The daily sentinel., 1899-07-21
THE GALLANT 10TH
Pass Through the City in Com
mand of COL S. Snyder
Brig. Gen. of the VOL
unteer Forces in
Porto Rico.
OLD INDIAN FIGHTERS
OLD INDIAN FIGHTERS
Officers Who Haze Ridden Oue4
the Grand Where this City
mo,o Stands, Chasing the
Festiue Ute an 1879.

The Nineteenth Infantry, U. s. A.,
Col. s. Snyder. commanding, passed
through the city yesterday afternoon en-
route to Manila, looking none the worse
OF the wear by virtue of their Porto Rico
campaign.
The warm weather yesterday afternoon
seemed, as they said, hotter than the
Porto Rico article.
The regiment on it's return from the
tropics contained less than 900 men and
has been recruited at Ft. Meade, Penn
sylvania. to its present strength OF 1900
men. But one regiment OF infantry yet
remains in the United States and that is
the Seventeenth and it is scattered from
Alaska to the Gulf 80 that this is really
the last regiment stationed at one point
to leave the country.
The Sentinel reporter was presented
to Col. Snyder who proved to be good
talker and one of the old western styled
officers, having spent his days in the
western army among the hills and there.
fore felt much at home in Colorado.
II have noted your appointment Col
onel, to be Brigadier General OF the vol
unteers in the tropics, said the reporter.
"Yes," said TIE Colonel, II have been
appointed and feel that have been re-
warded for long and faithful service
| enlisted in the United States army in
1860 and have been in continuous service
ever since. When the Spanish Ameri-
can war broke out l was stationed at
Ft. Meade, Pennsylvania, and was trans
ferred from there to New Orleans, to
Chicamauga, to Huntsville, to Knox
Vile, to Cuba, TO Porto Rico and here
am in Grand junction
His lengthy introduction created quite
laugh among the officers who were
present in the regimental drawing room
car at the time.
II have this to say regarding our cam
paign to Cuba and Porto kco," said the
Colonel, land that is, that both were the
most successful and skillfully managed
from military stand point OF any in
which have ever participated. Climatic
conditions were against u.s. The nature
Of the soil and lay OF the land was against
u.s. Being rushed into service half pre-.
pared was against us-but with all we
succeeded. found Porto Rico more
desirable place to live than Cuba; the
climate is much cooler, and less sickness
We expect to sail from San Francisco
Sunday morning, the 23d, on the trans
port Tarter."
By the way Mr.. Reporter, said the old
war horse of the 10Th, "Allow me to in-
troluce you to Captain j. r. Smith,
who has fought over every inch Of this
country and killed Utes from behind
nearly every rock on this side Of the
raDge."
"Howdy, howdy" said the western
veteran as he griped the hand OF the
frail reporter until he arose on his tip
toe. "How are you all over here any
how. l haven't been over in these parts
since 49, but III. tell you we used to
have some hot times over here. I've got
% men with me here now who are out
looking at the Mesa swappin' les about
the campaigns they were min this coun-
try" One could readily see that Captain
Smith was not West Pointer. His
general appearance, with his campaign
hat pulled down over his left eye and his
thorough weetern style, indicated that
he had received his straps through me-
ritorious service. He reviewed his mill
tary aieer in the western states in such
an interesting manner that everyone
present seemed intensely interested and
a. the captain bid good bye to the re-