Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-09

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| Lieut.. Horace NJ Bell
ment of the rain every man was thorough
| iy wet having to stand knee-deep in mud
| and water in the trenches
Miserable Looking Soldiers.
| When the sun rose On the morning of
| July IL Ii shone on a miserable looking
| lot of soldiers. who were cold. wet and
| hungry All were glad to see rest in
signt frcm the constant vigil, as there was
| nag of truce flying on the Spanish line.
| About 10 O'Clock that morning the captain
| received from Major Ureu tomato can
| nun or coHee and about dozen bareback
| which were. divided between the forty men
| and two officers IN the trench. 1t was now
| hard &c keep awake, but the men did SO
| until about O'clock in the evening. when
they were relieved, after upward of thirty
| hcurs spent in the trenches without rest
| or food
when the company returned to where the
| rest OF the regiment was encamped and
got a can Of coffee. the men were glad 10
| crawl under the shelter of the bamboo and
| palm leaf shacks erected by some of their
| comrades. Next morning, July l? the men
were Kept busy securing foothC q ON the
| SIDE of the slippery hill and indus
| trlous in gathering bamboo poles and palm
leaves to erect shacks for themselves They
| also found time to dry their clothing and
shoes This day, and for several days fol-
| lowing, Company B. as well as the balance
| or the regiment was on half rations the
| officers and privates faring alike
On the afternoon of the 1ith it was whis-
pered around that Santiago had surrender
| ed. and late in the evening the report was
| found to be q fact. This news was very
| quietly received. orders had been given
| that there should be no cheering
On the 18th Private Place of Company n
| was transferred to Company d. On the
| night of the 14th the company's duty was
| suddenly changed to guard duty Part of
| Company 3 formed part of the guard that
| extended completely around the line of the
| American trenches. allowing one to
pass. While on this duty on the night of
July 16. Private Miller accidentally shot
| himself through the arm, and was sent to
| the division hospital. Since that time moth
ing official has been heard of him, but it
| was stated that he was sent TO the United
States
Witnessed the Surrender.
| On July Il the company assembled with
the regiment the heights near the
trenches. AID witnessed the entry of Cen
eral Shafter and the formal surrender or
| Santiago. The band played; all eheered
| and sang The Star Spangled Banner"
On July is the company, with the regi-
| ment, broke camp and moved to San Juan
Heights. Here the regiment remained until
ordered home. short time after reach
ing San Juan Heights the men commenced
to have chills and fever, and the history
of Company 3 shows a continual increase
in the amount OF sickness from that time
On August Company B, as part of the
list Battalion, moved about three-Quarters
of a mile and became part of the guard
over the Spanish prisoners of war near
Santiago, where they remained for four
days, and until relieved by battalion of
the 9th United States Infantry.
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transferred to Company A, where he was
promoted to sergeant and made drum
major of the regimentaI band. At the
same time Private Hart was transferred
back to Company B. About this time Sec
ond Lieuter ant Bell was transferred to
Company l for special duty.
During the month of August the princi-
pal duty done by Company B was in at
tending sick call. In that time with the
exception of Capt. King. Sergt. Quacken-
bush and Wagner Tyler, every member
of the company had been on sick report.
On the 22d of August the glad orders
came for the company to break camp,
leave their tents standing and march to
Sar tiage, and there take ship for the
United States. The I'd and Sd Bat
talions had gone several days previously.
Regimcntal headquarters and the LIST Bat
talicn marched into Santiago. distance IF
about three miles, and boarded the United
States transport Minnewaska, bound for
Montauk Point, l.. l., United States.
Private Bahlman Died.
On August 26 Private Alphonse Bahlman
died at am. from the effect of Brights
disease Two boxes were constructed. with
a coating of cement between for the pur-
pose Of bringing the body home with the
company. But two days later 1t became
nece ssary to bury him at sea- On the 18th
Company B left the transport MinnewasKa
and. with many thankful expressions at
the feeling that they were once more on
United States soil, marched to the deten-
ton camp at Camp Wikoff. where three
days were spent before coming to their
can near the shores Of the lake near
Point Montauk.
The com pany was paid at Tampa up to
May 80 and received no more pay until
September 8. Consequently, many of the
friends of the men will have to do without
souvenirs that otherwise would have been
purchased in Santiago.
During the companys varied experience
of nearly four months the men proved
themselves good soldiers, and were as
steady when marching to and on the firing
line when at drill in Tampa or Chicka-
meuga.
bush was honorably discharged. on his own
application. On September 5 Sergt. Z. l..
Myers was appointed first sergeant, Corp
John MolyneauX was promoted to sergeant
Private w. T. Place promoted to corporal
and Private John o. Houston promoted 20
corporal.
AT Camp Wikoff all members of the COM
psny Jared well, being cared for both by /
the commissary department and by the
good people of Washington, and INDUCED
in such luxuries as fresh eggs fresh milk
and fruits. The water was clear and cold
and seemed to be excellent. The camp |
compared with any other the regiment had
been. in was an ideal one. @ /
Original Muster.
The following is the original muster roll |
of the company: 4
Company B-captain. William T. H King;
first lieutenant, Thomas s. King; second 4
lieutenant. Horace M. Bell; first, sergeant, \
Roy L. Quackenbush; sergeants, Albert M. |
Eberly, James C. Sargent, Edward L. 4
Meyers. John Mahany and Anthony Ser |
fert: corporals, John Moiyneaux, Leonard 1
]. Rahtrnan, Bernadfne p. Rckeabocher
William McQueeney. George E. Lewis and 1
Arthur w. Sherrier: musicians, Charles
Hazenmyer and George e. Poole; arfificer.
Charles e. Richard, WAGNER. Lemuel e.
Tyler; privates. Roman Anders Albert n
Anderson. Alphonsus J. Rahlman Henry
H ,Baitxeli. Henry A Barrett Thomas 4
Burns. Walter Brown. John N. BROWNING.
Thomas p. Carroll. Thomas A Chisun Cor
nelfus Clements, Hugh H. Clements George |
]. Cole, James r. Craven, Randolph Davis.
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