The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-25


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dinner was Chaffee's reply Then he
pulled out of his pocket number of pa
plrs upon which Were rough sketches He
laid them cut before The officers and said:
Here's something we may need before
we get through with this business"
And then he explained that he had dis
covered two trails leading to MORO Cas-
tle had made sketches of them as best
he could without knowing very much
what he was drawing on account of the
darkness, and kept on until he had got
actually within The Spanish lines.
Suddenly" said Chaffee, Il heard a
sentinel cough, and it nearly scared me
to death. / didn't know l had got go
far, and put back as quickly as / could. :"
Then he lighted cigar and proceeded
to correct his drawings. AS it turned out
they were never needed, but the persons
who told this story to the Sun man-this
is one of the stories that is true-said they
would have been of Invaluable assistance
had land attack on Moro at Santiago
been necessary, and by the aid they would
have given it might have been possible
to completely surprise the Spanish garri-
son.
For his services in Cuba. Gen Chaffee
became a major general and later as is
well known, after the reorganization Of
1899, when Gen. Brooke was made gov
ernor general of Cuba, Chaffee was APP
pointed chief of staff with the rank of
brigadier general. L while he was
serving on Gen. Broolxe's staff that he
was promoted in the permanent establish
ment from lieutenant colonel of the Third
to colonel of the Eighth Cavalry, which
is his rank in the regular army now. With
his new command he has never yet served.
When he was selected for the China serv-
ice he asked especially that his Old regi-
ment, the Sixth Cavalry, should be sent
with him.
Just why he was selected TO command
| our forces in China Gen Chaffee never
| quite knew. He had prepared. after hav-
ing been ordered from Cuba to Washing
ton. to spend the most of his summer in
Maine He game on to New York with
Mrs Chaffee 10 visit his brother-in-aw.
DR.. Thomas H. Rockwell, one of the med
cal staff of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, at DR.. Rockwell's home at Bay
Ridge. They were al dinner one evening
in the latter part of June when a tele-
gram was brought in TO the General. There
was some curiosity on the part of those L
the table 10 know what it was all about.
1t conveyed no other information than
that he was to report at once IN person
| to the Secretary of War at Clinton, N. Y,
mencement exercises of Hamilton College.
of which he is a trustee and from where
he was graduated. Gen. Chaffee sur
missed that the telegram meant that he
was TO return to Cuba. When he got to
| Clinton he found out that he was going
on a much longer journey
Gen. Chaffee Is about feet 10 inches
TALL with square shoulders, deep-set gray
eyes, a remarkably firm chin, and sandy
he al
is very much of an athlete. He says of
himself that he never feels so comforta-
Bile as when on horseback. Other people
say Of him that. when mounted, the gem
| eral appearance is that the man is part
| of the horse. AS commander, he Is a
strict disciplinarlan. but not in any sense
| a martinez. He requires of his men just
as much a he requires Of himself and
| no more. He expects every member of
his command 10 do his duty in as PAINS
taking a manner as he does himself The
care which he takes Of his men, the
| consldera ton which he shows them, and
| the fact that he never has yet asked one
| of them to go whore he wouldn't go him
| self has made him loved with a strong
| love by every man who has ever served
under him Perhaps the best illustration
| of what his men think of him was the
remark made by old sergt. Woodhall of
/
| after the battle Of FL Caney He had
| received a mortal wound and knew that
| he didn't have long TO live. Turning TO
one Of the men who was Sitting by him,
the old Sergeant said:
IT'S been a pretty long service i've
| had. and I've had some pretty close calls.
bur they've got me now. OF course, he's
busy at the front, but I do wish ] could
see the old Man Just once before ! go.
It's worth something TO fight under him.
| and I tell You the boys OF the Sixth
would be willing 20 go through hell II
they knew the old Man was with them
| Although an utterly fearless man, Gen.
| Chaffee has a wonderful regard for the
| lives Of the men under him. II IL for
| qhas reason probably, that II Is said OF
him that he never goes into battle with
! on, having first known Of his own knowl-
edge as much OF the strength ana posi-
| ton of the enemy as II is possible 70
| ascertain II is because OF this fact that
his men give him sheir confidence so UNI
reservedly, and Il Is also because of this
fact that people In the United States
may take It for granted that The linked
states troops will not move on Pekin I'M
| til they are absolutely ready. An army
IL not usually considered ready TO move
until It's hospital corps and its ammuni-
ton train IS ready to move with IT. Gen
/
saw that II there appears to be delay In
the movement OF our troops In China II
may be taken for granted that there Is
the best reason in the world for that de-
| lay
Gem Chaffee's family consists OF Ms
wife and three children. two daughter
er5 ono son, Adna II. Chnffee, Jr. Tho
eldest daughter. Kate. was married about
three years ogo 10 Lieut.. George r
Hamilton Of the Ninth Cavalry. now in
structor in mathematics al West Point
They have one son. Adna Chaffee Hamii-
ton. The son, who f. 10 years Old, ts NJ.
ting for West Point NJ 81. Luke's School
Bustleton, Pa The third child and Young
er daughter. who n - years old. IL at Miss
Uazen'e school at Pelham Manor. Mrs
Chnffee and The two younger children are
at present IN Connecticut and they Will
divide their summer between there. West
Point aua Bay Ridge. with Mrs. chafee =
sister. Mrs. Rockwell.