Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-16
IN THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN.
Praise From Those Who Saw Major
Logan DurinR FiEhtinx in Cuba.

A correspondent who saw a good deal of
the late Maj. Logan during the Santiago
campaign spoke very highly of his work
there.
Il had never known Logan before the
war; he said land 1 had no idea of him
except the satirical stories that had been
printed about his numerous clothes and
similar fashionable eccentricities at the
Chicago horse show. l was a good deal
surprised, therefore, to find him a very
companionable, matter-of-fact young fell
low, hard worker on Gen. Bates staff
and one who was popular with almost
every one.
'Itis true he would cut his sleep short in
the morning in order to get out and stand
with his little pocket glass perched on a
stump or bowlder, and he always had a
knack of looking clean as a general of
DIVISION no matter what he was doing, but
he was hard worker and hard rider and
seemed always to be trying to keep the
men under him in good health and spirits.
An officer always had abundance of
work in this line If he chose to do it, for
enlisted men in the tropics seem to sit up
nights to see how many rules Of hygiene
they can break without getting buried.
Il happened to make the march to the
front with Logan on the night of June 30
when Bates brigade, to which he was at
tached, was sent out for the first days
night. He was pleased boy at the
circus at the prospect of a scrap. So were
all the other officers for that matter, but
what struck me particularly about Logan
was his thoughtfulness as to small things
He was the only man at the head of the
column who had any tobacco, and he was
generous with it. He as careful of
his horse as though it had been his twin
brother, and he seemed to have studied up
the botany Of the district, for he had To-
Gated nasty, poisonous little umbrella
plant, that grew thickly along the trail
and had the men warned against it down
the line.
After he got the fever and was released
from the hospital the surgeons had all ar
rangem: nts made to ship him right back to
the states an invalid. l looked him up
at Siboney to say goodbye to him. and
round him with a pipe in his mouth, sit
ting on stump, pa" king his faithful shaw
ing Kit into his saddle bags. When | asked
him If he was not going home, he laughed
and said. he guessed there were a lot of
people who needed a berth transport
worse than he did and that he had just
escaped from the doctors and was going up
to the front to recuperate. And he did
Another correspondent spoke in equally
high terms of Major Logan's work in Cuba.
He said:
Major Logan went through the cam
paign in Cuba with General Skaters army
as an assistant adjutant general the
staff of General ates, to whose brigade
the District regiment was assigned. He
was one of the few young officers appoint
ed from civil life to the higher grades in
the army who made good in active service
in the field He proved himself a brave.
capable, hard-wOrking, level-headed officer.
He enjoyed the confidence and respect of
his superior and brother officers, as well as
of the enlisted men with whom he came in
contact.
There was a great deal of criticism heard
among the regulars during the Santiago
campaign Of the inef1ciency of many of the
officers appointed from civil life, but
none of it was directed at Mai. Logan. He
also enjoyed the distinction of being the
son of a distinguished father, but this was
rather handicap at the time. as it only
tended to cause more to be expected Of
him. He came out of the trying ordeal with
the reputation of being worthy son of his
sire"