The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10
STORIES Of LIS GuLSNB.
GEORGE CAMERON KING. ROUGH
RrDER, en0ws xEMISIsCExr.
Americans Basely Deserted BY Their
Cuban AgHSes-P1<ee al shrspnsi
That KILLED Tive Men sna snsa~
tered the xarraf0F's Cansees.

IAN OH sofdlsr r. IKE an Oh var nn -.
furr,sd on. 20 erasx.r oassrssd Judge Lag.
10y the other day HE NAY D aos<iis 1870 1870
With hfe head down. bit leI nsrIs Aras So. -
tai muse. or the crack OF q rsis 81 49,
thing that smaeks OF war. arc as s ~ sr
on his years easily az you eonii , ~ - ara.
0vercoat I am intensely li>aFsNseeu =. :.
Ra19n Riders 1ecass%e / kstsess 49, =
was their splendid initta. bravery , e.@.
spzfed all our zolst1Ars N csHa s's- - s--'~--
70 victory.
Cen Mesea.fs sxpresse3 sae szzFe sdsa
when Private 6ssesrxa Camsran King. OK sae
Rough Riders. was Introduced 70 hsfn sFr-
turtsay BIZ col CAMERON klDg- tAe yosfx
a05dIers fatfer TIE colonel ana Srn- AASs-
cafe are old friends and they aaa many
eforsesy 10 exchange Of the times When taFs
were both practaelns LAW n pan 49,
co But the general was eager To near
sometEaifg OF the war I'm Cuba from an sc~
fusl eyewitness, ard OF the bssidaIis
achievements of the Rough Riders By enc
OF them. so the IxgaI "reminiscences Tefe
yeiegated TO the background 1t wss lae
same wren Mayor HsHnes was called upon
by Mr. King. The mayor was deeply inter-
ested. and asked many question: Nh Ling
was showing some cartridges and espai III
Ing the merits and ptcslarities OF each IN
the course OF this he CHANGED 10 snow "a
piece Of aaTapnei that had struck his cab
teen other psecss from the hurting OF tina
same shell having killed his eomraaes On
either side Of him
.Whan tbs shrannei struck nay car
toen." said Mr.. King. and the wafer h~~-
sYou thought il was blood interrupted
the mayor. and that yon were sassas
sThas was just my idea.'' quietly rspiied
Mr.. King.
And so II went. the conversations becom-
Ing animated. more by the keen interest dis
played BY the listeners than the quiet re-
had -
ali the stifrinz scsnes referred 10. and the
frequent THAT renllsIas nae followed b;
incidents in previous battles. led up TO a
lot OF Interesting war stories probably
never told before.
One point that Mr.. King mentioned was
Something Of q surprise after the pictures
Of dashing cas5lry charges made by the
Rough Riders. which appeared in many
newspapers. lie said they went into action
~ unmounted cavalry. and were podriy
equipped al that, having only their krag-
;crgansen rifles and no side arms or revosv-
era On foot and with the rife only they
attacked the SpanIards In position behind
earthworks, where every rife carried
bAyonet- OF the first days battle. that OF
Hiboney. be says:
"Tfiree troops Of the First cavalry and
three of the Third. all unmounied.. we're
sent around by the wagon read whlie We.
ths Rough Riders, followed the tran over
the hill. II was rough trail, with thick
br,nh on either side of IL, and we had TO
proceed in single file. We climbed up about
two and a balf miles, and then found that
''Now il was understood that we had
ahead or us a body OF cubans acting as
scouting line. who would warn US when We
were approaching the Spanish forces. But
Wa saw nothing OF these Csubans, and so
pushed on for over half a mile. under
heavy Ere all the time. and not returning
( : shot
- ,.s.> the wagon road and the trail
came together tu the bill WAS stone fort,
In which were located two rapid lire guns.
with one of which the Spanish covered tho
wagon road and with the other the tral
over which Wa were travelling. Here also
was one of the Spanish lines To the right
OF the wagon road was another of the
Hpanish lines. 20 the Iest a Spanish block
house. and stl!l further 10 the left another
OF the Spanish lines. So that We were hem
med In In q sort Of triangle
I'VE were afraid 10 are because of the
Cubane supposed To be In front OF US, but
IT length coming tn the conclusion that
there were no Cubans in front We ouened
fire. and steadily went forward, the hattie
ground covering about one and one-naf
mites. and the engagement lasting four aud
one-half hours. This is known as The bat
tie Of Las Guasmas. and fought on June
a. The Spanish loss, according. to their
own computation, VAS A1 Killed and
wounded. while our loss vas - killed aad
wounded
Each man had three days provisions.
but we had left our haveTsacks at Ssboney
Imagine our disgust and disappointment
upon our return after the battle To md
tng line, upon nearing tho Spanish forces
had retreaied around our flank and had
stolen our grub. The transports had no,
unloaded any provisions, We lay fer
forty-elght hours withou. anything 10 eat
except for little hard tack begged from
The regulars sent 10 reinforce us. and these
regulars wcre themselves pretty short OF
provisions j shall never forget thar mean
trick VI the Cubans."