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him for his future alu-de-camp.

The demand for the surrender Of San
tiago on July 8 was borne through the
lines by Colonel j. II. Dorst, adjutant
general of Wheelcrs cavalry division.
Dorst is the hero of tho Gussie expe
dition of the early days of the war
and is the type of soldier who never
Graves distinction, but simply does the
duty which comes to him with marked
frmness and execution. Officers of the
division say that he was all along the
line during the attack at San Juan
making up to some extent for the I'M
fortunate absence Of General Wheeler,
who was engaged elsewhere.
Another gallant aid of the cavalry
division was Captain r. l.. Howe of
General Sumner staff. Sumner com
manded the division all the morning Of
July 1, and Howe carried orders all
over the field under fire, one of the
very, very few who kept in saddle
through the hail of bullets. He is tall,
athletic and very intelligent Texan,
with native traits to make him splen-
did soldier. 1t is no reflection upon the
courage Of the aids to state that but
few of them rode up San Juan hill.
Many of them were without mounts,
and some were compelled to dismount
back on the route in order to get
through distractions to carry orders
where horse could not go. The gen
eral officers who had horses left them
in the shelter afforded by the river
basin and even Colonel Roosevelt con-
tradicts the early statements of his over
jealous admirers by declaring that he
dismounted at the first wire fence in
the creek BOSTON and didn't see his
horse again shat day.
Lieutenant r. F. Koehler of Wikoff' s
staff, the quartermaster of the brigade,
was on horseback all day. He rode a
common government horse, which be-
haved so well under fire that he put in
bid to buy him for his regular saddle
horse. Koerjer worked his way from
the ranks 10 4 commission and is one
of three brctNcrs who met the Spaniards
in battle .i.a commissary of Wilioff s
brigade, Lieutenant Paul B. Malone,
also carried orders that day under fire.
ne was '.JsC W w lhOI anu w Va VI
when these two officers fell within 8
few minutes of each other at the fore
of the San Juan known as Hell Cross
ing"
1t was staff officer Of Wikoff' bri
/ gade who proved mascot for Raj
ferty and F company Of the Seventy
first Lieutenant Charles Tayman wa'
one of the brigade staff that day, anC
as three of tho commanding officers fel
one after another Tayman was com
PEELED to race the field over again anC
again to bear the tidings to the next il
rank He waded the creek and climbed
the hill at lsast three times, and ono
was stricken down with something lik'
sunstroke A boy in one Of the regi
ments saw him lying helpless and I'M
conscious in the tall grass, and bringin!
hatful of water from San Juan rive
restored him to consciousness. Afte
Wikoff and Worth fell at the crossing
| Tayman set out to notify Lieutenan
Colonel Liscum of the Twenty fourti
that he was in command. He found tn
stalwart veteran striding up the slop
at the head Of his negroes, gave hin
the message and was barely out Of reacl
when Liscum dropped Then Taymal
covered tho slope again. to find Lieu
tenant Colonel Ewers Of the Ninth reg