The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-06
Utah VOLUNTEERS LUCK,
DREW FORTUNATE ASSIGN.
MENTS AS A RULE.
Preponderance of Troops From the
Rocky Mountain States In Active
Service During the War.
Washington Office of The Herald,
141s q Street. N. w.

states volunteer TIE
disintegration of the great army raised
for the Spanish war began 1t is no
disparagement to volunteer regiments
from other states to state the fact that
the regiments from the great west have
seen much more actual foreign service
than those from other sections. Ten
volunteer regiments and independent
organizations from the Rocky Noun
tain states alone are in the Philippines.
In all, there have been but 80 volunteer
regiments and other independent or
CARNATIONS sent out of the United
States. Thus the Rocky Mountain
states have been fortunate in being
leaders at the front, exactly as they
were leaders in the number of volun-
teers furnished for the war 1t is also
interesting to know that every. one Of
the mountain states shared in sending
troops out of the country, while the fol-
lowing states have been totally 0nfep-
resented in the troops that left the
United States, and some OF them are
larger than several of the Rocky Noun
tain commonwealth. Alabama, Ar
kansas. Connecticut, Delaware. Florida,
Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Mis-
sissippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia and West Virginia. 1t is fair
TO say IH6L l1OQISldIfd, r1elIlCSSGG. llte
two VirginlaS, While not represented at
the front by any of their own regi-
naents, have each several companies of
immunes now at Santiago.
The preponderance of the Rocky
Mountain states In the active service on
foreign sell will be seen by the follow
ing table, carefully compiled at the war
department, showing the volunteer
troops from each state that were sent
out Of the country during the Spanish
war:
= California-First infantry, to the
Philippines
Colorado-First infantry, to the Phil
ippines.
idaho-First infantry, to the Philip
pines.
Illinois-Eighth (colored) infantry, to
Santiago; Third and Sixth infantry and
A Illinois battery. to Porto Rico.
Indiana - Twenty seventh Indiana
battery, to Porto Rico.
Kansas-Twenty-th infantry, to
Santiago.
Kentucky-First infantry, to Porto
Rico
Observation-Disclosures and Ninth
infantry, to Santiago; Sixth infan-
try. to Porto Rico.
Michigan-Thirty- third and Thirty
fourth infantry, to Santiago.
Observation-Disclosures infantry, to
the Philippines.
Missouri Missouri artillery.
Montana-First infantry, to the Phil
ippines.
Nebraska infantry. to the
Philippines.
Nevada-First troop Nevada cavalry,
TO the Philippines.
New York-Seventy-fir infantry, to
Santiago; First infantry, to Honolulu.
North Dakota-First infantry, to the
Philippines.
Ohio-Fourth infantry. TO Porto Rico.
PennsylVania-Tenth infantry. to the
Philippines; Fourth and Sixteenth in
fantry and a, 3 and c Pennsylvania
artillery, to Porto Rico. .,-r
South Dakota-First infantry, to the
Philippines.
Texas-Troops in First United States
cavalry, to Santiago
Utah-A and Is light artillery, to the
Philippines.
wisconsin Second and Third infan-
try, to Porto Rico.
Wyoming-First infantry. to the Phil
ippines.
- Arizona-Troops in First United
States volunteer cavalry, to Santiago.
District of Coiumbia-First infantry,
to Santiago.
New Mexico-Troops in First United
States volunteer cavalry. to Santiago.
The battles before Manila, in Which
The mountain state volunteers Dartici-
pated, will always rank as the principal
exploits to be credited to the volunteer
army in the war. The conquest of the
Philippines was as distinctly achieved
by the volunteers as the capture of
Santiago was by the regulars. There
fore, the Utah artillery and other
mountain state troops rank at the head
of the volunteers III the war. With the
exception Of the rough riders, the vol
unteer regiments before Santiago-and
hut Of han
did not cut much figure in the capture
of the city. One regiment is admitted
10 have made q poor showing, by rea-
son of the inefficiency OF its officers.
The Porto Rico expedition was the
easiest thing any of our soldiers struck
during the war. and is certainly not to
be compared to the fighting in Cuba
or about Manila.
The losses of the Americans in battle
have not been heavy, considering the
vast results of their valor. Less than
zoe men have been slain in all the fights
on land and sea This includes so reg
ular armv officers killed or died of
wounds. But this does not begin to
cover the losses of the regulars and
volunteers. There is yet TO official
statement OF deaths from disease, but /
it is estimated that they will aggregate
over 1000. and the list is growing every
day. The losses from disease We're by
no means confined to the brave boys
who left the country, for there have
been MANY deaths in every one of the
great camps, and on every transport F!
that carried sick and wounded. AT
Camp Alger. almost under the shadow
of the capitol, there Wereea large num- I!
Der of deaths, and many new-made /.
graves dot the historic hillsides of |
Chickamauga.
The daily reports from Shafter and I
Wheeler at Montauk Point contain /
mere deaths than those now reported I
by General Lawton from Santiago.
There is passionate regret for some (
of the soldiers who died of disease that (
can hardly be expressed in words. Il 4
could willingly have given my boy to /
die fighting for his country" said /
widowed and ehiIdless mother Eho had /
just read OF her sons death on one /
of the horrible TRANSPORT hells, but it I
is terrible to think of his being a vic /
tim of starvation. and that due to mis- |
management by the officers of the |
country that he served"
Washington. which was SO recently !
bright with the fresh blue uniforms Of !
dozens of officers and hundreds and /
thousands of privates, is now filing up /
with wan-faced, lean survivors Of the |
Cuban campaign These are members /
of the First District OF Columbia vol |
untee-s. who are home from the hor- |
rurs of Santiago. The regiment dri not |
have a chance to do any fighting, al |
though it entered the trenches the day )
after San Juan and FL Caney, and was
there until the surrender. But it had \
time to have its fiji OF the much more |
species Of starvation that comes from
Irnaud 11r1 HE fnod They arc abollT tho