The times., 1898-09-10

| T6SlHltHt embarked on the cars. WIVES,
mothers. sisters children and sweet
| hearts were there in force to bid the
| boys farewell
| Before it's departure the members of
| the regiment decided hot to have regi-
ment band, and the following roster OF
| officers was announced:
| Col George H. Harries, commanding;
Lieut.. Col. c. H. Heyl: regimental adju-
tant, First Lieut.. William Edward Horton;
Major M. Emmett Urell, with First Lieut..
James l.. Mock as battalion adjutant'
Major d. l.. Hine. with First Lieut.
Charles B. Hudson as battalion adjutant'
Major Richard A.IeO'Brien. with First
Lieut.. c. Fred Cook as battalion ad1utapt;
| chaplain, Rev. George Dudley; surgeon,
Major r. A. Pyles; assistant surgeon,
| First Lieut.. ClarenceA. Weaver; assistant
surgeon. First Lieut. S. Clifford Cox.
Captains-Harry Walsh. Company A:
| William T. H. King, Company b; Charles
S. Domer, Company C;William S. Hodges,
Company d; Frank T.. Graham. Company
E; Otto G. Simonsoh, Company F; Fred
S. Hodgson, Company G.; II. B. LOCKER,
Company III; Richard p. Simms, Company
!; Glendie B. Young Company K; George
| w. England, Company L, and Sydney L.
Jacobs Company NJ
| May A.-Arrived at Chattanooga, and
| the regiment left soon after daylight for
Rossvflle: then marched TO Chickamauga
Park, distance of miles, and went into
! camp.
After varied experience at Camp
Thomas, the regiment embarked for
Tampa on June 1 and arrived there on
| June f.
After reaching Tampa the District Vol
unteers We're without food for more than
twenty-four hours. owing TO the non-ar-
rival of the commissary trains. The hum
ger of the boys became so keen that some
of them begged for food from strangers
on the streets of Tampa.
The regiment remained in camp at Tam
pa nearly month, during which time
they drilled and marched almost con-
stantly, and the officers reported that the
men were becoming acclimated and would
/ be ready for the Cuban campaign when
needed One of the exciting episodes of
camp life at Tampa was the stampede of
several hundreds OF gaunt wild Govern
ment mules. The animals charged through
| the camp of the District regiment, causing
panic among the volunteers and causing
many of them to take TO tree tops for
safety
On July the regiment embarked on
the steamship Catania at Tampa, bound
for Santiago where fighting was in prog
ress TO re-enforce Gen. Skaters army.
The departure for Cuba was a memora-
BILE one, and the District Volunteers
cheered until they were hoarse.
The Catania was detained off Key
West for twenty-four hours, as some part
of her machinery had broken down. Then
she sailed for Santiago. and reached
the coast of Cuba on July s, The regi-
Inent disembarked the following day
at Siboney, and encountered consdera-
! BILE difficulty in landing through the
! surf.
! 1t was at Siboney that the first death
/ in the regiment occurred Private w. b.
| Poore, of Company X. died from typhoid
| fever, and was buried there. 1t was
| openly charged that the lack of sick diet
/ caused Private PORES death. He was
compelled to subsist while in the hospital
| on coarse greasy army fare. The sec
/ ond District soldier to die at Sboney
was Lieut.. Hardin. He was III when
the regiment landed but his death was
due to the exposure and suffering on the
terrible night of July II, when the
! troops, without blankets or tents, were
exposed to a fearful downpour of icy
rain throughout the night.
The third fever victim was Private Soc
rates Maupin. He died In one of the hos
| pitfalls at Santiago. While en- route from
Santiago to Montauk Point Privates
Waldman and Baldman died on the
transports, and were buried at sea.
VII liic ilpi iliLe OAs July IL Ine District
! Regiment made the record march of any
| troops in the army of invasion The
condition of the roads was bad, and
marching extremely difficult, but the
/ men started from Siboney in the morn
ing. and by afternoon reached the firing
lines and trenches in front of Santiago
having traversed eighteen miles under
/ the most severe and trying conditions
through yellow mud and under the fierce
/ glare of the tropical sun.
The regiment al once commenced TO
dig trenches, and were under fire that
evening from the Spanish pickets and
sharpshooters.
While in the trenches in front of San
! tlago, before and after the. first arruistice
the District Volunteers were among the
most advanced men of the American ar
my. They were so near to the enemy's
line that they could hear the Spanish
sentinels calling out the hours and CRYING
ais Well In their native tongue The
entire regiment was in the trenches and
had the camp Immediately in the rear.
The men had TO undergo great hard
ships while in the trenches. such as w.
| ing out in the chilly, damp tropical air at
night on the rain-soaked ground; living
upon hardtack and salt pork and endur-
ing the intense heat. The position as
signed the District Regiment was to close
up the right wing where Lawton had
been fighting
While the men were engaged in digging
trenches two Spanish officers with a flag
of truce, left their lines and advanced
directly toward the District Regiment
Capt. Charles Domer of Company C.
with his handkerchief on a ramrod ad-
| vanced to meet them. One of the Span
iards made known the purpose of his
1 call 1t was to object to the District men
digging trenches while the flag of truce
was flying. Capt. Domer replied:
you have been digging trenches" and
pointed out to newly made defenses
1t was agreed that neither side should
continue the digging until the armistice
had been concluded. Capt. Domer re-
turned to the American lines and reported
| the conference to Col. Harries. The colo
mel promptly approved the captains
course.
/ The service band of the regiment was
with the volunteers in Cuba 1t having
joined the command at Tampa early in
| June At the surrender of Santiago
July Ia. the band played a number of pa
triotic airs while the troops triumphantly
uttered cheer after cheer when "OId
| Glory was raised where the red and vel
low flag of Spain had fioated over the
| government building in the city of San
tiago.
On July 10 the regiment marched up
San Juan Heights, where a permanent
camp was established. They remained
4 there until they sailed for this country
on August 10. During the voyage the
transports encountered strong head
winds and a heavy sea. Many of the
District volunteers became violently sea
sick.
They arrived at Montauk Point, Long
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