The evening times., 1898-09-24
vICToRs OF GUANTANAMO.
The Men Who Held the Fort at
Camp McCaIIa.

me wen VINO Helu the FOrt at
Camp McCaIIa.
When reveille was sounded at the Ma
rine Barracks yesterday, the old gar
rison for the first time in months was
itself again, the marines were all in their
places.
The evening was a happy one In the
old mess room and after enjoying them
selves at the tables which were set with
dainties and Uttered with flowers by the
ladies of the garrison, the men were CIV
en- freedom. Notwithstanding the fact
that they had not had such a privilege
for many weeks and that they had just
returned home there was not an absentee
at roll call yesterday, all of which
spoke volumes for the discipline and
character of men of the Marine Corps.
The barracks was a lively place all day.
The Marine Band was busy rehearsing
and this was a treat for the men. Then
again there were many friends of the
men of the corps who called to see them
in the morning and there were also moth
ers and brothers and sisters. The men
were assigned to their quarters early. in
the morning and a detachment of twen-
ty-four marines was sent to Annapolis
under the charge of Sergeant Rain.
There are now ninety-nine of the return
ed men at the barracks and forty-one at
the navy yard.
The officers were also visited by many
of their friends during the day, and none
received more compliments than Capt.
Harrington, the commander of the battaI-
ion.
When seen by reporter for The Times
the captain was sitting in his easy chair
on the yeranda of his home at the bar
racks. enjoying cool September breeze
and looking at the great shade trees in
the grounds Those trees are the pleas
antest things that | have seen since /
left Cuba, except, of course. the American
people. who have received the corps so
cordially since it's return. In Cuba we
saw no trees like these. There was cactus
and chapparel and thick underground, but
nothing as beautiful as our own shade
trees.
II enjoy them today. for TO be home
again is Il sort of reaction after our re-
cent trip, and then, again. yesterday /
was kept busy with the details of the
proper movement of our men. Some had
to be left at Philadelphia and all along
the line"
The captain had a word for the Red
Cross and other relief organizations
which had sent Cruel and delicacies 10
the men at the front He drew from his
pocket two. small packages. which, he
said. had been distributed in large guam
titles among the Marine Corps, as well
as the army. and said that they were of
great service TO men. Each package was
about the size of ones fist.
one was a sewing kit and contained
needles. pins. safety pins. sticking plas-
ter, thimbles and thread, and the other
packet was wrapped in a salmon colored
wrapper and labeled first help for the
wounded" These small packages re-
marked the captain, were largely in
strumental in saving many amputations.
and the men are greatly indebted TO the
generous hearted persons who donated
them" The package contained TWO anti
septic compresses OF sublimated gauze in
oiled paper, one antiseptic bandage in
sublimated cambria. with a safety pin;
one triangular bandage with safety pin.
Capt. Harrington, as we'll as the men
under him. brought numerous relics
home
Marines were TO be seen moving every
where with machetes-
THE Cubans," explained Capt. Harring-
ton, used To come to our grindstones ev-
cry day 10 sharpen their blades, and in
this way many machetes came into the
useful in cutting ones way through the
cactus and the chapparel.'
Capt. Harrington was complhnented dur
ing the day great many times upon the
splendid physical showing made by his
men. He said that the officers took good
care of the marines, and though the corps
was at Camp McCalla for three days and
three nights without wink of sleep, and
with a quadrupie force of Spaniards
49, -. Co., ~
six men were lost These were killed in
action Not single man was lost through
sickness.
feature of the parade Thursday not
generally known was the fact that nearly
every man in the escort saw action, only
fifteen of the number not having been al
the front. Lieut.. Austin r. Davis was on
the Oregon. and Lieuts. Moses and Lee
were also in actual service They return
ed TO the barracks several weeks ago.
The names of the men who returned tC
the Marine Barracks are as follows:
Capt F. II. Harrington, Lieuts. Ban
non. Paul, S. G. Mauser, Emil Cumyburg
Eben NJ Fairbanks and Benjamin f.
Fogg; Corporals Tristram Cary, James
Fairbanks and Boyle; Drummers John
| Cromwell, Arthur Stewart, William Ros:
! Clifford; Filters Robert A. l.. Adams, Jo-
| seph DeMarr and Fred G. Egelseer; Pri
Yates George. NJ {b6Ai. emanuel Beach
Hermann a. Berch, Thomas Britt Johr
| ]. Bremen, Harry E. Brawn, W. B. Cad
| wallader, Michael Callahan. John Cluny
| Edward Collins, Daniel Cliff, Frank
| Drake, George NJ. Dean, Mitchell DeWolf
| Charles DeFalI, William Bowling, George
| S. Edelin,. Richard S. Edwards, John W
| Fleming, Frederick Frederickson, Charles
| File, David l.. Green, Manuel P. Grund-
| ish, Charles Gorkum, William S. Gum
| Alexander Hamilton, James A. Haley
| Charles w. Houck, w. S. Harman, Dan
iel A. Heaphy, John H. Helms
| George A. Herbert. Thomas Hus
sey, John H. Hook, Richard w
| Judick, Frank Johnson, Timothy Kahn
James Kelly, Harry S. Kimon. Edward
P Kutzer, Wilfred Langley. Harry A
| Leadham, Dennis E. Long. Ezekiel Love
| law, Charles Maliak, John Mahoney
| William H. Miller, Frank W. Moore Johr
! McMahon, Charles E. Mckinley. John F
| Mcnamara, James McDonough, Bryan
/ McSwiney, Charles A. Mckee, Stephen A
| Neville, Thomas Nolan, T. j. O'Donald
| H. NJ. Oliver, Charles 7. Ohliger, Edward
| Pierce, Crease Plimmons, Edgar G.
Reeves, George c. Rhea. Oliver w
| Roakes, Cecil j. Robey. Oscar Robinson
| Oscar Robinson, Ashley N. Sabone, Mi
| chael Saulter, Benjamin F. Self William
| S. Stevens James ]. Steitz, Herbert r
| Smith, John S. Strowd, Louis Sycamberg
| William Fl. Thompson, Jesse d. Ward
| James A. Woodward, Arthur Wright
| John G. Wright, David L. Ferguson, Jo
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