Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-09


their position on the line before Santiago.
Capt. Graham was in command of the
rear guard of this detachment, Lieut.. Skin
FER commanding the company. After
about one hours march rain began to fall
and the water came down in such torrents
that the country was flooded within few
minutes. The roads and small streams be-
came raging torrents in a short time. The
San Juan river rose SO rapidly that while
the remainder of the command crossed
with no difficulty, it was thigh-deep when
the head of the rear guard, which was a
few hundred yards behind the main COM
mand, reached the stream. 1t was so deep
and swift that all could not cross.
Private Fry of Company E, a member of
the rear guard, pulled two men out of the
stream. after they had lost their rifles, and
were nearly washed down the current.
To the Mems Rescue.
When word was passed forward to Cap
tain Graham that the men were having
difficulty in crossing he hurried back a dis
lance of about fifty yards, and reached the
stream in time to jump into the water,
waist-deep, and pull out two other men,
who mad already lost their rifles and all
loose equipments. From this point, a dis
lance CT probably six miles, the men Waded
continually in soft mud and water, from
shoe-top deep to knee deep, varied occa-
'sionaily by the wading of a stream from
thigh-deep to waist-deep. These latter
mud off the men, and proved cooling and
refreshing. 1t was found that the men
could not carry more than half the equip
ment even when each man carried double
loads. So they took what they could carry
and returned to the trenches at Santiago
early the next morning.
Very little was done by the company ex-
cept routine camp duty until the 18th,
when the whole regiment was drawn up
the line to witness and assist in the cere-
monies of the formal surrender of Santiago.
On San Juan Heights.
On the 10Th the regiment moved east
about two miles, San Juan Heights.
about two miles northeast of Santiago.
On the 10th the company, with the other
companies of the I'd Battalion. went
to guard the Spanish prisoners for forty
eight hours. relieving companies of the
10Th Infantry. They were relieved in turn
after two days by battalion of the 1st
Illinois Regiment, when they returned to
their main camp on San Juan Heights.
About the time of their return to camp
the men began to feel the effects of that
climate, and one after another they were
taken sick, ana from that time UP to the
present they have had from dozen to
twenty eight men sick every day. Lieut..
Skinner was sick from August to IA, and
Captain Graham was on the sick report
from August 10 to the day he left Santiago,
although he was suffering much longer
than that
Men in the Hospital.
On arriving at MOntauk Point nine men
of the company We're sent to the general
hospital there. Three of them have since
been furloughed and sent home, enc to a
hospital in New York. and another re-
turned to duty with the company. The
others reported to be doing nicely. The
health of the remainder of the company is
today as it has been most of the time. far
above the average.
The company lost one man by discharge
on the day it left Washington, and one at
Chickamauga- 1t lost five men by transfer
Zone to the Volunteer Engineer Corps and
four to the Hospital Corps while at Tam
pa One man was discharged for disability
while at Santiago, while one man was en-
listed in the company while in the trenches
at that place. About June 10 First Lieu
tenant Griffiths was detailed as acting
regimental commissary, which position he
has occupied until the present time. thus
leaving the company with only two officers
since the above date.
Where the Flag Went.
The LIST District of Columbia Regiment
was distinguished throughout the cam
paign in Cuba by having been the center
regiment of the brigade, of which it was
part, and this brigade on every important
occasion being in the center division of the
Army Corps to which it belonged In this
8,
carried by Company E, was always in the
center of the Army Corps to which the
regiment belonged.
Changes in Personnel.
Transferred-J. Howard Griffiths. first
lieutenant, to Company A, August IA, 1893,
William A. Kent, sergeant to become SER
geant major Sd United States Volunteer
Engineers, June %, 1898: Morse o. Mayes,
sergeant; Olier c. Terry, corporal; James
p. Faris, private. and Alvin E. Bowen, pri-
waite, June 80, 1898.
MISUNDERSTANDING F. Mitchell, dis
charged for disability May %, 1898; Chas.
L. PlatZ, discharged May 81, 1888; Milton
l.. Cock, discharged for disability August
6, 1898.
Promoted-Sidney T. Exley corporal pro-
NOTED to sergeant, June "a. 1898, George
Paschal, corporal, promoted to sergeant,
July 1, 1898; Leonard B. Jay. private APP
pointed corporal, June 10, 1898; Chandos L.
Jackson. private, appointed corporal, June
q, 1898; Frank H. Smith, private. appoint
ed corporal June "A, 1885, Reginald Norris,
private. appointed lance corporal June 8,
1888, and corporal July l, 1898; John II.
Gayle, private, appointed corporal July /,
1898
Reduced and changed-Joseph D. Rup-,
pert, corporal, reduced to private June 10,
1888; Samuel II. Jacobson, corporal re-
duced to private June "A. 1898; Benjamin L.
Tubman. changed from musician to private
June 8, 1898; Harry l.. ArtZ, changed from
musician to private July 80, 1898.
Joined the company-William H. Hall,
private. enrolled in the company in the
field near Santiago, Cuba, July Is, 1898.
, Original Roll.
The original muster roll of Company E
was as follows: Captain, Frank l.. Graham;
first lieutenant j. Howard Griffitbs; sec
ond lieutenant, Frank E. Skinner; first
sergeant, Richard L. Lamb; quartermaster
sergeant, Richard B. Clayton; sergeants,
William A. Kent, Jesse Owen, M4urice APP
pieby and Morse .. Mayse; corporals,
Oliver c. Terry, Sidney T. Exley. Hum
phrey Beckett George Paschal, Samuel H.
Jacobson and Joseph d. Rupert; musi-
clans, Harry L. Artz and Benjamin L. Tub
man: artificer, Charles d. Lazelle; wagner,
Daniel L. Morgan; privates. George K.
Armes, Heron Benchert, John Nj. Bolts.
Alvin E. Brown, George o. Burns, William
j. Cleary, William A Cline, Milton l.. Cock,
Matthew Council, Edwin l.. Connolly. Sim
con C. Crissey. Henry Darling, Charles A.
Day, Thomas o. Day, August De Grim
moud, Edward l.. Edwards, James P. Far
is, Edward Fitzgerald, Thos. Flaherty, AL
burney W. Frye. Thomas Gauley. John H.
Gayle, Fred Harke, Henry A. Harke John
T. Harris, Emanuel Hartell, James j.