The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23

nrfng upon u men as they went 10
get water. They were stationed In
trees as the guerrillas were generally.
and owing TO the density Of the foliage
m to the use of smokeless powder
rifles. IL was an exceedingly difficult
matter to locate them.
For the next seven days. until the
10th. we lay in our line while the truce
continued. We had continually to work
at additional bomb proofs and at the
trenches. and as we had no proper
supply OF food and utterly made
quate medical facilities. the men sur
| fered a great deal. The officers Clipped
| together and purchased beans, toma-
toes and sugar for the men so tnat they
might ave some relief from the bacon
and bareback. With a great deal of off
/ hculty we got them coffee.
As / mentioned in my previous let
ter. 10 OF our wounded men continued
To fight through the battle. in spite of
their wounds. and of those sent to the
rear. many, both sick and wounded.
came up to rejoin us as soon as their
condition allowed them to walk. on
the 10th the truce was at an end and
the bombardment r~eopened.
on the 18th we were moved three
quarters OF a mile TO the right. The
truce again being on, nothing happen
ed here. except we continued to watch
and do our best to get the men. es-
pecially the sick. properly fed. and hav-
ing no transportation and being cble
TO get hardly any rough the regular
channels. we used anything we ,ould
find. captured Spanish cavalry horses
abandoned mules. which had been shof,
but which our men took and cured, d.
minutive. skinny ponies. purchased
from the Cubans, etc. BY this means
and by the other e~xertions of the OFF,
| GERS we were able from time to Time
TO get supplies of beans, sugar. toma-
toes. and even oat meal. lille rom
the Red Cross people we got our IN
valuable rice. corn meal. etc, all
| of this being of the utmost consequence,
not only for the sick nominally well. as
the lack of proper food was telling ter
ribly on the men.
II was utterly impossible to get them
clothes and shoes. those they had being
in many cases literally dropping 10
pieces.
the 18th we shifted camp here. the best
camp we have had. but the march
hither under the MONDAY sun told very
heavily on our men. weakened by UNDER
feeding and overwork. and the next
morning 1913 cases were reported to the
doctor. and l now have but half of the
600 meR with which I landed four weeks
ago.. III for duty. As we had but one
wagon, the change necessitated leaving
much of my stun behind. with "A night
of discomfort. with scanty shelter and
scanty food for the most of the officers
and many of the men. Only the pos
session of the improvised pack train al
luded to above saved us from being
worse. Yesterday ! sent a detail of six
men and officers to see IL they could not
purchase or make arrangements FOR a
supply of proper food. clothing. etc. for
the men. even IL we had to pay for ht
out Of our own pockets. Our suffering
has been due primarily to lack OF trans
portation and proper food or sufficient
clothing and Of medical supplies. We
should now have wagon sheets for tent
age. Very respectfully,
In his first report Colonel Roosevelt
v
To attempt TO give a list of the men
who showed signal valor would necessi-
tate sending in an almost complete roster
of the regiment. Many OF the cases which
I mention stand merely as examples OF
the rest. not as exceptions. Captain
jenkins acted as major and showed
such conspicuous gallantry and effi-
cheney hat l earnestly hope he may be
promoted to major rs soon as a vacancy
occurs. Captain Llewellyn, Muller ana
Luna led their troops the
charge. handling them admirably. At
the end of the battle Lieutenapts Kane.
Greenwood and Goodrich were in charge
of their troops. Immediately under my
eye. and | wish particularly to COM
mend their conduct.
Corporals Waller and Fortesque and
Trooper Mckinley of Troop T., Cor
poral Rhodes OF Troop ID; Troopers AL
bertson. Winter, Macgregor and Ray
Clark of Troop F.: Troopers Bugbee,
Jackson and Waller OF Troop \; Trump
eter Macdonald of Troop l.; Sergeant
Hughes OF Troop h, and Trooper Gieren
4 A. Al. - -
ing wounded. some very severely; most
OF them fought until the end Of the
day. Trooper oliver H.. Norton OF
Troop b.. who. with his brother. was by
my side all throughout the charging,
was killed while fighting with marked
gallantry. Sergeant Ferguson. Corporal
Lee and Troopers Bell and Carroll OF
Troop X: Sergeant Dame OF Troop +;
Troopers Goodwin. Campbell and Lud-
ley Deane. ~Trumpeter Foster OF Troop
=. and Troopers Greenwood and Barch-
hean OF Troop A are all worthy of spe-
cial mention for GOODNESS n eallantry;
they all merit promotion when the
time comes. But the most conspicuous
gallantry was shown by Trooper Dow
land. He was wounded in the side In
our first fight, but kept in the firing
line: he was sent 10 the hospital the
mex day. but left II and marched out
to us. overtaking as, n fought all
through this battle with such indiTer-
ence to danger that | was forced again
and again to rate and threaten him for
running needless risks. Great gallantry
was also shown by four troope whom
l cannot identify and by Trooper Wins
low Clark OF Troop O.. II was after We
had AXE the first hill and had called
out 10 rush che second. and. having by
that time lost my horse. climbed a wire
fence and started toward IL. After GO
| ing n connie of hnndrad wards under "A
heavy fire ! found that no one else had
come as. 1 discovered later. IL was sim
ply because. In she confusion. with men
shooting n being shot. they had nc
noticed me start. I told the five men
to wait a moment. as IL might be mis-
understand IL We all ran back. while |
ran back and started the regiment. and
as soon al I did so the regiment came
with a rush. But meanwhile the five
men cnnllN Law down In the nnnn 70.