duchesse eft Santi a o 1 l th o t g A ugust , and arrived at M ntauk Poin , August l 5 h L t . n 17 . anded and went to detentio cam p , August th

s to 22n d s Tran ferred Open camp , August , an d given ick leave o n 2 August 4th . N u U . Y o n o v Was m ustered o t Of S . service at New ork l 6th 1 9 8 8 . ember ,

" F R . L 79 RANK H O D , ,

a . ols . C p t S . C. V Was commissioned as Captain and Commi s s a ry o f S ub V 1 2th 1 898 h is sistence Of olunteers , May , 3accepted commis 1 2 h 1 9 th t 8 8 . 9 s sion May , On June he was a signed to duty ’ with the 5th A rmy Corps (General Shafter s ) was assigned to ' ’ duty at headquarters Of the 1 s t Division (General Kent s) and ” f 1 o n th e o r 3th . sailed transport Santiago Cuba , June ” S was o n e o f s The antiago the three tran ports which , “ ” o n a rri vm g at Daiquiri , were detailed to make a diversion O ff S a o n e o f w anti go , and was the three transports , hich were the only ones , under fire during the war , they being fired u pon by the Punta Gorda battery while engaged in this m a

n o eu vre .

Captain Lord landed at S iboney on June 26th . As the l s t s h a d m Divi ion a Com issary from th e regular army , h e wa s detached a n d left as Ac ting Assistant Depot Commissary

H e o f n at Siboney . organized a gang Cuba s , and it was his duty t o land an d store the supplies as fast as the transports d were unloa ed . 1 1

On July 17th and 1 9th he acted as interpreter (being familiar with the S panish language) inside the Spanish lines at Aguadores . The regular D epot Commissary being shortly thereafter taken d own with yellow fever , and the Chief Com missary h aving gone to Santi ago after the capitulation o f the h e o f city , was left in sole charge the depot , and superintended o n 23r d o f o f to the July the shipment all the army stores ,

ffi to S . gether with the post O ce , antiago From July 24th to 31 s t h e was Acting Assistant D epot Comm issary at Santiago and from July 1 s t to Au gust 24th was Acting Chief Commissary of the 1 s t Division at Camp “

S St . . Wikoff, having returned from antiago on the Paul Immediately after his return North he was taken sick with the usual Cuban malarial fever , but he has recovered , and expects shortly to be assigned to duty under General

Wood at Santiago . F o r his devotion to duty and activity and energy in send S com ing forward supplies while at iboney , he was specially

il n l im n t s f . V e e d . I s o p by his up erior o ficer , Maj or D B , Chief f Commissary O S ubsistence .

’ 9 O M OG . OO . . 7 J HN W DBURY , M D , ,

ie ur eon n d Jlf or Ch S a a U. S . V. f g j , June 30th received commission as Chief Surgeon with rank V S . . m O f U . co Maj or , Also orders to report to the General

d . m an ing Camp George H Thomas , Chickamauga Park , Ga .

4th 1 898 t o - J uly , , reported Maj or General Brooke and was 1 . 7 l s t assigned by S pecial Order No , d ated Headquarters o f l st Army Corps and D epartm ent the Gulf, to the D ivision

‘ l s t n S Army Corps as Acti g Chief urgeon , and reported to

- m . m i Major General James H . Wilson , commanding I e d a tely entered upon the duties of Chief Surgeon of the l s t Di l s t vision , Army Corps O f l st 1 s t P Headquarters the Division , Army Corps , orte 1 31 898 . Ponce , Porto Rico , August , I have the honor to 1 2 report that I am now o n duty as Acting Chief Surgeon 6th Army Corps and as Sanitary Inspector the Island O f Porto

S NO . 8 28th Rico , pecial Field Order , dated July , Head f F e O f quarters O the Army in the ield . And as Chief Surg on F 31 the Army in the Field by a Special ield Order No . , Head f 22 O 1 898 . quarters the Army , August , to 1 1898 I have the honor report that upon September , , P P I was serving in once , orto Rico , as Acting Chief Surgeon of the Army in the Field in compliance with S pecial Field N 31 o f O . 7 Order , part , dated H eadquarters the Army , Port o f P P 28 1898 once, orto Rico , August , , and continued to serve S 1 5 1 898 in this capacity until eptember , , when , by command

- for Ne w Y of Maj or General J H . Wilson , I sailed ork on transport Concho , arriving September and pro c d e e de to my home . U b 1 8 1898 of pon Octo er , , I tendered my resignation my ‘

f r n an d U . V O S u eo . . commission Chief g Maj or , S , and by N 256 O f P O . Special Order , by direction the resident , I was

a . honorably disch rged from the service of the U . S to take f 2 8 7 1 98 . ef ect December , w This is a complete record Of my Official orders , as they sho 30th I entered u pon my duties on June , and served at Cam p r P a 5th G . Geo ge H . Thomas , Chickamauga ark , , until July , C 1s t s S . . when I was ordered to Charle ton , , with the Division O f 1 s t the Army Corps . Was there engaged in fitting out and “ ” in equipping transport Rita , and sailed from Charleston ” a P 20 . P tr nsport Obdam , July Arrived in once , orto Rico , 26th wa s S July , and immediately made anitary Inspector of

th e . 22d n island Served in that capacity until August , whe

I succeeded Colonel Charles R . Greenleaf, becoming Acting f F s Chief Surgeon O the Army in the ield . Continued in thi 15th U n i duty until September , wh en I was returned to the

S . w 1 8 ted tates For arded my resignation upon October th , ff 2 h r e which was accepted to take e ect on D ecember 7 t . I ceived the honor o f a recommendation for prom otion fo r dis 1 3 tin gu is h ed conduct and gallantry in action in the affair Of

Aibonito and the battle of Coamo , being engaged in removing fir our wounded while under e .

H M O S R EADQ UARTERS OF THE AR Y , OFFICE F THE CHIEF U P O O O O . GE N , RT PRINCE , P RT RICO 22 1 U 898 . AUG ST ,

To the Ad u an t Gen er a l Hea d uar ters o the Ar m j t , q f y SIR z — I have the honor to recommend to the Maj or

r M CG . G o . eneral commanding , the promotion of Maj J Wood

n m bury , Chief Surgeo , First Division , First Ar y Corps , to the firs t vacancy that may occur in the grade of Lieutenant

Colonel and Corps Chief Surgeon . Maj or Woodbury has distingui s hed himself in this campaign by the ability with which he has discharged his duties . He possesses fine ex ccutive ability and excellent professional capacity , and par ticul arly distinguished himself in an action at Coamo and at f Asomante by his personal care O the wounded under fire . V ery Respectfully , F (Signed) CHAS . R . GREENLEA ,

l . Co Chief Surgeon Army .

FIRST ENDORSEMENT .

u I heartily concur in the foregoing . Maj or has f lly won l his promotion , not only by his general and regu ar service, but by his personal gallantry under fire with me and as a o f ff member my sta .

. O (Signed) JAMES H WILS N , ’ M a j. Gen l Vols . O O M SEC ND END RSE ENT .

Approved ,

Cordially endorsed ,

N O . ELS N A MILES , ’

a U . A Maj . Gen l Comm nding . S . 14

’ V RE 80 H . K . DE E UX , ,

Li u Fir s t S V. Ca v. d . S econ e t U. , 1 a st U . S V on I enlisted s a trooper in the . . Cavalry

5th 1898 . May ,

\Va s S o n l 1th 1 898 . made a ergeant May ,

W as 2d L . o f o n 21 s t 1898 appointed ieut Troop K , May , 22d 1 9 \Va s L 8 8 . anded in Cuba June , in the battle Of

24t h 1 898 . Guasimas , June ,

\Vas t S wounded in lef forearm at the battle of antiago ,

l s t 1898 . July , u 1 5 h 1 a o t S t 898 . IV s . mustered Of th e service ept ,

’ R 80 ALEXANDE B . D UNCAN , ,

Red Cross Advis o ry Boar d .

S l o n fo r d ai ed the Relief Cuba , but were etained at o f o f Tam pa , because the action the S panish authorities , to — a t refusing them permission land any Cuban port . After the war was over he took part in the relief work of the Red Cross in Havana and suffered an attack of sunstroke as th e f result O exposure .

’ S R R 81 TUA T B OWN , , 5 d V l In . th Ill . o . A jt . f

\V e 1 88 1 h n I returned from college in , I became inter e s te d 188 2 in the National Guard , and was in elected an O tfi o f I s cer llinoi s N . G . As my bu iness increased I found it nece s s ary to resign my office . W hen there wa s pros p ect o f a war with S pain I could n ot fe e l eas y at the idea o f having been a play soldier in pip ing time s Of peace and refusing t o go when there was dan I ff . s to d o f ger o ered my service the A j utant General Illinois . 7 “ hen wa r broke o u t there was o n e vacancy in th e Illi

s u y o f 5 I s In fa n t r v noi G ard , the adj utanc th e th llinoi . This w a s d to me s m f ten ered , and again t the re onstrance o my wife 15

and friends I accepted it . I was appointed captain and a d a 5th o n 25th jut nt Illinois Infantry April , was mustered into the service o f the United S tates With the same rank on May h 1 7 t 898 . , 14 to G o m e . . s On May th we were ordered Camp H Tho a ,

L G a . 1 6th 1 898 . ytle, , and reach ed that place on May , There s 2d 1 898 di we remained until Augu t , , undergoing the s com forts and labor incident to a camp o f instruction and disci 2d P pline . August we were ordered to uerto Rico by way o f Va Newport News , . At Newport News we awaited the arri

s - h val of a tran port, and were finally ordered aboard S . S . O dam . We loaded all our impedimenta and men , and slept o n e s night on the boat , expecting to ail the next morning , o when we were ordered to g back to camp , as the p eace protocol had been Signed . m After a few days ore Of waiting at New port News , we L K were sent back to exington , y . , and there heard we would f be mustered out in a e w days . My family and business

. 21 s t now imperatively demanded my return On August , n 25th 1 898 . o r e , I resigned It was accepted the , and I h o m ab o u t k turned to my e a wee earlier than my regiment .

This is the history in brief of my bloodless campaign .

My wife , I firmly believe , thinks I would have displayed more courage by staying at home . My friends Speak of my “ ” . a m a summer vacation I say nothing , and not even candidate fo r O ffice . The o n e consolation I get out o f it all is the knowledge that I was willing to venture , and this is shared by a million wh o others more capable than myself, did not even have an opportunity .

VOO ’81 J . SPENCER RHEES , ,

In . ol. Chap lain 3d Con n . V f April 25th I was appointed Chaplain of the First Regi 26th V . ment , Connecticut olunteers April I resigned , that the former Chaplain might be reinstated . 1 6

24th G o v . L . June , orrin A Cook appointed me Chaplain o f n V t e the Third Regiment , Con ecticut olunteers , and I

n . ported for duty at Camp Haven , Con , on the same day th e The camp was a delightful place to spend summer , nearly s urrounded by the sea . The regiment was given vig o ro us s drills , and put under thorough military di cipline , and the making O f good soldiers from the raw material was a rapid and m arvelous succes s . 9th Sept . , by order of the War D epartment, we were Pa am . transported to C p Meade , , and brigaded , and belong

n o w to 2d 1 s t 2d . the Brigade , Division , Army Corps Here the cold nights brought a great deal O f suffering to the s ol

s diers . After four day in Camp Meade I was sent home with

w as . typhoid fever , and absent on sick leave for ten weeks Five weeks fever reduced me in weight at the rate O f a pound h r e and a alf a day . During the following five weeks Of c u pe ra tio n I regained my weight at the rate o f a pound a

day . 1 No v . 5 th , by order of the War D epartment , our brigade

— was transported to this cam p Camp Marion , S . C . Th e s b e location is in an exten ive pine forest , a sufficient space

fo r th e o ur ing cleared encampment of brigad e . The position

o n e s s . is an elevated , urrounded by mar hes The soil is of are sand and the camp is apparently healthful . Here we w looking for ard to going to Cuba , being designated for II a a n a v .

It has been a great disap pointment to o u r men not to s i c have had an opportunity at the front , t ll they are patrioti enough to be willing to serve o ur country in the more ar d u o us and distas teful service n o w necessary in our new

territory .

’ B II S . ICK A M . 82 . A ,

C a ain a n d r t rm s te ua S . e a r A . pt Q U.

About o n e year ago he received his commission as Cap tain and Q uartermaster and reported at Chickamauga about 17

l s t fo r June duty . He was s hifted over the southern camps O f till about the first April , when General Ludington ordered him to Manila . He sailed from S an Francisco an d touched

at Honolulu where he p osted letters , since then nothing . His m record was such as to call forth m uch co mendation . His health has been superb throughout . His Old football days s tand him in good stead .

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G . 2 . 8 O DEN RAFFERTY , M D , ,

B i a r r de S u . a n d M a S . A U. . g g j ,

P Y . . s I was on duty at Willetts oint , N , as an Assi tant

e U . . 7th 1 898 Surg on in the S Army till June , , when I started F U S . for Key West , lorida , for duty in the . General Hospital t . 8 1 898 hat had j ust been started at that place On June th , , I was taken from the train by verbal orders from the S u r U S . A g eon General , . . , and assigned to duty as Assistant to O f 2d the Chief Surgeon the Army Corps , at Camp Russell A .

F Va . Alger , alls Church , On June 1 9th a commission as Maj or and Brigade Sur

U . . V l S o . t . geon , reached me , and was accep ed

2 1 D u ffield f r On June s t I reported to General H . M . o V 22 d u d a nd a . d ty with his comman , left Camp Alger , , June ,

L l a Ft . for Siboney , Cuba . via Dunn oring , A ex ndria , Monroe ,

V Y . a . U . , and the . S Auxiliary Cruiser ale We arrived at ’ S o n n 26th S iboney , Cuba , Ju e , and by General hafter s order reported to th e Chief Surgeon of the 5th Army Corps fo r 28th to duty . On June I was assigned duty by the Chief S urgeon as recipient and forwarder O f all medical supplies landing from the transports . 2d 3d 4th o n On July , and I was duty in the Operating Ward of the G eneral Hospital at Siboney by the reques t of

r La S U . . . Maj o Garde , urgeon , S A 6th n On July , in accordance with a telepho e message , I

f U . . boarded and took charge o the S Transport Cherokee , 1 8

ffi with 325 wounded men and O cers , and landed her at Port F l 0th e Tampa , lorida , on July , without the loss of a singl m a n . W hile waiting for the transport to rel oad with supplies and reinforcements at Port Tampa , I was ordered by tele graph to report to the Surgeon General at his Office in Wash

in to n . . g , D C Y y 23d 1 898 . . On Jul , , was ordered to Fort Hamilton , N , O s S to receive and take charge f sick from the tran port eneca ,

to 500 and afterwards establish and run a bed tent hospital , u for the reception o f the sick returning from C ba . Having o n 31 s t 1 898 or completed this latter work October , , I was Y to . . dered back my original station , Willetts Point, N

F D ’ 84 . . I . . J . M T NNEY , M , ,

i r r Bu Md . N. . B . G g g ,

I am afraid I cannot pose as a war hero . My only con n ection with the military wa s in the capacity o f brigade sur to o f a geon the militia Of the State M ryland . I did not get further than the camp Of instruction .

’ P E 4 . H S O 8 S JO N ON , ,

Fir s i u d 5 L e . a n Ad t. th . M Re d . ol In S V . U. . . t t j gt , f At the time o f the declaration Of war against Spain I wa s L . o f 3d 5th a l st ieut and Battalion Adj utant the Battalion , 25th Regiment Infantry , Maryland National Guard . On the o f r P day A p il the regiment went into camp at imlico , Mary o n 14th 1 898 land , and the day Of May , , was mustered into s o f U 935 the ervice the nited States , with fifty officers and

s . o f 1 enli ted men I held the position s t Lieut . and Regi o f s mental Adjutant thi regiment, which was then called the 5th a U V . . . . o n Maryl nd S olunteers (l M N . and the 19th y o f P f . o r a G a . da May we left imlico , Md , Chickamaug , , where w e o n 2 1 t s w . arrived the , and ent into camp The regiment wa s s s to 1 s t s 3d a igned the l st Brigade , Divi ion , Army Corp s .

2d o f n We remained in camp there until the day June , whe

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the whole Santiago Campaign , being present with it at the bat

L as s 24th tles of Gua imas , fought with Spanish forces June , S 1 898 . In camp with it at iboney and S evilla , and on the l s t 1 898 morning Of July , , marched with it to take part in the ’ bloody three days battle Of S a n Juan Hills . Was present at the siege Of Santiago and the bombardment o f July l 0th and f 1 h 1 9 1 1 th o 7 t 8 8 . , and witnessed the surrend er the city , July , I served through the terrible days of the epidemic of yellow fever and malarial fevers that followed the surrender , until

o f U S t s the final return the regiment to the nited ate , landing

n Y . 1 9 h 1 \Viko ff P . s t 898 at Camp , Montauk oi t , N , Augu t , , and remained with it until after its trium ph al return t o New Y 29th ork City , when the regiment was furloughed August , 1 898 fo r , sixty days , to be finally mustered out this month ,

1898 . November ,

R . S I CHA LES H M TH , Ex

r F ir t r l . S e t. s T oo Phi a a r) g p City C .

Previous to the w ar he had s erved in the City Troop for s ix s year , and was an active member Of that body when the war broke o ut . He enlisted with the Troop and served with

Po them in rto Rico .

R . H RP . HEN Y H T O , M . D , Ex

Z t . s U. S . Vol Car .

P Jal r rivate in Rough Riders (Ca y) . Was with his regiment from time Of muster in t o end Of its service at M o n

Y . . S 1 898 . tauk , N , eptember , Was present with his regiment

s o f La s S a n at battle Guasimas and Juan , and the bom b a rd m e n t and s iege o f Santiago ; was distinguished for gal s lantry and recommended for a commi s ion .

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O B R . 86 R E T B BOWIE , , Ca 5 t . h M l . n d . Vo I pt f.

I was 5 th . . U . Captain of Company A , Md Regt S . Vol . 21

Inf. Was mustered into the s ervice o f the United States May 1 4 1 898 . th ,

2 1s t 1898 May , was at Chickamauga , assigned to l s t 3r d . . 5th 1 898 wa s Div Army Corps ; General Brooke June , , F la . P s 5th at Tam pa , , assigned to rovisional Divi ion . A rmy

Corps ; General Shafter . We remained at Tampa when Cuba ’ was invaded . Our Field and Staff O fficers horses came near going to Cuba , but we did not . “ F ” The transport lorida, upon which the horses were , O f collided in getting out port , and consequently got back to

Tampa and their owners .

t u 1 8th The regiment lef Tampa Aug st , and arrived at 21 . 2n d 4 s t . th Huntsville , Ala , August Assigned to the Div . , A rmy Corps ; General Coppinger .

S 5th 1898 to We left Huntsville eptemb er , , ordered Bal 22n d timore to be mustered out, which happened October ,

1898 .

5th U V . . s The Regiment , S ol , comprised twelve com n i o f 106 t pa es men each . We lef our armory to go into cam p 25 h 1 9 F t 8 8 . preparatory to volunteering April , rom April

25th 1 898 to 22n d 1898 w e - , , October , , lost twenty one men , eighteen deaths from typhoid fever , one from dysentery and th e two . accidental (one drowned , one shot) We were among t very first Of the National Guard to volunteer , and were sen for from Chickamauga on the first call the fight , best equipped and prepared for service . Why we never got farther than

Tampa my superiors can better tell y o u .

During the campaign we were in three Army Corps , and

M . 2n d Y . 2n d O . . 14 . Y . brigaded with the th N , , N , l st Dist

3d P a . . 2n d 1 s t Fla . Guard , Ga . and , and Regiments

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. 86 CHARLES E HAYS , ,

1 In i u t S . n t. . S eco d L e 8 h U. f 22

L ’87 . IGG CLINTON R S , , 5 V l S . o . th Md . M a . j U. I entered the service Of the United States Government a s h S . V . Maj or o f th e 5th Maryland U . olunteers T is Regiment o f had previously been a part the Maryland National Guard , in which I h a d held the rank of Maj or for several years . I was with the Regiment until recently mustered out with the P Chicka rest of th e command . We went from imlico to F manga , thence to Tampa , lorida , and then to Huntsville ,

Al a back to . , and Baltimore , were we were mustered out

’ 88 . . H . . J R C URCH , M D , ,

f l. t . o Ca e . r M . V u a n d a . l s S S g . j U IVe take this notice of h im from Richard Harding Davis ’ ’ “ S cr ibn er s article in the Se ptember , entitled The Rough Riders Fight at Guasimas “ m an o n A tall , gaunt , young , with a cross his arm , was j ust His coming back u p the trail . head was bent , and by some ’ surgeon s trick he was advancing rapidly with great strides and at the same time carrying a wounded man much heavier , o ut o f than himself across the shoulders . As I stepped the s trail he rai ed his head and smiled and nodded , and left m e wondering where I had seen him before smiling in the same m cheering , confident way , and oving in that same position . n o t I knew it could have been under the same conditions , and yet he was certainl y associated with another time o f ex cit e me n t and rush and heat , and then I remembered him . He had been covered with blood and dirt and perspiration as was n o w he , only then h e wore a canvas jacket and the man h e carried o n his shoulders was trying to hol d him back s from a whitewa h ed line . And I recognized the young doctor “ ” as Bob o f with the blood bathing his breeches Church ,

Princeton . That was only o n e o f four badly wounded men h e o n s f carried his houlders that day , over a half mile o trail s m th e th e that tretched fro firing line back to dressing station , 23

under an unceasing fire . And as the senior surgeon was absent he had chief responsibility that day for all the wound ed,and that s o few of them died is greatly due to this young man who went down into the fighting line and pulled them f an d rom it , bore them out of danger . O f t In recognition his valiant conduct in his campaign ,

. t o Dr Church has been recently promoted be surgeon , with the rank of maj or

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. 88 M . H W W ARTS, Ex ,

M a . ol. a n d a t S . V C . . En U. S j p U. g.

A 1898 P Y In pril , , I was ordered to Willetts oint , New ork an d Harbor , attached to the Battalion Of Engineer troops , ‘ an d under orders to b e r e ady for duty in Cuba with the army f o . was invasion Before orders were received to depart, I u detached and ordered to St . A gustine, Fla . , where I reported m n n W . . to Colonel . H H Be j ami , Corps of Engineers , who assigned me to the charge of the defensive Operations at

Jacksonville and Tampa Bay . These Operations consisted in l the construction of batteries for large and medium ca iber guns , f O . at each locality , and the planting submarine mines While ’ e n . gaged in this latter work , in the St John s river, j ust as 1 0th the work was nearing completion , I was injured , June , 1898 x O , by the premature e plosion of a part f a mine , in which accident two men unfortunately lost their lives , almost ’ o n O f within arm s length . At present I am sick leave absence , recovering from m y wounds received at that time . P I am now under orders to proceed to ortland , Oregon , and assume charge of certain river and harbor work s in that locality 1898 o f V In July , , I was promoted to Maj or olunteers , l s t which rank I still hold . My rank in the Regulars is L to ieut . , but I am under orders be examined for promotion to Captaincy in the Regular establishment . 24

’89 S H . S BA . N RICKETT , Ex ,

I l Ca r . S . Vo . s t U. S erg .

W as s everely wounded in th e great fight of the

Riders and invalided home .

’ CO Nn i 'r H 89 J . SMIT , Ex ,

V l A r t. o .

o n e o f Enlisted in a battery from the Western States , an d s a w s ervice in Cuba and Porto Rico .

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R S " I C H 90 . CHA LE G B K AM ,

i mmun es C ap ta in N n th I .

IIe enlisted as a private in the National Guard the day war was declared and went into camp at C olumbus , Ohio , thence t o Tam pa . Their regiment was ordered aboard the transport rammed and sunk by th e Miami . This only kept the boys o u t Of the battle Of Santiago . In time he became a

us O r corporal . In Aug t he was ord ered to report at New ’ lean s . There he found a Captain s commission awaiting him M CO . . . and since then he has been Captain Of , Ninth Immunes s fo r S 17 He tarted antiago August th , and remained in camp

. with fever till sent hom e Sick , having lost som e forty pounds He returned to his company which came home to Cam p fe w n o w 20 Meade a weeks ago , where he is (May ,

an d o ut where he will be mustered next month .

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. F R . 90 J E A NUM , ,

Fir s Troo hil Cit Ca v. t p P a . y

W as s t with the City Troop at fir t, but was af erward given u an appointment as Assistant Q artermaster , with the rank of a capt in .

’ G I . S R 90 RE NALD K HO ER , , Fir s Tr o P il it v o C Ca . t p h a . y When the war broke out last April I j oined the First P Troop hiladelphia City Cavalry . W e were called out by 25

o n 28th l the Governor of Pennsylvania April , and were mobi iz e d Pa r with the State Guard at Mount Gretna , . Afte entering the s ervices Of the government we were sent to Camp

Va . Alger , Falls Church ,

F to s rom there we were ordered Newport New , where we were in camp a few days before em barking for Porto

Rico on the trans port Mas s achusetts . Our campaign on the

e xtr e me l v n island was an interesti g experience . The hard s as hips are fading away time goes on , and one begins only was to think of the privilege it to have been able , even in a ’ to small way , have served one s country in such times , and to have helped to hold up the proud record of s uch a distin uis h d g e comm and .

O O ALEXANDER NIX N B DINE , Ex

t r Ba ter A . P a Vol . A t y , . . This was the first organization from Pennsylvania m us 6th 1 898 d U . te r e . into S . service , at Mt Gretna, May ,

o ut 1 9th 1 898 . Mustered November , , at Philadelphia

- F Va Served at Sub Post ortress Monroe , Newport News ,

5th . Sailed for Porto Rico Aug . S O f P tationed at Port of Ponce, and a few miles out once,

Porto Rico .

f r 3r d . Embarked o Americ a S ept . h L l 0t . anded at Jersey City S ept . ’ Received a two months furlough . I was with the Bat t r e y the entire time .

. M ISAAC B S ITH , E x

l n Iowa o . I V f.

V ' He enlisted with an Iowa infantry regiment . ery early h in the war he was appointed a paymaster in the navy , wit

' s the rank Of ensign . He was on one Of the maller boats off the Florida coast until hostilities ceased . 26

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H A RB RNE . D . 91 S . O U BALDWIN , M , ,

a n d ir t i u l t N l Ass S ur . F s L e s J. Vo s . t . g t . .

J . I have been a member of the First Regiment N . , since F 4 ’ 95 F L ebruary , , when I was commissioned a irst ieutenant r and Assis tant Su geon . The order calling our regiment o ut was issued A pril 2 th o n 2 a 7 d S e . , and May we left Newark for Girt 3 On the d I was mustered into the government service .

Maj or Allers , surgeon Of the regiment . was the first volunteer N ew . from Jersey to be mustered in , and I the second This was done at once in order that we , as government surgeons , could make the physical examinations of the recruits . We

a m F s i . ex ined the ir t , Second and Third Jersey Reg ments

After remaining at Sea Girt three weeks , the regiment was V ordered to Camp Alger , irginia . There we stayed until o u r ordered home , although we changed the position Of camp three times . During this period orders were received send ing us to the front more than once , but were always counter m an de d th e m at last mo ent . Though typhoid fever cut a big path throug h the army

" o f men , we were very fortunate in losing but eight ” men in the six m onths service . In fact, we had the record of b o n e n o t a eing Of the healthiest regim ents , if the he lthiest , in t hat camp . V When hostilities ceased , Governor oorhees exerted him s th e O f self to ecure mustering out the Jersey boys , and con seq uently we were expecting orders to move home any day . o ur Instead we were ordered to Middletown . All bag

a was o n s g ge the car , in fact, everything excepting ourselves , w hen the Governor drove into o u r little des erted vill age . He

wa s s urprised , as he had been at the War Departm ent all the u s previo s day , and they had as ured him that no Jersey regi h m ent would be moved for t ree days , and had also promised him that he could n am e any one Jersey regiment fo r mus u t e r o t .

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' E B C C ’ C . . BA O K , Ex 2 In . 1 h S . ut t U. S eco nd Lie . f 1 3th I enli s ted May , at San Antonio , Texas , as a private ’ V o r t in the First U . S . . Cavalry ( bet er known as Roosevelt s s S Rough Riders ) . I served in thi capacity until eptember l s t as S L , when I received promotion econd ieutenant in the

Twelfth U . S . Infantry . My record as a soldier I herewith

s w copy from my di charge paper, as follo s l t Campbe l E . Babcock , p riva e Of Troop K , is hereby

- U S discharged from th e service Of the nited tates , by reason O f

i as s U . h s appointment econd lieutenant in the Twelfth S . a s Infantry . In battles , eng gem ents , kirmishes and exp edi

La s S an tions Guasimas , Juan Hill , engagements and skir

i h a to m s es before S anti go ; first expedition Cuba . Service honorable and trustworthy ; was attached to rapid fire gun detachment, and saw severe service in the trenches . Was attached to regimental hospital (after the fall of S antiago) . Released from service in hospital u pon l anding in United

States . ”

S O B Ca t . ( igned) W OD URY KANE , p

Behaved with marked gallantry in action o n t wo o r three occasions while under my personal observation . “ g H O O V (Si ned) T EOD RE R OSE ELT , “ I Col . st v lr . V. Ca a . U S . y F My regiment is now stationed at ort Riley , Kansas , where I expect to j oin them as soon as I recover from fever contracted in Cuba . m Co l . By ord er of y commander , Humphreys , I was o f placed in command Company E , owing to the fact that my s ff l uperior o icers were wounded and kil ed in Cuba .

R . S WALTE S CA H , Ex Fi s S ol. a v. r t U. . V C

’ W as a member o f Troop K Of Roosevelt s Rough Riders wa s u l s t and wo nded July , at the battle Of San Juan Hill . 29

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. C . D . 92 CLARENCE A M WILLIAMS , M , .

F ir s Lieu n d A c i n . a A s r t t t g s t . S u g .

s l 0th 1 l th 1 898 o n I erved from August to October , , the ” U . S . A . hospital ship Relief in the capacity o f Acting As s is ta n t S urgeon with the rank of Firs t Lieutenant . During this time we mad e trip s between Porto Rico an d the northern U d S s ports in the nite tate , conveying the sick from Porto

Rico . We also acted as an ambulance ship to convey the Sick from Montauk Point t o Boston and Philadelphia at the time when the authorities were hurrying the Sick away from

M ontauk as fast as possible .

V G 92 PETER REDENBUR H , 3d . N Ca . J. Vol . In p t f. My record in the Spanish War begins with the President ’s th e m first call for troops , being at ti e a Captain in the New

Jersey National Guard , and practicing law in Jersey City . F S e a F H S rom Girt we were sent to ort ancock , on andy n F s o e . Y Hook , and ome ( Bat ) to ort Wadsworth , in New ork

Harbor . Towards the close of the War the Regt . was sta

n d P P s 1 s t tio e at the ompton owder Work . About November

s we were ent here (Athens , and are expecting orders O f daily to go to Savannah , and thence to one two places ,

s e a th e o f Mariel , a port about fi fteen miles from city Havana , P o n or inar del Rio , the western part of the Island of Cuba , n in the province by that am e . D uring my life in the army I have been acting in the capacity of Maj or , holding , however , my rank as Captain and

d e o f acting as Ju g Advocate the General Court Martial , not having as yet been relieved .

V . M . O WILLIA JOHNS N , Ex

1 3 In l . r i ut th P a . Vo . Fi s t L e . f

25th 1 898 1 3 Pa . On April , , my Regiment, the th from

P . . a . t o Scranton , , was ordered Mt Gretna I had been in 30 that Regim ent for over five years and held the position O f 4th

S ergeant at the tim e . After all the boys had been given a chance to enlist into th e service and were put through th e

a n o f physical exam in tio s , in all which I managed to make a

l CO . s t L . fair showing , I found myself promoted to ieut in A , V l o . . 1 3th Pa . Inf W hen we had filled up o u r compan y to the required

- five h ad in seventy men , and the recruits som e sort Of shape , V F a . we were ordered to alls Church , , about the middle of i l s t May , where we rema ned until August , pitching camp L Va . wa s then at D unn oring , , which about three miles away th R ’ and nearer e S outhern ailroad s line . This whole camp ” Va u . ing in . went nder the name Of Camp Alger On the “ las t day o f August we s tarted back fo r the Old Key s tone S ” “ ” tate , where , at Cam p Meade , three miles from Middletown

Pa . and about twice that distance from Harrisburg , , we halted fo r a few weeks . ft A er having been there about three weeks , I was taken quite Sick with typhoid fever and was confined to the Harris fo r s burg City Hospital nearly nine week , or from S eptember 23rd t o 22n 1 d 898 . November ,

t M cK e n z ie While there my regimen left for Camp , at

s G a . Augu ta , , about the first week in November .

’ . R P D 93 J B ENT ALMER , M . . , , l I S ur . a n d I l a t K . l I . s o n . g j y V . f h 1 t t . V l e s o . My regiment, Ky Infantry , has been on duty P r here in orto Rico , nearly fou months , and while I will gladly furnish any information yo u have been good enough t o reques t concerning my service in the army I can hardly enter into detail as to my doings and different detached ser

s o n o vice while the island , as most f them have been done

s s under verbal order , and the carcity Of surgeons here when we firs t arrived was the cau s e o f my being sent to many s o f place which I have no record . 31

I was mustered into the Volunteer service as Maj or - S u r ’ l st V 1 1 98 geon of the Kentucky olunteer Infantry , May , ,

L K . and after a month Spent at exington , y , examining

G a . recruits , proceeded to Chickamauga , , with my regiment ,

. s aw where we went into camp The first man I , whose face

l — ~ was familiar , and who immediate y accosted me calling me S P ’91 by name , was George hields , rinceton , , then a Corporal L S t . M O in Battery A , of ouis , . Their camp was j ust opposite ours and I learned from him that Guy and Tom Warren , ’

95 O f . Princeton , , were both m embers the same battery Need less to say we had many a pleasant talk during o ur two months encampment there , about college days . I had been at Chickamauga only ten days when I received 21 an order , dated June , to report to the Reserve Ambulance

f r d fo r s a Company o uty . I served there thirteen day and w s a o f 1 s t e m then p ut in ch rge the Division Ambulanc Co pany, 26 1 s t . Army Corps This position I held until July , when I was ordered to report to my regiment fo r dut v at Newport

News , to embark for Porto Rico . 9th 1 s t We sailed Aug . , on Transport Alamo , as Regi

3r . d . U ment Of Brigade , Gen Grant commanding pon land P o u r i ing at Ponce , orto Rico the Brigade Surgeon of Br gade f a was put in charge O the U . S . Gener l Hospital here and I 3rd l s t succeeded him as Brigade Surgeon , Brigade, Army

Corps . August 24th I was ordered to proceed to Guayama t o ’ M - deliver hospital supp lies to aj Gen . Brooke s command

and proceeded across the island about 45 miles to do so . On the way over we met a Philadelphia troop of Cavalry return ’ P P 90 r ing to once , and I saw Rex Shober, rinceton , and othe

m en whom I knew and whom I s aw in the troop . m On y return to P once I learned that Gen . Grant had been put in command Of the 2n d Brigade and that I had

been again ordered back to my regiment , as regimental

surgeon . 32

23rd l 6th S ept . I received an order to Coamo ; where the

3r d W P a . and the isconsin regiments were and where they S d h ad their battle with the paniards , to act as Briga e Sur

l st . a g eon Of the Brigade , Gen Ernst comm nding , and was F then p ut in charge of the Division ield Hospital , at that 1 300 a a place , where more than p tients were h e led and which 25th was the larg est hospital o n the is land . Oct . I was relieved from duty at Coamo a n d ordered back to my regi ment at Ponce .

Y O S H R EDWARD E MAN T O P , Ex

7 l t . V l Cor s N. Y o . p .

1 8 0 . . J. 7 He was born in Orange, N , in He prepared for P S n s rinceton at edgwick Institute , Great Barringto , Mas ,

S P Pa; e and at the Hill chool , ottstown , He enter d Princeton ’ h f 93 o n th 1 n t e O 7 t 889 . with Class the day of Sep , Owi g , t o n s certai changes in his business pro pects , he found it expedient t o leave the Class b efore graduation and embarked s s Y r in the advertising and publi hing busines in New o k City , a 29th o f 1 898 in which voc tion he was engaged until the April , , w in l s t hen he enlisted as a private Company B , Of the 7 V o f Y olunteer Regiment New ork City . H e was with the I " L . . e regiment at Camp Black , , and from thenc went to

as Tampa and Cuba . He w in every one Of the engagements which h is regiment had with the Spaniards o n the 1 st and

2 n d Of July . He was fortunate enough to e scape with o ut u wo nds , but contracted the fever while lying in the trenches and was sent with his company from Cuba to M o n tauk . After the regiment left Montauk he had a relapse and ’ w a s to t L S . s Y taken uke Hospital , New ork City , and died

o n . 3rd there , Of typhoid malaria , Sept . He was laid to rest s at Ro edale Cemetery , Orange , N . J the place of his birth , o a s s His rec rd a oldier was a most enviable one , as will . be seen by the fo llowing extracts taken from letters written h i s . l s t L a by Capt and ieut . fter his death : 33

C . H s a pt azen writes I was a sociated with Mr . Thorp c losely for some months and came to know him well . Always the e same ev n temperament, performing his duties cheerfully , never complaining under the most trying circumstances , he ” was O f me t one the m ost beautiful characters I ever . “ L . Be erstia n : ieut writes I feel his loss very deeply, a s I had learned to think of him as one o f my best friends in the company . He was a fine soldier throughout our whole hard campaign , and was ever ready to help the sick and

. O f weak We have every reason to be proud him . He did ” everything that any one could do for his country .

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L . 4 . UM 9 G FARN , ,

Fir st Tr oo P hila . Ci Car . p , ty

’ 94 . U WALTER E G NSTER , ,

i u 1 l n S econ d L e t 3th Pa . Vo . I . . "

My individual record is brief, for my regiment has not f 2 th O . 7 been out this country We left Scranton on April , in ’ response to the Governor s call . Camped at Mt . Gretna , Pa . th e U ta 13 Were mustered into the service of nited S tes May , Pa 19th 1 898 . L f . . e t Camp Hastings , Mt Gretna , , May , for 1 h V L Va . 9t C a . am p Alger, Moved to D unn oring , , July , and

Pa 1 st . to Camp Meade, Harrisburg, . , S eptember On Novem 14th u ber we left Camp Meade and established in Aug sta , 1 6 189 8 . November ,

N Of 31 I j oined the ational Guard Pennsylvania , March , h 1 895 . , as private in Company A , Thirteent Regiment Was

a n 10 1 897 . L ppoi ted corporal , same company , June , eft m a f r 2 1898 . o . 7 Scr nton Mt Gretna , April , Received co mis L 5 sion as Second ieutenant and Battalion Adjutant, May , 1 9 i a 8 8 . Appo nted Acting Regimental Q u rtermaster , Com

S 20 1898 . missary and Ordnance Officer , eptember , 34

' E ’94 A D . A LEX NDER JENN Y , , 2 03 l. In r i t r d N. Y. Vo Fi st L eu . f.

“ n i r : h d L rit . O Y . e eo 203r d . 2 Joined the N , in whic I was

wa s Sa w r A . It a second call regiment , that service in fou t o f r nt cam ps , wi h the highest percentage sick Of any egime in the service . IVas detailed at Camp Black In charge o f a company Of r e se recruits for the 7 l st reg . They were disg untled b cau th e y could n o t get to their regim ent . In all there were three f n e com p anies o them . They were so insubordi at that they were all put under arrest and their arms taken aw a y just o f 7 1 s t P before the return the to Montauk oint , and their e j oining them there . I was in command thre weeks , and in t m co m an was regard to myself must say hat y p y all right , i but was put in arrest because th e y were n bad company .

' W as o f o u r re n n placed in charge g ental exchange , which

. C. was discontinued at Greenville , S , where the regiment n w o s . is , because of the dispensary law of S C . 0 h . l t l L s t . On Oct I was made a ieut , in the same regi 8th i . . was ment On Dec my res gnation accepted .

OH ’ 4 . 9 J N A MURRAY , ,

’ K O . A Y P RTSE R 94 R , ,

1 th P - 0 a . Vol In . f.

s e fo r M Pa . a 189 Enli t d three years , in the N . G . , y , 7 . P 2 . a . 7 Ord ered to Camp Hastings , Mt Gretna , , April ,

s o U d e Mu tered int nite States servic , for two years , May 1 1 2 898 . ,

S a n Moved from Camp Hastings to Camp Merritt , Fran s Cal 1 8 1 9 8 8 . ci co , , May , S S a n o n Z ailed from Francisco , board the e alandia , 15 1 898 . June ,

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' W e Ch icka Of Adj utant Of the First Battalion . remained at manga about ten days when we were ordered to Tampa , which we place we reached the first part of June . remained at o f Tampa until the latter part August , when we were ordered Ve . \ to Huntsville , Ala remained th ere about two weeks and were then ordered home , and were finally mustered out n o f the United States service o n October 22 d .

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I N 94 . R CHARD HATTO , Ex

N. S . ma s er U. A . P a P . y t ,

U . S . as e s . Ju s t before war w declar d , I was erving in the S

ft to u s . Bancro , then attached the E ropean quadron We were ” ordered home shortly after the Maine disaster . When we P i reached Boston I was ordered to j oin the anther , fitt ng out at New Y ork to t ra nsport the first battalion o f marines to Ne w Y 1 9 Cuba . We sailed from ork on April th for Key was a n d W . est The battalion landed at Key West , the ’ Panther was fo r two weeks attached to Commodore VVats o n s

o n s o f o n s quadron , cruising the north coa t Cuba , the lookout fl fo r the S pani s h eet . u m S f D ring this ti e I acted as ignal o ficer , and commanded the rifl e division in addition to my other duties .

’ Th e P W r e— a anther returned to Key est , emb rked the

o a marines , and pr ceeded to Guantanamo , C ub , where they landed and held the hill and cable s tation . During the

s - five t action at thi place , I landed with twenty blue jacke s wh o had volunteered to relieve th e exhausted marines in the tren ches .

L wa s to U o . S . . ater I ordered the S Terr r , and j oined her \V s o n 2d . t o at Key e t, July We sp ent w weeks on the H to avana blockade , and then proceeded Guanica , Porto ’ o t o s s s M Ric , a i t in landing Gen . iles army . We were em

o o n s pl yed thi duty at Guanica , and Ponce . until the signing o f c the proto ol , when we were ordered to Norfolk and went o ut o f s o commis i n . L ’ . O G 94 F E NARD KELLOG , Ex , ’ Gun n er s M a t e S . . Y n k . e U. S a e

A s 1 I s t Y . a m ember of the Naval Battalion N . received “ s o n 26th S . S . order April to report on board the U . New ” ’ Hampshire and a few d a ys after was enlisted as a gunner s 3rd U . d o s s . t mate , cla , in the S Navy and etailed serv e on “ ”

. Y . w a n a board the U S . cruiser ankee I s ho or bly dis

2n d . charged with the same rating on Sept . following The greater p a rt Of the intervening time w a s Spent in Wes t Indian

s s o f P waters . touching at port in the island Cuba , Hayti , orto P s u d n m . u Rico , Jamaica , Isle of ine , etc We were n er fire a ber of times (5) and but o n e man wounded by th e enemy It was during this engagement that we were succes s ful in sinking a gunboat at Cienfuegos . A number of blockade O ff o f P s runners were also captured the Isle ine , which had been supplying Havana with food and information from the outsid e world . The “ Marblehead ” and “ Yankee prepared the way fo r s O f landing the marines at Guantanamo , the fir t body American troops to land in the island Of Cuba after the o ut f s o l . break the war , I be ieve This was the establi hment Of F M ll ort cCa ey .

OM I ’94 TH AS R DGWAY , Ex , l t r Ci Ca r . s T oop Phila . ty For som e years I had been a member Of the First Troop d to Philadelphia City Cavalry , and it was deci ed by us offer the services Of that body to the government o f the United

in States , it having served every war this country has waged . 7 th 1 898 Our services were accepted , and on May , , we V S . u were mustered into the Army of U . ol nteers at Mt to V P a . F Gretna , rom there we went Camp Alger , irginia , on 7th 24th July , and were th ere until July , when we were f r P 28th ordered t o Newport to embark o orto Rico . On July ”

U . s . we sailed on the S . Tran port , Massachusetts 38

’ d i e rn ba rke d P P o n 3r d We s at laya , orto Rico , August ,

U . S 3r d o n . o n s a S . and were the i l nd until ept , when we left l 0 h s o ut Y . S . t . s s s . Mi s i ippi , arriving at N ept I was mu tered 0 November l th . 6th P w . While at orto Rico ith the H Troop , Cavalry , we

s to were as igned General Brooke , and guarded a wagon train and mules o n the march from P once t o Guayama where Gen eral Brooke was , and where we remained until ordered to s return t o Ponce after the peace protocol was igned .

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G RIS W o L D 95 . PAUL HUSTON ,

1 i n t o Vol . I s Oh f.

Enlisted a s a private in th e First Ohio Volunteer Infam o n 22n d 1 898 try , at Cincinnati , Tuesday , June , , and was m as signed t o Co pany A . m P 26 In ca p at ort Tampa City , Florida , from June to 1 1 . o n 7 July 7 Taken with typhoid fever July , in Reginald

s s F Ho pital ten day , then sent northward to ort Monroe in the Hos pital Train . Taken from Fort Monroe o n August ’ 3 o n s h , a thirty day sick furloug , which was later extended

t o 60 s . s o n day Honorably di charged at Cincinnati , Tues 24 1 898 . F day , October , Th e irst Ohio was in camp at Col

s P F umbu , Chickamauga , ort Tampa City , ernandina and ’ J s L ack onville , in General ee s Corps , whence it was sum

o n e d s f r it m home and orders is ued o s dis charge . At one time th e regiment was o n b oard the transpor ts u nder Gen S s s to eral hafter , but later it eemed be t take more artillery to s to and the regiment was ordered di embark , recruit up its

a n d full quota wait fo r further ord ers . It was considered to o n e o f t h e s be be t regiments in the volunteer service , but the

a t h e o f fi was men , fter need ghting over, wished to return to d a n s s as . civil life , thi de ire w granted them

’ R ES R L S H . W I 95 C A L E , ,

Fir s Troo P i h la Ci Ca n. t p , . ty I have been a m ember o f th e First Troop Philadelphia T ( ava l r fo r s t two o n o f City y the pa years , but account a sev ere 39 a ccident last spring was unable to volunteer with them when U they were mustered into the nited States service . 28th I was finally able to volunteer my services on July , 1 898 t th e U S , and was mus ered into nited tates Volunteer

S da y P o n ervice, and on that we sailed for orto Rico the

3rd 1898 , transport Massachusetts landing there on August , P ’ at Playa del once , down there we escorted General Brooke s P ammunition and provision team from once to Arroyo , and o n 1 3th 1898 o f August , , were drawn up in line battle when ’ Lieuten a nt M cLa ugh lin delivered the President s m essage s aying that the Protocol had been signed and hos tilities were

— a s to cease as the opening gun w about to b e fired . We sailed from Playa del P once o n the transport Mis ” s fo r Y o n S 3r d 1 898 issippi , New ork eptember , , and arrived

l 0th 1 898 — in Jersey City on September , proceedingthence u to Philadelphia , when we were given sixty days f rlough and were finally mustered out Of the United Volunteer S ervice o n 2 1 1 s t 898 . November ,

The general health Of the troops was good , and the food a s as good could be expected under circumstances , but f naturally becam e monotonous to those unused to camp li e .

LO ’ 95 J . WALKER RD , ,

il Ci Ca n. Firs Troo P h a . t p , ty Y our request for an account of my s ervice in the recent war cam e while I was sick with typhoid fever ; otherwise it would n ot have remained so long unanswered . I was in the United States service from July 22n d to

21 s t F P November , serving as private in the irst Troop , hila o n delphia City Troop , its Porto Rican campaign , which began on July 26th and ended September l 0th .

E ’ 95 DWARD MUNN , , I r l Ca . D Tr oo s t Vo . p , My “ record ” in our late war was merely the counter part o f hundreds O f others who got no further than a poorly e quip ped cam p in Florida . 40

I was unfortunate in n o t being d rawn as one o f th e Y m emb ers o f S quadron A , N . G . N . . , wh en they decided by

s l o t wh o s hould compo e Troop A , which finally went to

Porto Rico . There fore I w ent to Tampa and was enlisted on J un e ’ ” s o s o r r e 1 7 th in Ro o evelt s R ugh Rider , , more p op rly , the

Firs t V olunteer Cavalry . a s s to The troop I w as igned had already gon e, leaving a small squad to care fo r the hors es . I took that glorious p art

th e wa r a n d th e o f in , came North with others my regiment s o n wh o remained in Tampa , arriving in Jer ey City August

w as s 1 1 th . I immediately ent hom e , and remained until

5 o r t s . October 1 th hereabout , in bed with typhoid fever A o t to Y was few days later I g over New ork , paid Off and mus

te re d o ut o f the service . l h is S hould Co . Roosevelt ever want Old command to get d o f s wh o together , very few in eed , even tho e m erely saw the

war by proxy , would fail him .

Certainly I Should b e proud to serve under him again , w ot th e but ould see that I g there earlier , and in tim e for

d u n w e o t . Show , hether law examinations were about or

’ O R I 95 C U TLAND N XON , ,

ir i u . l t In . F s L e s U. S t t . f

u 22n d 1 898 J ne , , I was fortunate enough to receive orders

o t appear before an examining board in New York City . I w a 30th to 5th s 1898 . 2 examined June July , On the 8th o f July I received and accepted my commission as S econd

L o f r r fo r ieutenant Infant y , and was orde ed to report duty at

G a . 3rd Atlanta , , which I did August and was assigned to

II 1 e s fo r U . f . duty th r cruit th e l st . S In antry My commis s 11 a s d to 9th 1 898 . ion ated back rank from July , W e remained in Fort M cPh ers o n (suburb Of Atlanta) A u h . 1 4t to G a until g , when we changed Newman , . , forty s s m ile outh . 4 1

On the 9th O f S eptemb er we were ordered to Camp L Y Wikoff, ong Island , N . . , to j oin the l st Reg . of Infantry , which had j ust returned from active service in Cuba . In

L I . 1 s t one week after arrival at Montauk , . , the Inf. was

l r 30 . s A a . th ordered to Anni ton , , whe e we remained until Oct The regiment has twice prepared to return to Cu ba within th e last t wo m onth s . m s o m ffi o n I ight add that , owing to any o cers being

n o f s Sick leave , I have commanded Com pa y B thi regiment 1 th 1 9 . 8 8 8 . since Sept , d This is an uneventful and uninteresting recor , but I j oined to o late t o see active s ervice .

C E ’95 O . O TH MAS H PIERS N , , ,

Tr oo A V l . Ca l . N. Y. o p ,

K ’ 5 9 . PHILIP G . WAL ER , I D . C. ir t i ut o n a n d A . F s L e . st W. Va . V l. I f ,

The West Virginia National Guard was called o ut o n th e 26th da i n y of April last , of wh ch orga ization I was a mem

1 s t L . b er , and held a commission as ieutenant in the same on e Our two regiments were consolidated into . and , being a O n o t j unior fficer in the National Guard , I did receive a com mission in the new regiment . I enlisted as a private in Com F V V y o n th e 29th o f pany B , irst irginia olunteer Infantr , day f . 2n d O April On the May I was appointed by the Colonel , O f 1 2th Of sergeant maj or the regiment , and on the day May , 2n d there being a vacancy , I was commissioned as lieutenant and assigned to Co . E . While encamped at Chickamauga Park I served in various capacities, as battalion and regimental adjutant , and

fo r . was , quite a while , in command of Company E 26th P On the day of September , at Cam p oland , Knox ville , Tenn . , I was detailed as j udge advocate of a general s 1 s t court martial of the Second Brigade , Second divi ion , 42

Army Corps , in which capacity I served for about two months . l 0th On the day of December , at Camp Conrad , Colum

d - — o n f b us G a . O , , I was detaile as aide de camp th e staff

Brigadier General John A . Wiley , at that time in command

o f F S 1 s t . the irst Brigade , econd division , Army Corps 6th o f 1899 a s On the day January , , I was commissioned

1 s t L . ieutenant, which is my present rank Since I hav e b een o n the staff Of General Wiley I have acted as ass istant adj u ' 1 s t l a r e art o f tant general Of the Brigade a g p the time , and am at present acting as as si s tant adjutant general O f th e 2n d

s . divi ion , Maj or Scott being confined to his room by illness General \Viley a ss umed command Of this division the latter

o f m h o n part D ece ber , and since then I ave been the division staff.

’ I I Z R S 95 FRANC S N COLL AB I KIE , , 6 32 t l In ) Vo . . Y. f

In Ma I in 2 o e d 2 n d Ne w Y y j Company A , of the ork

V . olunteer Infantry The regiment was then at Camp Black ,

. 22n d r at Hempstead I served as a private . The was o dered i n to o f L June , garrison the three forts at the mouth ong S — S l P F S Island ound Fort locum , Wil etts oint and ort chuyler . F S Th e battalion to which I belonged was at ort chuyler . S as F S In eptember the regiment sembled at ort locum , on ’ s s - o f David I land , where it remained until the twenty third o f U November , when it was mustered out the nited States service .

F ’ . 95 JAMES DALE , Ex , S ix h S . Ca t) . t U.

s a h s t U . e . 1 1th Enli ted private in Sixth S Cavalry , May ,

1898 . a . 1 4 Joined regiment at Tamp , Fla , May th , being s to as igned Troop I . Was honorably discharged October

318 t 1 898 s o r , , having participated in no battles , siege engage

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’ R E " 95 P O E . P . J JOHN , , ,

d l o l In V . S ih Jl d . . ergt . f

I was mus tered into the service O f th e United States

V M a 14th S olunteers y , having been in the tate encampment fo r three weeks . I had been in the militia three years an d 5th three m onth s before war was declared . I was with the

Maryland Volunteers . We were at Chickamauga from May

22n d to Jun e 2n d o n d a d , which y we were or ered to Tampa , a t c 5th which pla e we arrived June , and remained there until

f r s 1 8 w o . A ugu t th , hen he left Huntsville , Ala , staying there

S . 5th until ept , at which time we were ordered to Baltimore , given thirty days furlough and mu s tered o ut a few days after

s u the thirty day f rlough had expired , the day we were mus

d n t er e o u t 22 d . 5th F being Oct . I was Sergeant, Com pany . 5th The Maryland was an Infantry regiment .

’ 5 H 9 . T OMAS SLIDELL , Ex

Tr oo A N. Y Vo l . Can . p , .

wa l t Ne w Y V l s s o . I connected with the ork Cavalry, private , Troop A . I wa s enlisted about June 1 s t and en camped at Camp ’ Va Alger , . I went with my troop with General Brooke s first P fi expedition to orto Rico , but saw no ghting . th e o f S We were ordered home in early part eptember . w a s I in good health during the entire campaign .

H S ’ 95 . RIC ARD TOCKTON , Ex

He enlis ted th e l a s t O f April and was mustered into the U ' . . s a Pa . n t . o l 1 th o f a S ervice Mt Gretna , , the May , as i n CO . 6 l t Pa . h Vo . s private C , He was oon moved to Cam p A F V a . m lger , alls Church , , where he spent ost of the sum

. F Pa . mer rom there he was moved to Camp Meade , , where ’ h e o f . received a thirty days furlough , at the end which he w a s s o u t o n th e 1 mu tered , as corporal , 7th Of October . 45

N ’ G U Y S . 95 WARRE , Ex .

Li h Ba r A .MO e . l Vo . g t tt y ,

26th rn . Ru l We were called into service April Capt . bo d received his notice at noon that day , and two hours later all his men were in camp . On May 4th we encamped at J effe r S o n s l 6th Barrack , where we remained until May , wh en we left for Camp George H . Thomas , at Chickamauga , arriving 1 h o n 8t . 23r d G a . there the July we marched to Rossville , , fo r V where we took a special train Newport News , irginia . o n Arrived there two days later , and left Newport News the U 2 h t . nited States transport Roumania , July 7 3r d s August the ve sel went on the rocks at G uanica , Rico Porto , where it remained for about nine hours before it o ff d a l . s ai e d fo r P was gotten The next y it Ponce laya , where we were ordered to disembark , but after making prep aratio n s n G e . for unloading , we received orders from Miles to to proceed Arroyo and there disembark , as Gen . Brooke was very much in need of artillery . We landed under the protection of the guns from the cruisers Cincinnati and Glo u r 4th ce st e on August . The Battery went into camp about a mile and a half from Arroyo , and remained there until the

1 3th a n d , when camp was broken we marched to Guayama , where we at once took a position in the second line O f battle t ready to attack the Spanish works at hat point . n The batteries were in position , the gu s were loaded , and “ ” the men waiting the order to begin firing , when the mes sage from Washington was received , notifying us to cease s ad h . hostilitie , peace come August 28th the Battery left Guayama and started on the e return trip to Ponce . That night we bivouack d at the Haci

a - enda C rmen , after a march of twenty seven miles through 4 o n e rain and mud . We m ade 7 miles in and a half days , i 20 which is cons dered splendid time for artillery , when miles per day is considered forced marching . We pitched camp j ust outside the City O f P once where we remained until Sep 46

th t o e tember 7 , when we received orders strike t nts and march P P o n 8 o n U t o once laya , and the th we were board the nited

s a n d s S tates tran port Concho , even days later we arrived in “ ” Ne w Y h the good Old ork Harbor , wit a homeward bound W e pennant 120 feet long s treaming from th e main m as t . W h wk n S d e e a e . went along i e in Jersey City , and by ferry to d u u r o n 1 6 fo r St . L s a n o We left there the th oui , pon arrival went into camp once more at Jefferson Barracks . On the

22 n d , with the exception Of the guard , we were furloughed

20 th o f o n l s t o f e until the November , and th e December wer mu s tered o u t o f th e United States service . “ I was lead ( lower o n the 3rd S ection caisson .

’ 96 RG . GEO E G BLACKMORE , ,

Ba er A P a . Vol . A r t. tt y , L h V s P n . t s I erved in Battery A , en a ig Artillery ol , from m 1 h l 6th 1 t 1 898 . s rn June to Nove ber , Enli ted j ust after Co m en ce rn en t a P t l st June , at hiladelphia , at the time the Bat ery

o n was put war footing , and joined the Battery at Newport b u r n Va . W a r t o . News , , where they were then in Camp After numerous false reports the long looked fo r order came that we were to be sent at once t o Porto Rice o n the expedition to s o n s 5th that I land , and Augu t sailed from Newport News in S “ ” f V S . o s 1 t o s . l . . Manitoba , in charge Maj Ca tleman , Ky ’ In f h th w e . S o f Pa . , along it Gov s and heridan troops Cavalry , V s f Pa . . o Battery C , ol d etachment hos pital corps and signal

P l 0 h n . o t a d corps men A rrived Off nce August , on entering

n the harbor went aground o a bar . The battery went ashore the next day and had hardly go t started with the work Of 11 n o f loading when the news the signing Of the Protocol came ,

o th m t e o f . much disappoint ent all However , we completed the unloading and proceeded to o ur new camp in th e foot f P s o m s . hill , back once about tw o ile Orders soon cam e that

t o s all artillery and cavalry would b e returned the State , and then o n S eptember 3r d we completed the work o f loading A"

“ ” " a . S . gain , and the S Mississippi left for Jersey City, arriv l 0th ing at the latter place at noon on S eptember , with Troops

Y . . f P o . s A and C , N Cavalry , First City Troo p hila , Batterie ’ ’

A an d V . P a . C ols , Governor s and Sheridan s Troops , . Cav , , a n d at o m s P We the battery was taken to hiladelphia , where m x ’ were dis issed on si ty days furlough . l 0th Reporting again , on November was examined phy s icall l i y and told to report the fol ow ng Thursday , but the following day succeeded in getting my discharge from the

United States service .

’ 96 BERNIS BRIEN , , 3 l d Ohio Vo . Inf.

At the outbreak Of the war I enlisted as a private in Co . ’ " Cr 3rd V . h e s , Ohio olunteer Infantry Soon after t regiment r r im a ar ival in Tampa , I was detailed to the eg ent l hospital , 3rd 4th and thence transferred to the Division Hospital , Army

" F F r at . o Corps , serving Tam pa and ernandina the twelve weeks we were in Fernandina I did constant night duty from 6 ‘ M . . . O o r P . until 7 A M My experience gave me a good pp tun ity to study human nature .

B O ’ 96 CHARLES R W NE , , f Hos it l ta p a S fi.

' W as connected with th e A r my Hospital at Fortress

Mon roe .

M ’95 THO AS CADWALADER , , l t i Car . Tr oo A P hi a . C p , y

H C ’ 96 . . O W ULTER, , 1 0t h Pa . Vol. Inf.

i ~ ni In service n Ma la . 48

JOSIAH HUGHES CRA W FORD ,

Red Cross an d Chr istian Commission .

Th e l ast o f May saw me identifi ed with the Red Cross s and Christian Commission movements , and I was as igned their field agent at Chickamauga , with the S econd Division Of F P in the irst Army Corps , General oland command , General

B rooke being commander of the corps . My duties there con s isted in getting Supplies and read rn s h OS ital s g m atter through to the variou regiments and p ,

' su r e o n s an d cultivating friendly relations with the army g , finally controlling very largely the religious work in the S 600 o r men econd Division hospital , with its more sick a to v quartered there at time . In addition working twel e o r t to fif een hours a day , I had to preach the various regi ments in the division when they were without chaplains o r: o n e a when their chaplains were sick . In week I pre ched at

fiv e such services , and my work only failed reaching Porto fo r Rico , , when ordered to go there , I was so near a physical wreck from numerous diseases that it took me five weeks to get into any Shape before I could return to the Seminary for my Senior year . But in all the work the Old class and

n 1 11 . college were ot forgotten . An example IS point One S e P e n n s l unday morning , aft r having service with the First y to vania regiment , and preparing preach to the First Georgia , rn S o f s To tites , familiar memory , an as istant hospital steward F P to in the irst ennsylvania , yelled m e from an ambulance , “ ’ ” S a Jo e Y V b . y , , ale licked the arsity in aseball yesterday Think o f preparing a sermon on such news "

’ R R 96 MELD UM G AY , , S econ d I/i u l i l e t. V S n a Cor . o . g ps

wa s th e F V I , enlisted in ourth Ohio olunteer Infantry on 15th 1 898 o n May , , and the same day left with the regiment fo r Chickamauga . I served as private and corporal in the

F n Ju n e 2 th n ourth Ohio u til 7 , whe I received a commission 49

L V s a as Second ieutenant in the olunteer Signal Corp . W s

u 21 s t stationed at Chickamauga ntil July , when we were F ordered with the irst Division , First Army Corps , to proceed o s P a t Newport New , and thence to orto Rico . I w s stationed P P at once , orto Rico , until some days after the peace protocol was Signed , then o rdered to proceed to Guayama , where I

O f . remained until ordered home , in the early part September Was then given the usual leave O f absence and mustered out with my compan y .

’ 96 . A WARREN J H INES , , i l S econ d L eu . s t Md Vol In t . . f.

fe My war record can be told in a w words , as the op era m i t o o tions Of y reg m ent were confined solely this c ntinent . a I went into c mp with the Maryland National Guard , as 1 t a CO . s sergeant in E , Maryland Infantry , at Pimlico , Md . , 2 h 1 th on April 5t . On May 7 the regiment was mustered f r V U o F a . o n into the . S . service , and left ort Monroe , , May . as 2n d e 6th 25th . w I commissioned lieut nant July , and in the latter part of August tendered my resignation , having e l st I same acc pted Septemb er , when severed my connection

' with the regiment .

’96 W . G . MITCHELL , ,

l En . i u l s t . S . Vo . Fir st L e t . U g I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the First Regiment o f Volunteer En gineers on July 6th and remained

Y . on duty with this regiment while at Camp Townsend , N . ,

and during its three months service in Porto Rico . o n 21s t I was promoted to b e first lieutenant November , and returned to the United States with the regiment o n 2 h November 5t . 50

P ’96 WILLIAM B . ARSONS , , k Ya n e . S . e U. S .

- I was an able bodied seaman on board the U . S . S . Y ” M a v 4th S e ankee , and served in that capacity from to p

2n d 1 898 . tember , O f Ya O f n o w The exploits the nkee are, course , a matter Of history , which is very well related in a book written by o n e Of the crew and edited by Admiral Sampson .

’ V P 96 DA ID OTTER , ,

m r N. P a a s e S . U. y t , Before war was declared o r even thought o f by the public generally , he was appointed an assistant paymaster in the Of U n o t regular service the nited States Navy , but was com F 1 h 1 8t 898 . missioned until ebruary , 15th 1 898 fo r o n th e On March , , he reported duty board ”

. o f s aw U . t O S Ram Ka ahdin , as pay fficer that vessel , and service o n her as follows

The last days Of April , all Of May , and part of June , P s BO S were Spent alternating between rovincetown , Mas , and to n th e o f , the duty being connected with defense Boston f harbor . During the latter part O June the Katahdin was

o r ordered to Hampton Roads , and remained either there at N O f P P orfolk until the signing the eace rotocol , ostensibly fo r f lying in wait the phantom Spanish leet . The latter part of S eptember Sh e was ordered to League s Y o ut o f I land Navy ard , and there went commission , Mr . “ ” P to f ffi o f otter being ordered the Bu falo , as pay o cer that ves sel . November 5th the “ Buffalo ” sailed from the New Y Y fo r ork Navy ard Manila .

F o an d r m the peculiar construction Of the Katahdin , o th e thr ugh fact that she was an experiment , the Navy De pa rtme n t never permitted her an Opportunity Of testing th e s fo r s h e P . n power which was built, so that Mr otter was o e of o Offi wh o those unf rtunate regular cers failed to get under fire .

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o f a country , I enrolled myself as a member the Nation l Guard

O fPe n n s l va n ia F 28th y , irst Regiment , Company D , and on April , in accordance with orders from Governor Hastings my regi

P d to . n m ent p roceeded from hila elphia Mt Gretna , Pen , and there went into camp bivouacking that night under any Sh elter which would protect u s from the storm . \Vith in a few days I was detailed to the Regim ental Hos 1 1th 1898 s pital Corps , and upon May , , was mu tered into the f 1 U t S o CO . s t service Of the ni ed tates as a private D , Regi

a t o ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Inf ntry . Continuing serve o n t l o n 1 5th the regimental hospi a corps , May , I started with h fo r . my regiment C am p George H T omas , Chickamauga P t r o n ark , Georgia , arriving he e and going into camp May

A o l th n 1 8th . b ut June 6 I received ord ers detachi g me from

l fa the s t Penna . In ntry and transferring me to the Hospital

. A an d U . . Corps S , was stationed with the Reserve Ambu 1 n s t . lance Compa y , Army Corps , at Camp Thomas After serving here fo r about ten days I wa s ordered (June 26) to duty at the hospital Of the Third Division , First Army Corps .

s s i A u In thi hospital I erved as nurse and ward master unt l g . 4th ’ 98 , , upon which date I received a furlough and started fo r my home , suffering from typhoid fever contracted in the

s ho pital . The attack proving quite serious and convalescence very s low I set about through friends to obtain an honorable d s a . i ch rge Before , however , this could be obtained I was ’ 1 s t 98— Ho s again transferred , October , this time from the

U s A CO . 1 t . Vo l . s . . . . pital Corp , S , to D , Penna Inf , with orders to t o o f P report the Colonel that regiment at hiladelphia , “ P o u t o f enn , in order to be mustered the service of the ” U n it d c S tates . The regiment was m ustered out o n October 1 6 to th , but owing to my inability be present , my own muster o ut wa s delayed and it was not until November 8th ’ u po n m y pres enting myself and undergoing the prescribed phy s i cal examination by the proper Officers that my connec

o ti n with the army came to an end . 53

s at 3rd s s a The ervice , especially that the Divi ion Ho pit l , m b de anded constant work , but my recollections Of it are y no a means unpleas nt , though it was a great di s appointment to

. s n me that I could see no active ervice at the fro t .

’ F P E R I M . W LLIA H U L Ex 96 .

P a sed A s P m N s s . a a s er S . U. . t y t , W as a ppoi n ted Pas sed A ssi s tant Paymas ter in the Navy

. h L . o n 23rd 1 898 a s with the rank of ieut May , H e pub lis h e d u U . s a book entitled The Cr ise of the S . S . Re olute ” with forty tons of Dynami te during the wa r with Spain . In is a this book which a transcript of his di ry , and illustrated , h e gives some v ery graphic accounts of scenes at Guantanamo ,

Santiago and Havana . was Of th e He a m ember of the Battalion West , Naval

. o f . J Reserves , N , and was one those who took the Monitor L Y P Montauk from the eague Island Navy ard to ortland ,

Maine .

’ 96 P AZ JR . . FR ER , , Ex ,

il Ci Ca v. Fir s t Tr oop Ph a . ty

’ R 96 RENSSELAER H . G EENE , Ex ,

In Ia Vol . . r 52 n d . Co p . f

After a service of four an d one- h alf years in th e Iowa

26th F - National Guard , I enlisted , April , in the ifty second V o u r n Regiment o f Iowa Infantry olunteers , Natio al Guard s Company retaining its original formation , and we erved P until the latter part Of August at Chickamauga ark , when we were brought to D es Moines and fu rloughed for a month . I was enlisted as a private and was promoted to corporal

2 th d s . May 7 , and served in that capacity until i charged

’ LOV 96 PAUL ING , Ex ,

Ca l . hio Vol . S econ d I/ieu t. Fir st O V He enlisted in the Firs t Ohio olunteer Cavalry , was S L made Sergeant , and then commissioned econd ieutenant 54

in the same regiment . He was stationed at Chickamauga and other southern cam ps during the summer , and mustered o ut in October .

’96 A . H EDWIN SC AFF , Ex k S . S Ya n ee . U. .

I j oined the 2n d Naval Battalion of Brooklyn o n th e 22n d 1 898 o n Of A pril , , and immediately went harbor patrol , and was o n it fo r one month when I j oined the regular service as “ ” s seaman and was quartered o n the U . S . S . New Hamp hire Y an U . . . for a few weeks , when I was transferred to the S S

” ‘ was kee , where I left until the Reserves were discharged

5th 1 898 . S eptember ,

’ S 96 R . M . WILLIAM , Ex ,

. N En . S . s U . A s t . g

. S . S . U . B On altimore , Manila

’ R GRE Nv ILL E I 97 F ANK CURT S , , 1 7 t In l N. Y. Vol . . Co rp . s f 1 l 7 st Y . Enlisted in Regiment , New ork Ranked as cor

m o ut . poral . Regi ent not ordered

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R E 97 . HE B RT STALEY HARRIS ,

H o i a r sp t l Co p s . In response to an appeal from the International Medical

s s a Mi ionary Association , he entered the hospit l corps Of the

. s army H e erved at Cam p Black and later at Camp Alger . wa s Br is to e Va Then he transferred to the field hospital at , . , was fi where he promoted to the of ce Of assistant head nurse .

His work here attracted attention , and for meritorious service h e w as s recommended to the po t of acting hospital steward .

A few days later he contracted a severe type Of typhoid fever, d s i n from which i ease he s o w slowly recovering .

s 20th at He was di charged from the service , October , ’ Cam p Meade , l a . 55

L ’ . 9 . FRANCIS A ANE , 7

uar term D e . i k m t Ch c a au a . Q p , g After enlisting I left for Chickamau ga on June 23d ' f having , I must say , no very definite idea o the nature of the duties before me . I arrived at Chickamauga on the follow

— da y — ing day the hottest , I believe , of the year for the ° 1 10 in l thermometer registered in the shade . But to the to e r e abl heat was added the intolerable dust , which was at least six inches deep in the main thoroughfare . After several hours of search under such circumstances as these , I at last f ’ ound the quartermaster s depot, at which I was to report . ’ 98 Here I met Harrison Hall , , who , you know , was the first to take the position of clerk in this department . It was th e through Hall , who , by way , had an app ointment in the

Regular Army , that I got my position .

Hall had already been at Chickamauga ten days . I relieved him at once, and it was well for him that I did , for that night he fell sick , and his illness continued during the h next day . It was of such a serious nature t at I became frightened and began to think that he might not get t hrough ff o f with his life . The disease seemed to resist every e ort the physician to check it . Hall lost twenty pounds , and grew so weak that he could scarcely walk by himself. I speak of his case in order to show you how that climate could affect men who were physically strong and robust . I confess that when I saw how seriously Hall had been a f flicted , I was somewhat frightened on my own account , but

I stuck to it , and was not ill a single day while I was there .

My position was that of invoice clerk under A . S . Bick

82 an d . ham C ) , captain assistant quartermaster At that time there were over men encamped in the park , and preparations were j ust then being made to move to the front . The thorough mobilization of an arm y is a stupendous undertaking ; how difficult a task it is and how much work it means you could not judge unless you could 56 b e connected with the special departm ents under whose dire c Le t o u tion it proceeds . me give y some idea of the work that t l . fell upon me a one Cap ain Bickham , under whom , as I

s n o f have aid , I held th e positio in voice clerk , was an officer ’ s t o f o n General Brooke s aff, and had charge the army trans po rta tio n department . This involv ed the control an d the

o f s s . s allotm ents mules , wagons and harne Every requi ition that wa s pre s ented had t o go through certain regular chan fo r s nels b efore the order could be given the is ue , and it was my bus iness to write o ut th e papers n ecessary to make the o u t fo r trans fer . On m any days I have written orders sup plies which repres ented between o n e an d two hundred t h ou

o u . s and dollars . What follows will show y som e of the detail

t o two an d . I had write out invoices , two receipts two orders The blank forms had t o be filled o ut with the names o f the o n e wh o issued and the o n e wh o received the s upplies ; then th e o f t t o number ar icles drawn had be entered twice , once o f in figures and once in words , and finally the nam es the No articles , th e condition and the price . ditto marks could f s . o ut o be u ed After these forms had been filled , a record

to s them had be placed on the book . The thing that made my work so hard was that I was obliged to enter o n the o f f books a record so many di ferent kinds of wagons . The f department handled ten di ferent kinds , and each regiment ,

n o t it seemed , had every kind there was . But even this was s f F o . o r the wor t it not only is the wagon itself drawn , but s o n e a thou and and parts also , from a carriage bolt to a

. f o s . wheel The same thing is true the harnes But the mule , wa s n o t . the army mule , in parts He was drawn as a unit .

And let me say here , that this beast is far m ore dangerous than th e cannon that armed the peerless s quadron of which s o Spain must be proud . A man would be far safer in the ’ U . S . Navy than in the quartermaster s department at Ch icka

manga . 57

Fo r o r six weeks I toiled thus . working twelve fourteen

. f hours a day After that , however, th e work grew lighter o r f r . n o t o a time But long , for j ust as I was beginning to

s wa s s breathe ea ily again , Captain Bickham tran ferred to a brigad e . Then all the Supplies had to be turned over in th e

b fo r r usual way , and this gave me dou le work ove two weeks . fi And again later , when my su perior of cer was promoted to s r s m the rank of depot quarterma te , j u t at th e ti e when the

s s d h a d troop were leaving to be mu tere out . I three times my

fo r n o t usual work on my hands , I received only mules , har an d a n th e ness wagons , but lso ev erything else ha dled by quartermaster . D uring all the time I was at Chickamauga I lived by f ’ myself in an o ficer s tent pitched at headquarters . I enj oyed

etc . such army luxuries as a cot , a board floor , a mattress , I had a good position in more ways than one . I learned the ’ s was workings of the quartermaster department , and thrown ’ into conta ct with men that transacted the government s busi ~

. n ot ness In fact, I was tempted to keep the position and to

. m return this year But n o w I am glad that I ca e back . m h o w I was kept so closely at y desk , ev er , b eing able to

o n I . get off only Sundays , that saw v ery little of th e camp an d I did get off to see the grand review , though , a grand l spectacle it was . There were so diers in line . I also th e went to sev eral of the hospitals , and , as far as I could see, “ ” newspapers exaggerated the inhuman treatment . The only really excitin g experience I had while in p amp

— I a was with a cavalry horse . It happened this way st rted out one day for a ride on what was represented to me as a l Th s . e Kentucky thoroughbred . The repre entation was fa se thoroughbred traits which the horse pos sessed were those of a thoroughbred bucking broncho . He was merely a colt , and h a d not well broken . Such a beast it is not wise to ride . I gotten him over half a mile when the trouble began . The thoroughbred began to buck and then to rear . I hung on , 58

for I had a point to gain as well as he . I was under him . I

o t h is of g partly out of way , but the rim the saddle caught

o n . u me the ankle , and my foot was still in the stirrup I co ld n o t get loose until he was pleas ed to roll the other way . Then

I managed to scramble out and to my feet . My audience fo r I had an audience , who enj oyed th e whole thing hugely , you may be sure —kept throwing stinging j ibes at me about ” d S o s I rough ri ers . as soon as the hor e was caught again invited them to try . But volunteers were exceedingly back ward . At last o n e fellow screwed his courage up and de cl are d s he would ride the hor e . I agreed cheerfully , for I had

U . s to . o t a core pay p he g , and down he went again The thoroughbred had played him the same trick . Then I saw myself as others had seen m e , and knew why the audience h a d thought the show worth seeing . o n S l 0th I left Chickamauga eptember , having been con n e ct d e with the army almost three month s . During that was time I not ill for a single day , a fact which I account for o n o f ff the ground that I took good care myself. I su ered o f none the pains and the ills of the soldier .

FR ’ . 97 EDERICK B MCNISH , ,

Li ht Ba t r ol r t e A P a . V . A . g t y ,

s L o f I enli ted as a private in ight Battery A , the Pa . o n 26th 1 898 volunteers , June , , was stationed at Cam p War 5 Va . th . burton , Newport News , , until August On that date on fo r Re sailed the transport Manitoba Ponce, Porto Rico . d o n o n l 0th . turne transport Mississippi , September I took

n o a o f part in eng gements . Was mustered out service at

1 8th 1 898 . Philadelphia , November ,

’ V R D E MO N'rA L vo 97 E A ISTO , ,

Co r . l . A 7 Ba t er B a V . U h o t. p t , t y ,

Th e Pre s ident had called for volunteers ; for I s r o can . three day thought and thought , weighed the p and

60 teered because th ere was nothing else for the poor d evils t o do ; most o f us because the country needed us . ’ l f s The hard o t o a soldier life is not the fighting . It is

- a the long , weary marches through mud , the half r tions , the

a w s w iting , aiting . I shall never forget my fir t meal in bar W to s . e rack the next morning were march ed in the tables , and at command s a t down to two s quare inches o f fried bacon f f “ ” o . and co fee , minus milk , and a piece bread The more look that Dicken s des cribes s o well in Oliver Twist cam e f “ Sit o . over the face all I closed my teeth and said , still , ” f s . L L o my tomach ; sit still evy anthier , the Mercur boys ,

s ix - to \Ve ste r n s a footer , turned m e, and with his twang , aid “ d ’ ’ Monte , me if I don t think we ve made a mistake and ” s B ut truck the penitentiary . the time has come since then that we have longed fo r bacon and bread I m n ot We were drilled every day , but as the unifor s did ’ L come , we looked more like Coxey s army than ight Bat te rie s A and B o f the Utah A r till er v . As we brought no clothes , we kept getting more dirty and ragged . Large crowds came out from town to see us but I kept o ut o f o f d strictly sight , as I was afraid some my frien s in S L u n o fo r . alt ake wo ld see m e . The cry w was uniforms

Our tents were pitched , the needed horses bought , and grad u a ll s a \V u n y thing beg n to look more military . e had g drill

a and target pr ctice , and kind ladies kept the camp well su p

d i w a t o . s plie with n ce things eat The w eather fine , and ,

s t o . little by little , we began to accu tom ourselves the new life One d a y th e militia uniforms and the equipments were Th to u s s . e turned over , and we looked more like soldier ” n o w wa s do to F " cry , When we move over risco We had s s o n e many fal e alarm , but at last early morning , as if by a th e s m gic , snowy little city fell to earth , and a few hour later we were marching to the tune o f martial mu s ic through

th e s o f S L o r treets alt ake . But I should be more brief, I to s s shall never come pre ent times . At the station the ladie 6 1 o f the Red Cross — h o w every enlis ted man bles s es them ” g ave us a luncheon . This was a great and humid good fo r bye , mothers and sisters were there to see their boys o ff . They crowded u p to the windows ; many wanted a souvenir or to see the Cuban (that was me) . Some were surprised

n s a because I looked very much like a ybody else . I h ll never forget good Mrs . Winkler . Old and tottering , she ’ t o t o clung her son s arm all the way the station . The surg n o t a L ing , pushing , rough crowd could sh ke her off. ittle

Winkler swallowed hard , and blinked a little , but looked straight ahead . This incident came strongly to my mind the o f o ur night first engagement, when Winkler , standing at his L ” “ 1 . post by the piece, said , ieutenant , am hit This is no t ” ’ ime for j okes , answered Grow but Winkler s left arm hung limp to his side . There he stood , still at his post , until t h e officer realized he was hit , and told him to retire . It

t . s proved only a flesh wound , j us grazing the bone I aid to “ ” is o u . s o n myself, Old Mrs Winkler , your saved to y ; for

o f we were running short ammunition , and expected the

S paniards to charge those breastworks every minute . Then it

o f - - l would have been a case six shooters for a time , and we l ,

final annihilation . But I am anticipating . L “ ” The ride from Salt ake to Frisco was rather uneventful , “ ” although we received great send offs along the line . Arriv F ” ing at risco , we were met by another gastronomic de s mon tration at the station by that same society , th e Red

Cross . S an F was The life at Camp Merritt, rancisco , about the

same as at Camp Kent , except that we were better uniformed

and better fed , and we had a fine time at the theatres and the

music halls . The people just simply gave up the town to us .

On some car lines we paid no fare , and a soldier was treated

and feted wherever he went . Every day ladies of the Red Cross came to the different cam ps and distributed many dain ” F o r t ies . I cannot stop to describe the scenes at risco

Camp Merritt , as much more is to come . 62

n o w to We were looking forward to the trip Manila ,

as w which , I have had some experience in travelling , I kne would be the greates t trial we had to contend with . On the 1 4th o f June , at daybreak , we broke camp , marched to the

. Z . wharf and boarded the S S . ealandia With us was the o f l 0th Pennsylvania Infantry . The expedition consisted

S . four transports , the China (flagship) Colon , enator and ours

O n e L platoon , with two pieces , under ieutenant Grow , was L Gulch s a w n Z . o the ealan dia Another , under ieutenant , was

o n two . o n the China , with m ore pieces Battery A were all o u r e the Colon , with all their pieces . We mounted guns for t o ward and aft, in case we should have repel a sea attack .

o f 14th o ut - The afternoon the we pulled into mid stream , f and next day s ailed out o the gate . Tugs by th e score and big excursion boats swarmed around us , Bands played , n L l women cheered a d waved their h andkerchiefs . ike Co umbus , we were sailing into the unknown , with no escort in fo r a CO U l e the way of gunboats . The sea was high p of days , w and the cold rain poured do n unm ercifully u p on us . The cooking facilities were wretched and we had fo r a seasick diet “ the everlasting pickled m are (canned beef) . They mad e ” s a attempt at cooking pickled m re , and desiccated potatoes ” (called by us dissipated p otatoes ) were put into a big iron bucket . We lined up in the rain with our tin plates to r e ceive o ur o u r rations , which sometimes would be blown out of ’ s plate into the next man s face or all over the deck . The sick

s o r one occupied positions along the rail , rolled up in blank e ts S , hugging the steam pipes . ome ate nothing for two days . s Our leeping quarters were down in the hold , where we were s packed like sardine . In fact , everything was so crowded that it was difficult to move around the decks fo r fear of step ’ o n s o n e o r ping ome stumbling over a man s foot . The quar s ’ ter below were made untenable by the sick ones . I d on t t o to o s o s te want get realistic , I shall p right here . 63

In a few days we had fine weather and most o f the boys

o r slept on deck and enj oyed a shower bath , rather a hose

bath every morning when the sailors washed down the decks . o f u I had the honor s ggesting the last move . u At last we reached Honolul . What a change " It was like stepping out of hell into paradise . It was a glorious day ,

m usic - bright and cool and everywhere . The open hearted hospitality of these people was something fine . The Red

Cross was at it again . The program was as follows : A march A Y to the merican acht Club , where we all enj oyed a good s wim and where we received our mail from the other ship , and were given writing paper and pens to write to the folks

. . o at home It was give , give on every side The Batteries g t the S L best of it , as we were entertained by a alt ake man , who took us on a trip to a large plantation . Cigars and cooling drinks were our lot o n the train . Merrily we dashed by rice

fields and quaint little towns . A cool breeze blew in through “ ” f o u r the windows and we sat back puf ing perfectos , beaming o f with pleasure . But a feeling sadness came over me when I reached the plantation . In a flash the smell o f the boiling j uice brou ght me back to Cuba . I looked over the waving s cane , and at the freight cars loaded with it, li tened to the rumbling noise of the crushers — that used to sound s o sweet t L o . to me in San ino , and used lull father to sleep Here was m t o f prosperity . A en al picture of the future Cuba came b e did fore me . Our cane not wave their tufts in the gentle breeze . I saw a blackened , smoky expanse stretching before m me ; in the distance , leaping flames and black s oke being driven on and o n by the heavy wind . I saw the freight cars ” j ammed together in the batey . The big mill was motion

— d — t — less ead the rus eating , slowly eating the remains RUIN After this trip we marched to the beautiful palace gar

a fo r . s o l dens , where fine spread was laid us The Hawaiian diers in their neat uniforms were on dress parade . What a o ut contrast to our boys , but then , we were for business . A 64

s ld han d situated in a rai ed rotunda played the good o tunes . Brightly dres sed girls in pink and white and blue flitted about

s at s o f the lawn . I in the hade a big mango and took in

ca rs — I s a everything in a great gulp with , eyes , nose y nose , because a faint , indescribable perfume prevailed everywhere o f fl s a combination , I imagin e , fruits and ower . The grace to ful palms waved and fro in time to a swinging waltz . was — o u r o ur Everything , in fact , in tune spirits , stomachs everything . We wandered through the palace at will , looked o n l o u t from the broad veranda the scene below , ounged and sprawled o n the grass — an d such soft grass " The ban d now ” played La Cz arin e . Then I was back again in the Caf"

Chinois , in the Bois , with Mathilde . I was in j ust that state when my emotions would dance to any tune . The bugle ” blowing A s sembly brought me back to the present . Back o t the ship we m arched , and then came the long , weary days with only a few incidents to vary the monotony . I started a fi Spanish class among the of cers . This , for m e , was a diver n o to o r sion , as there was place either read write comfortably F f in o u r quarters in th e b o w . On the ourth o July we peace

' fully conquered W akes Island . General Green planted the s flag o n the uninhabited and bank . A few days later we had o u r h w a s target practice with pieces , w ich quite a novelty , as

ff - we had never fired o s hip board . On the 9th we arriv ed at o f Guam , which we imagined had to b e taken with the aid the “ t ” Charles on , but , as you have probably read , th e conquest 1 h was made by the first expedition . On the 7t we s teamed

th e through chann el , past the famous land batteries that o f Dewey braved before the battle Manila , and a few days later d ropped anchor before Cavite . I neglected to say that ” r F w e met the Charleston a day before o u arrival . rom the ” deck s o f th e Z ealandia we could s e e the wrecks o f the fl S o n e w . panish eet , and ondered On the other side lay s th e American quad ron , as trim and dapper as if they had n o t done an ything . 65

o f With impatience we watched for the day landing . Of

o was co n c urse I very much in demand as an interpreter , and sequently m ade many trips to Cavite and visited the sunken

. ships I did not take away any souvenirs , as I knew we had a n o t a h rd campaign before us , and did want to carry any

e . y Y o u xtra weight Cavite is a ver pretty little place . have o f s o o probably seen many pictures it , I shall not g into de i i n s cr t o s . p I talked with many Spanish prisoners , and had ff wh o the honor of seeing the Governor of Guam and his sta , i are all prisoners . Every day we could hear from the d r ec tion of Cavite the volleys o f musketry and the boom of artil lery . The Spaniards were making desperate efforts to drive wh o back from their intrenchments the insurgents , had the l 0 h c . t u s ity besieged The Pennsylvania left before , and were given a hearty cheer by our boys . There had been somewhat of a hard feeling b etween the P ennsylvania boys and o ur selves , but this was quickly dispelled and replaced by a feel ing o f mutual admiration and good will after the memorable o f l night of July 31 s t and the morning August st . The next morning we boarded cascos ” and barges and made for a s o w was u point a mile or from Manila , here Camp Dewey sit

ated . Most of us had not touched Mother Earth for thirty five s o o f days , the Spirits all were at their height in spite of & a o u r c . the fact th t we had to unload guns , caissons , , by

- wadin g waist deep in the water . A pretty place was Camp it was Dewey . As far as the eye could reach j a broad expanse wer e burn in of white canvas . Camp fires g merrily , the day was

glorious , the spot shaded . It did not take long to pitch camp

and settle down for an indefinite p eriod . We had some

pretty hard times at Camp Dewey . For days and days it r o ut o ur rained and stormed . We we e almost washed of

. tents , and did not know what it was to feel dry The high s o surf prevented us from landing provisions , we were on

about one - quarter rations most of the time . Wood was scarce , e n as we were not allowed to cut down trees . We had many 66

counters with the natives on this question , as they obj ected to o ur picking up the dead timber lying about . Owing to o f o n my knowledge Spanish , I had the honor to go several f wa scouti n g expeditions to the fi eld o operations . This s ob S n rather a ticklish j , as the insurgents and the pa ish pickets were exchanging shots all the time . A little move ment in the brush would bring a Mauser whizzing in o ur o r direction . On one occasion we were within fifty a hundred o f S yards the panish intrenchments , and from a deserted house we could look down almost behind them . I thought

e n e mv o ur that if the had known of danger , great havoc o f would have been done, as the party was made up General M a cA rth u r an d fe w Green , General , their aides , a other high “ - mucky mucks . Our obj ect was to find location for ou r f pieces and determine th e strength o the enemy . Of course o f o f all these weeks waiting , with exposure to all kinds hard

— m — m ships ants , osquitoes , rain and short rations had ade the boys pretty impatient to move to Manila . The cry was to " On Manila I knew the time for action was near, but n ot could tell them anything about it . L V On another occasion , ieutenant ogler and myself lost the scouting party in the thick j ungle that surrounds the ’ . th e town We attempted to find it, wandering around till “ ” o f sharp , nasty cracks the Mausers and the j ing of the needle bullets around our ears warned us that we were near S s the pani h pickets . One ball passed between us and we ’ . Vo le r s both ducked g duck was seen by me , but luckily he n ot o n . did see mine , and I had the laugh him He said ” D me if ever I duck again . A few seconds later, ” " V S o whiz went another , but ogler ducked again . did I , as f o n o t . but, he was ahead me , he did see me I looked very unconcerned and said : I guess vou will have to be d L ieutenant . However, in the engagem ents that followed V f ogler did not duck , but seemed to ind diversion in patting o u his stomach , while I grunted . I tell y this to show you

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s l o w s s bag intrenchment built down , with no hou e n ear to aid

fo r . o n as marks our artillery Our position , the other hand , o f seemed to m e a poor one . Our intrenchments were dirt

t' only , and consequently the b ea y rain kept washing them away constantly . We were su pported o n the right and the left by the l 0th ” Pennsylvania . After dark they threw out outposts forty

r t s e o fif y yard to the front , who were to r port any movement o n e made . Everything was perfectly quiet . All could hear was the murmur o f the waves o n our left and the dis mal frogs cre akin o ur t h e o f - g on right, and drip , dri p the never ceasing

T o n c . wo rain men were left guard at ea h piece , and we 1 0 rolled u p in our wet blankets and fell asleep . At about o ’ clock we were awakened by a sharp Mauser fire at our right flank , which ceased quickly . The right flank was at once ' th s trength ened at the expense of the left . This was what e

Dons expected . Again everything was quiet and we lay down , although a few of us put on shoes and leggings . At o u r about eleven a heavy volley fire opened up in front , which

o ur u wh o was answered by retreating o tposts , were m oving back to report that the enemy was advancing . Sad to say , l 0th w the opened up before they ere all in , and some were caught between two fires . By this tim e everything opened f a u p along th e line . Lieutenant Grow and mysel s w the

o f P as direction the ennsylvania fire (it was dark pitch) , and d imagine the enemy nearer than was the fact , so we began

o u r - emptying six shooters over the intrenchments .

two m e n That was really foolish , as we pushed aside S rin fi l L armed with p g e ds . ieutenant Grow came to his senses

first , put away his revolver , ordered me to do the same, and “ ” to began give orders . Prepare for action , was the first . Th e S panish artillery opened up fi ercely , and immediately after th e firs t s hots an d shells began to screech over us w and explode every here . Our men were as cool as could be , o at and t ok up their positions at the piece as if we were drill , 69

. s and waited for commands The noi e was terrific , and as L n o t ieutenant Grow thought we might have heard it, he . “ ” . L a ordered us to commence firing o d , ram ; ready , says F "” ” the gunner . ire says Grow . Bang " went the first

gun , and a shrapnel , punctured at two seconds , went flying in

the direction of the Malate fortifications . A cheer came up

P a from the ennsylvania boys when they he rd that shot . By the flash of the exploding shells they could see the Spaniards

being literally mowed down . At the same time the other

pieces Opened up , and we kept it u p hot and heavy . Shells

. o ur exploded right over us One hit magazine , but luckily n o t did explode . The Mauser fire was terrific and poured ’ o a thr ugh our embrasure like hail . I don t unders t nd how h it our gunner , Stewart , was not a thousand times . In the S rear of the intrenchments th e fire was worse , as the paniards

. s were firing high Shells were cra hing through both houses . n One exploded right behi d us , scattering mud and dust all

around us . Hudson was burnt on the back . At about this j uncture Winkler was hit . Our gunner watched the fl ash of an d the Spanish guns handled his piece accordingly , as it was o ur too dark to use our sights . We fired until piece became

so hot that we were afraid to fire it again . We now had to o n e o f pour water over it , and right here came the m ost dan ge ro u s moves we had to make — to go back a few hundred

— yards for water clean well water . There was some hesita

. tion among the m en , but only for an instant Brave Hudson grabbed the pail and started ; we never expected to see him P ws n e h again . ( oor fellow , I i h h e had bee killed in that a e me n t " g g , and not in the way he was , after it was all over

But I will tell you that later . )

After our gun had cooled we went at it again . We silenced two Spanish pieces , but their big gun still kept send

ing those moaning shells in o ur direction . The embrasure U was hit and caved in around the gun . p j umps Hudson through the embrasure , removes the obstruction and returns 70

ff s . o to his post again , afe He had taken his shirt to use as “ ” to a swab , and it was a magnificent sight see him work , with his stern , resolute face , and big muscles standing out

- like whip cords . He was everywhere . Th e gun was sinking u t deeper and deeper in the mud ; we were getting fagged o , “ ” and by hand t o the front was no easy task . When the piece would stick s o all efforts t o brin g it forward seemed o f n o s o ut o f avail , Hud on would literally pick it up the m ud to and step t o the embrasure . I had a good chance see

a s everything, I was carrying orders and getting information on a s to . . range , etc , from the other detachm ents The gun o u r left was doing splendid work under Gunner Share . H e a cted more like an umpire at a baseball game than anything to o f e lse . When a shell struck home he yelled at th e p his “ ” “ v " o r oice , One strike When they fell short over , The ” o f . p itcher is wild , and expressions a similar character Sni d er wh o 1 8 - , a native born funny man , was funny through the

f n n whole o this tryi g scene . He was carryi g ammunition “ f rom the magazine . Wh en he wanted shrapnel he would ” - say , Corporal , give m e a little bird seed . When he wanted “ ” h e percussions he termed them pills . T shells from the “ ” - big s ix inch S panis h guns he dubbed the fast mail . The

n o t nam e could have been more appropriate , as it made the o f noise an express train when it went by . In subsequent e f in ngagements we always spoke o it those terms . While I ’ was to A s o ut h o w running Battery piece , to find the range w a s doing , a shell burst about twenty feet above my head . I n h o w oticed at the time it burst , and thanked my stars the S n o t paniards did shoot shrapnel . I also had an experience

o fo r in g ing water . I thought the bullets were singing within a n o f eighth an inch from my head and body ; and , to tell the truth , I dodged right and left with my head and body , n o w and , what is funny , with my legs , for I felt the bullets in that neighborhood .

l 0th o ut o f The was rapidly getting ammunition , and gradually the beautiful voll ey firing which had kept the 7 1

S paniards in check (we found out afterwards the enemy num bered about four thousand , while we were only a little over o n e , thousand) became less and less strong , and at last , much to our dismay , the intrenchm ents , save for a few s cattering shots became quiet . I saw the brave boys cursing their luck and looking at their empty cartridge belts . The Mauser fire s n ou ded closer and closer . Then we began to use shrapnel ff punched at zero , which has the same e ect as canister , and held their fire in check . But we , too , were running short of amm unition , and the sickening idea that we had to defend “ - l 0th those guns with six shooters cam e over us . The boys had fixed bayonets . One fellow came to Maj or Cuspidis cry ” “ ing , I hav e no ammunition , Maj or . I know it , was the “ ” Fo r answer , but you have your bayone t . two hours we

. s fo r kept this up Panting , exhau ted , we prayed reinforce

. o ur ments At last we heard cheering to rear, and the Cali m th for ia regulars dashed to e intrenchments . What sweet music they made as their well - directed v olleys rang o ut clear n n m a d strong . The e e v became discouraged and gradually retreated u nder a heavy fire from o u r pieces . Their fire b e an d cam e more m ore scattered , their artillery ceased firing, and we were ordered t o muster the little ammunition that was A left us . fact that I neglected to mention , is that some of t h e reinforcements planted themselves in an intrenchment d o u r we irectly to rear and began plugging it to us , so we re L between two cross fires . uckily this happened after we had been ordered to cease firing , and we saved ourselves by lying f flat on our aces in the mud . i The Spaniards heavily shelled the beach , the cam no ” o ur a real , and the open fields directly in front of c mp , so it that it was a ticklish j ob to get reinforcements to us . As was m en n o ur , some of our fell while comi g to our aid , but (battery) boys succeeded in bringing a fresh s upply of ammu was n ition without receiving a s cratch . When they arrived it

Y ou was - s all over . may be sure there a great hand haking 7 2

o n fo r o n e n 1 1 h r un going , crazy fool belo ging to the t had to back to camp and reported that the battery had been wiped out . \Ve o ur had repulsed the attack , guns were safe , and with the exception o f o n e man slightly wounded (Winkler) o n e was m no hurt , I wish you could have seen me that orn to ing , covered with mud from h ead foot , my clothes torn , wet , and black with powder smoke . The exercise during th e a m us b eng ge ent kept warm , but now I egan to shiver in the s o wind and rain , that no amount of blankets could keep me warm . There we shivered and chattered , waiting every

fo r we minute the enemy to rally and renew the attack , until

d tat ch m en t were relieved by new e s in the m orning . The Pennsylvania was not as lucky— in fact o u r record has been the wonder of all . They lost about seven men and about twenty wounded . S om e very funny things hap pened . General Green cam e up with the reinforcements and began to ask som e questions ’ o n e o f s o n of Battery A s gunners , while he did , standi g at the

embrasure very much exposed . The gunner pushed him “ o u (1 aside , remarking , Get away from the opening , y d ” A . s wa s n o t im fool it dark , h e did know the General . I n o t agine the General understood the situation , for he did

a w n . reprim nd him , but moved a ay from the Openi g “ ” The next day the gunner was told of the break , and

nearly keeled over .

d a n o u r The next y we stre gthened defences somewhat , s s but till they eemed inadequate . That night the S paniards

started at it again . By thi s time they had o u r ran ge down to

a point , and shells kept dropping around the guns in such a

m o f o ur s anner that , if they had been the quality ours , name O e . o ff would have been nit n struck a piece , glancing

without doing any damage . The sights were taken o ff o f

another , and they kept at it so long that I could name scores of m s h ti e t at we escaped as if by a miracle . 73

To make a long story short, for thirteen days we held

o ur our ground with orders not to fire pieces , the infantry do ing the skirmish work and repelling the sallies made at us

. i night after night The enemy shelled us n ght after night , f doing a little damage to the in antry , but we were still left intact . I shall never forget o n e night when the wounded

fo r were brought to our magazine attention . One poor fellow to was blown pieces by an exploding shell . A captain of th e 1 4 R l ff “ ” th egu ars pronounced the a air a regular death trap . The next day before the attack we m oved up all o f o ur to d ff pieces , ten in number, the i erent trenches prepared for

- - . fire 8 them The fortifications for the two rapid inch pieces ,

a however , were only half finished when we rrived there o n 14 h the morning of the t . After p ulling the piece through th e l ’ heaviest mire imaginable , we had a most a half day s work before us , filling and placing sacks in position , which had to ’ be done before ten o clock . We worked with the m ud u p to our knees until ready to drop . I remember the last sack I 1 30 d carried , weighing about poun s , made m e totter and fall , pinning m e down in the mud s o that it had to be removed be I fore could get u p . When we were about nearing the top , the insurgents drew the fire of the enemy in our direction by

firing a few shots , and right here was where we got a scare , as the infantry had not yet arrived , and we imagined the Spaniards were trying to force the gam e by attacking this

u r to - weak spot . Q uickly we pulled o guns the half made em f r brasure and waited o further orders . The shelling lasted o b o about a half hour , but it was a trying j to g on with the n e buildi g under this fire . Th y quieted down , and at about ’ to 9 o clock we were ready fo r action . We were act as ” masked battery , and were ordered to fire only if the enemy

d . s ma e any move in our direction We had mokeless powder , and our position would have been hard to dis cover . 10 ’ Dewey by this time had moved up , and at o clock sharp he opened up o n the forts on o u r left with his six - inch 74

guns . E very shot told , and those situated on the left flank c ould see sand banks , stones and Spaniards flying in all

s o f n direction . A little later the battery to the left the cami o ” real opened up with telling effect . No w Dewey began to place his sh ells with won derful accuracy in the Spanish trenches . We could hear his shells u explode , som etimes only a h ndred yards from us , then a o f few seconds later the boom the gun . A detachment under n 14 L o . ieutenant Grow Opened up block house No , where the Spaniards had mounted a m achine gun , and in a few

a minutes blew it all t o thunder . The rtillery work from sea and land was s o effective that the Spaniards did not fire a s hot from their pieces which they had distributed along the L line . ater we found them either dismounted or with p ur

- o s el . th e p y destroyed breech blocks With artillery silenced , n o w o ur o f was the tim e for the infantry , and part the battle was pl ayed . The Colora do regiment j umped ov er the in t r en ch m en ts to make on e of the prettie s t charges ever made ; the officers threw away their scabbards and rushed o n with naked swords . On they went , firing volley after volley , cross ing the streams by m eans o f bamboo bridges which the

e . a ngineers carried The same was true all long the line . we could hear the volleys and cheers as th ey advanced , driving th e enemy from trench to trench . The Spaniards were on the

n o w w . run , and ere fighting a losing fight On through t o n e th e Malate wen " the Colorado boys , taking by one barri c ades built in the streets .

There was only o n e company that put up any stand .

The latter was commanded by a big , sturdy Captain . When l Co . d n Hale approached him , and in his best Ollen orf Spa ish s n d emanded a urrender, the answer cam e back , Surre der ” Nivve r n o t wh il ‘ di il o f e a v . , v us is able to pull a trigger S ’ The panish Captain s nationality need not be told you . ’ H owever , the brave Hibernian s men took to their h eels when fi we charged the barricad e, and the valiant Of cer was obliged

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O nward course , and he began to remonstrate with them by

firing his six - shooter in the air as a sort o f punctuation to h is

F s . remarks . The ilipinos took to their heel At this juncture

s - th e Corporal Ander on , a quiet , well behaved Swede , ran to scene, and while he was engaged in disarming Hudson , the

Filipinos to ok courage and fired a volley into them . Hudson fell d ead instantly , pierced through the heart . Corporal

Anderson fell also , shot through the lung, and , we thought o f at the time , mortally wounded , but much to the surprise

s h e n . th e urgeons , is recoveri g h a s da . d The new reached us the next y We , who gon e t r through a hard cam paign without losing a man , had , af e n o n e o f the whole thi g was over , lost the best men in the bat te r n o t a m an y , a man who did know wh t fear was , a who ,

- d o f th e although rough texture , was a man in every sense

Fo r his o n m 31 word . bravery the me orabl e night o f July s t h is o name went t Washingt on . As a comrade he was beloved o f f by all , as a soldier he won the admiration both o ficers and men . u o u r We buried H dson with all the honors at command , P ace r o n o f at Cemete y , the outskirts Manila , a beautiful “ ” s pot . IVhen taps ble w over that grave I saw many big fellows wh o had faced shot and sh ell unflinching rub

s - their eye with their coat sleeves . The first man of the Utah V olunteers was in his last res ting place . S hortly after this occurred we moved to the Engineers ’ s M as i Ba tte r v Barrack , at g, where A had b een quartered , a n d i here we are still , lead ng a very monotonous life . As I n o w feel , I would rather be plain E . de Montalvo at home

- than Maj or General in Manila . However , we cannot even think o f going home until after the results o f th e meeting o f I P the nternational Congress in aris are m ade known . Life here is s o monotonou s that I hate even to d escrib e

. o n e h as fo r it The heat is intense, and ambition nothing whatever . 77

’97 JAMES MAURAN RHODES , , I st Tr oo Phila . Cit a r p y C .

P Rhodes enlisted as a private in the First Troop , hila U V d elphia City Cavalry . S . . Along with the others he wa s o n a hustled to Mt . Gretna , that memor ble day in April , when , in a drizzling rain attended with snow he had his first ex ri n ce o f h a f p e e t e hardships of rmy li e . Here h e remained

7th . . P a . to until July Moved from Mt Gretna , , Camp Alger , V h V 8t . a . l 24th a . R . , on July emoved to Newport News , , Ju y 20th “ Sailed for Porto Rico , July , on the transport Massa ” L P 3d . q h us e tts . anded at laza de Ponce , August Reached m u 1 1 th a to G en Guaya a , Aug st , escorting a w gon train there s 1 3th eral Brooke . Camped at Arroyo till Augu t at

24th . Guayama , till August Arrived at Ponce on August ” 2 th Y i s 7 , sailed for New ork on transport M ssis ippi , reach ing home September 3d .

M ’ 97 CHARLES GOR AN RICHARDS , ,

Y M A . wor k . . C. .

Y . . P . . Was with the ennsylvania M C A force, located ’ V bin a . with General G o s brigade at Camp Alger ,

O ’97 ALBERT R SENGARTEN , , l r t Vo . A . Ba tter A P a . y , After the blowing up of the Maine and the general con

dition of affairs seemed to point towards war , I j oined Bat . V l o . A , Pa . . as a private , and was at once instructed in the drills ; shortly after war was declared we were ca lled out and a went into camp at Mt . Gretna , where we remained bout

two weeks ; while here the writer was appointed Corporal .

Va . We then were m ove d to Newport News , , where we

watched the ship yard for two months , and were not m oles

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all We were glad to receive ord ers for the front, and on h s 800 the 8t of July , ailed in company with about soldiers for ”

r . Porto Rico , on the t ansport Manitoba o ff P u b arb e r o ur When we arrived erto , a of the island , fo r P Captain not caring to wait the Government ilot , ran us

O ff in , to a reef from which w e were finally taken , and camped P for a week around the Cathedral of the Harbor Town ( uerto) ,

from there we were mov ed to the foothills , during this time o n the peace protocol was signed , and the time from there pas s ed s o Slowly that we were all glad t o ship for h ome on Y h S 5t . the Mississippi , arriving in New ork eptem ber

AS o ur a u n o t e regards experience , ltho gh we were in act ive s ervice we had a good chance to see the impracticability of o f the volunteer system , and attribute m uch the sickness to lack f of management due to the incapability o volunteer officers .

’ 9 . O 7 WALTER A SEYM UR , , r A s to Ba tter y . Doubtless you have already been informed through the newspapers h ow I was Slightly wounded in the hand during the recent battle before Manilla , in which engagem ent our o f e army suffered a loss three killed and seven wounded . Aft r a brief soj ourn here , during which much time was sp ent in get ting located and not a little in recovering from th e effects o f

- - fo r the enervating climate , the long looked Opportunity at

un x last came . We moved from the cam p to the front very e ecte dl d o ur p y Fri ay noon , and took position on the extrem e right flank , near the fi eld hospital . Here we spent the night .

Saturday morning , while we were eating our breakfast, the S trouble began . hot and Shell fell all about us . We were wh o quickly ordered under cov er , and those of us had not yet gotten their breakfast did not linger long enough to ap s o ur s pea e hunger . The cra h of the bullets through the woods and an occasional explosion o f a Shell added greatly to o u r f celerity o movement . We soon found what we thought 79

. N was a safe spot A little later the fire Slackened . o w with four guns we made our way by rough by - paths through dense undergrowth , and soon found ourselves at the trenches ,

t in where we ook up our p osition , supported only by native 1 n r . fa t y . No gun was quickly unlimbered and soon a Shell ’ was sent crashing through the enemy s intrenchments , about 3 50 . . 2 . yards away Our gun , No , was ready next We were o f 1 stationed about twenty yards in front No . (a little to the left) , and under a native hut, where it was impossible to stand o f upright without the protection the intrenchments . In a short time we were paying o ur respects to the enemy with all due propriety and dispatch . The op position evidently fo r noticed our warm , fraternal greeting , after we had fired about fifteen rounds we had a return call in the shape o f a

- well directed shell . It passed right though the wheels of the f o ut . o piece , knocking two Spokes The force the concussion th e threw me backward over the trail , and the Splinters from

Shattered wheel struck me in the back of the right hand . My left hand was also cut a little and I received two small scratches on the face . Two Of the fellows helped me to the hospital , where my hands were dressed , and there I stayed f o f for some time , recovering from the e fects the shock , which dazed me considerably . After I left the scene of action the Spaniards retreated from the intrenchments at which we were firing , and our boys took the guns up the roads after them at a run , even leading the infantry , which is usually supposed to be first in such cases . They had advanced some little distance when they found the Spanish again intrenched in a very strong position across a narrow road . The guns were wheeled around and the battery started to open fire , but the breeches had become clogged with sand and mud so that it was impossible to use

them . At this point the infantry retreated on account of the fier cen es s n of the fire , for the bullets were comi g down the

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M acAr th u r o ur General , chief of brigade , seeing the de m o f ff fo r v oralized condition a airs , called a Captain olunteer to l ead a charge and c a rry th e earthworks by storm . Our Captain pulled o u t his revolver and about thirty o f o ur d fellows ashed up the road , the m en firing their pistols as ’ s they ran , but the enemy s po ition was SO strong and their

s o s te o n e - fire fierce , that the men had to p about hundred yard s from the Spani s h line and get under cover . In a few m o u r inutes more fellows tried again , and this time had no o ur trouble , as the Spaniards fl ed to the city , where army o f o n immediately followed . Most the fighting was done the th e right flank , the left of line entering the city some three hours before . That night we were in full possession , and the

a next day h d a chance to walk about and see the city .

’ V . S 9 F V . 7 RED HAW , , t l A 7 l s N. Vo . In Co . Y. . , f

- u We left our armory , at Thirty fo rth street and Park n 2n d Ave ue , on the d ay of May , proceeding to Camp Black ,

s L . I . U . Hemp tead , , where we were mustered into the S .

n service o the l 1 th . Three days later we received our orders

s o u r L . to move outh , destination b eing akeland . Fla A fter a ’ tw o m L weeks encamp ent at akeland we proceeded to Tampa , where the Fifth Army Corps were bein g assembled previous to m n their e barkation o the transports for Cuba . We made u p part o f th e First Brigade O f the First Division of the Fifth

- l s o r . Army Cor p , under Maj General Shafter We eft Tampa fo r P o n 5th ort Tampa th e of June , and were aboard the boat assigned us the following night . The transport which we I o n e o f O f - o dd had was , Should j udge , the best the thirty ’ s w o u r o f ent ith expedition . I don t mean in point comfort, fo r o u r s o f quarter were th e same as the rest the troops had ,

s h e n a s but would strike o e being more seaworthy . For eight days we sweltered under a Florida sun , anchored in the bay , a n d o n th e when we finally weighed anchor , the evening of 8 1

14 th, we were in the best of spirits . We were subj ect to th e s s everest discipline aboard the boat , and as the trip became o m onotonous a great many m en naturally chafed at orders we were subj ect to . But there was always some o n e who would take them in hand and enliven things , SO that , during the entire ” t o n e rip , we really had but thing to kick at , and that was t h e dreadful grub and water we had to put u p with . The t ransport fleet, once it was under way , was a sight never to be forgotten . The transports steamed in three distinct “ ” c h olumns , with the battles ip Indiana leading one , and two c ruisers the other two . We were flanked by the Cincin ” “ ” ” “ ” W ilmin nati D etroit, Wasp , Castine , Hornet , g ” ” ton , Helena, Wampatuck , and two torpedo boats . Several times the fleet would heave to while one o f the ’ cruisers would steam away in s earch of som e of the enemy s

e b oats , which we afterwards learned wer supposed to be F n u n u S . o l rki g along the Cuban coast to intercept inally , the 2l s t o ff , we were the entrance to the harbor of Santiago , and ff for the first time saw how e ectually a port may be blockaded . Bai u iri The following day som e troops were landed at q , about e e ight m il s east of Siboney , which was afterwards made our S base of su pplies . Th ere was a small panish force there , which was totally routed by a few Shells from our gunboats , which were also called upon to render th e same service at

e 23r d . Siboney, wher we made our landing on the night of the oo a All the tr ps were landed in surf bo ts , which were towed as near Shore as possible , when we j umped into the surf and o f waded ashore . Every man had his roll consisting a “ o r blanket , p onch o and half of a pu p tent , shelter tent ,

- f ninety five rounds o ammunition , rifle , canteen and haver ’ di m S . s e ack , containing three days rations We started to o f M . a t . bark P , assisted by the powerful searchlight ” L o u r the auxiliary cruiser St . ouis , and had all men ashore t 2 . by A M . Other ransports were unloading during the e ntire night and for the greater part of th e next day . Fires 82

e were bui lt to enable the m en to dry themselves , so that ther t was little o r no sleep for any one that night . Early the nex ’ morning General Wheeler s division of cavalry c am e in from

Ba i u iri an d q , where they had landed the day before , after a brief halt were marched U p the two trails leading toward

S a ntiago , the First and Tenth (colored) Cavalry taking what was termed the valley trail , and the Rough Riders , under

Colonel Wood , taking the m ountain trail . These two trails at j oined a distance of three and a half miles back , where it is supposed the S paniards had retreated when we landed at 10 ’ S iboney . I should j udge it was about o clock when word t h h came into Siboney for reinforcements , and we , oget er wit o r four five other regiments , were hurriedly sent forward to the assistance of those in advance . However, by the time we reached them our troops had s ucceeded in dislodging the enemy and driving them to Santiago . This was called the o f La s th e o u r battle Guasimas , and was first chance men had o f showing the S paniard s how the American soldiers fight . Every o n e knows h ow a few of o u r m en dislodged and put to rout an enemy that was stron gly intrenched and numerically s tronger . The next few days we were busily engaged in unloading supplies and ammunition , which had to be brought u p to the beach in small b oats , owing to the fact that there n was o wharf o r pier . This necessitated o u r stripping and

o u t o ur wading into the surf, carrying the boxes ashore on bare Shoulders all this while exposed to the tropical sun in the

o f ff r latter part June , SO naturally we su ered severely f om sunburn . The following Monday we moved up the trail to a . point about four miles from the Spanish outposts a n d as s i s ted in making roads to enable us to bring up our artil lery . While in the fi eld every man has his rations issued to u n A o w . S as him individ ally , and is his cook the ration w — s f invariably the same namely , alt pork , hardtack and cof ee , n o o n e had much Of an Opportunity to display his genius in i F . a d the culinary l ne inally , Thursd y night , we receive

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r t o firs t assisted a sho t distance the rear , where I procured a n o aid package and had my leg bound up . The trail was w

filled with men hobbling back ; som e were lying th ere dead , others dying , while the few hospital corps men who had advanced that far were doing their best to dress the wounds o f those wh o were badly hit . Procuring a Krag from a wh o regular was dead , and throwing away my Springfield , I th e went up in s earch of my regiment . When I reached

firing line I found myself with the Sixth Infantry , where I W e o n remained the rest of th e day . lay the bank chiefly

- firin ts w as volley g at their intrenchmen , but there nothing to

h at b o bb e d . u was Shoot at, except when a straw p ; that a f f o r t o . o signal every man fire We were , course , unable to d etermine the effect of our firing until we made the ch a rge in t u the af ernoon , when we saw the Spaniards piled fo r and five deep in the trenches . In the charge up the hill there were no formations . Regiments and companies were all mingled

o n e s th e in with another in an inde cribable manner . After c a tu r e o f p the blockhouse , and while we were halted and o n o f d eployed the crest the hill , I was shot through the right a a nkle , h ving previously received a second scratch on the left leg . The feeling as the bullet passed through my ankle was

s a fo r n a h rp pain a m oment , and the , as my ankle began to s d s o n ot well , it was paralyze , that I did suffer any , with the exception of my inability to use it . The hospital was about four and a half miles to the rear, and as there were no m eans o f wh o transportation , I , in com pany with a fellow was

o u r wounded in the left leg , had to depend on hands and knees . When we reached the trail we were again targets for

- the invisible sharp shooters , so that the excitement was as a s great when we were advancing , if not greater . At times , s while we were resting , the bullets would be triking all around us , showing that the enemy were not as bad marksmen as h ore

. F as afloat requently we saw m en , returning as we were , s hot again and again , and once I saw a man in a litter shot, 85

o n e o f wh o a s s as well as the men were s i ting in carrying him . After reaching the division hospital we were placed in army s S wagons and sent over the mountain to iboney , a distance of

n m eight m iles , the travelling of which co su ed twelve hours . This was owing to the fact that the w agons j ammed in the a u trail by meeting nother wagon coming p, and also the

mules stampeded once upon hearing some shots fired , throw

o n e . ing out several m en , of whom I was I reached Siboney

an d s d y Saturday morning , was kept there until Tue a , the 5th 322 th e , wh en , with other men , I was put aboard trans “ port Cherokee and sent , as we supposed , to Key West . s When we arriv ed at Key We t , Friday afternoon , we received P orders to proceed to ort Tampa , but did not receive any e n o w rations , and , as w were out , we had to make the best of P a u it until we reached ort Tampa , S t rday evening at A s e s gain di appointm nt awaited us , as the ho pital train did S 5 ’ not come down for us until unday morning at o clock . s o But when they cam e they had nothing aboard , we

8 . M . had to wait until we ran into Tampa , at A , when we received all that the soldiers who had been left behind had to give . Here it was that I got the first potato and fresh

s meat since leaving , the fir t week in June , and it was then

the 1 1th of July . If you could only realize how good the o f potato was , I am sure you would forgive the fact my

dwelling on it . The train , after being wrecked at High S F Fl a . Springs , , at midnight on unday , reached ort Mc

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. 4 . . P G a . herson , , about P M Monday After being here two m s 26th o f days I had y first bath ince the June , and such

luxuries were beginning to m ake me feel civilized once more . “ ” r e Two weeks more I was marked able to travel , and

- 27th ce ive d a sixty day furlough , and reached home the day l a of July , considerab y thinner th n when I left , and a little

- lame . Since I returned I have gained twenty seven pounds , a and my ankle , although still weak and causing me to lim p s o little , is rapidly getting strong , that it will , I believe , be as 86

100 s trong as ever . Although my regiment has lost over ' wo un ds an d d men from fever , I can truthfully say I am prou

to have been a mem ber of it , and , from the reception which we o n t o u r s th e received our re urn to armory , I am ure people o f New York appreciated o u r humble efforts to defend our ’ country s flag . Notwithstanding all the criticism that has been made concerning the unnecessary hardships which the

o f n troops the Santiago campaign were compelled to u dergo , you must bear in mi n d that when m en go t o the front they

s s mu t expect hard hips , and , expecting them , they are not s s urprised at the many little things which cannot be fore een , n d a therefore obviated . I am sure that any man who was in the Cuban cam paign will readily testify to the same thing .

’ L R 9 . H . SHEARE , 7 ,

M . . A . Y. O My summer of 1 898 was spent with the United States P G a . Army at Camp Thomas , Chickamauga ark , , whither I

th e o f p as went about middle June to hel , as far I could , in

Y . . . the M C A . work there .

y This work , like man kindred organizations in the army , had fo r its purpo s e the alleviation o f the hardships which ’ U S fa r ncle am s boys endured , and in counteracting , as as th e possible , temptations which surround the life of an army

. wa s in camp It largely humanitarian in character , although , o f s cour e, it was accompanied by much distinctively religious w ork .

“ I had the task o f caring fo r o n e of the reading - room ” 60x40 ( ) , was tents feet which supplied with daily papers ,

, magazines religious papers , checkers , chess , carroms , etc .

, n e r s r Paper i k and p ns we e supplied to the oldiers g atuitously . o f A small circulating library about forty volumes , and a ffi o f . post O ce constituted part the equipment I have , in o n e s day , sold po tage stamps to the amount o f sevent y - two 87

’ r n dollars worth , and handled f om o e thousand to twelve

hundred pieces of outgoing mail . The soldiers showed their appreciation o f the tent by

their constant presence . The chaplain held two regular

- Sunday services and one week day service . M r 10 . M . y business hours lasted f om A M . to P . , ’ o u without much intermission , so y see I didn t idle away

much time . Besides the general duties connected with the

o f tent, I was considered a walking bureau information , and at times even an amanuensis for some of those unable to — at n L write least to write E glish . ove letters were the usual f o f orm correspondence required . Of course I experienced the regulation inconveniences

incident to camp life . I slept at times in tents some of which

l eaked from above , some from below . In the latter instance, I found it necessary to attach rocks to my few belongings to keep them from being washed away by the stream which

ran , at a depth of six inches , through my sleeping apartment . “ ” ff Occasionally I dined on hard tack an d co ee , and to s sometimes not at all . Needless ay , our appetites were not always increased by the Sights that were sometimes forced u o n e s n pon us . I remember day eei g , travelling along a dusty ' h road , two large open wagons piled extremely igh with c o f hunks bacon (mostly fat) . Directly upon the topmost c k his hun s sat the colored drivers , each with feet propped

against chunks a little lower down . I found it n ecessary before completing my course in army life to spend a few days in a camp hospital . I recei ved

th e . very best of care , and left the place favorably impressed I really think I was very fortunate to fall into such good h O S ital s hands , for some of the p there were far from inviting o u places . I trust, however , y did not believe in all the terri ble newspaper s tories relating to Camp Thomas . They were ,

s . I know , in many case inconceivably exaggerated 88

Not the least of my experiences was my association with fo r so many men of such varied types and classes . This was o f d me really an education in itself. Most the time I messe with the regimental officers . Thus I obtained some idea of ’ ’ s m an officer s life as well a a private s . I always received fro m every o n e the most courteous treat ent . Y ou cannot imagine how pleasant it seem ed to run across Princeton men now and then at Chickamauga . I o ur assure you , we never needed any introduction when college affiliations became known . n I returned home early in September, after spendi g a s ummer that I Shall never regret . However , I am glad to in get back to my medical s tudies again . I left camp j ust

e e . time to scap typhoid , in which I am very fortunate

O ’ 97 ALFRED OSCAR ANDERSS N , Ex ,

Wa r or r es on den t C p .

n And ersson , as war correspondent , representi g a com bination including som e of the leading newspapers in th e th e West , contributed a series of interesting articles upon h i . s Operations at the front From the excellence of style , n the entertaining ma ner in which the facts are presented , o f s and the amount personal experience they di close , they

are interesting reading .

th e was n At time war was declared , Andersson e gaged in “ ” a j ournalistic capacity with the Kansas City World , but accepted a position as war correspondent fo r the S cripps M cRa e L 1 5 eagu e, and was at Chickamauga , April th to May 1 4 1 4th 21 s t 21 s t t o th ; at Mobile , May to ; at Tampa , May 20th S . June , wh en he was ordered to antiago After Spend ” s ix ing days on board the Olivette, sailing orders were f countermanded , as the league had made di ferent arrange s m ent , and he returned home to b ecome assis tant city editor “ ” s of the Kan as City World . On the 8th of August he was s ummoned t o Cincinnati by the league and sent at once to 89

t ” , Ne w Y Por o Rico sailing from ork on the Concho , August 1 3th R 20 ’ , and arriving at Porto ico on the th . A n d ers s o n s “ ” o P s corresp ndence is published in the Cleveland re s . Cin ” “ cin n a ti ” “ . L s Post, St ouis Chronicle , Kentucky Po t, and “ ” s Kan as City World .

A ’ 9 RTHUR FLETCHER CASSELS , Ex 7 S e i con d . t . L eut. 7 h U S A r t.

S econd Lieutenant in Battery Q o f the S eventh Artillery W as t Y . . u stationed at For Slocum , N , all s mmer .

R V ’97 ICHARD E ERITT DWIGHT , Ex ,

B a er A P a . Vo l r A t. tt y , .

U . . V S . a Enlisted as a private in Battery A , Pa S w P service in orto Rico .

M ’ 9 FRANK WARNER E MONS , Ex 7 ,

Thir d Hos i a l D iv th . 7 Cor s . p t , p e s l In July , , he enlisted as a private in the Hospita Divi s o ion of the regular army , and expected to g to Porto Rico with the army of invasion , but he arrived with his division too late to enter the service , and was assigned to the Third Hospital L ee . He Division , Seventh Army Corps , under General was s oon after promoted on a competitive examination to the rank of acting hospital steward , and assigned , under the head

o f . steward , to be in charge the Operating tent He was act ing in that capacity when the last report was receiv e d from

. t o him He was expecting , however , b e promoted very soon O f to the rank of steward , the maj or th e division having rec o mm n e d e d him for such promotion . He writes also that his division was awaiting orders to get ready to go to Cuba with n the army of occup atio . He expects aft er Obtaining some p ractical experience

e d through this service , to complet his cou rse in me icine , and possibly to enter the army as a surgeon . 90

’ 9 . O 7 ALBERT C FULT N , Ex

l In I s t on n . Vo . C f.

V l I n f f o . . o r I enlisted with the 1 s t Conn . at the first call

V s s . olunteer , and was with that regiment j ust five m onth

We saw no active service , as the regiment was at Camp

Alger most of the time . Previous to going to Camp Alger the regiment was divided

fo r CO . CO . up coast defense , and K , with which I enlisted , was assigned to duty at Portland , Me . We were there about six weeks and the regiment was then reunited and sent to

S . 1 5 . Camp Alger, where we remained until about ept I was a private when I enlisted and unlike som e other ” I great soldiers I was a private when was discharged . “ From m y discharge I copy the following :

ulto n Albert C . F h ’ d s 7 t 98 . Enli ted May , Honorably discharge , because o f o ut n the mustering of the regime t , and paid in full 31 s t Oct . ,

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. 97 EDWARD B KENT, Ex ,

S . B r . S . a d e U. g I enlis ted in the Ne w Jersey Naval Reserves at Hoboken o n 22d o n 27 th U May , and May was sworn into the nited “ ”

S th U . . . tates service as a landsman on e S S . Badger We Y o n th New left New ork June 7 , and after patrolling the h 26t . England coast until June , were ordered south We o ff 4th u arrived Havana July , and from then ntil August 20th 5th we were engaged in blockade work . On July , with “ ” ” th e Hawk and Castine , we pursued and destroyed the “ ” " s Alphonso III , and also de troyed the sand batteries at

Mariel . In this engagement I was Slightly wounded in the shoulder .

26th o ff s On July , Nuevita , we captured three Spanish

- Y Ships and destroyed the auxiliary tug boat umuri . August 8 o f l 0th th town Nuevitas surrendered to us . August we

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. I I went with that regiment to Jacksonville , Fla , where was engaged in camp engineering for the Seventh Corps . Late in June I was discharged and appointed First Lieutenant ’

V En r . n S . . s w a of Engineers (2 d U . g ) Ab out this tim e I s stricken with an almost fatal attack of swamp fever . A thirty

wa s . day leave granted , during which I partially recovered S to ff In eptember I reported my Colonel at Camp Wiko , L Montauk , ong Island , and was assigned to Company A . “ From Montauk we came via U . S . transport Michigan to S avannah , Georgia , and I once more found myself in th e

Seventh Corps . Early in November five of o u r officers were detached and sent to Cuba , among them my Captain . I was then officially assigned to the command of Com pany A . Abo ut the end of November we came via Port Tampa which is within the city limits o f Havana . F o ff o n ortunately , Company A got the lighter and to the landing first thus it can be truthfully said that a Prince to n m an was in command of the firs t company o f United t P S ates troops that landed in the rovince of Havana .

’ 9 S . JR 8 JAME H CALDWELL , ,

B V . r a t er A P a ol A t. t y , .

L t 4th ef College May , and enlisted at Mt . Gretna as a L P V private in ight battery A , ennsylvania olunteer Artillery , f P h o 6t 1 898 . hiladelphia , May , s l 0th e Was moved to Newport New May , where we wer stationed to guard th e ship yard s . 1 2th ’ June , received five days furlough and returned to

Princeton and received diploma with my class . “ ” s 5th o n P Augu t , sailed transport Manitoba for orto 1 2 r Rico under General Grant . August th , landed at harbo f o P . r 3rd once Was stationed in mountains until S eptembe , “ ” fo r then sailed America on transport Mississippi . 93

L Y l 0th anded at New ork S eptember , went to Ph ila d el ’ s phia, and was given two m onth furlough . Received my d e 1 9th 1 898 ischarge Novemb r , , at Philadelphia .

’ J A 98 BEN AMIN CO TES, , Fir st T wo " P hila Ot " . ty Ga v.

1 1 h June t . Enlisted as private in First Troop Phila d U . . V . n elphia City Cavalry , S , and went to Cam p Hasti gs ,

Mt . Gretna , Pa .

7th . l V a . July Moved to Camp A ger ,

24th . Va July Mov ed to Newport News, . 2 h 8t . o n 2 NO . 2 July Sailed transport , Massachusetts , P for orto Rico . P ’ While in orto Rico was in General Brooke s corps .

r Returned September 3 d . Sailed from Ponce on Mis ” s is si i Y l 0 h p p ; arrived in New ork September t .

U V . . . 14t Mustered out of S service November h .

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. 98 EUGENE T DEWITT , ,

Fir t S . ol. En s V . U. g

W a s l t . . s U . V ol . En a private in Company B , Regt S g , and served three months in Porto Rico .

O ’98 WILLIAM WILS N DRAKE , ,

’ ’ Tr oo A Y. N. Vol Ca v. p , .

Y A . . was As a private in Troop , N Cavalry , he first at

Camp Black and later at Camp Alger . Embarked from New L P port News for Porto Rico . anded at once and served with fo r his troop as escort to General Miles . He was detached ’ s a . ervice in paym ster s guard , and travelled as far as Guamo of of Rico He speaks enthusiastically the climate Porto , ff a n d makes light of the hardships he su ered . 94

O ’ 98 HARRIS N HALL, , 5 r t . A t on d Lieu . h S . S ec t U. P On leaving rinceton early in June , I took a position in ’ the Q uartermaster s Department at Chickamauga ; was Y fo r ordered to New ork the latter part of June , examination fo r commission in the regular army commissioned a Second F U o f . . Lieutenant Artillery , and assigned to Battery O , ifth S h 9t s . Y . Artillery , July , tationed at Fort Hamilton , N ,

where I have s ince been .

’ 98 RALPH W . HENCH , , l ir S . Vo . En . r F s U. Co p . t g

o n 6th P I enlisted the of July , going into camp at eeks Y to kill , N . . , was assigned Company I , and mustered in as

- f first . o class private After about four weeks instruction , my P Rice o n regiment sailed to orto the transport Chester, ar 1 2 riving there about the th of August . Was promoted to be 1 s t Corporal about September . While in Porto Rico my battalion was most of the tim e

f s part o the garrison of the city of Ponce . We left the i land s Ne w Y on the transport Minnewa ka , reaching ork , November 2 h ’ 5t . We were then given two m onths furlough and mus t er e d ut o n 25 h 1 9 o t 89 . January ,

’ HITZ ROT M . 98 JA ES M , ,

Troo M d l n I . A . Vo . p , f

. . 1 9 . 8 8 . I enlisted in Troop A , Md N G in May , The troop n ot o ut o n o f was called duty any kind , so that I have no to record give .

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98 . JAMES ROWLAND HUGHES , S e d con l . In N. J. o V f.

s Enli ted in Company G , Second New Jersey Volunteer S e a o n 10th 1 898 Infantry , at Girt , New Jersey , May , . 95

The regiment was placed in the Seventh Army Corps Le e F under General , at Jacksonville , lorida , and remained at

o ut that place until ordered home for mustering , which took 21s t 189 8 . place at Paterson , New Jersey , November , o f I was a private through the entire term my service .

’98 A O . DDIS N W KELLY , ,

Ba t er a . V l A A P o . r t t y , .

H L ’98 BURT . EONARD , ,

Ten th P a V l In o . . f. V He is in Company I , Tenth Pennsylvania olunteers , at a Manila . He enlisted l st June and went to Manila with the company . When last heard from , he was sick with malarial fever . The following abstract of a letter written to a friend is o f interest “ ol d Manila is an city , half Spanish , half native , and woefully out of date . Streets are haphazard and crooked , continually varying in width and poorly paved and drained . N s o sewer ystem exists , and only modern m eans of draining

- P low lying , flat cities is feasible . roperty rights are not o f carefully preserved , and there will be any amount work for a young lawyer when our government gets into good work o ut ing order . If public improvements are of date , so are the A business interests . Imagine the chance for mericans to compete with Spanish and native merchants , who do not carry good stock , do not advertise , and act like lords when n o t you call out your business , and if they have exactly o u what y wish they turn away , neither offering a substitute nor seeking your further wishes . There are only two com

- l n mon carriers , the Manila horse car ine and the Ma ila and

Dagupan Railway , extending to Dagupan on the coast about n a o e hundred and twenty miles north . Wh t an opportunity fo r a American capital to develop the transport tion facilities , 96

i . c ap tal , yes , capital has all the chance in the Philippines Where young fellows like ourselves without capital have ’ w s it an Opportunity I don t kno , unles will b e in government S is O f positions . low trans portation accomplished by m eans

- the caribou or water buffalo attached to a two wheeled cart .

Passengers move in the t wo - wh eeled car re mato drawn by unders ized horses . But the b ulk of goods is carried by the

Chinese and natives o n the sh oulders by means of poles . In this way four men will bring a wagon - load of hay ; in this t way rice , sugar , household furniture , wood , almost every hing is carried . I have seen four men carrying a piano by m eans ’ o f two poles . Two will carry a pig to market, the pig s feet tied together and a pole run through . Once I shouldered a o f pole from which was suspended two piles wood , but I ’ bo wh o couldn t manage it , although it was only a y, was bear

S . ing it to market . uch are the transportation m ethods n in S uch a thing as one price does ot exist . If you th tend to buy anything you must haggle with e seller . I f n o u do not accept it at his price he is rather disappoi ted . I " y

fo r o n e . know , I should prefer to deal with Americans “ i o f There s little need to write more opportunities . Y o u can see h o w a man Of modern genius could n o t bu t succeed in the high classes of work and in the professions .

Native labor is abundant and cheap , but it is seldom skillful to with instruments , and , although intelligent a certain point , n beyond that could o t compete with the average Am erican .

But those things which are going to be profi table are rice , f sugar and co fee production , and after all , as is the case in

w . the Ha aiian Islands , capital is the thing Native and

C hines e labor will ass ist it well enough . I doubt whether the m oney earned will compensate for s o ff the di advantages . Imagine being cut from society , even s f from Engli h Speaking people . One O the reasons why th e war fev er died o ut in many was that commencement week ” wa s near at hand . 97

H O ’ 98 . ERBERT MCDERM TT , M 2 Y. A Ten C. d . n J. Vol. t, N. 26 h L t . fo r May eft College Sea Girt, N . J to act as assist

a n t Y . secretary in the M . C . A . tent o f the S econd New Jersey

V s . olunteer A week later, accompanied the Second New Fla Jersey to Jacksonville , , and there held th e position of

associate secretary .

A short time after my arrival my associate and I , under t h e supervision of the Army and Navy Christian Commis

Y . . s . ion , were put in charge of the M C A . work of a brigade ,

of which the Second New Jersey was a member .

August l st, m y associate having to give up the work on a o f t o f o f ccount ill health , I ook charge the work the brigade . th September 7 . Resigned to return to Princeton to e nter the Theological Seminary , and the same day the Second New Jersey , which I had accompanied to Florida , and with w hich I was most closely connected in my work , received o fficial notice that they would soon be mustered o ut .

’98 W M . O ILLIA M SC TT , ,

S . Vol. En . First U. g

. . l . En o n l s t U . Vo Enlisted in Philad elphia , Co B S g , L P P u 22n d 1 898 . June , eft eekskill for uerto Rico on A gust

14 . Y 5th . Arrived at Ponce on August th Reached New ork 26th s 25th on Nov . , and was mustered out of ervice January , 1 99 8 .

’98 OM . TH AS J SKILLMAN , ,

En . I Vol . r or l Co B st S . Co a . U. p , g

P fo r Was stationed at Camp Townsend , eekskill a to P o n short time , then sent orto Rico , reaching that place 1 to 5th . August The First Battalion , which I belonged , then l eft Ponce and moved inland abo ut twenty miles to a place we c alled Coa mo . While there repaired three bridges that the Spanish had blown up . The other battalions repaired s fo r military roads , fort , and built an ice plant and reservoir the hospital at Ponce . o n We were the island three months , leaving there ” November 1 8th o n transport Minnewaska .

P ’ 98 . M HAROLD S ITH , ,

l Ar t. r P a Vo . B a tt A . e y , P A P Harold erry Smith served with Battery , ennsylvania

L P . ight Artillery , during their orto Rican campaign He “ ” became Sick upon the transport Mississippi , which left

Porto Rico on September 3r d . Immediately u pon his arrival Y in New ork he was taken to his home in Nyack , and seemed 1 2th r e to be improving . On September he had a violent ’

s 3 . lap e, and died about o clock that afternoon 1 8 . Mr . Smith was born in 77 He prepared for college at

' Sedgwick Institute, Great Barrington , Mass . While in

o n e . college he was Of the p opular men in his class , and a ’ member of the Varsity Glee Club for three years .

’ R 9 A . . R . 8 LEX M STEWA T , J , ,

B a r A n l . Ar t t e P e n . Vo . t y ,

I was a private in Light Battery A P ennsylvania Vo l ~ u n t r l ee s . Enrol ed May 6th to serve two years or during th e

. P Pa 1 8 1 9th 98 . war Discharged at hiladelphia , . , November , L U 5th 1 898 eft the nited States on August , , on expedition to l 0th Porto Rico , and returned September , same year .

’ . . 98 A E COMSTOCK , Ex ,

7 l s t N l n . I Y. Vo . f.

I served as a private in Company C of the Seventy - firs t Y V N ew ork olunteers . Was in the battle of Las Guasimas

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’98 . F . Z E WET ELL , Ex ,

N va l Res er ves . 4th Ba tt. U. S . a

’99 . O U JAMES H N RTHR P , , 3 d l. In r Vo . A . N. J. Y. M . C. , f I was with th e Third New Jersey Volunteers from June 1 st 1 s t re r e to September , not as an enlisted m an , but as a p f n ati Y . . o . s e t ve of the . M C . A New Jers ey S First, I spent seven weeks at andy Hook with the

S econd and Third Battalions o f th e regiment . The remaining

L . time I was at Pompton akes , N J where the regiment mobilized before going to Georgia .

s My work consi ted of keeping a tent in order for writing , i supplying stationery and reading matter, keep ng the ice th e water tank filled , visiting the sick in hospital tent and getting them proper food , um piring baseball games between ff di erent companies , teaching a Bible class of soldiers , doing personal work among them , conducting gospel meetings d under the big tent nightly , and occasionally a dressing the ’ o f regiment assembled in front the Colonel s tent , Sunday ’ mornings , in the Chaplain s absence .

’ 99 O . J HN R BREWER , Ex ,

1 0t l In h P a . Vo . f.

1 2 1 99 — I . 8 . I to de O . MAL LOS , P , April , will attempt o O f 2d 8th scribe the m an euvres the Division , Army Corps , f during the closing days O March . It was a bushwhacking campaign from start to finish , for which the country between

Malolos and Manila is well adapted . The country is inter spersed with deep streams at intervals o f about every two to three miles . Th e vegetation is very dense along their banks , and as regularly as we would com e to o n e o f these streams we would find the enemy entrenched on the far bank and we would have a very interesting time until we could find some o f means getting across and dislodging them . The country 101

l a n d o f between these streams is p erfectly leve and Open , ,

, s ff course no re istance was O ered in it . We grew to dread

every clump of trees , and when we saw the tree line ex tend ing as far as the eye could reach we knew we were U p against it . As soon as we would come within range (2000 yard s ) the w enemy ould open up o n us and it was magnificent to see

that long line of brown sweep steadily onward . No o n e wav

ering , all pressing forward in the face of a fire that I do not

believe many armies in the world could have withstood . But these fellows j ust went on as if it was some piece o f business with which they were perfectly familiar and a thing which they had been doing all their lives . Then when we would 100 o f come to within yards th e trees , the bugle would blow the charge and away we would go on the run to find o u r selves on the banks of a stream with the enemy blazin g away

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. f n from the other side A bridge would be ou d , or some boats , and over we would go to find the enemy gone and nothing in Sight for miles . They seemed to drop into the ground . One minute they would be Shooting at you and the s next they would have my teriously disappeared . Then

o f would come another stretch Open country , then another wood , another stream , more shooting , no enemy to b e found t af er we had crossed it . This repeated from hour to hour and

to d a s all day f y was extremely monotonou , especially when you get to eat for a whole day was one half pound o f salmon and two or three hardtack . One day my share of the rations was one hardtack and two s poonfuls o f the canned beef they are raising such a b o wl about back in the states . Do not ’ e think I am com plaining , such things can t be help d when an army is advancing as rapidly as we went . It is nearly to impossible for wagon trains , etc . , keep within fi ve miles of us . Another hard thing to meet was the water question . The was hot sun created terrific thirst , and it no unusual thing for the fellows to drink three or four canteens of it a day . t Nearly all the wa er is alkaline , and it was with the greatest 102 difficulty we could manage to get any water that would

ur l quen ch o thirst . If ever a we l was found it was quickly s emptied , yet through all the e hardships the m aj ority , in fact the great maj ority , kept their health , myself among the num of 24th o f th e s ber . On the night th e March divi ion was ar m a s : 3r d 5 . t o . ranged for th e move be made at a , follows B h t e n n o n . W e a rigade , Gen , left resti g the bay , in front of C 1 3th 2n d n 22n d 3rd aloocan ; Minn esota , Orego , Regular , 20th l s t l s t . Regular . Brigad e, Gen Otis ; Kansas , Montana ,

2n d . ; 2 n d . Artillery acting as Infantry Brigade , Gen Hale

l 0th P s 1 s t 1 st . 4th enn ylvania , South Dakota, Nebraska Brigade (to occupy the trenches which we were t o leave) 1 st 4 1 th 4th C th 2 . 7 olorado , Infantry Bat Infantry ; Cavalry was in charge of the wagon train and followed us . The line m n oved o Caloocan as a pivot . The country through which the Tenth passed that day w a s different from that we afterward traversed . It was very ’ mountainous and some places reminded m e exactly o f D evil s

e o t wa s n ot Den at Gettysburg . After w g started there much I resistance offered the Tenth during the first day . The enemy seemed completely taken by surprise at our advance and hunted their holes with great swiftness . We made an eight 4 mile advance that day , capturing Novaliches at about p . m .

We were then m oved over near the Malabon water works , a little t o the left o f it to fill up a gap b etween Kansas and f Montana . In act it seemed to be impossible for regiments to keep in touch with each other that day . At one tim e we were s wh o o n h lo t from South Dakota , were our rig t , and had not been able to effect a junction with Montana o n o ur left Since early in the morning . At another time the companies o f our o wn regiment became separated , and H and I were the only t wo which the Colonel could find . Things were straightened o ut that night and we went to Sleep very weary but well satis fie d with the start .

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s o far d had been taken by Kansas , but their line was behin that o f S outh Dakota that we in reserve were catching a bad

co - cross fire from the enemy , so in o peration with Kansas , o u r company was ordered to m ake a charge o n a sm all town w e directly o n our flank . Wh en we got over to the place found that the river makes a double bend and that Kansas was o n the Manila s ide with the enemy o n the other bank at ’ 2 fir e about 5 yards range . We drew and held the enemy s till Kansas could get across the river in some boats which ’ y r they had found , and then coming up in the enem s rea t o 50 25 1 6 d they forced them surrender guns , prisoners , kille and 8 wounded; we then rej oined our regiment . 4 Meanwhile Marilao was captured , and at p . m . the

3r d troops had been arranged for the night , with artillery on S the left , then Montana , then Kansas , then outh Dakota , then

. P Nebraska ennsylvania was still held in reserve . When suddenly the insurgents made a charge with about 3000 m en

s wh o again t the position held by Nebraska , waited till th ey 600 t were within about yards of them , and hen started o u t two after the gents and drove them about miles . The Slaugh ter was terrific . This advance of Nebraska m ade a gap in th e o ur line , and regiment was brought up from the reserve and thrown in it . We never left the firing line from this time u n S til Malolos was captured . outh Dakota lost very he avily ; they had four lieutenants killed , in addition to ten o r twelve o r privates , with forty fifty wound ed . o n 28th Nothing was done the , and everybody was given a rest in order that we might be able to stand the h ard wo rk wa s a o f that ahe d us . L ittle did we know then how unlucky o ur Company wa s t o m o ut be fro this , and that we had Bert A r mh u rs t and Dan S u s fo r tephens with the last day upon earth . Early o n th e morning o f the 29 th we again began an advance with all o f 1 s t 2m d r s 3rd the and B igade on the line except the Artillery , which was in reserve . Bigaa was captured after a good half 105

’ hour s fight , we then advanced very easily fo r about two M A h r . c rt u miles , and as Gen was very anxious to get within s triking distance o f Malolos that nigh t so that the campaign 30th might end on the , he changed the order of advance , put 3rd S ting Nebraska , Montana , Artillery and outh Dakota in

P o n reserve and Kansas and ennsylvania the firing line . We advanced another two m iles very rapidly and captured Gui m guinto without firing a shot, then we ade another two miles ’ s advance , and tired out from the hard day work we arrived

m l b s at a strea , we had crossed this (on y a out two mile from Malolos) and were expecting that a halt would be called and fo r that we would go into cam p the night , when the ball

Opened up .

I nev er in all thi s war encountered such a terrific fire . From the front and from the right and left they poured a

Fo r heavy fire into o u r lines . at least an hour and a half the

fi ght w ent on before we were reinforced . Then we charged

- fi the woods to our right and got rid of that cross re . It was at the time we rose to m ake th is charge (Companies E and I

‘ being thrown o n the fl ank fo r the purpose) we were exposed to the fi re from the front on our flank . The rest of th e regi

n ment was lying down shooting , and whe we stood up we were a very good mark and the fire wa s concentrated Upon S A rmh urst us . Here in about two minutes tephens and were killed and three others of th e com pany wounded . This move gave South D akota room to d eploy o n o ur right and Kansas now charged the woods to their left and front , and the battle was over . to Tired out we went sleep , the line being fixed for the b th e next advance , with Ne raska on right, then South D ako

P 3r d . ta , then ennsylvania , Kansas , Montana , and Artillery In the morning of the 31s t Maj or Bell took a scouting party to within a mile of Malolos without encountering any

- M cAr h ur t o . t of the enemy . He made his report Gen , and a

2 . general advance was ordered at p . m We penetrated to 106 within a mile o f Malolos and passed two sets o f trenches o f t which the enemy had abandoned . At the second hese trenches we halted for the night . Nebraska was the only regi ment to encounter any resistance and it was very slight . At 6 5 . 3 U th a m . the l st tah and Artillery Opened with their big ’ n t 1 5 guns o the enemy s trenches . Af er minutes bombard 20 ment Nebraska advanced , after minutes , South D akota , and at 25 minutes after Penn s ylvania started ; then at 5 minute intervals regiments started o ut in the order men tio n e d : 3r d 22n d 3r d 1 3 Kansas , Montana , Artillery , , , th V n 4th 2n d . e Minnesota , , Oregon ery little resistance was 2 ’ countered , and at o clock everything was quiet as the grave and our lines had been advanced a mile beyond Malolos , where we are at present . The 1 s t and 2n d Brigades are the t e 3r d only ones that have been left here , h Brigade is garri s oning the towns between Malolos and Manila . All these M a ca wa n towns are very similar , from all I saw of it, is the most pretentious . o f Malolos is a good deal a disappointment to me , for I ’ thought that Aguinaldo s capital would be worth seeing, which it is not . The town is possibly large enough to have

fo r furnished homes people, it is scarcely possible any m ore could be crowded into it . Streets here (like everywhere e to lse in the island) run suit themselves , turning in and out , s inter ecting each other in the most inexplicable manner . The n houses are nearly all ipa huts , though there are two or three blocks that remind o n e of Manila . These houses nearly in every instance belong to the clergy there are several rather nice churches and a stone convent . The houses (not the nipa huts ) are bu ilt with stone foundations and above this some o f kind wood looking much like o u r frame houses . Aguin al ’ d o s s o house was burned before we entered the town , I do not know what it was like . o n o n i o f The war is again , we were attacked the n ght 9th to A pril ; it lasted about an hour , but did not amount

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’ 99 F . . M RHODES , Ex , t l . r . Ba er A P a . Vo A tt y ,

’00 . G B AN LE , , Y Na e Ba t N. . a d . 2 .

to 3r d In reply your letter of the , concerning my enlist m s ent, I will tate the facts as nearly correct as I possibly can . 2md 4th o f Mustered into the Navy Battalion , Division

23r 1 N Y t d 898 . ew ork Naval Militia abou May , M ustered U S 1 1th 1 898 U S i nto nited tates service June , , in nited tates

U . S . S training s hip New Hampshire . Was detailed to .

o o ut o f Enquirer to g to Havana , but which commission "went

U . Y . before we left New ork harbor . Was then detailed to S

S . s n Elfrida , upon which I erved as a landsman in the easter

s . coa t patrol , from Key West to Boston , until m ustered out

15 1 898 . August th ,

’00 . O O W BR KAW BAMF RD , , l t. I t S . o En er V . S s . g U. g

1 1 th P h On July I enlisted in hiladelphia in t e First U . S

V . P Of Engineers , reaching eekskill , the point of mobilization

s a the regiment , th e me day , and was assigned to Com pany M

temporarily . On July 25th I was mustered in as a second 29th class private in Company L . On July I was appointed 25th h . 5t a Corporal , to date from the August we received the long looked fo r orders to break camp and immediately

a fo r P board the tr nsport Chester orto Rico , which we did

the following day . Owing to defective machinery we did not . o f Y In l h . . 0t . get out New ork harbor until a August , P P 15 and reached once , orto Rico , August th . I may s a y that the transport service o f the United States and the Miles beef served to the s oldiers have become t o o well known fo r me to make any mention of them further than t o

“ ‘ o u r f f say that we received share o them . One o our well informed Upon every subj ect men stated that the reason 109

that the 600 mules on bo ard were put as second - clas s pas s en ers was g and the m en as steerage , because the Go v e rn m en t $25 th e s o t paid each for mule , while they g the men fo r ' the asking . It is presumed that this i n formation wa s not obtained from the War D epartment .

da a fte r P We landed the next y our arrival at o nce , and P pitched our camp near the laya , but soon changed for a o n e high er and better near the city . While here we did v s k arious work , such as urveying for sewers , water wor s , & c . 23rd fixing ice plant, On August I was appointed Com pany Clerk , which position I held , in addition to my other duties , until discharged . The Third Battalion receiv ed orders o n August 3l st to n move to Gua ica to build a fort and road to it . When the 1 1th battalion left for the States on November , the fort had r e a d 455 been finished , and a up the hill feet high had been built to it , as well as many minor things accom plished . In a n d S eptember I was appointed acting Sergeant , on October l 0th I received my discharge from the Secretary o f

r e— U s War in order that I might enter the niver ity , which I l 6 th . did the day after I landed , October While in Porto Rico I had a very fair opportunity to see a little of the country , and also of th e people , and I was very favorably impressed with what I saw . We must not forget 400 that for years the island has been under Spanish rule , a n d that the chance for internal improvement has been very small . The people are very intelligent , and seem very ready 150 and willing to learn . We had working under us some natives , and I was surprised at the amount of work one An would do and at the Spirit with which he would do it . other thing which surprised me very much was the clea n li n ess of the people . I h a d been lead to believe that the reverse was true . It was the rule and not the exception for our natives to come to work every morning in clean white s hirts and clean blue overalls . I may say that I never had 1 10

n such was hing done as I had down there . Chemicals are u

— known , and the dirt is rem oved in the primitive way beating

with a paddle . The natives I have been talking of are those of the rural o f districts and small towns , with the nearest town any size ,

Ponce , twenty miles away . I am not prepared to make such

broad assertions fo r the townspeople . P I feel that we will hav e in orto Rico a worthy colony , f and am highly satis fi ed with my impressions o the country .

PO ’00 RALPH LK BUELL , ,

. l o n Co V l. I . or I s t D is . C p t . f

Enlisted May l 0th as private in the 1 s t District of Colum o bia Volunteer Infantry . Went t Camp Thomas o n May 4 m 24th to th . , and then Tampa on June Here they re ained o f about a month , the m ost exciting event this period being s o f the stampede of several hundred wild government mules , which caused the regiment to take to the trees for safety . fo r o n 2d They embarked Cuba July , on the Catania , and landed at Siboney on July 9th . The regiment reached th e f 1 1 h trenches in front o S antiago o n July t . A permanent on 1 5 camp was established San Juan heights on July th , fo r where they remained until they sailed this country , on s 1 P 9th . A th Augu t Montauk oint was reached on ugust 27 . The regim ent was mustered out o f service o n September 8th , and reached home the next day , where they were royally welcomed .

’ . L O 00 HARRY R ATHR PE , ,

S - 1 3t o n l. I . Ma . V gt j h P a . f

He was mustered in as Sergeant - Maj or of the regiment 1 3th 1 9 8 8 . Va May , Ordered to and reached Camp Alger , . , 20th 1 898 Pa May , . Ordered to and reached Camp Meade , . , 1 s t 1 f 898 . o September , Mustered out service September 20th 1 9 8 8 . ,

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’ Regiment Armory , and given a two months furlough , and at the end o f which we were mustered out .

s m P Mo t of the ti e in orto Rico I served as company cook , and about the 1 st o f November was ap pointed Corporal and comp a ny cook .

’00 . OO P WITHERSP N , ,

l . A r t Ba tter A P a Vo . y , .

O L I ’00 J HN ESESNE DEW TT , Ex , 2 t i . h . In S econ d L eut 0 U. S f. U A L . . Was appointed Second ieutenant , S . , on October l 0th 1 898 20th , , and assigned to Company A , Infantry , L stationed at Fort eavenworth , Kansas , where he remained 1 5th 1 899 until January , , when he started with his regiment F P . 25th for the hilippine Islands They arrived ebruary , went immediately to the front , and have been participants in f most o the battles with the insurgents .

’00 JOH . O N P JACKS N , Ex ,

. lumbia . S S . o U. C

A 28th When the Naval cademy broke up May last , I to went Washington and applied for sea duty . I was ordered

to . U . S . S the Columbia , and reported on board at the Brook Y 4 1 9 th . o n lyn Navy ard June We went to sea June th , and were on patrol duty between Block Island and the fo r D elaware Breakwater about a week .

We were then ordered to proceed to Key West, and ff o . after coaling th ere , were sent to j oin the fleet Santiago We arrived a few days after th e d estruction o f the Spanish

s at . A fleet, but were pre ent the surrender of the city fter

I o n to that event we were sent the expedition Porto Rico , and o f were engaged there during the rest the war . When the war L was over we came north , arriving at the eague Island Navy Y 2 8th . ard , August 1 13

’ M . O O 00 WILLIA H TH MPS N , , Ei ht en th P a e . Vo l. In g f. I enlisted in the Eighteenth United States Volunteers o n A 27th 1 898 of Pennsylvania Infantry pril , , and was mus o o ut U S 22d 18 98 . t red of the nited tates service October ,

. Pa 1 . h We were at Mt Gretna , , until June 7th , w en we P were moved to Battery oint, at the mouth of the D elaware river .

’ R . 00 RAND , Ex ,

Ba tt r l r e A P a . Vo A t y , . .

S ’ M . OM 00 JA ES B ANS , Ex ,

o r . l 1 th I enlisted was mustered in at Mt Gretna on May , P 2 and moved to Chickamauga ark on May l st, remaining t 30th to L here until about August , thence we went exington a n d on S 18th were sent home eptember , and were mustered o utat home o n November 9th . F P CO . V I was in , Fifth ennsylvania olunteer Infantry .

F ’ 1 O RA . 0 GARDNER , ,

1898 I left Princeton about the first of May, , in response to a telegram from my old Captain in the Iowa National 52d V f Guard . He was then with the Iowa olunteer In antry him at Des Moines , Ia . , where I joined .

We expected to start at once for Manila , as it was 52d L o riginally the intention to send the to that place . ater 50th on the were ordered out there , and in the latter part of

May we were sent south , and went into camp at Chickamauga .

There were men at Camp Thomas , and for three long and dreary months we drilled and hoped every day to receive orders to go to the front , either in Cuba or Porto Rico , n we cared ot which . The coveted orders came at last ; we 1 14

o th e raised a general jubilee , and were j ust about to g aboard

train , when news cam e that peace negotiations had be en

. O ur entered U pon , and that we Should await further orders o 30th o f next orders were to g home , and on the day October

we were mustered out of service .

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W e h ad n o r . not seen a battlefield , smelt of powder , but

many a man did not answer to his name at our last roll call ,

h a . d for fever had done its work Fine , manly fellows who o ut h gone to fight , were called to lay down their lives , wit f f none o the glory o b attle o r of foreign fields about them . 1 t I enlisted as a private . On July s I was appointed

Corporal by Colonel Humphrey . I was sick at Camp Thomas

for two months with typhoid fever . Was mustered out with

the regiment , and returned to Princeton immediately after

wards . ’ I have n o cause for regret for the summer s experience .

’ F REICH NER 01 F . RASER , Ex ,

Ba t er A P a . l r t Vo . A . t y ,

o f P I enlisted in Battery A , National Guard ennsylvania , 2 A 3d . Pa pril , at Mt Gretna , . We were mustered into the United States service o n May ’ 6th 98 t L U Vol un , , hen b ecoming ight Battery A , nited States

. o f . teers After a further stay six days at Mt Gretna , we left fo r Va Newport News , .

\Ve were ordered to do guard duty in the Shipyards there . ’ \Ve fo r P 6th 98 o n left u erto Rico Augu st , , transport Mani toba . We were encamped first in the Port o f Ponce later in f P the country just outs ide the town o once . We were ordered ’ n S m Re o l 0th 98 . home epte ber , , on transport Mississippi ce ived a furlough in Philadelphia fo r sixty days and received

n 1 9th 1898 . an honorable discharge o November , G I enlisted as a private at Mt . retna .

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>l‘ ’ 4 RUF US . 7 C ELDER , ,

- 5 In l P a ol. th . V Lieut. Co . f

In service at Chickamauga during the vear .

" D ’ 4 . . 7 WALLACE NEFF , M , ,

Bri S ur . S . V. a n d . U. M aj . g g

The President appointed me a Maj or and Brigade S u r

f . V . s geon o U S . olunteers When I received m v commis ion

n s fo r d I hurriedly made my preparatio eparture , expecting to b o r an en daily to receive orders go to Cu a , at y rate to be listed for the consolation prize at Porto Rico . L ike thousands and thousands of others , I was doom ed n to disappoi tment, and you can imagine my chagrin when h r n M cP e s o . A S my orders came to go to Fort , Georgia it o ut turned later , however , this was a most fortunate thing for me . M cPh er so n Fort is four miles from Atlanta , and is one f o the largest military posts in the country . It was necessary suddenly to convert a post hospital of o r twenty beds , with an average of four five patients , into a of o n e O f general hospital thousand beds , and an average u um seven to eight h ndred patients . The same condition of preparedness existed here as elsewhere . S O yo u can imag o f ta ine the magnitude the sk . In a short time , however , we

- o n e had a well equipped hospital , using hundred and ten t to a . ten s , in addition the large and substantial barr cks o n e Our corps averaged fifteen surgeons , hundred and

fifty hospital corps men , and eighty female trained nurses . Up to the 3l st o f last December we treated 3262 Sick and 95 w ounded and had deaths , a mortality a fraction less than 3 per cent . S ome o f these men were dead when they were

o ff - ix taken the trains ; others died within thirty S hours . t o o u r They are charged mortality record , although we did n o t d o f r have a chance to much o them .

Re c e iv e d t o o l a e fo r i n s e r io n i n r e e r o r d e r t t p p . 1 7

We had 284 gunshot woun d s and only one death This case was a man whose arm had been amputated in Cuba , o f m who had an infected stump , and who died septicae ia a 1 few davs after his arrival . There were 2 1 1 cases o f typhoid

84 s fever and deaths , a mortality a fraction le s than 7 per cent . A wonderfully low rate considering the condition the m men were in and the any complications . 9 1 3 There were 7 cases of malaria and deaths . We had o f n o t a variety other diseases , but I will bore you with fur ther statistics . Our mortality record includes on e surgeon and several hospital corps m en . Many others , and a number u b t . of the trained nurses were seriously ill , all recov ered The excellent res ults obtained at Fort M cPh e rs o n were due to the f t h e of indefatigable e forts of the surgeons , faithful work the hospital corps and to the zeal , devotion and untiring energy of the female trained nurses .

. t We had the best of Supplies , milk , etc ; a diet ki chen in each hospital presided over by a trained nurse . Every

of - - variety liquid , semi liquid , solid and semi solid food was prepared that could be found in any well - conducted civil a hospit l . There has been so much adverse an d unj ust criticism of the Army— the Medical Department coming in for its full share— that I a m always glad o f an Opportunity to say some o f thing concerning our military hospital , which I can speak with some knowledge and authority . I have therefore bur d en ed yo u with more details than I had intended . I have been often asked if there were many complaints t on the part of the soldiers . The only complain s I heard b e were from convalescent typhoid patients , whose diet was ing purposely regulated and restricted . When it was ex was plained to them that this done to prevent relapse , per foratio n and death they had nothing more to say . We hear a d a great deal of heroic deeds on the battlefield , and j ustly Oice wh o mire , praise and rej in the reward of those h ave per 1 1 8

formed gallant services under fire , but the hardest battles were fought and the greatest victories wo n in th e h ospitals moral as well as physical courage being Shown in its p erfec Th e t ion . v faced death as bravely in their weakened condi o f tion as many of them had in the full vigor health , when storming the Sp a nish intrenchments at El Caney and S an f o . Juan , and yet without the stimulus and excitement battle There was never a whimper n o r a murmur ; but to a close observer it was plain to see that the word that was Upper

most in every mind , that quickened the impulse of every fo r feeble heart , that was struggling utterance upon every

was s quivering lip , but which nevertheles su ppressed , was

o u r a : . that sweetest, dearest word in all langu ge Home I can assure y o u that no surgeon could hav e had such patients und er his care without having a high er res pect than ever b e fore for American courage and American manhood

L a u s ater in the fall , when few new c ses came to and o f o u r t o most patients were convalescent , I began think that fo r P o r it was time for me to apply the hilippines . , as the w ar was over , to retire to private life . The dull monotony was suddenly relieved , however , by the develo pment of a s urgical case which required special attention o n my part . It

o f o n e o f n was a case appendicitis , those fulminati g cases o which g like wildfire from bad to worse , and where the promptest and best surgical skill is often o f little avail . I s was especially intere ted in this case , as it happened to be my appendix . Thanks to a most skillful operation , and to o f the devoted attention the surgeons and trained nurses , I

h n recovered , alt ough I had as close a call as o e could have t o get well .

When convalescent I was given a sick leave , at the ex ira tio n O f which p I resigned in January last , as I was not in to o f a condition be much service . This ended my career in the army , and I had the unique experience for a surgeon of

o having been at b th ends of the knife , and of illustrating in

A P P E ND I" .

F M NATIONAL RELIE COM ISSION .

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. V n m Van 7 1 L . a u xe 7 9 Alexander Rensselaer, , and C , , were two of the four special commissioners representing th e to P 1 89 8 . National Relief Commission visit orto Rico in August , The obj ect o f this mission was to distribute seventy (70) tons o f food and medical supplies among our army and navy stationed there ; to inq uire into the needs of the soldiers and sailors ; and to arrange for th e establishment o f a depot for su p

' plies to be Ship ped by the National Relief Commis s ion to

Porto Rico . m The sea voyage was ade in the yacht May , owned

. Van and equipped by Mr and Mrs . Rensselaer, who gener o u sly placed their yacht at the disposal o f said commission for this relief work . Acting under the advice of S urgeon S General ternberg , who stated it would be most acceptabl e , Van three Of the commissioners , Messrs . Potter , Rensselaer and Van uxem purchased an ice making machine and pre sented it to the United States Governm ent for the use of the P f . o army in orto Rico Colonel Greenleaf, chief surgeon our

P foll OW S ' army in orto Rico , wrote in relation to this gift as “ I cannot adequately express the satisfac tion with which the o f results this donation will be received by the sick . Ice in i 30 t o n P o this country is an expens ve luxury , costing $ a , ort

Rican m oney , which necessitates the exercise of rigid economy o n o f f To the part the medical o ficers in its use . have the output o f such a machine at our dis posal and be enabled to o f a use it liberally , is a blessing the benefits which can be p r e ciat ed ” p only by those who have served in the hospitals . ’ Th e commissioners arrival at Ponce was op portune, as 1 21 the lack of tug boats and lighters at this port had rendered it impossible to speedily unload the Supply ladened govern “ ’ ” ment transports which filled the harbor , while the May s launch and boats quickly handled its cargo O f seventy tons and within forty - eight hours her relief Supplies were to be : seen in the h OS pit als . General Miles an d staff accorded the commissioners a

' hearty welcom e at P ort Ponce and cabled the Secretary O f “ P : . Van Van u xe m War as follows Messrs otter , Rensselaer , “ ” and Groff arri ved on private yacht May with load o f sup plies , which will greatly contribute to the comfort of the l troops , especia ly the Sick and wounded . They also brought a large number of American flags , which have been sent to ff the di erent towns and cities , and soon will be waving over the best part o f P orto Rico . The action of these patriotic and h il a n th rO ic th e p p gentlemen and National Relief Commission , i s which they represent , highly appreciated by a grateful army , while the display of our national colors will give great ” j oy to the people . Under an escort provided by the Commanding General the commissioners travelled over a hundred miles on th e island distributing their supplies . They visited the head quarters O f Maj or Generals Wilson and Brooke at Coamo and Guayam a respectively and rode with General Wilson b ehind the Am erican picket lines to within easy view Of the S panish fortifications . ’

M c . f o r . G On General Wilson s staf were Maj J Woodbury , ’ ’ 91 . 7 9 . Princeton , Chief Surgeon and Capt Hewitt , Princeton Both these Officers were com plimented by General Wilson for ‘ their efficiency and Maj or Woodbury was recomm ended by the Comm anding General for promotion for his valuable ser v ices as Sanitary Inspector O f the island . The Princeton heroes wh o served as privates in P en n s yl “ vania Battery A ” and the Philadelphia City Troop were : given extra grasps of the hand by the two Princeton Commis " 1 22

’ 98 o n S io n ers . . , and A W Kelly , , was a passenger the yacht home voyage along with som e fifteen other officers and soldiers on sick leave or detailed to the States o n some special duty . VVarbur to n P en n s l Captain comm anding Battery A , y V vania olunteers , in which company served som e twenty Prin ceto n ia n s , wrote regarding the relief supplies given his “ : command The supplies and relief, both commissary and

a t medical , have been de lt out wi h a liberal hand to Batteries “ ” “ ” A and C under my command , and the Sheridan Troop o f o u r S tate , at a time when a quinine pill looked as large as ” a white alley and food was as scarce as smokeless powder . Y our clothing and supplies reached the Pennsylvania troops j ust at the right tim e and was more than doubly appreciated in consequence . The Maj or and Surgeon of the Sixteenth Regim ent Penn “ sylvania Volunteers wrote Your arrival h as been the first

d - n o Y ou n G o se d t our department . have not o ly brought n ot luxuries that we would otherwise have had , but your supplies of necessities have saved m any valuable lives . I h f know that lives av e been saved , as well as su fering dimin ” ish ed . , by your generous donations o n U S Naval Surgeon Herndon , the nited States hip ” n Columbia , ack owledged the relief supplies furnished by the commission o n his requisition in the following letter : I beg to tender t o yo u the thanks o f Captain Sands and m y o wn for o u P P . , the medical Supplies y sent us at once, R . On o u r voyage north we had an unexpected outbreak of Y typhoid fever among o ur men . our presents were freely s o u r to u ed by sick , and contributed greatly, their enj oyment to and comfort , and possibly also the fact that we had no ” fatal cas es .

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About July 15th Colfel t was commissioned a Second;

' L P O f ieutenant , and subsequently went to orto Rico in charge some dynamite guns . D uring the first week in August orders came to prepare fo r embarkation an d Shortly after ' wa s to P the battery transported the Port of once , where o ff the Ship ran aground , and the troops had to be taken by

t. v smaller craf A fter encamping se eral days near the coast , the men moved inland among th e foothills , and Captain

Warburton , with a detail of several m en , among whom were two o r o f three alumni Princeton , took a reconnoitering trip f o . through the country , even in sight the Spanish lines . On

23d i o n V e August , K elly returned to th s country Alex . an ’ ” Rensselaer s yacht , May . About this time Richard Dwight n was made a Corporal . Battery A was o e of the organizations that were drawn up for battle when the news of the protocol t o was so dramatically announced General Brooke . 2n d to On September orders cam e to return the States , and the transport Mississippi brought the battery to New Y o n l 0th P ork September , whence it was sent to hiladelphia

o n P . furlough . H . Smith died soon after the arrival o f th e

P ~ vessel , making the first death among the rinceton men . In the Peace Jubilee held in Philadelphia o n October : 27th , Battery A had the p ost of honor at the head o f the ’ - . : parade , acting as General Miles body guard They are n e w o f mustered out service . D E" IN .

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