The evening times., 1898-10-15

Lieut.. MahoRey's prompt and soIdierly
action. as set FORTH in my report of June
! II, is deserving of high praise.
| while under my command he has
| shown no tendency to commit the fault
+, for which he was tried and, deeming 1t
| for the best interests of the Government
| that he should receive promotion as soon
| as possible, / recommend that he be now
| advanced two numbers, so as to be placed
| in his original position upon the list. and
also that he be brevetted captain
Marines Return From Cuba.
Continuing the general report, Col.
| Haywood says:
ION the 5th of August the battalion
| embarked on the Resolute, which had
been previously carefully fitted out as a
| transport as stated above, and on the
9th of the same month sailed for the Isle
of Pines. After sailing, the destination
of the vessel was changed to Manzanil-
10. where the ship arrived on August u
"On August 13, news having been re-
cefved of the signing of the peace proto-
| col, the town surrendered, and on the 14th
the Resolute, with the battalion on
board, sailed for Playa del Este On the
18th of the same month the Resolute,
having taken on board certain officers
and men of the artillery of the army,
sailed for Montauk Point, at which place
she arrived on the 23d. Having landed
the army detachment, and getting a clean
bill of health, she proceeded to Ports
mouth, N H., where the battalion dis
embarked on August 2G.
Before the battalion came North I
suggested to the Secretary that | would
like to order ii into camp a t Portsmouth,
n. H., on account of the healthful eli
there q of in
the men TO recuperate after their ardu-
Gus service in the enervating climate o.
Cuba. This suggestion being approved
by the Secretary, l sent the quartermas-
ter of the corps to Portsmouth to make
all arrangements for the location of
camp. including the leading of supply
OF water from the reservoir, preparing
tent floors, making necessary san,ary
arrangements, procuring straw for bed
ding, arranging for the supplying of pro-
visions, etc. The battalion arrived on
August 26 as stated above, and went
into camp.
Their Welcome to WashiHgtOn.
The Washington detachment, consisting
of three officers and 164 men, arrived in
the city September % The morning of the
day of their arrival the President notified
me that he desired to review the detach-
ment. The honor thus rendered being IN
solicited was highly appreciated, and the
men upon their arrival were marched
through quite a heavy downpour of rain
70 the White House and reviewed by the
President. The men were enthusiastically
greeted all along the line of march, and
many compliments upon their appearance
We're heard. The next morning, in spite
of their long trip the day before, and
their march through the rain, every man
OF the detachment was reported well and
present for duty.
"A resolution giving the thanks OF Con-
greSS to the officers and enlisted men of
the First Marine Battalion was introduced
on the last day but one before the ad-
journment of Congress, but failed to pass
through lack of time.
The President recognized the services
of the First Marine Battalion by advanc-
| ing or bTevetting a number of its Off
GERS, follows:
Lieut.. Col. r. W. Huntington, advanced
one number and appointed colonel, for
eminent and conspicuous conduct in bat
tie.
capt. George f. Elliott, advanced three
numbers on the list of captains. for emf
nent and conspicuous conduct in battle.
Capt. Paul st. Clair Murphy. appointed
major by brevet, for conspicuous service
in the naval battle of July 3, off Santi-
ago
First Lieut. w c. Neville appointed
captain by brevet, for conspicuous con-
duct in battle at Guantanamo, Cuba.
Second Lieut.. Thomas S. Borden, ap-
pointed first lieutenant by brevet, for
distinguished service in the naval battle
at Santigo, Cuba.
Second Lieut.. Louis J. Magill, appoint
ed first lieutenant by brevet, for good
Judgment and gallantry in battle at
Guantanamo. Appointed captain by hre-
vet for good judgment and gallantry in
battle at Guantanamo. Cuba.
Second Lieut. Philip NJ. Bannon. ap-
pointed first lieutenant by brevet, for dis
tinguished conduct in battle at Guanta-
namo, Cuba.
"A number of other officers of the bat
TALON are entitled TO recognition, and
recommendations in their cases will be
submitted to the board now in session at
the Navy Department for the purpose of
determining the officers entitled to ad-
vancement or brevets.
Remarkable Sick Report.
THE fact that this battalion was at
tackled by overwhelming numbers, and
for over three days and nights was un-
der constant fire. and that the following
day a portion of the battalion attacked
and repulsed a superior force of Span
iards. shows that Col. Huntginton and
his officers and men displayed great gal
lantry, and that all were we'll drilled and
under the most effective discipline. The
battalion has not lost a man by disease
from the time it left for Cuba until its
return, and the percentage of sickness
was only = per cent, and in camp, after
arrival at Portsmouth, only nine-tenths
of l per cent, showing the good results
of the extremely careful and complete
prepara ton of the battalion for the serv-
ice which devolved upon it by the quar-
termaster of the corps, Major f. L. Den
ny; the quartermaster of the battalion.
Capt. c. L. McCawley, L. S. NJ. c.. the
medical officer. Surgeon John NJ. Edgar.
L. S. N. and myself, in procuring all the
necessary clothing, medicines and other
necessaries for tropical climate. and
the care exercised by the officers for the
health and comfort of the men. by the
constant inspection of the camp, of pro-
visions and meals before being served
as well as a rigid discipline always en-
forced in the corps
I'm order to organize the battalion, to
furnish guards for the auxiliary ships
and to make the increases in the guards
of the regular vessels requested by their
commanding officers, it was necessary to
very greatly deplete the strength of the
shore stations of the corps, leaving most
of them in charge of non-commissioned
officers. and in some instances with a
strength of only six or seven men.
The naval appropriation act, approved
May 4, 1898, appropriated for 4I3 additional
men for the Marine Corps. thus bringing
the corps up to its full authorized
strength. as provided for In section 1896
of the Revised Statutes, viz, 3,073 enlisted
men. f#
''The same act provided for temporary
addition to the strength of the corps of