Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-08-31

1t was the hrSt one to extend hos
Ipitality to them. Even the matter
of-fact front Office men blushed at
the thanks showered down on their
heads. Quartermaster Sergeant F.
B. Norris and Bugler Robert Cree
illus were the names the SOL
Idiers gave and both answer to
them in company C.'s roll call.
They have just completed eight
days quarantine at Montank Nor
said:
Things were pretty bad on the
Mobile. A regiment of volunteers
thousand strong and two of reg
uIars with about 500 each were on
board and the boat was crowded it
was all man could do to stretch
his limbs. 1t was impossible for
the surgeons to get around and
look aher the sick fellows. As
result fifteen died on the voyage
and ten more just after we reached
Montauk. -
Norris and Cresilius landed in
Cuba on June 1e and took part in
every skirmish from July to II,
except the one the Rough Riders
were in. AL the night before FL
Caney they marched in the dark
ness and heat, about 40 degrees,
and after fighting ali day spent a
good portion of the next night in
CHANGING their position. Soon at
ter that they were sent forward into
the rife pits and as hot work was
expected they left their rations be-
hind. When they got back there
wasn't mouthful left. The Cubans
had taken them all, guards or no
guards. Norris has machete with
him which he picked up on the
field at FL Caney.
Its nothing but Kansas corn
knife, by jing," he said"
His comrade wears rabbit Shoot
pinned to his shirt just over his
heart. and he says the charm was
eficacious, and he wasn't touched.
They relate an interesting incident
OF the shape supplies were in before
the city. Some of the men, who
felt the premonitions of fever, went
to the regimental surgeon and ask.
ed for medicine. Boys" said the
doctor, II haven't it to give you.
We have not enough for the
wounded, and you will have to go
without"
Otto Dombroski, Troop I, Sec
ond cavalry, is on his way to Den
yer. He says. 1--WE took our horses,
with us, but they weren't any use,
and after a couple of days turned
them over to the guards and fought
dismounted. We had hard lines.
Shafter either couldn't or didn't
send out any scouts, and instead of
sending us over the hills marched
US into position through a ravine.
In the trees all along the route
there were Spanish sharpshooters
posted, and l want to say this talk
of their poor craftsmanship is all
rot. They may be unable to hit a
ship, but they winged every man OF
US they aimed at. They were very
partial to our officers, and busted
themselves almost exclusively with
them. They use smokeless pow
der and we couldn't get crack at
them. When the surrender came
we regulars were kept strictly in
camp, and not allowed any free
dom. That was all right in itself,
but the Rough Riders and some
others were allowed to do as they
pleased, and we had to sit inside
the lines and watch them Dom
broski has machete and bayo-
net he got from Spanish officer.
Frank H. Clearwater, Troop {.
Rough Riders. denied this morning
that they were ambushed at Santa
go and added that the SpaDiards
were always so strongly intrenched
that they could not be seen. Clear.
water is a cowboy by profession and
lives at Brownsville, Tex, whittier
he is bound at present. Il joined
to fight not to talk" he said in re-
fusing to go into details about his
experiences. Travelling with him
is J. T. Greer, Company A, Sixth
Infantry, of Crown City, O., who
quit teaching school year ago and
joined the regular army because he
felt curiosity to know what the
life was like. He has found out
and he says it doesn't go half bad.
John Rathmaker, Troop A,
Third cavalry, doesn't agree with
him, however, and was very glad
when his enlistment expired, Aug.