Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-29
LA QUASINA FIGHT.
Graphic Description of the First
Land Battle in the Cuban
Campaign.

Associated Press Dispatch Boat Dandy,
! via Kingston, Jamaica The initial fight
of Col Woods rough riders and the troop
ers Of the First and Tenth regular cavalry
will be known in history rs the battle Of
| La Quasina.
That it did not end in the complete
slaughter of the Americans was not due to
any miscalculation in the plan Of the Span
! ialds. for as perfect an ambuScade as was
| ever formed in the brain of an Apache In
| dian was prepared, and Lieut.-Col. Roose-
welt and his men walked squarely into It.
Tide of Battle Turned.
For an hour and half they held their
ground under a fierce storm of bullets
from the front and sides, and then Col.
| Wood at the right and Lieut. Col. RoOse-
welt at the left led charge which turned
| the tide of battle and sent the enemy hy-
| ing over the hills toward Santiago.
1t is now definitely known that sixteen
men on the American side were killed,
while sixty were wounded or are reported
| to be missing. 1t is impossible to calcu-
| late the Spanish losses, but it is known
that they were far heavier than those of
| the Americans, at least as regards actual
| loss of life.
Already thirty-seven dead Spanish SOL
ders have been found and buried, while
| many others are undoubtedly lying IN the
thick underbrush on the side of the gully
and on the slope of the bill, where the
main body of the enemy was located. The
wounded were all removed.
Revised List of Casualties.
A complete list of the killed, wounded
and missing on the American side, revised,
is as follows:
Those Who Were Killed.
CAPT. ALLYN NJ. CAPRON, Troop l.,
Rough Riders.
sERGT. HAMILTON FISH, Jr, Troop L,
Private MILDEN W. DANsoN, Troop
l., Rough Riders.
SERGT. DOHERTY Troop A, Rough Rid
PRIVATE W. 7. IRWIN, Troop F, Rough
PRIVATE KELBE, First United States
Private BERLIN, First United States
PRIVATEE sLENNoCK, First United
States cavalry.
sERGr. MARCUS D. RUSSELL. Troop G,
Rough Riders
PRIVATE LEGGETT, Troop A, Rough Rid
PRIVATE HARRY HEFFNER, Troop C,
Rough Riders.
PRIVATE Il. WORK, Troop B. First Reg
PRIVATE KRUPP, Troop B, First Regular
PRIVATE STARK, Troop A, First Regular
cavalry.
PRIVATE - -, Troop h, First Regular
cavalry.
List of the Missing.
Private Merriam Camp, Troop G, Rough
sergt. D. w. Bell. Rough Rider.
Trumpeter T. r. Mcdonald, Rough Rider.
Private n. H. Iachrane, Rough Rider.
Private Fred Chilcot, Rough Rider.
Private j. s. Miller, Rough Rider.
priv TO ShaT
Private J. E. Steadman, Rough Rider.
Private D. c. Deniss. Rough Rider.
List of the Wounded.
Maj. James Bell, First cavalry, shot in the
Capt. Thomas T. Knox, First cavalry, shot
in the stomach; serious.
Lieut. Byron. First cavalry.
Private Frank Booth, Troop f, Rough Rid
Private George Brixton, Troop B, Tenth
cavalry.
Private s. f. Ishler, Troop c, Rough Rid
Private Joseph Dole, Troop B, Rough Rid
Private John R. Keene, Troop L, Rough
Riders.
Private NJ. L. NewcOmbe, Troop d, Rough
Riders.
Private Martin Brell Troop G, First cav
Private Samuel Redd, Troop G, First cav
Private Arthur Wheeler, Troop B, Tenth
cavalry.
Private Theodore Gryce, Troop D, Tenth
cavalry.
Private Kelly Mayberry, Troop 1, Tenth
cavalry.
Private James Russell, Troop b, Tenth cav
airy.
Private Schulter Whitney, Rough Rider
Private Nathaniel NJ. Poe, Troop Z, Rough
Riders.
Corp. ]. NJ. Dean. Troop E. Rough Riders.
Private ]. n. Deal, Troop D, Rough Riders.
Private c.. l.. Reed, Troop f, Rough Riders.
Corp. j. B. Rhodes, Troop D, Rough Rid
sergt. Thomas Ryan, Troop K, Tenth cav
Private E. J. Albertson, Troop F. Rough
Trumpeter I. F. Meagher, Troop L, Rough
Private George Roland, Troop G, Rough
Riders.
Private F. A. Miller, Troop B, Tenth cav
Private D. V. Watson, Troop G, First cav
Private John Damatt, Troop l., Rough Rid
Capt James H. McClintock, Rough Rider.
Lieut. j. r. Thomas Jr., Rough Rider.
Private I. W. Virgins, Troop B, Rough
Private Robert u. Bailey, Troop F, Rough
Riders.
ry 81 r. w. Reid Troop g. Rough Rid
Private Gains, Troop B, Tenth cavalry.
Private Reilly, Troop B, First cavalry.
Capt. Mccormick and Capt. Luna of
the First Volunteer cavalry, who were
reported as among the dead or wounded,
were unframed. as was also Col Wood,
whom Adjt. Hall reported as mortally
wounded.
Spaniards Were Concealed.
That the Spaniards were thoroughly
posted as to the route to be taken by the
Americans in their movement toward Sa-
villa was evident, as shown by the care
full preparations they had made. The
main body Of the Spaniards was posted
on a hill. on the hea vily-wooded slopes
of which had been erected two block
houses, fanked by irregular intrench-
ments of stone and fallen trees At the
bottom of these hills run two roads. along
which Lieut.-Col. Roosevelt's men and
eight troops of the First and Tenth cav
airy, with battery Of four howitzers
advanced. These roads are but little
more than gullies, rough and narrow,
and at places almost impossible. In
these trails the fight occurred. Nearly
half a mile separated Roosevelt's men
from the regulars. and between them and
on both sides of the road in the thick I'M
| derbrush was concealed a force of Span
iards that must have been large. judging