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The Peace Commission
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
IN RABIS.
Parie, Noy. 27,-Senor Monteros
Rios, president of tbe Spanish peace
commission, is this evening wafting
for the reply from the Spanish gov?
ernment, and unless there is some
change in the faii.uation before noon
to morrow, the reply will be an
acceptance, under protest, of the
American offer of $20,000,000 for
tbe Philippines.
Even up to a late hour this evening
telegrams have been exchanged'
between tbe Sp&uish commissioners
and Madrid, bat ail the Americans in
a position io.spe&k'with authority are
convinced that the foregoing outlines
the Spanish reply. Senor Abarsenza
5 -expressed tho opinion this evening
that there would be (no break in the
work of the commissions.
Marquis de Comillas, who is the
largest individual creditor of Spain
and baa been here from the outset in
behalf of the numerous important
enterprises of which he is the head,
also indicated this evening that Spain
had made op net mind to yield. He
is in very close touch with the Span?
ish commissioners
"Nothing that we have done here,"
says the marquis, "bas made any
Impression upon the minds of the
American commissioners From the
very first their intention was to take
the Philippines and they have never
wavered."
There is no troth in the report,
cabled here from Washington, that
io the last American memor?ndum a
demand for the Solo group hadjbeen
odded to the previous American de?
mand.
The original American claim was
upon territory within lines longitu?
dinally and latitudinally defined. It
embraced the so-called Solo group
There has been no change since the
?rst demand, and according to the
atatemoot of one of the American
commissioners there will be no mod?
ification of it.
Mad rid, Nov. 27.-The cabinet bas
agreed upon the instructions to Senor
.Montero Rios, president of the Span?
ish peace commission fer to-morrow's
join* mission at Paris, at which the
treaty will be sighed
x Part?, Nov. 28.-The joint peace
eoomisaiooers met promptly at 2 o'clock
to-day. The Spanish commissioners
Immediately announced Spain's accept?
ance of the American demands. The
-two commissions were in separate
session all the morning. There is no
denying that the whole European
continent will bitterly resent the
American acquisition of the Philippines.
This sentiment b not confined ?to
diplomats, bat here in Paris the opinion
is constantly expressed io the highest
French society.
Paris, Nov. 28 -Editor Stead, who
~ bas just returned from a tour in France,
Belgium, Germany, Russia, Austria
Turkey and Italy, and who has inter
viewed the highest politicians in each
country, and in some eases the rulers
of these COUD tri es, said to-day : "The
immense majority of Europeans are
feosctately ignorant as to what bas
happened, and neither know nor care
what occurs in other hemispheres, but
Europeans who read newspapers and
form publie o pi o ion are practically
unanimous io their opposition to Amer?
ican possession of the islands, aod the
alleged motives of America for going to
war."
Paris, Nov. 28.-The Spanish
acceptance was made verbally, the
written' acceptance will be presented
later. The Spanish oom missioners said
that being authorized by their govern
?tent to reply that the American propo
siti?os are inadmissable oo legal
principles, bot on the Spanish part all
diplomatic resources have been exhaust?
ed. The commission was now asked to
accept or reject America's propositions.
Spain, inspired by reasons of patriot
ism, as well as humanity, aod to avoid
the horrors of further war, resigns
herself to the power of the victor.
She accepts the offered conditions io
order to ooo elude thc treaty of peace.
Paris, Nov. 28 -The American
demands included the acquisition of
the Philippines and the Sula group for
$20,000,000. It is understood that
America will also purchase the Caroline
group. The question of the debt was
left cn settled until the next meetiog oo
Wednesday.
Paris, Nov. 28.-Spam has accept?
ed the United States' offer of $20,
090,000, and at a joint session of the
peace commission this afternoon,
consented without condition to re?
linquish Cuba and to cede Puerto
Rico, Guam and the Philippine
islands.
The document presenting this
acceptance contained only 300 words.
It opened with a reference to the
final terms of the United States and
said that the Spanish commissioners,
after having taken cognizance of the
terms proposed by the Americans,
replied that their government had
tried to give as equitable answer as
possible, but that they were not
prepared to commit their government
to the acceptance of the principles
embodied in the American argument.
Spain rejects these principles, the
note continues, "as she always has
rejected them."
Basing her attitude upon the jus?
tice of ber cause, the note then says,
she still adheres to these princif.
"which she has heretofore invaria
formulated "
However, the note adds, in
desiire for peace she has gone as
as to propose certain compromis
which the Americans have a!wi
rejected. She has also attempted,
[ is farther asserted, to have submit!
i to arbitration some of the mate]
particulars upon which tba two g<
ernments differed. These propos
for arbitration, it is added, the Am
icana had equally rejected.
These allegations, in Spain's rep
as to attempted arbitration, refer
her proposal to arbitrate the cc
struction of the third article of t
protocol and also to submit the Sps
ish colonial debt of Cuba and t
Philippines to arbitration. The li
proposition has been made in
written communication. Since
presentation/ and in return for su
arbitration. Spain offered to cede t
territory in dispute The America
refused both propositions for arbitr
?ion
Spain's reply to day in substan
continued by declaring that ti
United States bad offered, as a ku
of compensation to Spain, somethii
very inadequate to the sacrifices tl
latter country makes at this momei
and she feels, therefore, that ti
United States' proposals cannot 1
considered just and equitable.
Spain bas, however, exhausted i
the resources of diplomacy in i
attempt to justify her altitud
Seeing that an acceptance of tl
proposals made to Spain is a nec?
eary condition to a continuance
negotiations and seeing that tl
resources of Spain ar? not such as I
enable her to re enter upon war, si
is prepared, in her desire to avo:
bloodshed and from considerations .
humanity and patriotism, to subm
to the conditions of the conqerin
nation, however harsh they may. b
She is, therefore, ready to accept tb
proposals of the American commit
sion ae presented at the last sitting
The reading and translation of til
document occupied less than fiv
minutes. At the conclusion of th
translation the commissioners en
powered Ojeda, secretary of tb
Spanish commission, and Secretar
Moore of the American com'missio
to draw up articles which are t
embody the relinquishment of Cub
by Spain and the cession of Puert
Rico and the Philippines. Thea
articles, which may be considered a
constituting ?he conditions of peace
will be ready for submission o
Wednesday. '
A great deal of interest was take;
in to-day's meeting The two com
missions arrived at the foreign off?c
in carriages in the raia almos
simultaneously, and repairing to tb
conference room, immediately opene<
the only business before them.
Senor Montero Rios, the presiden
of the Spanish commission, ba
usually preceded the presentation o
a Spanish communication in writing
by verbally summarizing it, bu
today Senor Rios was silent anc
unusually grave. His face wa;
deeper lined, and he clearly showei
the mental strain under which be wai
laboring as he approached the fina
relinquishment of Spain's colonia
possessions.
Without a word, Senor Monten
Rios produced two typewrittei
sheets and passed them to the inter
preter of the United States commis
sion, Mr Ferguson, who read then
substantially as cabled, the outline o:
'the Spanish document being furnish
ed later to a correspondent of thc
Associated Press by Senor Ojeda.
. The commissioners left the foreign
office immediately after the secrets
ries had been directed to prepare thc
articles of the peace treaty.
There was scarcely any conversa
t?o o between the American and
Spanish commissioners after the
adjournment.
Among the Americans only the
most grave consideration for their
Spanish colleagues was apparent.
The Spaniards seemed to be relieved
at having arrived at the conclusion ol
a long controversy
After the session the Spaniards
repaired to their quarters and bad an
animated and lengthy session
SPAIN'S FRIEND.
The leading articles in The Temps
to-day, a column long, is devoted to
a severe arraignment of the American
attitude toward Spain, in which
Acoertoa ie made to appear as & merci
less conqueror imposing Draconian
conditions cn a helpless foe sod exaot
\ ing the signature of a treaty at the
point of a bayonet.
The Temps adds : "The Spanish
commissioners should, tn submitting,
I protest to tbe civilised work against
the spoliation of tbe weak by the
strong/'
The American commissioners are
natnrally well pleased at the successful
conclusion of their mission. The ques?
tiona that remain are comparatively
unimportant and admit of speedy settle?
ment.
The American commissioners will
basteo matters, with a view to having
;he treaty signed wi rh in 10 days or so,
and of 8ailiag for New York by Decem?
ber 17.
Judge Day said this evening : "We
have done the only thing possible
regarding the Philippines. Our op?
portunity of giving them up was lost
when admiral Dewey did not weigh
anchor and sail away."
Whitelaw Reid entertained the Uni
tel States commissioners at dinner
this evening, after whioh al! went to
the opera. Count YOD Munster,
German ambassador to France,
the. first diplomat to call at the An
ioan headquarters this afternoon
to congratulate Mr. Reid on the c
mission's successful work. He i
the settlement would meet the apprc
of Germany.
What Officials Think of
the "Open Door" Polk
They Say the European Pr(
ls Raising a Racket Abou
Nothing.
Washington, Nov. 27.-Admin
trallon officers do not expect that 1
so-called "open-door policy" v
take an important position io 1
discussion of the coming session
congress, but believe debate on tl
matter will wait on the final dispo
tion of the Philippines.
A prominent official to day sail
"The phrase 'open door' is a limit
application and has been naed ot
with reference to Ahe possessions
Europeans on the - eaBt coast of As
Originating io the treaty of 'ope
ports in China and Japan, tbe wor
have been extended to cover poi
which China bas leased or surrend?
ed to foreign powers. The phrs
means that in Bach ports the ali
government has in fact imposed i
discriminations in tariff navigatl
charges against imports or vessels
other countries, Bot has treated the
on the same plane as its owp irapor
aad its own vessels. In other word
foreign powers holding Chinese pot
by seizure or treaty, have mere
annocced that they will keep op<
such ports in the same manner th
China bas opened certain free por
to the commerce of nations, witho
discrimination, or favor. The opei
door policy has been politically obi
gatory, as the reverse policy won
be indirect hostility to the purpose
the civilized nations, steadily pursue
for years, and concurred in by Chit
by opening the Asiatic trade i
commerce.
"The phrase "open door" bas i
pertinence to the western henri sphei
and no relevancy to the West Indie
The matter has been Completel
misunderstood by foreign newspapei
giving the phrase an application 1
this continent. The United State
restricts trade between the ADD erica
ports to American vessels, precise!
as the Dominion of Canada restrict
trade to British vessels beiwee
Canadian ports Under the Britis
law, any nation which elects to ailoi
British vessels to engage in its coas
in g trade can obtain the privilege c
entering the coasting trade of Canadc
The United States bas never availe
itself of this opportnnity, hold in
that the privilege to be granted i
very much more valuable than thi
privilege to be obtained.
The restriction of trade betweei
the United States aod Porto Rico t
American vessels is based on th
policy which the United States ba
always followed under ail administra
tions, a fact overlooked by th*
European press There seems to b<
no disposition here to change thi
policy in this sphere from the men
fact that by the possession of th
Philippines the United States mus
determine whether il will follow thi
"open door policy' of other laatiom
with possession by seizure or cooees
sion on the east; coast of Asia
Commercially, the restriction of th?
trade between the United States ant
Porto Rico is of relatively litth
moment as the direct commerce ii
very small and is absorbed by Amer
ican and Canadiau vessels. The valut
of Porto Rico is BS a fulcrum for tb?
development of American com merci
in the West Indies "
-S- wm ---
I White Woman Elopes With
a Negro.
Barnwell, No?. 27.-On Thursday,
November 24th, George Owens, a
negro employed by S. W. Mead, a
white farmer of Mobley Pond, Scriven
oouoty, (ia., eloped with the wife ol
Mr. Mead, carrying with them
$212 75 belonging to Mr. Mead, mak?
ing their way to Barnwell, the former
home of the negro. The eloping
oouple wore followed by the enraged
husband, who wau determined to find
the elopers.
A posse was formed here byan officer
of the peace, which found the oouple
to-day about 10 miles from town and
brought them baok here, where they are
now safely lodged in the county jail.
There have been some threats, but
DO demonstration is expected.
Santiago, Nov. 27 -Lieut. Lucien
Young, of the Hist, who some days
ago examined the wreck of the sunken
cruiser Reina Mercedes and found her
with about 110 fee;, banging over the
channel bank, made another examina,
tion yesterday He found that tbe
wreck bad moved slightly and is now io
an extremely dangerous position. A
southwest wind of any strength would
send the vessel into the channel leading
to Santiago harbor and completely
block it.
Parties who have gone on board have
felt the wreck mo?iug. If work is not
etarted soon the vessel will probably
be lost. At the present moment only
a comparatively small amount of ?cork
would close the valves and pump out
the hull.
A Great Storm in the North.
Boston, Nov. 27.-A record-break?
ing November blizzard swept over tbe
greater portion of New England last
night and to-day completely demoraliz?
ing traffic of every description and
well nigh paralyzing telegraphic and
telephonic commuoioioation, while the
northeast gale, corning on a high coarse
of tides, drove the sea far beyond its
asnal limits and made a mark along
shore exceeded only by the memorable
hurricane of 1851.
j Hull. Mass., Nov. 27 -With the
exception of the Nantasket Chutes and
the main building of the Hotel Nan?
tasket is the only structure left
standing on Nantasket beach between
Atlantic Hill and the Ocean View
bouse. Hotels, daooe halls, bath
houses and other structures succumbed
to the high wind and the tidal wave of
the storm. Wreck and ruin now line
the beach.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27.-The blizzard
which came out of the west reached
this oity at ll o'clock yesterday morn?
ing and raged furiously until 1 o'clock
this morning. As unexpected as it
was violent, it wrough great havoc not
only here but throughout the entire
State. In those 14 hours the snow
fall reaohed a depth of over nine inches
and the wind a velooity of 45 miles an
hour. These figures are unprecedented
in the November records of the local
weather bureau, and the officials there
say rbat the storm in general was the
worst since the memorable blizzard of
1888.
WORST SINCE '88 IN NEW YOKK
New York, Nov. 27.-When the
people of New York awoke this morn?
ing they found the blizzard that raged
when they retired was still in progress.
The storm, which beg au with a soft,
sleety snow on Saturday at noon,
increased greatly as the day wore OD,
with heavier snowfalls, the wind blow?
ing a gale at midnight. There was a
slight abatement of the wind this
morning, bat the snow still fell sod
drifted high and the temperature
dropped rapidly It looked'this morn?
ing as though the blizzard would
continue all day, but at 10 o'clock there
was a break away in the west, a bright?
ening of the light and finally the storm
ceased altogether and the severest
blizzard since the memorable one of
Mareh, 1888, came to an end. The
wind blew at the rate of 59 to 60 miles
an hour daring the height of the storm.
Shipping Strewn
Along the Shores.
The Loss of Life and Vessels
Has Been Very Great.
Boston, Nov. 28 -It ie known
definitely to-night that more than 70
lives have been lost io the wreck of
tugs, schooners and coal barges during
the storm of Saturday night aod Sun?
day morning, and if the steamer Port?
land bas also gone down, as now seems
possible, the list of casualties will rise
to a hundred and forty, with over 100
vessels of all descriptions ashore.
There is scarcely a bay, harbor or
inlet from the Penobsoot. Maine, to
New London, Conn., that has not on its
shores the bones of some staunch eraft,
while along Massachusetts bay, and
especially Boston harbor, the beaches
are piled high with the wreokage of
schooners aod coal barges. The record,
although hourly lengthening, is still
incomplete, for that ocean graveyard of
Cape Cod is yet to be beard from, aod
as it has never failed to give up some
grim tale at such a time, will not be
found lackiog on such occasions as this
The islands of BoBtoo harbor are with out
exception strewn with wrecks and
wreokage. No less than 29 vessels are
ashore at Gloucester ; over 20 in the
supposed safe harbor of Vineyard
Haven parted their anchor chains yes?
terday and are high and dry on tbe
beach.
Every life saving crew performed
deeds of heroism in rescuing crews of
seameo from stranded vessels and tug
boat oaptains risked life and property io
their endeavor to save lives.
London, Nov. 28 -The Times in
an editorial this morning in praise
of the foresight of the United States
government in increasing the army
says : "Looking to immediate needs,
Mr. Alger's estimates of 100,000 is
below rather than above the mark,
for considerable forces will be re?
quired to bring the new population
io to subjection."
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5
UNDER ? WAR BALLOON.
Wood's Cavalry Brigade In Its
Plunge Over "Hell's Crossing."
SALUTED THE SPANISH SHELLS.
The Son of a Veteran Winning Hi?
Spars-Negroes. Led by a Boy, Tear
Dovrn Barbed Wire Fences-Strong
Line of Battle-Old Soldiers at the
Front.
[Copyright, 1898. by the Author.]
vin.
ROOD'S brigade
was led on the
march from El
Poso down to the
bloody crossing
on Joly 1 by the
r o n g h riders.
When the line
was formed for
the charge, the
rough riders
were at the front,
? fact that was
; r i t i c i sed by
?orne of the offi
;ers of the regu?
lar regiments in
the brigade.
They held that it
was done simply to give its leader the
post of honor. General Sumner said
that such was not the case, but that it
was the turn of the rough riders to be
at the front that day.
Some time after Sumner s brigade,
under Colonel Carroll, including the
Third, Sixth and Ninth (colored), fol?
lowed by the rough riders, as the ad?
vance of Wood's brigade, had passed
on beyond Giimes' position at El Poso,
the two remaining regiments of Wood,
the4 First United States and Tenth (col?
ored), started forward. By the time
these two regiments reached the danger
point in the road the Spanish fire had
somewhat abated. In fact, but for the
balloon the columr would have escaped
casualties until it reached the San Juan
fords. The balloon moved just ahead
of the Tenth cavalry, which was first
in the column. It was high enough to
draw fire, and one of the officers said at
Camp Wikoff, " What the balloon didn't
get hit us." The firing at the balloon
also caused some casualties from shrap?
nel and bullets in the ranks of the First
cavalry. ?
Finally the balloon was pulled down,
the observers got out, and it was tied to
? tree, where it floated above tree tops
and still drew fire until the Spaniards
destroy3d it. One of Kent's infantry
regiments had a similar experience with
the balloon, for it was passing down a
trail to the left of a road where the
cavalry was marching and just abreast
of it
.At Hell's Crossing the Tenth cavalry
lost half a dozen raen. As the shells at
that point passed overhead with their
peculiarly startling shriek, the negroes
straightened up at attention and saluted
them. The two regiments lay half or
three-quarters of an hour in the river
bed, which was dry at the time, "except
at the deepest part, where the river cur?
rent runs. In order to escape the fire
they then moved ont, changing direc?
tion twice and passing in front of Car?
roll's brigade to cover under a high
bank, and lay there another half hour.
From this point, looking through the
trees in front, as described in the story
of Carroll's cavalry brigade, the Span?
ish position could be seen. It was well
known to the officers what was expect?
ed of the line, and finding in front of
them a barbed wire fence of six strands,
all hands went .to work to clear away
the obstruction. The men pulled out the
posts and twisted and broke the wire,
all the time under fire.
A boy hero was developed at this
time in the son of the colonel of the
Tenth, Theodore N. Baldwin, Jr.
Young Baldwin was a civilian, who
went along to see the fun. He was 19
years old. He had picked up a carbine,
intending to fight along with the rest
and was foremost in tearing down the
fences. Afterward he charged up the
hill with the line, and President Mc?
Kinley commissioned him for his gal?
lantry. After the fence had been level?
ed the line of Wood's brigade Was
formed, with the rough riders in front.
Much had been said about this, that
and the other one having initiated tho
charge on San Juan hill. It is evident
from what has been told of the situa?
tion in Carroll's brigade that the line
officers and men were not left to their
own devices at this crisis. Wood was
the colonel of the rough riders (" Wood's
Weary Walkers," as their regular com?
rades called them, imitating the first
alliterative title), and it is to be sup?
posed that he looked to them and to the
rest of the brigade as well.
He was new to command-in fact,
comparatively new to the service. Colo?
nel Baldwin of the Tenth is a regular
army war veteran ; same with J^ajor S.
T. Norvell. Major Theo Wint of the
Tenth is a war veteran of the Sixth
Pennsylvania cavalry. Colonel C. D.
Viele of the First has been in the regu?
lar army since ?361, and Major A G.
Forse was at West Point from 1861 to
1865.
When the line was formed, the barbed
wire fences cl earea away-all of this
some hours, be it remembered, after the
Spanish guns began their killing work
in the crowded road and at the crossing
-Colonel Wood appeared on the line of
his brigade and gave the order to ad?
vance. Colonel Baldwin of the Tenth
arranged his two squadrons one in
front and the other as support. Colonel
Viele of the First cavalry took his
squadron commanders through the
fringe of trees and pointed out a red
house on a hill (to the right of the
blocklmusi ?>. which will be spoken of
hereafter as San Juan hill or "Kettle
Hill." He said to Captain Tutherly,
commander of the First squadron,
"That is your right. " Tutherly asked,
*\\'hen shall 1 fire?" to which Viele
answered, "Don't tiro on our men; fire
when you see the Spaniards." The
First was in the.third lino of the brigade.
Colonel Vieie's caution about firing
was timely, for there were many ob?
stacles to be passed which would break
the line, and besides Kent's infantry on
the left of the cavalry was already
working toward the blockhouse. Tho
two columns were to converge slightly
before reaching their separate goals and
might in the excitement of battle mis?
take each other for the enemy. The
gallant Hawkins, leader cf Kent's ad?
vance brigade, impatient to dash at San
Juan blockhouse, which he declared
that he could take in the flank, passed
up the road to the front, while the cav?
alry was halted in the bed of the creek.
Said a cavalry officer, "Hawkins was
the finest soldier there, and the cavalry
knew him well. ' ' All the older regular
officers are known to all the other offi?
cers and to the long service privates as
well, because promotion takes them
from one regiment to another. Hence,,
although Shafter's was a new army, it
was by no means an army of strangers.
It was about noon when the line of
the cavalry division was actually formed
for attack on the ridge in its front, the
ground having been reconnoitered and
points for attack shown to leaders of
regiments and squadrons. As usual in
such cases, the exact time was not noted
down, and perhaps'the term noon may
be used to cover the time between 12
and 1 o'clock. An officer of the First
cavalry said it took three hours to pasa
down the road from El Poso to "Hell's
Crossing, " and that the march began at
8:30. About 1% hours seem to have
been passed in the bed of the creek by
some of the cavalry, perhaps by all.
It should be remembered that this
was midday, and a tropical midday at
that. The soldiers, when inactive, could
barely keep their feet They were in a
valley without a breath of air. They
were wet, some to the knees and some
to the waist, from wading in tho
streams. For more than an hour they
had seen the dead and wounded brought
into the angle, victims of the Spanish
marksmen in front of them on the crest
of the ridge. It was this time, if at all,
that the general impulse to charge the
hill swept down the line. Regiments,
battalions and companies had been
formed to attack. Full directions had
been given with the exception of the
word "go." It is said that just then a
volunteer field officer, who all the morn?
ing had been rather heard than seen
outside of his own regiment, called out
with a theatrical wave of the hand:
"This hill must be taken! If there are
three men here who will go with me,
we will take it !" Already parts of the
line were in motion, and shortly the
entire column surged forward, carrying
the excited volunteer along with it, or
perhaps swallowing him up, for he was
not seen by the regulars again until
they had planted their standards on the?
first hill.
Obstructions were encountered every
few rods. At the outset there wera two
LIEUTENANT THEODORE N. BALDWIN, JB. 1
[One of the San Juan heroes.] _^
wire fences and hedges, which were ca?
through and jammed down, the First
and Tenth cavalry keeping a good line
across the clearing and making straight
for the Red House.
Carroll's brigade, moving to the
right of Woods', found the hill beyond
the hedges and fences steep and rocky..
The men clambered up and at the top
reached level ground-in fact, the fields
and yards of a country house. Their
position was swept by fire from Spanish .
intrencbments in front No Spaniards
were seen by Carroll's men, but they
had been there and could be seen by the
men of Colonel Wood's brigade, rapidly
retreating to the right The Tenth cav?
alry unfurled its colors, planted its
staffs in the ground at the Red House,
? which immediately drew a heavy fire
? from the Spanish in San ?Juan fort. The
time is set down by the Tenth cavalry
as about noon. In Carroll's brigade this
first hill was called "Kettle Hill" be?
cause there were some huge iron cal?
drons set up at the crest. Near these
kettles the flag of the Third cavalry
was planted.
Soon after reaching the hill, Colonel
Carroll, commanding the brigade, was
shot, Lieutenants Thayer and Meyer of
the Third wounded and Hamilton of
the Ninth kiixed. In the ascent of the
hill Lieutenants Smith and Ship of the
Tenth were killed and Lieutenant Rob?
erts wounded. Judging 'rom the num?
ber of cavalry officers hit on this first
hill, it would seem that those who esti?
mated the casualties suffered at the
creek, was from 75 to 90 per cent of the
total may be mistaken. The Spanish
fire encountered here was from San
Joan blockhouse, later taken by the in?
fantry, from the ridge still farther on
in the American front and an intrenched
house located there. When the cavalry
was in possession of this San Juan or
"Kettle Hill, " General Sumner gave or?
ders to the First cavalry not to leave
the hill. Said he, "We must make a*
stand here in case our folks are driven
out of our extreme front. " There were
then on the hill three troops of the
Third cavalry and a few rough riders,
and Sumner's orders included them in
the force that was to stay there and
hold it. GEORGE L. KILMEB.
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