Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-01

idle, a loss OF four men wounded and
one killed,
We entered San lsidro ON the morn
ing ot May Il, While there, for the
| first time during the campaign, was
able 10 set an interview with General
Lawton, being introduced to him by
his chief Of stan,
The generals headquarters At San
lsidro were entirely free from ostcuta-
ton. Inferior officers had been per
mtttcd 10 occupy the palattal resi-
dcnccS while he picked out one ot u
common hundred.
found him. his coat on. seated by
a candle, busily engaged Upon my he
ing admitted, nc arose. extended ME
his hand and cordially invited me 10
sit down, and, expressing my regrets
for intcrruptinT him with matter
that might not I've regarded OF very
grave concern, he replied that he had
no objection to being freely quoted, ~"
swcring my inquiries as folle-I:
How does the We ',rn voluntecr
compare with th,oe who fought in
Cuha@" aSned
It's not fair comparison, | never
met with finer men in my life than
these volunteers from the west, They
have splendid material in them, cspc
cially for scouts, and, considering the
.h hnN IN hN
have acquitted themselves wondcrfm-
ly."
Would you express an opinion re-
fcrring especially Co the work OF the
Orcgous while In your comLaaud""
well, this would be embarrassing
ON account OF the other volunteer rogi-
mcnts connected with the campaign"
"llow are You impressed with the
volunteers as officers"
"Of course they are not expected,
from military standpoint to be ell
cient as men who have devoted a good
part of their lives to the army, but for
fighting qualities, which, after ALL is
what We most want, they have no SUI
periors, am we'll pleased with Col.
onel Summers, Since being with me
my attention has been attracted to
three OF his moves In particular, show
ing very pretty work If he failed to
capture the enemy it wasn't his fault
! The coloncls fire WAS simply so hot
| that thc insurgents couldn't stand I'M
der II long enough for our men to get
| t,,I. al
him for promotion.
Our men here" after a lew min
utcs pause the general continued are
greatly handicapped They are
weighed down with too much load
| All soldier should be required to
carry in this climate besides his rifle
Is n canteen and belt Of cartridges Up
at Vera Crue2 30 Of my men were pros
tratcd from heat, s of them becoming
unconscious right ON the spot.
what Improvement along this line
would you suggest"
why, instead Of these bull-carts we
should have for use In the campaigns
| here from 600 to 900 western mules,
and the wagon trains should get to
camp In 20 minutes after the troops.
It wears men out to have to wait
around for their meals
llC then talked about the work Of
the scents, remnrking that nothing
| had grieved him more than.tho loss of
| Young and Harrington These two
men" he said were worth two rppI-
monts" He had known Young only
since the taking Of san Rafael. and his
attention had first been attracted to
| harrington one day when the latter
got lost from Major EastwIck across
the river from Nor2agaroy Although
| the major seemed confident of his safe
return, continued General Lawton
the idea Of n comrade being left over
there among the insurgents worried me
all that night"