The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-28
by Associated Press.)

Copyright by Associated Press.)
Juragua, Cuba, June rs, 4 p. m, per
Associated Press Dispatch Boat Dan
dy, via Kingston, Jamaica, June rs,
10 a. m.-The initial fight Of Colonel
Woods rough-riders and the troopers
Of the First and Tenth regular caval-
ry, will be known in history as the
battle of La Quasina. That it did not
end in the complete slaughter of the
Americans was not due to any miscal-
uIation in the plan of the Spaniards,
for as perfect an ambuscade as was
ever formed in the brain Of an Apache
Indian was prepared and Lieutenant
Colonel Roosevelt and his men walk
ed %squareIy into it. For an hour and a
half they held their ground under a
perfect storm of bullets from the front
and sides, and then Colonel Wood at
the right of Lieutenant Colonel ROoSe-
welt at the left, led a charge which
turned the tide of battle and sent the
enemy flying over the hills toward
Santiago.
1t is now definitely known that six
teen men on the American side were
killed, while sixty were wounded or
are reported to be missing. 1t is i'm
possible to calculate the Spanish
losses, but it is known that there was
far heavier than those of the Ameri-
cans. at least as regards actual loss
of life. Already thirty-seven cad
Spanish soldiers have been found n
buried, while many others are I'M
doubtedly lying in the thick under
brush on the side of the gully, and on
the slope of the hill, where the main
body of the enemy was located. The
wounded were all removed.
THE AMERICAN LOSS.
A complete list of the killed, wound
ed and missing on the American side,
revised up to 4 o'clock Saturday, is as
follows:
Captain Allyn K. Capron, First Unit
ed States cavalry
Sergeant Hamilton Fish, Jr., Troop
l., First United States volunteer cav
airy.
Sergeant Doherty, Troop A. First
United States cavalry.
Sergeant Marcus d. Russell, Troop
G, First United States volunteer cav
airy. Sergeant Russell lived in Troy,
N. Y, and was formerly a colonel OF
Governor HIPS staff.
Private Leggett, Troop A, First Uni
ted States volunteer cavalry.
Private Harry Heffner, Troop G,
II - IAINN oS"1~D CO oiA y
Private Milden w. Danson, Troop l.,
First United States cavalry.
Private w. T. Irwin, Troop F, United
States volunteer cavalry.
Private Slennoc, Troop K, First reg
ular cavalry.
ular cavalry.
Private Krupp, Troop B, First reg
Ular cavalry.
Private Stark, Troop A, First regular
cavalry.
Private -- Troop K, First reg
ular cavalry.
Private Kelbe, Troop K, First regu-
Private Barlin, Troop X, First regu-
lar cavalry.
Corporal White, Troop E, Tenth reg
ula cavalry.
WOUNDED.
Major James Bell, First cavalry,
shot in the leg.
Captain Thomas T. Knox, First cav
AIRY, shot in the stomach, serious.
Lieutenant Bryan, First cavalry.
Private Frank Booth, TroopF, First
cavalry.
Private George BriXton, Troop b,
Tenth cavalry.
Private S. F.. Ishler, Troop c, First
volunteer cavalry.
Private Joseph Dole. Troop B. First
cavalry.
Private John r.. Keene, Troop L.,
First cavalry.
Private M. l.. Newcombe, Troop D,
First volunteer cavalry.
Private Martin Prell, Troop G, First
cavalry.
Private Samuel Redd, Troop G, First
cavalry.
Private Arthur Wheeler, Troop B,
Tenth cavalry.
Private Theodore Bryce, Troop D,
Tent cavalry.
Private Kelly Mayberry, Troop I,
Tenth cavalry.
Private James Russell, Troop B,
Tenth cavalry.
Edward Marshall, correspondent of
The New York Journal and Advertiser.
serious.
Private Schulter Whitney, First vol
unteer cavalry.
Private Nathaniel M Poe, Troop L,
First volunteer cavalry.
Corporal j. NJ. Dean, Tracp E. First
volunteer cavalry.
Private J. N. Deal, Troop D, First
volunteer cavalry.
Private c. L. Reed, Troop r, First
volunteer cavalry.
Corporal j. B. Rhodes, Troop D, First
volunteer cavalry.
Sergeant Thomas Ryan, Troop K,
Tenth cavalry.
Private e. J. Albertson. Troop F. |
First volunteer cavalry.
Trumpeter /. f. Meagher, Troop L. |
First volunteer cavalry.
Private George Roland, Troop G., /
volunteer cavalry.
Private F.. 4, Miller, Troop B, Tenth !