Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-09-28
CHAPTER XVIII.

So 1t was at the outbreak OF the
spanish war Wneh an ihs'iuo'oi
west Point ana the war department. Wy
letter refused TO grant MN perihis',o',
20 reJoin ms coIiiiiaho ne proceeuea
directly TO Wasningtoh ana ueiiianosu
an audience with george Denue Hiei~
ieJohh, assistant secretary oi war.
me government Trained me 10 DC
soldier, not teacher, biaeh jan va
MeiKleJohn. I've peeh "ei,ihs -
years now Tor cnance TO get sohe
real acton. IL cant go W cuoa %
regular army o1iicer l snail sisu,
I'm gong TO get INTO TINS ish'
have TO go out ana JOIN the 'oiuh-
teers.
VINO would not waive resuialions
Tor such man?
so thought secretary Meihie'oii"'
10 he acteu'
An order was issueu py lhe woi
partment directing lhat firsl L,eu'e"
ant John Joseph Pershins' on May =
1898, shouid De reheVeu VI mo u..es
as tactical instructor IN 'he om,'eu i
states Military Acaoe,is
Point and report Tor outy WIN i'o
regiment at Iampa' ria'' "here sne
regular and volunteer army organize
trated under conltnaho Vi Ma'' eh
William X. Smarter.
Pershing reached tampa lew oas'
after the receipt OF tliS oruel' ~ "'S
MANY i'ahs '1 a.. c,,ho
troops were TO pc transported W tupa'
The outbreak OF the spanish war iouh"
America no better prepared IMAM whe"
we entered the Worlo war. iioeeo'
viewing conditions, the task OF ierrSlns
our troops from laiipa 10 oupa was,
II anything, more dllhcult one VI
accomplishment than that OF lerrSihs
them across the Atiantic from t'ooo,
ken to Brest or Bordeaux. MOI uhtii
June a. 1889 were 'he ~ y.
available. ana whal tra"spsl.a' ,,au
s,a ,,ot oarry . bandf,I And the con-
ait,ons aho.rd-thev were national
soa,aa,
Maa,ti,re handing embs rkation
- US ,,,,,cb fo, Rlacp JocI, to do
All ao+,i,s for tho nerfection of organ =
,.a.,o,, ovid for the campaicn in cuba
"a 20 he formulated and much of the
-, tban o1en as nov, fell UNION the
.,,au,aors Of tho first 1ieuteuants, II
not oil work. though For the frs,
49,. .i,oo 1850 when RIack lack was
naa,,a+ed ero,,, wost Point the men Of
a. o1oss of Sc or q large majority OF
.har yere assembled in one place
- Tamna class reunion was held
.,,oh . reunion as made new class his
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E,,., details were at last completed
however and on June IA the trans
norts sailed out of Tampa and on t.
Key West. where some dozen ships o
war as convoy Joined them. Sunday
J,na 10 found the troop fleet off Cap,
Noisi. and at daybreak the next morn
~. Tho transnorts and their convo,
came In sight of the waiting warship
s,aa1,oai,g C,uba and Of Santiago har
hor
.Noro an cIIahN SOIL
-, -.
oroers "elo w.. -
landlng at ba'quii'' p IT, ~;
south OF 9ahtiaso' Nnu - -,
quiri III was On al Upei' Las ~. .
hafpor OF Shei'ei' WIN ,io' -,
IRON pier 81 ms ' ~ l,,,- ~,
navy accom- piisn." ' t. ,I..a !
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lHe rum ','e N"i'''' "a ,aoa -
ana tiirousi nee, Wy, 81 ae,aior
the beach le'ooo oliiee'H "'iu
49,, 1.,,,a,,d tho 10Th cav
oiaeN '''oA ,.aort,,,,t 80 III
airy-crack negro ~,
army-Wlth Tue lnl ~ ",,d ,,ri
Rough riders cohipi'Ss ai,.is
gaze OF 'he ui'iiouii 60 Ioson
Ion eonlnanoeu pS ,.a,dor wa
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Brig. zen. oaihuet e: ~, 49,, 400
LIST prlgaue OF Wv oa,. ,.alr,, az
MP OF the ora, o,i, 'no '.' &c. ean,,,
was coriliiahoe' ny
8. sumner ,,o lending If q,
"ha' 49,
uoopS al, ,.s hava nasse
Long s'h'e ~" .,iu, - -, Gpa,
INTO nls'ors -, what ma
ma III Ca'' unted caval
the ahisio,' " &c equally w,
piaseu III '"e nHa;aa,t ponseve