Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-05
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our men, who have fought so bravely
and who have endured extreme hard
ship and danger SO uncomplainingly.
go to destruction without striving SO
far as lies in me, to avert doom as
fearful as It Is unnecessary and unde-
deserved.
Yours respectfully, tSigned) Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Colonel commanding
LIST Brigade
After Col. Roosevelt had taken the
initiative all the American general off,
GERS united in a round robin addressed
to Gen. Shafter. 1t reads:
I'VE, the undersigned officers COM
manding the various brigades, divis-
ions. etc, of the army of occupation in
Cuba, are of the unanimous opinion
that this army should be at once taken
out of the island of Cuba and sent TO
some point on the northern seacoast Of
the United States; that it can be done
without danger to the people of
the United States; that yellow fever
in the army at present is not epidemic:
that there are only a few sporadic
cases, but that the tarmy is disabled
ny ltNtI " lIlt tNttHl tlistt itS
efficiency is destroyed and that ii is 4
condition 10 be practically entirely de-
stroyod by an epidemic of yellow fever
which is sure to come in the near flu
turc.
We know from the reports of COM
petent officers and from personal OBJ
servations that the army is unable 10
move into the interior and that there
are no facilities for such move II at
tempted. and that il could not be at
tempted until too late. Moreover, the
best medical authorities of the island
say that with our present equipment
we could not live in the interior during
the rainy season without losses from
malarial fever, which IS almost as
deadly as yellow fever.
This army must be moved At once,
or perish. AS the army can be safely
moved now, the persons responsible
for preventing such move will he re-
sponsible for the unnecessary loss of
many thousands Of lives.
Our opinions are the results Of care
full personal observations and they are
also based on the unanimous opinion
of our medical officers with the army
solutely.
(Signed
Il Ford Kent. Major General Vols.
commanding LIST Division 5th Corps.
j. c. Bates. major general Vols,
commanding Provisional Division.
'Adna Il. Chaffee, major general
commanding Sd brigade. "a Division.
Samuel S. sumner. brigade general
Vols. commanding 5th Brigade cav
airy.
"Wil Ludlow, brigade general Vols,
commanding LIST Brigade. ID Division.
''hdclbcrt Ames. brigade general
Vols. commanding 81 Brigade. LIST D-
vision.
Leonard Wood, brigade general Vols.
commanding the City of Santiago
TIL, odore Roosevelt. colonel COM
manding I'd Cavalry Brigade.
Major NJ. w. Wood the chief surgeon
Of the LIST Division. said: The army
must be moved north, adding with EN-
phasis: "Or it win be unable to move
itself"
Gen. Amos has sent the following ca
bic message to Washington; The
Honorable Charles II. Alien. assistant
secretary Of the navy: This army is
Incapable, because of sickness, from
marching anywhere except to the
transports. If it is ever To return to
the United States, it must do 50 At
once"
To the correspondent Of The Associ1-
ted Press Gen. Ames said: IF I hal
the power | would put the men on thu
transports at once and ship them
North. ! am confident such action
would ultimately be approved. \ fun
list Of the sick would mean a copy of
the roster Of every company here