Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-23

world Of force behind Sharkey's punches.
sixth round-Corbett led for the head with
his left, landing, but Bharkey was right after
him like a whirlwind. Tom started in to mix
II up and whipped in some corkers in the
body Corbett retaliated with light labs on
the face and fairly forceful blows on the BODY.
Midway through the round there was a rat.
Ting mixup, both exchanging let's and rights
on the head and body, with the sailor having
a shade the better of it. There were cries Of
foul foul when Corbett hit his man ON a
breakaway, which the referee had not called.
The men were clinched at the bell, after par
,.p.ting in a very fast mixup.
.enth round-Sharkey ran across the ring
,lanted left and right on the head Cor
gtt clinching. Oorbett acted on the defens-
I'VE and seemed unable to withstand Sharkey' s
rushes. The latter whipped in beautiful
left hook ON the wind and followed 1t up with
but the men wanted vegetables and l
Wante0 10 get some Tor chem. l took
40 men with the officers horses to
Siboney and tried to buy them. The
department refused to sell me beans and
tomatoes, unless | could certify that
they were for officers consumption. I
stretched my conscience as far as [
could and then boarded transport and
purchased about 800 pounds of beans.
The change did the men good. 1t was
too hotto eat nothing but the regular
rations
Colonel Roosevelt went on to tell of
the advance on Santiago and of the
night Of July /, when the regiment
slept IN the trenches. He spoke of the
advantages of the smoheless powder.
WAS your command fully supplied
with food and ammunition 2" asked
General Wilson.
THE ammunition supply was excel
lent. The food was insufficient. There
was plenty of food back at Siboney.
suppose it was lack of transportation
facilities that kept us without food un-
til July "a. [ organized a transporta-
ton corps with the officers horses and
went to Siboney and got food for the
men. Then later l got into Santiago
and bought rice and milk. If we had
had the mule trains that we were forced
to leave behind at Tampa there would
have been no lack of supplies.
Replying to questions, Colonel Roose-
welt said other regiment at the front
suffered from lack of supplies. The
rough riders had enough to eat, but it
was the result of individual effort and
individual expenditure. There was a
great scarcity of all medical supplies at
the front, except quinine and calomel,
ana a great lack Of surgeons and hos
piGal stewards.
With reference to Camp Wikoff, Colo
mel Roosevelt said there was great con-
fusion for the first few days after the
arrival of the troops. He further said
III part:
Curing these days 1 do not think
our men were treated as well as they
should have been SO near home, but
after that there was nothing that [
could tind fault with. l thought our
brigade was admirably treated and our
sick admirably cared for. " He said he
spoke only for his own regiment
"Why was there scarcity of medical
supplies in Cuba 81 asked DIR. Conner.
II don't know. [ heard there were
plenty on the ships. There was a Ia
inevitable need of ambulances. | think
we could have done better with fewer
men and more transportation.
"Were the priyations greater than
you expected"
II did not expect anything. went
to take things as they came [ think
that nearly all the privations there
might have been avoided if the trans
portation facilities had been better ar
ranged"
"Have you anything you can suggest
to us for the future?" asked General
Wilson.
81 believe all the difficulties we met
with would be obviated in the future if
the national guard were trained as are
the armies of foreign countries. Give
them long marches, Let them mass at
San Antonio and move to Galveston or
some other place. March them to a port
and embark them. No matter if lit does
cost money. Let them be trained. Each
year let the army in peace be put
through the experience it must meet in
time of war"
"Then, said Ex-Governor Woodbury.,
''you think that to the inexperience of
the officers were due most of the dis
comforts suffered?"
Il think the trouble was due to the
system even more than to any individ-
ual experience. The lack of adequate
transportation was the greatest trou-
ble."
SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN DEAD.