The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-06

which he has flied since the departure
OF the Eighth for Santiago last June.
The officers and men of the Twenty
fourth are delighted with Fort Russell,
and they freely admit that this post is
one of the finest they ever saw. While
majority of the battalion would pre-
fer to be in their old homes in the bar
racks at Fort Douglas, and while they
DO not like the idea of being separated
from the rest of their comrades, still
they are making no complaints, and,
under the circumstances, are very
happy- There are a number of recruits
in the battalion, but a majority of the
coiored boys served through the San
tiago campaign. Captain James stated
to The Herald correspondent yesterday
that his command will at once be re-
cruited up to its maximum strength,
and that he expected upwards of 100
recruits will be sent to Fort Russell
during the next 30 days.
Your correspondent has conversed
with a number of the gallant boys of
the fighting" TWenty-fourth who saw
service in Cuba, and who enjoyed (O
a soJourn of several weeks at Montauk
Point All are of the opinion that SOL
dlerS who We're taken to Cuba were
not properly treated. In many instances
they had not enough to eat, and for
many nights were without any shelter.
there being a scarcity of tents. Mis-
management and incompetency were
everywhere apparent, and it is a Won
der that any of the brave men returned
home. In the advance on FL Caney
and San Juan hill the colored regi-
ments, and especially the Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry and
the Tenth cavalry, were picked out for
the advance, and consequently these
troops had the hardest work to per-
nd Srrff in, nd
wounded. The colored boys say they
were determined to show the other
regiments that they knew how to
night. How well the officers and others
were shown" is well known, and when
the history of the war with Spain is
written, the brave men of the Twenty
fourth will not be overlooked.
a large number of the soldiers Of the
Twenty-fourth stationed here are
granted passes, and daily visit Chey-
enne, three miles away. The people of
that city are very friendly and show
the boys every courtesy possible. I'm
like the people of many cities, the
citizens of Cheyenne honor the dusky
heroes and do all in their power for
them.
There are a men of the Twenty
fourth in the hospital here. OF this
number, seven were wounded in Cuba.
IA are fever patients and three are re-
cruits. who are suffering with colds.
Among the wounded are three cases
which are quite interesting. One of
these is a private who was shot in the
back of the head. The Mauser bullet
went straight through the head, and,
coming out on one side of the nose,
destroyed an eye. This man is almost
well and will be discharged from the
hospital in few weeks. Another pri-
vate was shot through the liver and is
now convalescent. The third man was
shot through and through, the Mauser
bullet entering the right side on the
line and coming out on the left side
above the hips. The bullet cut through
the intestines, but the brave fellow is
now able to eat quite heartily. The
surgeon says that all of the wounded
at Russell will doubtless recover.