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instance where a colored infantryman two
! Spanish sharpshooters in "A tree shooting at an
ambulance crew. The coored man had the
great satisfaction Of killing both Spaniards.
| leaving their bodies hanging in the trees.
The soldiers express the greatest contempt for
| their Cuban allies. They say the Cubans are sell
| fish. ungrateful and cOvardly. and that they did
rot at any time show disposition to do anything
like their share OF the hard work The most
sensational story OF this nature is that told by
Private H. l.. Baker. Company I. list Recl
ment Of a Rough Rider whose name ne did
not know. The cavalryman wounded and
lying on his right side behind tree, when he
rolled over and two insurgents robbing the
corpse of an American soldier The trooper. by
making a desperate effort. reached his gun and
fired He killed one of the Cubans and wound
ed the other.
According to many stories told by the injured
men. the Cubans were always begging food and
other things from the Americans. but were
never willing 10 share their own supplies. One
day the men Of Troop X. OF the Sd Cavalry.
were out OF tobacco. and ready to give anything
they had for a smoke a chew. a Cuban rode
along with a well-flled bag thrown over his
saddle. Trooper William A. Weld asked him
for some tobacco hut the Cuban shook his
head and indicated that ne had none Weld
while feigning TO translate the Cuban's Spanish
slipped his knife through the saddle bag and a
quantity Of tobacco fell out. lie and his
rades grabbed II and away. leaving
highly enragei Cuban behind them. AS 1ght-
the American soldiers say the Cubans were
little better than grammar school cadets would
have beer. II they knew what to do they
studiously avoided their duty. and II they un-
derstOod that the Americans were shedding
blood for their sakes they were careful not TO
display the frs, sign Of gratitude or interest.
REGULARS AND VOLUNTEERS
The heartiest good-fellowship was displayed
at all times between the volunteers and the
Regulars. This was shown clearly yesterday
by the an <iety Of the Regulars to refute a pub
lished story accusing the list New York Regi-
ment Of cowar1ice \ private Of the 9th In
fantry took the trouble. While waiting to be re-
moved from the Olivette. TO ind the reporters
and say that the list had rendered the most
valuable assistance in several Instances in rein
forcing other regiments While the lighting was
hottest the regiments were badly split up. and
the volunteers and Regulars frequently fourd
themselves shoulder TO shoulder. obeying the
orders Of a Regular volunteer officer. Just
as II happened. In the confusion Of the conflict
the men lost no time in searching out their own
commands but pushed onward side by side
Sergeant VI Smith OF Con pany +. list. said
that whole bodies Of men frequently found
themselves thus separated from their own com
mands
The volunteers were heavily Handicapped by
their old Springfield rifles. with their smoking
powder. Wherever the men OF the list the
"a Massachusetts fred voey the cloud OF
smoke which marked their Whereabouts
so unmstakab.y that the Spanards would
ply with the deadly effect For this rea-
son they were ordered TO stop firing several
times for their own preservation. They were
thus inactive some Of the time. and. II anybody
ever did question their bravery. that may have
been the ground for the story.
The experiences and observations OF Private
II L. Baker OF Company /. list Regiment, II
put in print would make a good history OF the
entire Santiago campaign both on land and on
sea Private Baker sent home to recover
from a slight attack Of fever. He in the
thick Of the fight. but escaped without a wound.
This is the story Of his experiences az he told
1t to a Tribune reporter on the Olivette:
The heaviest work in the fghting was done
by the Rough Riders the 18Th Infantry and the
list Regiment This think. is what any par
ticpant in the battle Of July ! and would
say The first shot fred by Tom Isa-
bel Of Colonel Roosevelts cavalry. Isabel Killed
was wounded seven times before he quit.
don't know which troop ne was in, but I'll never
forget the way he fought. The first man killed
In the list Regiment Private Decker. OF
Company / We were ordered TO make the top
OF a hill and Decker was the first there.
He dropped just as he abou. TO fire. The
story about cowardice In the list is a lie. and
that's all / care To say about II. We fought
under great disadvantages because OF our pow
der and were several tmes told to stop firing
At time we got into an ambush where we
were fred on from three sides al once. This ex- |
plains why so many of our fellows were |
wounded In the back and sides. Several were |
shot In the soes OF the feet they were lying |
on the ground Much OF the time we couldn't |
see the Spaniards at all. although we knew |
they were within three hundred yards Of us |
Sometimes it seemed as though the trees were |
full Of them, picking us off right and left
GOOD WORK OF THE ROUGH RIDERS.
"Tbe work Of the Rough Riders some
thing MAGNIFICENT. They fought Ike hends and |
n is wonder that many Of them came out
Of the fight alive For that matter. II was most |
gratifying to hear the praise the foreign mill |
tarv attaches gave our troops. They said they |
never saw such hghtinS. Our fellows Fought as |
,houeb they did not know what defeat meant. |
They fnOuRnt OF tuIHIHb nm t''" |
under the hottest fire. than they did OF flying |
over the Spansh intrenchments right into San
tIoco In the first days fighting body OF seven
hundred or eight hundred Of our men. after two
and a half hours OF hghting, whipped and drove
back four thousand Spaniards although the
enemy was strongly intrenched behind their
own breastworks We heard afterward that the
four thousand Spanards had boosted that for
the two and a half hours they had held the
entire American Army In check When our
troops finally gained the breastworks we fouhd
the bitches full Of dead men. most or them
shot through the head and many on the hands