Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-29

June 18th. when they went to Port Tampa
and embarked rpon transports for the
trip TO Cuba. Port Tampa was left be-
hind on the l4th Of the month and on the
10Th MORO Castle was sighted. The fleet
came to anchor off Santiago dc Cuba and
Il council OF generals was had and plans
arranged for the landing. A portion OF
tho troops disembarted upon the I'D UNI
der the protection OF the fleet and others
on the I'D. The Third left tho transports
at Baiquno on the gath OF June on the
eth they broke their temporary camp
and marched with the first brigade Of the
lcavalry division to Seville, near which
lplacc was fousht the baltic OF Las
! Guasnas. on the 3lst the regiment march
ed to FL Paso with the NTH corps and
upon the first second and third days of
July participated in the battle OF Sam
itiaSo
| The colors of tho Third were the first to
be planted upon the sugar house hill Of
San Juan and were placed there by SerGt
Mulhern of Troop Il. The regimcntal
standard was carried by Scgt. Andrews
of Troop Il. who was wounded and the
standard was lost in the fight on the hill
but found again the following day in the
camp of tho Tenth cavalry. The colorS
of the regiment show the marks of their
baptism Of fire in some dozen or more
bullet holes. After the surrender OF San
tiago the regiment moved to Camp Ham
ilton, near !Il Caney. From this camp
Adiutant Day was sent HON, i'll and on
the 22d of July Lieut.. Rooster was APP
pointed adjutant, The commanding off
Ger, Major Vessels. was wounded during
the advance upon the San Juan hill. and
was sent home from Camp Hamilton.
At
the evening OF August 8 and tho morning
of the It'll the regiment moved again to
Santiago de Cuba and entered tho trans
ports to return to the United States
They landed at Nontauk Point on August
Il and l3 and were placed in the detention
camp, but after four days went to tho
general camp. on September 21st the regi-
mcnt left Montauk Point to return to Yer
mont and on September q, Saturday. they
arrived at Fort Ethan Allen. They haye
been absent a little more than five
months
THE BATTLE or SANTIAGO.
! A FREQ Press reporter called upon Capt
! George A. Dodd OF Troop T. at his home
+ yesterday afternoon and asked him to tell
! the story of the Third cavarys part in
! the battle OF Santiago Capt. Dold de-
: clincd to give anything in tho nature If
an interview but very kindly supplied the
reporter with facts from which the follow
| ing account of the Thirds advance and
| part In the engagement OF July LIST is
made: Two large maps. one OF the Gown
Try surrounding Santiago and the other
! showing the positions of the troops of
3 both the Spanish ana American lines, the
trenches and the location of the different
I batteries, as we'll as the line of tho AM
erican troops after the surrender, aided
! in the explanation OF the different move
ments and positions.
| The Third cavalry completed the work
of landing mt Baraquino. near Santiago de
| Cuba, on the oath OF June. They made
| camp short distance from the coast and
remained until the 9Th when they march
| ed to Seville, l6 miles distant. On the
| night of the 30th of June the troops reach
! ca El Paso. which Is a hill overlooking
the entertainments of the Spanish army.
! This hill was later occupied by Grimes
/ battery. The Third hlvounckcd until day
| light ana then Grimes battery opened fire.
! Their fire was directed upon a Spanish
! battery which was thought to be train
ing its guns upon Con. Lawton's division
over upon the right The signal for firing
was the sound OF Cen Lawton's guns and
very soon after. the firing became general
| all along the line. After the opening Of
the firing the Third moved down across
| the Guiana creek TO II point near Kent
division. The firing from Grimes battery
!
men I'm Roosevelts riders and others cx-
posed themselves and were wounded. The
! Third moved down about one and a half
miles to creek bank and "A portion of the
brigade was deployed to the right and the
other portion along the banks of the creek
nj right angles. This made what is term
| ca the bloody angle. Upon the extreme
left of the cavalry division was Kent's
division and on the right Hawkins br-
| gade. The orders of the Third were to
| remain in touch with Hawkins Troops
II ana e were In the point OF the angle
made by the road and creek. Tho adj
vance toward San Juan hill was ordered
| at about 1l:30 in the morning. with the
! Third at about the centre OF the line. On
the 10th general bombardmcnt was be-
| gun all along the line assisted by the
navy. This was kept up until the 18th.
| Practically the same positions were main
tanned until the surrender OF the city on
July nth. When tho consultation regard
ing the surrender took place the Third
were near the point selected and could
plainly see those in conference.
ROSTER OF THE OFFICERS.
The complete roster of the officers of the
Third cavalry is as follows.
| Colonel S. b. NJ. Young. major general
L. $. Vols, commanding second division,
second army corps, Camp Meade, Middle
| town. Pa.
Lieut. Colonel Adna II, Chaffee, major
| general, u, S. Vols, commanding regular
division, Fifth Army corps, MontaulS
| Point, i. /.
MAJORS.
| Major Henry w. Vessels, absent
| Major Henry jackson, commanding reg
| imcnt Mt Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.
Major L. w. Swigert with regiment.
CAPTAINS
Edgar u. Steevcr, troop l.. absent.
George +. Case, commanding troop ID.
| with regiment.
George A. Dodd, troop f, with regiment.
Francis II. Hardee, troop c. with regi-
ment.
George x. Hunter, troop X. with reel-
| ment.
James o. Mackay, troop A, with regi-
| ment.
William ID. Beack, troop NJ, absent.
Henry l.. Ripley. commanding troop E.
with regiment
George II. Morgan, troop H, with iregi-
ment.
Daniel H. Boughton, troop B. with regi-
| ment.
Frank o. johnson, troop c, with rext-
ment.
John B. Mcdonald, troop I. absent.