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Show cess, fighting was resumed shortly after noon on the 10th, but 1 . : él became evident that the Spaniards did not have much heart 1n a About the only Rough Riders who had any chance for work. work were the men with the Colt automatic guns and twenty picke At noon 5) sharp-shooters who were on the watch for guerillas. the 11th, the Rough Riders, with one of the Gatlings, were sent ov to the right to guard the road to El Caney; but no fighting . necessary, for the last straggling shot had been fired by the time they arrived. On the 17th, the city of Santiago formally surrendered ; two _ later the entire division was marched back to the foot hills west 0 Here “ Kl] Caney where it went into camp with the artillery. of the officers and men became ill, and as a rule less than ie All clothing was 10 rag present were fit for any kind of work. The authoritie even the officers had neither socks nor underwear. ——__. proved harmless. During the day the American force in the eons rag as iD9,000. creased to about 11,000, and the Spaniar ds in Santiago to pe haere died As the day wore on, the fight, though raging fitfully at ee lh howevel. away. The Spanish guerillas caused the America ns much tro sed smokeless They were located, usually, in the tops of trees, and as they ores guerillas powder, it was almost impossible to locate and dislodge them. They seemed t0 showed not only courage but great cruelty and barbarity. h i plains and prefer for their victims the unarmed attendants, the oY gees fue wounded 2 hospital stewards; they fired at the men who were bearing o ‘na nie eld litters, at the doctors who came to the front, and at the chap | burial services. icans 12 451 The officers and men of the New Mexican troops or a a were: other troops in the regiment killed or wounded in the three oe ae Troop Fred. W. Bugbee, Troop A; Timothy Breen, Troop E; Harmon Thon BE; Otto E; George W. Dettamore, Troop E; Charles FE. McKinle y, Troop B; killed Menger, Troop E; John E. Ryan, Troop E; Frederi ck Wesley, enannel; Albert in action, H. C. Green, Troop (Perry) Powers, Troop F; E; John F. Robinson, Troop Ray V. Clark, Troop F; Will Henry M. Gibbs, Troop F; Samuel Goldberg, Troop F; BE; a man, Troop !3 P. McGregor Her . Troop 93 John Troop F; Arthur L. Perry, Troop F; Lieut. David J. Leahy, McSparren, Troop G; Alvin C. Ash, Troop G; John Henderson, P. Myers, Troop G; Geo. Roland, Troop G. Troop . Fred. to sail for home. The order came #52 There was not a single member of this regiment from New Mexico, or enlisted man, who went to the officer war with any idea of ‘* freeing Cuba’? from Spanish domination. The one idea was ‘‘Remember the Maine.’’ Which the New Mexican had The contem pt for the Cubans and the Cuban soldiers was not changed after experiences had with them on the island. Captai n Dame, promoted or bravery in action, says of the Cubans the buzzards that hover over the army. : ‘‘The Cubans are but little better than They have done no fighting that I know of but never miss an opportunity to rob the soldiers’ packs which thrown aside by the sick and by have been the soldiers just before going into battle. are to be found in the rear and around They the commissary but not in the front. fact they are human buzzards and In I would not trust them any more Would a coyote. ’’ than I at Willia mstown, Vermont, July 28, 1861. He recelved his education at the state normal school and at Norwich University. mmediately following his graduation Major Hersey entered the weather service OL the United States government. He came to Santa Fé, New Mexico, in 1891, Where he filled position of weather observer and section director of the territorial weather the Service. In June, 1897, he was commissioned adjutant-general of New Mexico by Govern or Otero. He assisted materia of the New Mexican contingent of the first U. S. Volunt lly in the organization eer Cavalry, and, resignng his commission as adjutant-gen Tegiment. He did not accompany eral, the was commissioned major in the famous important experimental nt to Cuba, but was left in command of the Rough Rider troops which regime remained at Tampa. After the war he ‘sumed his position in the U. S. Weather Bureau, and has devoted much time tion, representing the government in Fo + a-BRE TT Ep PIE a]RE AP OS SY PS I Bf Be on the 6th of August. The hext morning the Rough Riders sailed on board the Miami, which reached Montauk point, the east end of Long Island, New York, on the afternoon of the 14th. The following day the troops disembarked and camped at Camp Wyckof f. The regiment remained here until September 15th, when its members received their discharges and returned to civil life.4®2 1. B. Hersey was born Ce coePye eee a ee ee a Failing a 1 Pi of the city. the surrender ¢ in to demand week following, peace negotiations dragged along. 039 at Washington, misled by reports received from some of their military and medical advisers at the front, became panic stricken and hesitated to bring the army home, lest it might import yellow fever into the United States. The rea] foe, however, was not yellow fever but malarial fever. The awful conditions surrounding the army finally led to the writing of the historic ‘“Round Robin,’’ in which the leading officers in Cuba showed that to keep the army in Santilago meant its complete and objectless ruin. The result was immediate. Within three days orders came to put the army in readihess an of truce was sent 1912 several ieyemes A. Massie, a. - He received M, D., is a native of Guelph, Canada, where he was born in his professional education fre he studied six years, afterward serving in at the University of Toronto, the hospitals in Toronto, Glasgow, Edinburg, London, Dublin, and Birmingham. He filled the position of chief ‘apoon for the Anchor line of steamships plying between Glasgow, Bombay, and “cutta for several years. In 1897, he visited the United States and decided to lg a a The Spaniards the attack was renewed in earnest. stubbornly than at Las Guasimas, but their ranks broke when charged. le energetically resumed on the morning of the i Ne but during the day the only loss to the Rough Riders was one : wounded.**! At noon the order to stop firing was given, and a flag TO AES Re 1880 :i HISTORY MEXICAN ert OF NEW ae ie | elas my ck PatBS on tae) te —tee fe, ey - in, ee ee ee mee reer ire cnr te tt bei fo he FACTS LEADING ===. 588 |