The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-18
BATTLE OF GUASlMA.

Wusne AnbusaadS.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 17y-1fa-
t0r General 8 B. Young vas before the
war investigating commission nt 80
afternoon session. relatlng IN detaii biz
experience at Santiago and vicinity
and afterwards at NIontaulr. He said
he had landed at Daiquira on The 2iss
Of June ana that By the morning Of the
2Srd his entira brigade mad been puA
ashore. He had notlfed General wheel-
er Immediately and had received opders
TO move on four or fve miles ana co.
cure 3 god camp. he aeeogdinaly hA4
puahsd on to Siboney. he had aslSee
Wheaier where the good cAnpag
ground was, and he had replied thaf tnl
Gpaniafds occupied Il. y then
General Young, asked permission %
~ out t6 zee the ground. saying
should like to get Il for our own tfoQp4
to which General Wheeler aAsented.
IN accordance with this arrangement
he moved out at O'Clock next mornlpg
to fight the battle OF Guaslma, lenaine
the volunteers and Rough Riders BY one
road, and the regulars going by anotn7
ar. BE declared that there VAS no sur
prise IN this fiEht and no ambuscadO q
had been reported. He had FeconnQtt-
erod the Spanish camp with gia8l f0e
half an hour before the fight began ana
he attached the Spaniards and not the
Spaniards him.
SPEAKING OF the Rough Riders be Hlia
there had been no greater percentage o.
oasualties among them than among the
regilars, and that they were not LED M
20 ang situation not to be expected IN
war, 1.-THE report that they were allow
ed 20 be ambuscaded was due, ne eolo
"entireiy TO the demOrnltSed reporter
and the demorallzed adJutant OF tne
regiment, who had left the service soon
afterwards" -,
the enemy's camp that day-+and Il vas
d very good camp" he added, naivelys
No use for CubHnl.
In reply to a question as to what aid
he had secured from the cubans IN this
aRht he replied none whatever, The
Cuban guides had deserted him upon
the firsE IRE. General Castillo. on the
night before, had told him that he
would send 800 Cuhans 70 hiEl' but when
next morning he had sent to notify cas-
| tillo that he was prepared TO proceed,
his messenger had found q card on the
Cuban commanders door saying thal
he must not be disturbed. He mao
therefore proceeded without the Gu.
bans. After the hght was over some OF
the Cubans had come up under the
command OF a Frenchman, who saluted
him very tragically with his sabre, say
ing that he had been ordered by Gener-
al Castillo to follow the enemy ana
aght him wherever he could find him.
General Young SAID he ssEnplY ordered
the Cubans to the rear, and the service
they had performed was TO gather the
baEgaEe that the American soldiers
had discarded General Young said he
had been the only one in the command
at La Guasima, who was mounted and
chat he rode g. mule. He carried no
baggage except a rubber Blicleer, pa1a-
mas and a toothbrush The wounded
were carried back to Slboney, and while
the hospitals there were somewhat con-
gested, the men were attended to. Gen.
Young said that after the Guaaima hght
he had looked the ground over towards
Ell Caney and had informed General
Wheeler that he was confident he could
take the place that night with his brig
ade it allowed to do so. General Wneel-
er had replied that his orders 2rom
General shafter were not to advance
without notifying him. and that he
would notify the general Of his General
Young) wishes He had not heard any
thing more officially 10 regard 70 the
matter, With this, General YounEG
service In Cuba ceased, as he was taken
down with fever on June 80, and cent
back home.
AfaIrs at Camp WikoiE
:. rJfafrnaaa f,n Ie1u n0Rk
to Montauk Point to establish Camp
wikoR.
soldiers" he said, II think de8erve
more credit for what did at MontRuk
Point than for what did at La Guasi-
ma. / think more was done than
should have been done for eoldierg.
Telling Of the 1lardships Of one oom-
niand which had Just arrived nom Gu
ba, he said: THEY were the heroes De-
Ing only regulars" He said the prtYa-
tons Of the war were not 80 serious ag
indian campaigns he had been engaged
h. There had been occasions when he
and hts command had had 20 live on
corn, and others when there was noths
Inging to be had except horse meat or
burro meat "BEt that no said, was
not In the newspapers. He was Eatls-
hed that most Of the complaints against
the camp were unfounded Many OF
these complaints were made By men
aud women who had never seen men "
camp. AppreciatinH the situation, the
soldiers had played It on" the visitors,
making complaints that were without
foundation in order TO BET delieaeles.
''soldiers like to be made babies OF he
said" and some OF them soon BOT 80 they
would not eat their regular ratloDA"
General Young concluded his testi-
ryony with the abatement that the sole
dierS were far better cared for than they
had bAer IN the civil war.