The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
ROOSEVELT ON THE WAR.
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morning and catch tho Spaniards. The
next mornins's march was a hard one. cspe-
s %nisy i for GSnEers s'S SSd it W Tmsr Po Eos that RS o ABOUT
100. men dropped out for a while. When The
eWr 66d s apaersd s 9i9IsbSs' in Wa 1so g,siSSG nSd / U Wns
sent to the right TO deplCy with the right wing.
FIRST BRUSH WITH THE spASIAnps.
I could not SEQ whore tho Spaninrds were nt
IVs2 under a p pretty Ht2tyGbG brisk IRE, but. va. pushed
% nn; = H eow ss% Some mS" sTEa aS 81 kat '" ia W The
distance, and knew that where there were
SGRsn opene aa IRE t on them mU across IS the dhT'r rayine and
drove them out. Then We saw more. and
s S5SyG thew %s o ma;de T oSt that Ss t f%y w sSSS our 'FS oHs
wave our guidoq, We Thought, they fred a
Yes, their forage was our feast. We captured
hleh that night The next morning or even
Ing we received more %ra6tlons; .uh..
night to take care Of Your wounded2 Al had
an improyIsed field hospital, but the next
ERISSG 9psyg' t he % TSHR WeTe c %S1S SSff iWttR R'Ssff r sG
ssid to Ike Injured" bags. I want to say word
SSp1sh our ~ s%f Z at ofd sPP r'nssion D io;ot ISme man. 4:
He not only took care Of the sick pnd wounded.
but but h Mo %ogld run Tnot to Or th SI. f, sbnSSrd 5Ins AND Nc SGHr 1S
approximately forty killed and wounded in
that tight We Ii1n't have any RECOMMENDATION
said that we ought to have boiled our water.
We had nothing to boil 1t in.
CLOTHING AND RATroNs UNSUITABLE.
..Q.-Did you try to get transportation Al
water supply in that amp was from tho stream
alongside OF it. A good stream. when we could
regular rssp Sro rations Of salt pork. hMairdttaSck., coffee
and sugar. We had in that camp enough OF
these four items. but we had nothing |, else I "a ana
] wanted to get them some beans and tomatoes.
There was no TRANSPORTATION. so took ionr-
and marched them to Siboney. l wanted to pur-
chase, the beans OF the Quartermqsteri but he
sefs ."E Now S%0f + Don GoP,t "I Think that was risht,, |
us to buy beans for the men II we wanted UNI
der such conditions. However, / bought as
large a Quantity OF beans as my elastic con.
the officers. and think that the officers didn't
ssest many so of ths and t Thsn b ! s2aG ana Sq ioma sto@
were a great thing for the, men, don't think
they, would have wanted those things so badly
,Q,-aWhnt kind Of clothing did your regiment
shoes were good. The flannel shirts were as
good as ANYTHING have eyer seen excent that
flannel. and was not good. The trousers tore
rot good. It IS a great mistake. especially
when we are sending men into a muddy coun-
TTGRey yt eolIe eSsf iRes mud idq and d't set e @f%sf with II mud mud.
The legginEs sh9Hld not reach down much be-
lev m the an ( was Th infe srG5hi tn fih w2 spd to2 h SIot tor
ttfRsst they called s'khSki."" but they were, not
that the men wore tore very easily:
After telling tho story Of the fight on San
Juan Hill, Col. Roosevelt said:
had NO THOUGHT OF RETREAT1SG.
"We captured a Spanish officers mess. and
IN extremely good mess it was. as, compared
lE II k wRGt We nf had htsna bee bes set ! fs,,l There sf si w2s 4
John of rum. We threw up some very aborigi-
seen some talk to the effect that we considered
one one a on my p rt'c Of the Sn'iii line e"S Who had Mi'S any N
dream Of retrreatIng; There was no one
might come ny in front q us; There has been
nights OF the ist and I'd OF July. In way the
Spaniards did attack US. but they did not make
any attack that was pushed home II simply
accurate. l never saw them mako what would
be called an offensive movement. They never
ton at all. On the morning OF July 3 We went
on and then came the troops,
SUPERIORITY OF sMoKELEss POWDER.
~ want to sneak Of the enorm9us SUPERIOR
not on the. ground, We felt that we could
t6s n fiPs9lH line sP on a SsG nt', OF the II black Ia TI po% Sn
der. l saw the artillery on. our left open fire.
M In h al a Minute tRigt cI St5sF Of 5he e,5 ,iIst sn shSt 'h "ns
practically I " every Snn . s Span 1n GrIsp and an rife - within ! t t 2
IRENE front Of the. skirmish line. but the ar
we would Soii not have rTS allowed ( him hi in n the trenches
come into the trenches with the cavalry reGi-
ments. and the men drove them out. They
port than viii, them while they were using the
Q:aaYour rati9ns hhad, lasted you? A:aavery
several days we didn't got what / considered a
s saoneS Bacon Sa E a@S h fSGaai Ee Va Rsd hss ddns sbont
half %rations Of coffee and sugar. II the, climate
: had been, good and the men perfectly healthy.
men had begun to sicEen. Digging trenches
bound to bring out the malaria. When they
began to sickcn II became very hard upon the
bareback and half rations OF coffee and sugar.
.Q.-Was there. not plenty OF supplies back at
SiboneyP Ayes. plenty.
SUPPLIES PLENTY. BUT OUT OF REACH.
,.o,-why did you not get them? Al think
had a sort Of an amateur transportation train
Fl my own that was a queer sort OF an affair,
were Senle eft. some Il capt eaptuped hors Sest Of tho e4 sPsnis 81
officers and some mules that had been wound
ed and, that my cow punchers had doctored up,
With these we used to go out and forage for
ourselves Our Chaplain was a ruStler for
get 1t, We got some food from the Red Cross
and purchased with our own money supplies
that We could not get from the Government,
from Snn tSs so S0n,Iaa y2u h naye sR' u She tr sTpPslSs
tation facilities. The orders of Gen, Miles of
May 8 said that each regiment should have
twenty-fl five wagons; Our regiment, which was
two-thirds full. had but. one wagon as a rule;
received SOM transportation for ourselves or
II we could even have had the mule train which
We left at Tampa we could have had hat whole
had. 40 FAR as I know more than one DAYS HST'
rations for the army at the front. II we had
bad a suficisncy OF mule trains we could have
had several days ]rati9ns right there on the
ment two days ahead. but ! had to
feed one regiment that had nothing to
eat. Men from that regiment came to our
camp ard clicked pp the SCRAPS Of bareback.
there was any food @ be got got Il. 1t was a
case Of every individual rustling. for himself
and not the Government rustiing for him. Col.
Weston OF the Commissary Department helped