Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
TIE OFFICIAL REPORT.

TIE OFFICIAL REPORT.
Colonel RooseycIt'S official report
Sound At pages - and II Of Major
General Miles Supplementary Report
1855. contains the following:
accordingly We charged the block
house and entertainments on the hill
10 oar RICH: against Il heavy fire. Ii
MAS iHNeIi> in good style. the men OF
any regiment thuS being the first &c
capture any fortified position and to
break through the Spanish lines. .
every word Of that statement is abso-
luteiy falSel " 3" After caDtur-
ins tLiS hill. we first Of all directed Il
heavy lire upon the San Juan hill To
or left which WAS at the lime being
AsSli!c.l by the regular infantry and
cavalry, supported by Captain Park
pr's T;itling guns. BY the time san
JUAN was taken :; large force had as
SrmhluG on the hill We mad pIsENl-
OF SLY captured"
\ Glance at the map shows that the
}liIl occupied by III" cavalry WAS far
IN The "ear of the San Juau hills. ana
thn reports OF the engineer officers and
1hc official maps are unanimous that
1t contains no entertainments what
eyer. and there is no record Of its ever
having ocen occupied by the SpaniartlS.
y glance 1T the map Will show how
19repu>icrous is Colonel ROOSCyeItS
claim.
tolo"e! Roosevelt stated in an ad-
dress 10 thc National Guard AsSOcia-
ton Of the State Of New York. on Feb
Irary Is. 1900 up. JG, 81, Official Re
port, y c.. y. y:
AS for the San Juan fight, ii would
Dc an oXa@geratiOn to say it was L
s.oIorei'S fight 1t WAS Il squad lead
.prS fight. No human being i'll the col
ai.nn knew what he was 10 do When the
column started. We moved forward
:lGaiu. crossed the river and had to
halt within range OF the Spanish bat
irrieS On the hills until we got the or
der 10 charge. More by a consensus of
opinion than anything else we went
alp aud took the hill
This is the official report OF ;his
speech 10 the National Guard, but iii
the actual speech he admitted thar he
did not see i Spaniard; that they did
moi know that there lad been I battle
U3,iI it was over.
The position Of Tie First Volunteer
7he road to Santiago and behind ket-
lie Hill. is Indicated b. the reports Of
leonard Wood. colonel. First [. :.
Volunteer Cavalry, and I. \. Baldwin,
observation-disclosures. Tenth Cavalry (see
pages 326 and :;i1, of Genera! Mics
official report. These reports are YER
batim the same. One piagarizes from
1hr other. AS General Wood was some
where N The rear, i" Was probably The
offender:
After proceeding about half Wa
so -ne San Juan Hill Grom III I'oZo)
1hN leading regiment Trough Riders
WAS directed 10 CHANGE TIE DI-
2;ECTlON&TO THE RIGHT, and by
.auvin% up to tlSn creek 10 effect june
ZION with General I.awtons division.
which was thea engaged at CaEcy.
about Il mile and Il half toward the
right. but was supposed to be working
coward our right flank. After proceed
ir3 in this direction ABOUT HALF \
MILE. This effort 10 connect with Gen.
..a u Ton was given AZ, ard tie First
ard Tenth cavalry were formed f0l
attack Oh the EAST Hull. with the
Volunteer Cavalry rs support"
Colonel Wood says in his report Of
Iuly O. :i42l: Our frs objective
MAS The hill with Il small re1-rooGoG
house on it." KCt,Ie Hill
After the occupation o. -ha S&u Juan
BILLS by the infantry. il Horame ue"-
a>ssary to creain entertainments - lie
captured and Sp&niards 30 b. Killed
by the political colonel, 9&G Tie Oily
way 10 do this was to make \ hriStIin-
Fort;fiCatiOn OH OF an ola l,ct .le that