The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
HovoR 70 NroRo soLDTERs.
Coiored Regulars ut n Peacc Jubilee In .
BrookIyn A. NJ. n. Church.

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Coiored Regulars ut n Peacc Jubilee In .
brooklyn A. NJ. n. Church.
po,r,o,ic Afro. Anaric,ns pnrticinated in q
peocc ;nh,,oo a. tho Rrjlgc Strect A. NJ. E
Chur,h p.ooliyn r,stor,Iov nfternoon. Tho
: fo,trro ~ ,hn",c,o.,or ,yos rho presonce OF
mcmhors ~ tho TN,cntv. fourth and Twenty
mn Irnito eta,os paouIar Infantrv and tho
Ninth nnJ T,nth R,uul,r t,nvolrv The church
500 tbr,,n.d ond d. ,oIorad baroes of the
vnr IN Cubn rarc rccoived with enthusiasm,
Tho nti,cin,i sno,tors ,rnro Chnplnin n. a.
stov,o,t ~ ,na r,son,y sr,b jn,ontry and &. w.
lAihIerro' the first serReanC OF 'ne iwon'y
NTH Infantry who led the Second battalion OF
;nb,ioo moa hnId mnior ,bo .nsnicos n Tho
Jaonee was nSru uhuor tho auSlpeeS VI NV
Susan Mckinney stewar the wife OF the chap
lain and President Of the association, presided
sergt, Tnlliferro modestly told Of the move.
ments Of his eVimen from the 7th Of June.
OF the same month, They left siboney and
marched toward santiago; oivouscSlne on san
Juan River. where he and his detachment were
Put on ono OUTPOST ep dn'y, Ihey pitcneo no t IeSts,
u eepS On tnen s.ms, AIVe. III nuSnS
outpost out; duty ,S along San Juan River the they were
lava, rations ana 15o ronnds ~ ammupitJon
ueSo io'HvhS ehu AOV Aounuso
met other "s So,S d. SrV r rStupn y, = from Hu1 ths attach
r1o,,ndad anI dvina "pntn soid he "our
orders we're to move on and we marched
standins meant death The wire ont cutters rs
were ordered to make our approach possible.
The spaniaros continued their terrific FIRE. but
Companies G. D. q and H. forming the second
Battalion. moved on the blockhouse In double
w .ton Ias % S,o way T 70 s sDa en1re was a sv1su
tbe S%ns,,,oJo -, shot and sho,i W. .oon naws
to a Hill and a stream, We had been aebtine
in an open cornfeld and the Spaniards had full
play at us. Just under the hill We. stopped. A
OF the Second Battalion. was injured. 1 tofd
him / would carry the men Onward.
we f Ss sS1 tbe bloc Gq non march Mb spd 1 Ma tongS gP 9Ss
| Spaniards dying. There Is no ouestion as to
who captured FL Caney. The Second Massa-
| duct and the orderly Of the Colonel
OF our regiment, who. was acting Colonel, told
go up the hill he said that we would be siaugh-
tered tDd But H. ne 81 soon heard q mighty cheering
to b hT e%9 S dead. T N "a c eaneg we w TesuE Vee1
simple DuC these was no resi-; we marGhed
to get %rations. but this order was abandoned.
we we're employed on skirmish duty. We were
then called to make our assault on Santiago:
full force OF It. We were lntrenched near SAM
tiago when it surrendered. Our trenches were
tTbaerS , On n6Inra wera na.reat 70 t6a city !;
fGheerS w" - 0"''
lCunSeIe .,uao.-o z.
sSrRI. 1alItSIL 9Lnen sp9kS q Ine sunerlneS
Of the men OF the twenty min from FEVER ana
lack OF 1909, put ne SAID: our eG1men ID
now In good shape and ready, II called upon,
to serve our country again. lGreat cheers.1
Chaplain Stewart said: THE colored troops are
reserved. obedient and are good soldiers. They
are niled with n atock Of good humor ana GOOD
cheer Thev can endnre Sreat hardshins. and
ma average weight of our men IL fonr bounds
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