Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-06-24

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Caney road
heights as originally intended. Some
such order was sent. The story goes on
to say that Lawton told the aid he must
fetch 1t in writing; that he went to
army headquarters, got IL in writing
and returned with it to Lawton. At
that hour Chaffee's men were charging
forward, and Lawton pointed to them,
saying to the aid, Its too late" The
aid insisted, saying, but I must de.
liver it," "All right" said Lawton.
You will have to deliver it ON the
firing line" AS that was impossible,
the charge went through.
General Chaffee, when pressed for his
views about Lawton in the FL Caney
business, simply said, "Lawton is a
lion."
Lawton started from FL Caney for
the position on the FL Caney road
heights about dark ON the evening of
July /. At that hour the divisions of
Wheeler and Kent were busily digging
trenches on the captured crest of San
Juan ridge. The story Of Lawton's fur.
her adventures in getting into the posi-.
lion assigned him will be taken up after
4 description Of the battle of Wheeler
and Kent on the American left. The
whole illustrates the adage, universally
applicable in war, about the best laid
plans going "aft agley." In point of
fact, Ell Capey fell about a day behind
time, and that threw the battle of the
San Juan ridge day ahead Of time as
planned.
AS tho cavalry division was the next
in order after Lawton, from right to
left, when tho army faced Santiago,
and was the first to score q success on
the San Juan heights. its story should
next be told
In the march down from FL Pose to
che crossing Of the San Juan. the brigade
Of General GUNNER, then commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Carroll OF
che Sixth cavalry, had the lead. AT
that time Sumner was in temporary
command Of the division The strength
Of CAROLS brigade that day in tine
fighting line was about 300 The Ninth
colored, under Lieutenant Colo.
mel j. NJ. Hamilton, OH the right of the
had but one squadron in tho
fight. 1t was commanded by Major A.
ID. Dimmick. The Third cavalry was
led by Major Ii. w. Vessels, son of
Major General Vessels, distinguished
in tho civil war. The First squadron
was commanded by Major Henry Jack.
son and the Second by Charles Morton.
The 81 IN cavalry, Summers own regi.
ment, was led by Major 4. G. Lebo.
With the exception of Vessels, all
squadron and regimental officers, like
The division and brigade leaders, were
war tried veterans. Hamilton had
served in the Thirty third New York,
Dimmick in the Fifth New York cav
airy, jackson in the regular cavalry and
Morton in tho Twenty fifth Missouri as
boy, afterward polishing off at West
Point. Lebo served through the war in
he First Pennsylvania cavalry. All
'hese officers are born soldiers. not car.
pet knights
The brigade lost many men while
ying along the road before the advance
began, Grimes battery having opened
IN the Spanish works about 1850 in the |
morning, drawing fire of shell aud |
hrapnel. some OF which fell short of |
he target on Ell Poso hill and dropped |
'mong the troops lining the road to the
ront. AT the very beginning there was
delay ut the crossings of the creeks
md river. The cavalry was on the right
II the road, and the men say that they
rossed the Aguadores several times, and
hat, including the San Juan, they wad.
ID streams six times before they were
ined up in the charge. In some places
he San Juan was up to the waist and
q other points the water was so deep
nd the current SO strong that some Of
he men HAD to be assisted to save
The Third cavalry, which was on tho
light of Kent's infantry, lost heavily
u what is sometimes called "The
'loody Angle" between the Guiana
nd the San Juan, north of the junction
Z these streams This place will also
o down in the memory of Santiago
urvivors as "Hell's Crossing" The
rst man l met at Camp Montauk in
he Third cavalry, Captain G. A. Dodd
Troop +, made famous by the Co.'S
ack drill, carries long scar down his
which was given him at the
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