The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30
NE MARINE Corps WORK
noGOxEL HAyWARUs REPORT on
IT'S PART IN THE WAR.
lAe First serious Land Engage.
meat Fought by lt-GuardfnS
Spanish Prisoners Manning
the Rapid Fire Batteries


shs Rapid Fire Batteries
ne war with Spain added new iauress 10
| a. reeaYd o. TIE Ca.tsd States Marine
| Cosps, which since It's Organization, No
geuDer l., lis. 4 hundred years ago nad
| y frequently demonstrated lis value as .
military arm OF tie government. TIE an
saa. report OF Co. Charles Haywood. the
co0nsi commandment, 10 the secretary o.
re aayy Tor the last year 5 naturally de-
voted Ia great Sast &c rscouDs.as Is ex-
perieDee al Guantanano, snere The bat
I..eE Under L.asut.-Iol. Robert " Hunt
Ext0l ioA2ai tH. hEsi serious land en-
sase.Dent 81 United States forces on for
sSa sos! since he Mexican war.
Tae aeate. sn4ents az THIS battalion Is
ssorfbeas ODDS are ALREADY familiar 10 t4s
ees.tEy, which nss agpia ues9 The con-
gpegops bravery 0; the men wno eaed
Ia frs. blood III ths fins! operations which
I'd 10 the freedom OF Cuba and sasteggsf
ne surrender Of Spain After describing
ths notable campaign. Col. Eeywood
makes the following comment.
The sact that this battalion was at
hckec By overwhelming numbers aud for
oyer three days and nights Was under con
staE: IRE. and thai the following day
PATTON OF the battalion attacked and Pc
paused superior force OF Svaa!arlS
SLOWS tast Coz huntington and MS OFF,
eers ard men displayed great galaniry.
and that ali were We'll drilled and under
TIE most effective discipline. The bat
TALON has not lost man By disease from
ne time I, left for Cuba un,il is return,
eao the percentaFe 81 sickness Ras only
per cent ana III camp. after arrival AZ
portsmouth,. only nine-tenths Of per cent.
ehea!ne the goOc res .tE OF the eAtrs rY,ssy
ssls'ui ana complete preparation OF the
AftaAon Tor the service which dey9lyed
upon II by the qBartersuaster Of IN. ea~1ss
Maor L. Denny; the auartermaster OF
tee battalion, Capt. {. l.. AeCaw,ey. L. S.
c: The medical officer Surgeon John
y. Edgar, Z. :. ~. and myself In pr0-
curing all the necessary clothing. medf-
enes ana otner necessaT!es for a tropical
climate and the care exercised By the off
GERS for the health and coufcr, OF the men
b the constant inspection OF the carnp az
prov Siots and Of meals before being served.
80. ~s'' = as a rigid discipline always en-
The wide range OF usefulness of the ma
!snes Il SHOWN BY the commanding officer
u the Eext paragraph:
Wide Range Of Usefulness,
During the war 81 vessels had marine
guards. varying In strength from 50 down
70 men. making a total OF 2oss er,iis;ed
men at sea- There were e23 ia the bat
nlion. and 80 at Key West. making a
totai OF Z.1Zs. Dedueting those Oh the Pa
enc coast 20. this lett on.y Il enlisted
met or the regular service available for
suty at al the Eastern posts
inas IL VII be seen thst Il the additional
rs men had not been appropriated FOR.
the corps would have been nnable In NEE:
che demands for men required for ina
guards on board ship and for tha battalion
. hey West, and even after these AZ men
nee sdoed 70 the corpE IL is shown that
mere were bu, II men OF the pe-r1a rera, es-
Enlistment available Tor duty at the a Z
ierent posts, and. therefore is tha 800 a1-
1iionai men for service during the war
nau not been provided, the corps would
nave been unable 20 furnish adequate
guards for the various navy yards aud
stations, where millions OF dollars worth
p.oIle property IS stored. which re-
enred most careful guarding. on account o,
tne many Spanish efnisSaries tn the cotin-
tsy As the men enlisted for The war he-
came sufficiently drilled, some OF them
we're distributed among the various marine
guards en- board ship. relieving cider mer,
Tor places as non-comm issioned officers n
the various posts II addition To the rren
required at the navy yards. guards COM
posed o! selected men were ordered To n.
established al the magazines at Norfolk
And fhlladelphia> as attempts had been
made by Spanish spies Il, bow them up
In addition 10 guarding the naval estah-
ushments against the designs Of Spanish
spies and manning the secondary batteries
o. warshtps. one OF the most important
6utfes or the corps was the care OF the
spanish prisoners. Under this head Col
Haywood writes:
The department; having decided 10 bring
TIE Spanish prisoners captured in the ma
val battle of July 8, OF Santiago, 10 the
navs yard. Portsmouth. ~ H. for I'm
prisonmsnt. camp was established at the
upper point ~ Seavey's Island a very
picturesque location on the banks O. the
river. overlooking many ~ the surrouo,s-
ins summer resorts. and quarters and 9th
ef necessary buildings were erected by
order or the department for the uac % the
prisoners. Also a barracks rflessroorr
commantlrg officers and officer ~ the
MAJ g 49, ~ hts r, ane guardhous- at
which Was pos;ed at the camp during tho
Tina the prisoners were confined The tamr
was enclosed by hish board fence. ani
eu's-de OF That. AT distance If twenty
feet, by a hieh harbeG wire fence
All the officers and men attached TO
The marine barracks Portsmouth, being
absent with he marine battalion IN Cuba
or July ! ordered Col. James Forney
four officers and III men 20 Portsmouth
!or duty. short time before The y~lsan-
ers arrived in obedience 90 orders from the
department. ! proceeded - Portsmouth to
make all arrangements TO esfah ssh the
quart and 70 rece.ve the prisoners The
camp WAS named Camp Long tu honor OF
The secretary o. the navy
spanish Prisoners Received
On July II ten officers and 500 men Span
ish prisoners, Were received from the 81.
Louis ard On JUls Is two officers ard asl
men we're received from the Harvard
siso on August "A eight ottlcers AMI e.<At
enlisted inca. CaytaFfH on Lna ArEoraut
toft NJ cFhtTson. Georgia, where thcy had
beer confined, making a total % twenty
euheers ard sol men CAPT Il. r. Rus
sell from the waGne battalion and Sr~~
end Lieut. T = borden ana twenty Elk ut
marines ffon ihe Brooklyn. sui ne qua RI
Of the MaFbiehead carte norts with the
nTrt & ftachWent u: PRISONERS an The st
LOUIS tn addison 20 the regular guard ~
the ship arriving a. Portsmouth, July II,
and Capt n & kelton sua First LieHt
= eSss ana SKY fpeN frcm the FtrSt
Marine battalion can,c vorfh guard
with are second SetacfWeut 81 prisoners
on th9 Harvard :a sdiHlHo - ~" guard