Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-11-03
THE OFFICIAL REgoRT.

THE OFFICIAL REPORT
Colonel Rooseycts official report
found at pages - aud II Of Major
General Miles supplementary Report
1SNS, contains the following:
Accordingly we charged the block
house and entertainments on the NH
TO our right against n heavy fire. 1t
was taken IN good style, the men OF
my regiment thus being the Hrst to
capture any fortified position and to
break through the Spanish lines
Qivcry word of that statement Is nbso-
lutply fnlse) after captur-
Ing this hill, we first of all directed a
heavy fire upon the Sun Juan hill to
our left, which was at the time being
ussnilcd by the regular infantry ANA
cavalry, supported by Captain Park
er's Calling guns. by the time Snn
Juan was taken Il large force had ms.
semblcd on the hill we had PREVl-
OUSlI captured"
A glance at The map shows that the
hill occupied by the cavalry wns far
In the rear of the San Juan hills, and
tho reports of the engineer officers aud
the official maps nre unanimous that
ii contains no entertainments what
ever, and there is no record of Its ever
having been occupied by the Spaninrds.
A glance MT the map VIII show how
preposterOus Is Colonel Roosevelts
claim.
Colonel Roosevelt stated In mn ad.
dress to the National Guard Assoca-
tlon Of the state Of New York, on Feb
runry IS, 1900 up SO, 81, Official Re
port, n. g., ~ ":
AS for the san Juan fight, 1t would
be IN cNaggeratlon to say II was n
coloncl's fight. 1t was n squad lead
crs fight. No human being IN the col.
umn knew what he was to do when the
column started. We moved forward
again, crossed the river aud had TO
halt within range of the Spanish bat.
tcrics on the hills until we got the or
der to charge. More by consensus of
opinion than anything else we went
mp and took the hill"
This Is the official report OF this
speech TO the Nat 'onnl Guard. but in
the actual speech hc admitted that he
did not see u SpauNrd that they did
not know That there had been battle
until ii was over.
The position of the First Volunteer
Cavalry, half mile to the right of
the roAd TO Santiago and behind ket-
tie nm, Is Indicated by the reports OF
Leonard Wood, colonel, First u. \,
Volunteer Cavalry, aud 4. A. Baldwin,
observation-disclosures, Tenth Cavalry (sec
pages 326 and 3ii, of General Miles
official report. These reports are yer.
hatlm the same. one plugarlzes from
the other As General Wood was some
where in the rear, he was probably the
offender;
After proceeding about half way
to the san Juan nm from El pozol
the leading regiment Trough Ridcrsl
was directed to CHANGE THE Dl-
RECTI0N TO THE RIGHT. and by
moving up to the creek to effect juno
tion with General Lawton's division
which was then engaged Mt Cuuey,
about n mile and 4 half toward the
right but was supposed TO he worktnS
toward our right flank. After proceed.
ing In this direction ABOUT HALE \
MILE. this effort to connect with Gen.
laWton was given up, and the First
and Tenth cavalry were formed for
attack on the EAST HILL, with the
Volunteer Cavalry MS support"
Colonel Wood says IN his report Of
July (p. 3I2l: Our first objective
was the hill With snail rcd.roofed
house on r." Ckeltlc llilll
After the occupation of tho San Juan
hills by the infantry. 1t became nee.
essary TO create entertainments to he
captured and Spanlards to be killed.
by the political colonel and the only
way to do this was to make Il hristllng
fertilization out Of an old kettle that
had been left behind hy the infantry
hours before.
Colonel Eghcrt, Sixth Infantry, snys
in his official report pages 36l-5 "The
San Inan Hill Notifications being In
plain view. about 400 yards distant.
while to our righ. and In PRoLoN.