The times., 1898-12-23
Many Of the cases which l mention stand mere

| Many Of the cases which mention stand mere
| ly as examples Of the rest, not as exceptions
2 Gape, Ienxlns .esn acted as major and showed
certainly hope he may be promoted to major
soon as vacancy occurs CaPts Lewellen.
Muller and Luna led their troops throughout the
OF the battle Lieuts- Kane, Greenwood and Good
rich were in charge OF their troops. Immediately
| under my eye and / wish particularly TO com
mend their conduct throughout
Corporals Waller and Fortesque and Trooper
| Mckinley. Of Troop Z; Corporal Rhoades Of Troop
| ID. Troopers Albertson Winter Mact;regor. ard
son and Waller of Troop A. Trumpeter Macdonald
Of Troop L, Sergt. Hughes Of Tso0p b. and
Trooper Goiren Of Troop G. all continued TO fight
after being wounded. some very severely; most
OF them fought until the end Of the day.
Trooper Oliver b. Norton. Of B. who, with
his brother. was by my side all throughout the
chag giEg. was killed while fighting with marked
gsll@ntry. sergt. Ferguson. Corporal Lee. and
: Troopers Bell and Carroll of Troop X. sergt
Dame Of Troop +, Troopers Goodwin. Campbell
and Drdley Dean. Trumpeter Foster OF B, and
Troopers Greenwood and Bsrdehan of A. are al
worthy OF special mention for eoolness and gall
lantry.
Another instance of conspicuous gai-
! lantry given was that CT Trooper Row
land. He was wounded in the side in the
first fight. but kept in the firing line.
The next day he was sent to the hospital
but left it and overlook the regiment
He fought all through the battle with
such Indifference to danger that Col
Roosevelt was forced again and again to
rate ard threaten him for running need
less risks.
characteristic incident which shows
the reckless bravery of Col. Roosevelt, IS
well as the men under him, is given at
the conclusion OF the report. The report
says:
Great gsllsntry was also shown by four troop
ers whom / cannot identity and by TiOoper
Winslow Clark OF G. II was after We had takei,
the hrst hill had called out 10 rush the second.
and having by that time lost my horse climbed
wire fence and started toward it. After going
a couple of hundred yards under heavy FIRE.
L found that one else had come. As | discover
ed later il simply because in the confusion
with shooting and being shot they had not
noticed me start. | told the five men TO wait a
moment as il might be misunderstood If all
ran back, while back and started the regi-
ment and as soon l did the regiment came
with rush But meanwhile the five men cooliy
I lay down IN the open returning the fire from the
trenches II il TO be wondered at that only Clark
I was seriously wounded and he called out as we
passed again TO lay his csnteen where he could
reach i, but TO continue the charge and leave
: him where he All the wounded had TO be
( left until after the fight, for We could spare no
men from the firing line.
/ The second report given out was
i dated July 30 and written al Camp Ham
/ ilton, near Santiago. Col Wood had then
! been promoted to brigadier general. and
Col Roosevelt was in fun command OF
/ the regiment. II includes a report of the
operations of the regiment from the LIST
| OF July TO the 18th inclusive and after
reviewing the incidents detailed in the
report of July 4. says:
For the next seven DAYS until the tenth we Law
IN our line while the truce continued We had
continually to work at additional bomb p-oof and
at the trenches. and As ge had proper supply
Of food. utterly inadequate medical facilities The
men suffered good deal The cfticers ehipped
together, purchased beans, tomatoes and sugar
for the men. 80 that they might have some relief
from the bacon and hardtack. With a great dead
of difficulty got them coffee
As for the sick and wounded they suffered 80
IN the hospitals when sent 10 the rear for lack
Of tood and attention that found il best to
keep them at the front and give them such care
as our own doctors could As l mentioned in
my previous letter thirteen OF our wounded men
continued 10 fight through the battle in spite Of
their wounds. and OF those sent to the rear
many. both OF the sick and wounded came Up
to reloin Us as soon as their condition allowed
them to walk Most OF the worst cases were
ultimately sert 10 the States.
On the 10th the truce was end and the
bombardment reopened. As far as our lines were
concerned II was on the Spanish part very
feeble. We suffered losses and speedily got the
fire from their trenches in our front completely
under On the Ilth were moved three quar-
tiers Of a mile 10 the right. The truce again
being on. nothing happened here. except we con-
tinued TO watch and do our best to get the
men especially the sick. properly fed
Having no transportation and being able 10
get hardly any through the regular channels We
used anything we could fnd, captured Spanish
cavalry horses. abandoned mules, which had
been shot but which men took and cured
diminutive skinny ponies purchased from the
Cubans, etc. By these means and by the exer-
tions of rhe officers were able from time to
time to get supplies of beans, sugar, tomatoes,
and even oatmeal. while & om the Red Gross peo-
pie We got our invaluable load Of rice, corn meal
etc.
All OF this was Of the utmost consequence. not
only for the sick hut for the noIninaIiy we'll, as
the lack OF proper food was telling terribly on
clothes and shoes Those they had were in
many cases literally dropping to pieces. On the
11th the city surrendered. On the 18th We
shifted camp 10 here, the best camp we have had
but the march hither under the MONDAY sun
told very heavily on our men, weakened by
under feeding and OveFxork, and the next morn
ing l2S cases were reported TO tie Doctor. and
| now have but half OF the GO men with which
| landed four months ago, at for duty. and thes-
are not Mt to do anything like the work they
could do then
As we had but wagon. the change necessi-
tated leaving much OF my stuff behind with a
night Of discomfort. with scanty shelter and
scanty food for the most of the officers and
many OF the men. 0nly the possession OF the i'm.
provised pack train alluded to above saved us
from being worse. Yesterday / sent in de
tai of six officers and men 10 see IL they could
not purchase or make arrangements for supply
OF proper food and proper clothing for the men,
even II we had to pay for it out Of our own
pockets. Our suffering has been due primarily
to lack OF transportation and OF proper food OF
sufficient clothing and OF medical supplies
Very respectfully.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.