The San Francisco call., 1898-06-27

son, Troop G, First Cavalry; Private John L. Damman. Troop L, First Cav airy; Captain James H. McClintock, First Volunteer Cavalry; Lieutenant J. R. Thomas, First Volunteer Cavalry; Private T. w. Wiggins, Troop B, First Volunteer Cavalry; Private Robert z. Bailey, Troop B. First Volunteer Cav airy; Private R. w. Reid, Troop G, First Volunteer Cavalry; Private Gains. Troop B, Tenth Cavalry; Private Reilly, Troop B, First Cavalry
 The missing are: Private Merriam Camp, Troop G, First Volunteer Cay airy; Sergeant D. w. Bell, First Volun- teer Cavalry; Trumpeter T. R. McDon- aid, First Volunteer Cavalry; Privates N. H. Cochrane, First Volunteer Cav airy; Private Fred Chilcot, First Vol uuteer Cavalry; Private J. s. Miller, First Volunteer Cavalry; Private w. s. Sharp, First Volunteer Cavalry; Pri- vate J. F. Steadman, First Volunteer Cavalry; Private D. c. Deniss, First Volunteer Cavalry.
 Captain Mccormick and Captain Lu- na of the First Volunteer Cavalry. who were reported yesterday as among the dead or wounded, were unharmed, as was Colonel Wood whom Adjutant Hall reported mortally wounded.
 That the Spaniards were thoroughly posted as to the route to be taken by the Americans in their movements to- ward Sevilla was evident, as shown by the careful preparations they had made. The main body of the Spaniards was posted on a hill, on the heavily wooded slopes of which had been erec- ted two blockhOuses, f1anked by irreg- ular intrenchments of stone and fallen trees. At the bottom of these hills run two roads, along which Lieutenant Col onel Roosevelt's men and eight troops of the First and Tenth Cavalry with a battery of four Howitzers, advanced. These roads are but little more than gullies, rough and narrow and at places almost impossible In these trails the fight occurred. Nearly half mile sep arated Roosevelt's men from the reg ulars and between them and on both sides of the road in the thick under brush was concealed a force of Span iards that must have been large, judg- ing from the terrific and constant fire they poured in on the Americans.
 The fight was opened by the First and Tenth Cavalry under General Young. A force of Spaniards was known to be in the vicinity of La Qua sina and early in the morning Lieu tenant Colonel Roosevelt's men started off up the precipitous bluff back of Si- boney to attack the Spaniards on their right flank, General Young at the same time taking the road at the foot of the hill.
 About two and a half miles out from Siboney some Cubans, breathless and excited, rushed into the camp with the announcement that the Spaniards were but a little way in front and were strongly entrenched. Quickly the Hotchkiss guns out in the front were brought to the rear. while a strong scouting line was thrown out. Then, cautiously and in silence, the troops ] rd a n 10 disclosed a hill where the Snaniards were located The guns were again brought to the front and placed In po- sition while the men crouched in the road waiting impatiently to give Roose- velt's men. who were toiling over the little trail along the crest of the ridge, time to get up.
 At 7:3O a. m. General Young gave the command to the men at the Hotch- kiss guns to open fire. The command was the beginning of fight that for stubbornness has seldom been equaled The instant the Hotchkiss guns were fired the hillsides commanding the road gave forth volley after volley from the Mausers of the Spanish.
 Don't shoot until you see something to shoot att" yelled General Young and the men with set jaws and gleam- ing eyes obeyed the order.
 Crawling along the edge of the road and protecting themselves as much as possible from the fearful fire of the Spaniards, the troops, some of them stripped to the waist, watched the base of the hill, and when any part of a Spaniard became visible fired. Never for an instant did they falter.
 One husky warrior of the Tenth Cav airy, with a ragged wound in his thigh, coolly knelt behind a rock load ing and firing, and when told by one of his comrades that he was wounded laughed and said:
 "Oh, that's all right; that's been there for some time"
 In the meantime, away off to the left was heard the crack of the rifles ct Colonel Woods men and the regular deep-toned volley firing of the Spanish Over there the American losses were the greatest.
 Colonel Woods men, with an advance
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