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FIRST FIGHT O Hoosevelt Tells in tl tine Fignting of tb. ' We take great pleasure in present- J ing to our readers a few extracts from that portion of Colonel Roosevelt's Btory of the Rough Riders in the March Scribner's which deals with "General Young's Fight at Las Gu?si mas. Just before leaving Tampa we bad been brigaded with the First (white) and Tenth (eolored) Regular Cavalry under Brigadier General S. M. B. Young. We were the second brigade, the first brigade, consisting of the Third and Sixth" (white), and the Ninth {colored) Regular Cavalry un der Brigadier General Sumner. The two brigades of the cavalry division were under "Major General Joseph Wheeler, the gallant cid Confederate cavalry commander. General Young was-and is-as fine . a type of the American fighting soldier as a man ean hope to see. He had been in command, as Oolonel. of thc Yellowstone National Park, and I had seen a good deal of him in connection therewith, as I was President of the Boone and Crocket Club, an organiza tion devoted to hunting big game, to its preservation, and to forest preser vation. Buring the preceding winter, while he was in Washington, he had lunched with me at the Metropolitan Club, Wood being one of the other guests. Of course, we talked of the war, which all of us present believed :- to be impending; and Wood and I told him we .. were going to make every effort to get in, somehow; and he an swered that we must be sure to get into his brigade, if he had one, and he would guarantee to show us fighting. None of us forgot the conversation. As soon as our regiment was raised General Young applied for it to be put in hi? brigade. We were putin; and he made his word good: for he fought and won the first fight on Cu ! ban soil. Yet; even though under him, we should not have been in this fight at all if we had not taken advantage of the chance to disembark among the first troops, and if it had not been for Wood's energy in pushing our regi ment to the front. On lauding we spent some active hours in marching our men a quarter of a mile or so inland, as boat-load by boat-load they disembarked. Mean while one of the men. Knoblauch, a New Yorker, who was a great athlete and a champion swimmer, by diving in the surf off the dock, recovered most of the rifles which had been lost when the boat-load of colored cavalry cap sized; The country would have offer ed very great difficulties to an attack ing force had there been resistance. It was little but a mass of rugged and precipitous hills, covered for the most part by dense jungle. Five hundred resolute men could have prevented the ? disembarkation at very little cost to j themselves. There had been about that number of Spaniards at Daiquiri that morning, but they had fled evr;n before the ships began shelling. In ? their place we found hundreds of Cu- | ban insurgents, a crew of as utter tatterdemalions as human eyes looked on, armed with every kind of rifle in all stages of dilapidation. It was ' evident at a glance, that they would ! be no use in serious fighting, but it was hoped that they might be of ser- I vice in scouting. From a variety of j causes, however, they turoed out to j be nearly useless, even for this pur pose, so far as the Santiago campaign j was concerned. We were camped on a dusty, brush covered flat, with jungle on one side, andmon the other a shallow, fetid pool fringed with palm-trees. Huge land crabs scuttled noisily through the un derbush, excitingmuch interest among the men. Camping was a simple mat ter, as each man carried all he had, and the officers had nothing. I took a light mackintosh and a toothbrush. Fortunately, that night it did not rain; and from the palm-leaves we built shelters from the sun. General Lawton, a tall, fine-looking man, had taken the advance. A thor ough soldier, he at once established outposts and pushedreconnoiteriDg par ties ahead on the trails. Ile had as little baggage as the rest of us. Our own Brigade Commander, General Young, had exactly the same impedi ment that I had, namely, a mackin tosh and a toothbrush. Next morning we were hard at work trying to get the stuff unloaded from the ship, and succeeded in getting i most of it ashore, but were utterly j unable ?o get transportation for any- ! thing but a very small quantity. The great shortcoming throughout the campaign was the utterly inadequate transportation. If wc had been allow ed to take our mule train, we could have kept the whole cavalry division supplied. In thc afternoon word came to us to march. General Wheeler, a regular gamecock, was as anxious as Lawton toget first blood, and he was bent upon putting the cavalry division to the front as quickly as possible, kaw IN CUBAN SOIL ie Maren Scribner of e Second Brigade. ! ton's advance guard was in touch with the Spaniards, and there had been a skirmish between the latter and some Cubans, who were repulsed. General Wheeler made a reconnoisance in per son, found out where the enemy was, and directed General Young to take our brigade and move forward so as to strike him next morning. He had the power to do this, as when General Shafter was afloat he had command ashore. I had succeeded in Anding Texas, my surviving horse, much the worse for his fortnight on the transport and his experience in getting off, but still able to carry me. It was mid-afternoon and the tropic sun was bea'Jug fiercely down when Colonel Wood started our regiment the First and Tenth Cavalry and some of the infantry regiments had already marched. Colonel Wood himself rode in advance, while ? led my squadron, and Major Brodie followed with his. It was a hard march, the hilly jungle trail being so narrow that often we had to go in single file. We marched fast, for Wood was bound to get us ahead of the other regiments, so as to be sure of our place in the body that struck the enemy next morning. If it had not been for his energy in push ing forward, we should certainly have missed the fight. As it was, we did not halt until we were at the extreme front. The men were not in very good shape for marching, and moreover they were really horsemen, the majority be ing cowboys who had never done much walking. The heat was intense and their burdens very heavy. Yet there was very little straggling. Whenever we halted they instantly took off their packs and threw themselves on their backs. Then at the word to start they would spring into place again. The captains and lieutenants tramped along, encouraging the mea by exam ple and. word. A good part of the time I was by Captain Llewellyn, and was greatly p/eased to see the way in which he kept his men up to their work. He never pitied or coddled his troopers, but he always looked after j them. He helped them whenever he ; could and took rather more than his ? full share of hardship and danger, so ; that his men naturally followed him . with entire devotion. Jack Greenway j was under him as lieutenant, and to . him the entire march was nothing but , an enjoyable outing, the chance of fight on the morrow simply adding the , needed spice of excitement. It was long after nightfall when we tramped through the darkness into the squalid coast hamlet of Siboney. As usual when we made a night camp, we simply drew the men up in column of troops, and then let each man lie down where he was. Black thunder-clouds were gathering. Before they broke the fires were made and the men cook ed their coffee and pork, some frying thc hardtack with the pork. The officers, of course, fared just as the men did. Hardly had we finished eating when thc rain came, a regular tropic downpour. We sat about, shel tering ourselves as best we could, for the hour or two it lasted; then the fires were relighted and we closed around them, thc men taking ort* their wet things to dry them, so far as pos sible, by thc blaze. Wood had gone off to see General Voung. as General Wheeler had in structed General Young to hit che Spaniards, who were about four miles away, as soon after daybreak as pos sible. Meanwhile I strolled over to Captain Capron's troop. He and I, with his two lieutenants, Day and Thomas, stood around the fire, togeth er with two or three non-commissioned officers and privates; among thc latter were Sergeant Hamilton Fish and Trooper Ellic't Cowdin, both ,oi New York. Cowdin"! together with two other troopers, Harry Thorpe and Munro Ferguson had been on my Oys ter Bay Polo Team for some years be fore. Hamilton Fish had already shown himself one of the best non commissioned officers wc had. A huge fellow, of enormous strength and en durance and dauntless courage, he took naturally to a soldier's life. Ile never complained and never shirked any duty of any kind, while his power over his men was great. So good? a sergeant bad he made, that Captain Capron, keen to get thc best men un der him, took him when he left Tampa -for Fish's troop remained behind. As we stood around the flickering blaze that night I caught myself ad miring the splendid bodily vigor of Capron and Kish-the captain and sergeant. Their frames seemed of steel, to withstand all fatigue; they were flushed with health: in their eyc3 shone high resolve and fiery de sire. Two finer types of the fighting man, two better representatives of thc American soldier, there were not in the whole Army. Capron was going over his plans for thc fight when we should meet thc Spaniards on the morrow. Fish occasionally asking a question. They were both filled eager longing to show their me and both were rightly confident if they lived they would win hoi ble renown and would rise hig their chosen profession. Wi twelve hours they both were dead. I had lain down when toward i night Wood returned. He had (. over the whole plan with Gen Young. We were to start by sun toward Santiago, General Young ing four troops of the Tenth and i troops of the First up the road wi led through the valley; while Cob Wood was to lead our eight tro along a hill trail to the left, wh joined the valley road about four m on, at a point where the road w over a spur of the mountain-chain ; from thence went down hill tow Santiago. The Spaniards had tr. lines at the junction of the road ? the ?rail. Before describing our part in i fight, it is necessary to say a w< about General Young's share, for, courte, the whole fight was under 1 direction, and the fight on the rij wing under his immediate supervise General Young had obtained fr< Greneral Castillo, the commander the Cuban forces, a full description the country in front. General Ci tillo promised Young the aid of eig hundred Cubans, if he made a rece Qoissance in force to find out exact what the Spanish strength was. Tl promised Cuban aid did not, howev? materialize, the Cubans, who had be beaten back by the Spaniards the d: before, not appearing on the firing li until the fight was over. General Young had in his immedia command a squadron of the First Be alar Cavalry, two hundred and for strong, under the command of Maj Bell, and a squadron of the Teni Regular Cavalry, two hundred a: twenty strong, under the command i Major Norvell. He also had t? Hotchkiss mountain guns, under Ca] tain Watson of the Tenth. ' He starte it a quarter before six in the momin, iccompanied by Captain ?. L. Mil is aide. It was at half past seve that Captain Mills, with a patrol < two men in advance, discovered tt Spaniards as they lay across where tt two roads came together, some of thei in pits, others simply lying in th heavy jungle, while on their extrem right they occupied a big ranci Where General Young struck thei they held a high ridge a little to th left of his front, this ridge bein separated by a deep ravine from th hill-trail still farther to the left, dow which the Rough Riders were advanc lng. That is, their forces occupied range of high hills in the form of a: Dbtuse angle, the salient being towan the space between the American foi ces, while there were advance partie along both roads. There were ston breastworks flanked by blockhouse on that part of the ridge where tb two trails came together. The plac was called Las Gu?simas, from tree of that name in the neighborhood. General Young, who was riding ,' mule, carefully examined the Spanisl position in person. He ordered th< canteens of the troops to be filled placed the Hotchkiss battery in con cealment about nine hundred yard; from the Spanish lines, and then de ployed the white regulars, with the colored regulars iu support, having sent a Cuban guide to try to (ind Col onel Wood and warn him. Ile did not attack immediately, because he knew that Colonel Wood, having u more diihcult route, would require a longer time to reach thc position. Puring the delay General Wheeler arrived: he had been lip since before dawn, to see that everything went well. Young informed him.ol' thc dispositions, and plan of attack ho made. General Wheeler approved of them, and with excellent judgment left General Young a free hand to fight his battle. So. about eight o'clock Young began the fight with his Hotchkiss guns, he himself being up on the firing line. No sooner had the Hotchkiss one pounders opened than the Spaniards opened fire in return, most of the time firing by volley executed in per fect time, almost as on parade. They had a couple of light guns, which our people thought were quick firers. The denseness of the jungle and the fact that they used absolutely smoke less powder, made it exceedingly diffi cult to place exactly where they were, and almost immediately Young, who always liked to get as close as possible to his enemy, began to push his troops forward. They wers deployed on both sides of the road in such thick jungle that it was only here and there that they could possibly see ahead, and some confusion, of course, ensued, the support gradually getting mixed with the advance. Captain Beck took A troop of the Tenth in on thc left, next Captain Galbraith's troop of thc First; two other troops of thc Tenth were on the extreme right. Through thc jungle ran wire fences herc and there, and as the troops got to the .idge they encountered precipitous heights. They were lcd most gal lantly, as American regular officers always lead their men; and tho men followed their leaders with the splen did courage always shown by thc American regular soldier. There was not a single straggler among them, and in not one instance was an attempt made by any trooper to fall out in order to assist the wounded or carry back the dead, while so cool were they and so perfect their fine discipline, that in the entire engagement the ex penditure of ammunition was not over ten rounds per man. Major Bell, who commanded the squadron had his leg broken by a shot as he was leading his men. Captain Wainwright suc ceeded to the command of the squad ron. Captain Knox was shot in the abdomen. He continued for some time giving orders to his troops, and refused to allow a man in the firing line t? assist him to the rear. His First Lieutenant, Bryan, was himself shot, but continued to lead his men until the wound and the heat over came him and he fell in a faint. The advance was pushed forward under General Young's eye with the utmost energy, until the enemy's voices could be heard in the entrenchments. The Spaniards kept up a very heavy firing, but the regulars would not be denied, and as they climbed the ridges the Spaniards broke and fled. The writer goes on to tell of the stirring part played in the battle by th^e Rough Riders, and tells the story of his command of the regiment after Greneral Young was struck down with : the fever, and Wood was placed in sharge of the brigade. .- m my m - A Japanese Room. A perfect Japanese room is a feature j Df one of New York's costly private houses, and the history of its acquisi- , bion is an illustration of the thorough ness with which such plans are often carried out by Americans of wealth. The man in question wanted a Japanese room. He could easily have bought ; ir. New York Japanese furnishings enough to fill a hundred rooms, but ', that would not have satisfied him. He [ was determined that there should not be, even in the Mikado's realm itself, a more perfect apartment than the one ; to be included, in his Fifth Avenue house. To accomplish this purpose : he sent a young artist to Japan with instructions to study the subject ex haustively, and with carte blanche for the purchase of the necessary furnish ings. The artist-happy man !-spent several months in the Flowery King dom. He lived in Japanese houses, wore Japanese clothing, and studied with might and main all the Japanese rooms to which he could gain access. Finally he returned in triumph, bring ing almost priceless carvings, paint ings, embroideries, and manifold other things Japanesque, supplemented by two native workmen, whose mission it was to put all of these things, together in the manner of Japan, not according to the cabinet-makers and paper-hang ers of the Western Hemisphere. The room cost a small fortune, but it is the pride of the owner and the tri umph of the artist.-Harper's Bazar. - mm . -mm Patsy's Advice to Barney. In addition to being cross-eyed, Barney O'Day has a tilted chin sprin kled with wiry red beard, a cavernous mouth o/erhung by a huge pug nose, and a sallow complexion. But he seems to bc happily unconscious of all his defects except cross-eyes, in re gard to which he is painfully sensi tive. Recently a noted occulist came to town, advertising among other things, to straighten cross-eyes, and .Barney decided to be treated. Meeting his particular friend, he exclaimed: "Och, Patsy! Qi iii chinkin' o' hav in' the big due th ur straighten mc eyes.'" ''Straighten ycr eyes. Barney'.'' Ph why, mon, have ye gone draft?" "Xever a bit daft am Oi, Patsy, but Dive sonic right wid yersilf to befoine lookin'." Patsy scrutinized him closely-eyes, nose, mouth, chin-and at length ex claimed: ."Arran! Barney, that ould front o' yours aint worth repairin'. Uid ad vise ye to lave it alone entirely, an' have a bran-new face made on the back side o' ycr head.'' Barney has never revealed his opin ion respecting thc new face. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and influenza, lt has become famous for its cures of these diseases, over a large part of the civilized world. Thc most flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good works; of thc aggravating and persistent coughs it has cured; of severe colds that have yielded prompt ly to its soothing effects, and of thc dangerous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving thc life of thc child. Thc extensive use of it for whooping cough has shown that it robs that disease of all dangerous con sequences. Sold by Hill-Orr Drug Co. -mt . - Conscience is like the sun dial. If you let thc truth shine upon it, it will point you right: but you may cov er ii o'er so that no truth can fall upon .t, and then it will lead you astray. Bloating after eating, indigestion, flatulence of water brash, may be quickly corrected through the usc of Prickly Ash Bitters, lt, strengthens digestion, cleanses and regulates thc bowels. Sold by ft vans Pharmacy. Mighty bad Habit for Kentucky. The manager of a life insurance company had the floor. "Life insurance companies," he was saying, "are as particular about the people they already have on their lists as they are about getting them on in the beginning. They are rich, of course, but they are no more anxious to take in a man who will die of dis ease within the first year or two than they are to take in a perfectly healthy man and have him hazard his life by taking personal risks in dangerous pursuits or by travel in unhealthy countries. I remember a funny instance that oc curred once while I was living in New England. One of our $10,000 men had a way of calling a man a liar in the most careless and indiscriminate man ner, and with only the merest or no provocation. One day he was in our office and casually mentioned the fact that he was going to mak? a trip to Kentucky. " 'When ? inquired the manager alertly.' " 'Next week.' " 'On business or pleasure ?' " 'Going to buy a pair of horses.' " 'Um-er-er, hesitated the manager, 'before you start I wish you would stop in and see me.' " 'What for? want me to buy a horse for you ?' " 'No, I want to arrange about your policy.' " 'What do you want to arrange about it ? Isn't it all right ?' ' " 'Yes, as long as you stay in this country. But, if you go down to Ken tucky we'll have to advance the rate until you come back.' " 'Well, what in-,' began the policy holder hotly, when the manager interrupted him. " 'Don't fly the track, my dear fel low,' he said gently. 'It's all right here, and the rate is satisfactory to us but, by Jove, we can't give you the same rate and let you go to Kentucky and call men liars like you do in this section. Not much. We haven't got $10,000 policies to give away like that, and you oughtn't to expect it.' " Washington Evening Star. I have been afflicted with rheuma tism for fourteen years and nothing seemed to give any relief. I was able to be around all the time, but con stantly suffering. I had tried every thing I could hear of and at last was told to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which I did, and was immediately re lieved and in a short time cured. I am happy to say that it has not since returned.-JOSH. EDGAR, Germantown, Cal. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Untamed camels are not the docile creatures they are taught to become after months of breaking. In the wild state they are extremely vi cious, and can kick harder, higher, swifter and oftener than a mule, and sometimes seem to use all four feet at once. Valuable Lands Cheap. PARTIES desiring to purchase good Land near Abbeville at prices rang ing from ?6.00 to $lG.0n per acre will do well to consult the undersigned. Localities healthy and water tine. WYATT AIKEN ct CO. Feb 22, 189i> _ .'55_ DR. R. F. ?IVVER. "Physician and Surjfeon, OFFERS bis profesional services to tbe citizens of Anderson aud sur rounding country. Can be found, when not professionally engaged, at his residence near tho now Flour Mill. 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