The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-01

Maj John A. Logan, who, with Mrs.
Logan, is a guest at the home Of his
sister, Mrs. William F. Tucker, of this
city was with Gen. Bates brigade dur
ing the thiclIest of the fight at Santia-
go. Although Maj. Logan is exceed
ingly modest in regard to any part he
took in the recent war, enough. is
known to prove that he is not an un-
worthy son of Gen. John A. Logan,
one of the bravest Of the heroes of the
Civil war.
Maj. Logan, having seen the Third
regiment in active service, his visit to
st. Paul Is Of more than ordinary in
terest, and he is not stinting in his
praise of the bravery Of the gallant
Third. Every man could be depended
upon," he said yesterday, with enthu-
stasm, "and the Third regiment was
one of the best in the field"
why then, was it not mentioned in
the reports?" he was asked
"Well,' he said, with a little laugh,
Gen. Bates wonders, too, why the
Third and Twentieth were never men
toned. was adjutant general Of the
brigade under Gen. Bates command:
the Third was in that brigade, you
know. The general was surgeon in
the Twentieth for many years at Fort
LeaVenworth, and he was greatly at
tached to 1t; there was no mention of
cur command, but I imagine I know
the reason. In modern warfare, in go
ing to the field, it Is we'll to take along
several war correspondents, but Gen.
Bates encountered himself with equip
ments, and brought no correspondents.
OVERLOOKED CORRESPONDENT
When we landed on the island we had
seventy-two six-mule wagons, our am
balances and rations for seventy-five
days, with forage for our horses and
mules, and four troops of cavalry, ours,
by the way, was the only cavalry
brought into Cuba, and ours the only
transportation in the army In the
hurry of getting all this moved, some
things, Of course, were overlooked. this
is how we forgot our correspondents
Ours was the only division that
brought transportation into the island,
hut the other divisions brought their
correspondents.
The congratulatory order Issued on
July did not mention our brigade at
all, and Gen. Bates spoke to Gen.
LQaI
it would be corrected. There was
brief mention in the second report
about that long"-measuring his first
finger-"but beyond that 1 never saw
anything
"Of course, this must have hurt Gen.
Bates, because he was ranking officer
or the division, and, not only that, but
at Ell Caney he was the ranking Of
ficer An incident at Ell Caney shows
how magnanimOus Gen. Bates is When
he was ordered to supercede Gen. Law
ten, he declined. Gen. Lawton had
been in the field first, and, when Gen.
Bates arrived, as there was little for
him to do, and as there was still q
heavy firing on the left, he told Gen.
LaWtOn ne would take his command
there, and he withdrew from the field
leaving the glory and honor Of the day
to Gen. LaWton. There is but one 9TH
er incident of the kind recorded, and
that was when my father refused to
supercede Gen. Thomas on the field,
during the Civil war.
WHAT THE THIRD DID.
well, as to what the Third did. we
were on the hill near Capron's bat
terry, Gen. Lawton and Gen. Bates
having picked out the position for the
troops. There was a crossroad leading
to where the First and Fourth were
engaged in heavy firing, and Gen. Bates
sent me to find this crossroad I rode
down the road until I came to the First
and Fourth, who were under fire, and
I went back and reported to Gen. Bates
- the lay of the ground, and where the
troops were stationed, then we marched
our command down the road to the
right; he then took the Twentieth to
the left, where the firing was hot;
when the Twentieth was placed, I went
back for the Third, and, with Col.
Page, brought the regiment down the
hill, and we were placed between Gen.
Shafter and the First and Fourth in
fantry. In getting into position, the
Third had to cross an open field, and
was under fire for some time. We
could see the fire from the brow Of the
hill, and during none of the time did
1 see one skulker; every man was in