New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-25
FORTITUDE OF THE TROOPS.
GENERAL HENRY's ADMIRATION FOR THE
MEN AT SANTIAGO
"E. J. M'CLERNAND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL HENRY'S ADMIRATION FOR THE
MEN AT SANTIAGO.
Washington. July 24-with the week just
closed the United States saw the end OF the
third month OF the war with Spain, and the re-
sponsible officials. from the President down to
the lowest employe who has had to do with
shaping the course of events. feel nothing but
satisfaction at the progress made. An army Of
q ouarter of a million OF men has been mobil-
lied armed and equipped and much Of 1t has
seen service The battles preceding the capture
of Santiago have been remarkable in many re-
spects and In the opinion of military experts
have covered the United States Army engaged
with imperishable glory. Modern warfare OF
type developed in these engagements was abso-
lutely new and untried not only to the United
States Army but to the world. No such charge
is recorded in history as that made upon the
stone fort and the bockhouses crowning the
hills Of FL Caney. There have been engage
ments between trained troops and savage races
in the jungles of India and on the hills or South
Africa of late wears that conveyed In slight
manner the possibilities Of modern weapons
But these battles. fought by the Fifth Army
Corps have been the first in which large bodles
of troops of civilized nations on both sides nave
been engaged with all the implements or MOD
ern warfare, and the war is bound TO be hshy
instructive to the military student. ana 10 eN-
tort admiration for the splendid hgnting quah-
ties Of the United States soldiers from the most
unwilling critics Few officers in any army
have had more experience in hard fighting, es-
pecially in rough country, than that ola lno'ah
fighter General Henry. so that some weight
must he attached to the opinion of our officers
and troops expressed by him In the Following
personal letter addressed by him TO AdJutane
General Corbn dated In front OF Sah''"eo'
July II:
We had a pleasant sail down. but, having ~
row tho men ashore, took some time To get on OH
We left Siboney at p. m. yesterday WIN e .ne
9Th Ohio. and came into camp mere apou. ~, uiie
miles from the front. In company WIN Gene.a, ,
preckInrIdrs rode to the front 10 General
Wheeler's headquarters. and. a nag OF M Muruoe
being up had an opportunity to see tne nhes
We are almost on top OF them. IN iroht Vi
wheeler being about eight hundred YARDS from
them; but the country is rough, gong uown
to a falling and ascending. all covered uy si.' 7
fire The country all the way Is the rousnest 1
over saw You have to follow roads or trails
and come under heavy fire, their POSITION col.', ~
mandlng every approach. The work done w
these troops since landing. their herosm ana pa
tience under dlsoomforts, heat and ram, can 10,
the highest praise and the work accomplished
by Shaf.er. his per;inacity anc go ahear.ire a
nass" under adverse circumstances and discom-
forts is a revelation TO me. l doubt II tnere Is
another officer who would have got there
as he did. our loss was most uniortuna.e ,osr ou,
from character Of country could not nave oesn oea
avoided ''if we had to get there Last nlsn.
the Sth Ohio were almost drowned out anu -, !,
pours to-day; that's the climate. and to get OUT
~ A. II would be cheaper to lose more by hght-
ing and success than by sickness, when - s.a. @
g. con,e Inv STAYING We have about thirty cases
Of yellow fever and many OF malaria but tne
men are cheerful. General Duffed and captain
Wicox have yellow fever. they say a mia iorin'
ao, from sleeping I'm infected buildings. which
are now to be burned. Miss Clara Barton and
Mrs. Addison Porter rode to the front yesters,
day in an Army wagon. over rough rUaos, @ anu
raining: they are unsehsh women. Too much
credit cannot be given to the heroism. per
tinacIty. pluck, patience and endurance OF the
men who have borne the brunt OF this "orh-