ous Rough Riders, he delivered a farewell address to his men, in whi

Guásimas, the Ninth and Tenth cavalry regiments. The Spaniards called them 'Smoked Yankees,' but we found them to be an excellent breed of Yankees. I am sure that I speak the sen

with a barbed-wire fence on one side and a precipice on the other, not only the brave Capron and Fish, but the whole of his command would have been annihilated by the Spanish sharp-shooters, who were firing with smokeless powder under cover, and picking off the Rough Riders one by one, who could not see the Spaniards. To break the force of this unf

on to keep up a charge already begun; that about a score of colored infantrymen, who had drifted into his command, weakened on the hill at San Juan under the galling Spanish fire, and started to the rear, stating that they intended find

gro troops made the charges both at San Juan and El Caney after nearly all their officers had been killed or wounded. Upon what facts, therefore, does Colonel Roosevelt base his conclusions that Negro soldiers will not fight without c

ROOSEVEL

Hurt--The White Officers' Humbug Skinned of i

or of the N

ge of April 13 an ed

h brings to my notice

el Roosevelt, which, th

o not know the exact f

ill certainly give rise

ers, and hurt them for

ss to the most import

eem it a duty I owe, n

rothers of those soldi

eir posterity and the

n unprejudiced refutat

to place the colored s

ravest and most trus

ish to say that from

d the impression his

eve that he made that

ught he spoke the exact

ers connected with two

illed and three were so

d from the field, and t

st sergeants, who led

at both at Las Guasima

, of the Tenth Cavalry,

ccidents of battle and

rst se

emy's works on San Jua

, few company command

some body else's comp

nder, reached the cres

s troop, all the rest

the thick underbrush d

was subsequently show

ushing to the front.

halted on the height

t, with a very thin li

Here Captain Watson to

the line to look for t

that part of t

light error when he

d infantry. All the c

men. His command cons

ate of about one troop

few of the First Regu

ew minutes brought men

to get to the firing l

t as we could not locat

ire on our position), w

t. Private Marshall was

view of the enemy, try

comr

lls for men to carry t

and as night came on

ew colored soldiers vo

It then happened that t

Lieutenant Fleming, Ten

is troop, for the purp

tools, and Colonel Roos

uted to them to come b

the men of the Tenth

d to shirk duty by goi

t line and he would do

it. His own men immedi

ot those men, Colonel.

eutenant Fleming, of t

g them there, and some

we will stay with you,

he Colonel was mistaken

ew that he could not ad

one thought ill of the

e of the Tenth the next

e of their members and,

d found them to be far

he was sufficiently con

l statement about us a

forget our p

to note the fact, he w

ay to relieve the deta

he commanded just as m

t any other time durin

nd, although colored as

ll day, and they knew p

d, and that it was on a

enemy than Colonel Roos

on to go to the rear,

osition. Two men of my

nd taken to the hospita

come

it a rule to join th

, and those who had be

her were, both colored

ine was established un

etermination to

re of our men in going

stated that, from the

so much in advance of

giment from the former

d then turn sharply to

t, that in this countr

n they are by force c

ally strangers, and a

uld be treated well as

rtunately some of our

six months' service) f

lulled, often showed

our older men did this

uch assistance there as

ain until relieved. An

e this feeling with col

how well he can make a

need not be d

of a recruit of my tr

d come up to our positi

parated from the troop

rning, before the firi

who had been sent to C

the regiment, he sig

saying he could thu

ithout avail and was on

m of the Colonel's th

n the part of this so

t he should not leave

ater, while lying in r

uch persuasion to keep

I had to keep him with

the shoulder and had

r incidents of our men

o stay until the deat

said they shirked, and

is word and go on thi

for and uncharitable, a

advance of the Tenth C

the Colonel's regiment

er ungrateful, and has

of h

ck of qualifications

, who can and will wri

egular Army, and thus

of military lockjaw,

hat the Negro is not f

o no further than he is

d up for public gaze,

attles that have never

tales that it will no

ublic will then learn

iers who took part in t

led or urged forward

we had no colored off

e officers for colored

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interesting reading concerning the colored troope

: GENERAL NEL

pfulness in the camp and their prowess in battle, their uncomplaining suffering when lying wounded and helpless. Stories enough are told to win for them fairly the real brotherhood with their white-skinned fellows which they crave. The most touching of the many I heard was that of a Negro trooper, who, struck by a bullet that cut an artery in his neck, was lying helpless, in danger of bleeding to death, when a Rough Rider came to his assistance. There was only one thing to be done--to stop the bleeding till a surgeon came. A tourniquet could not be applied wh

LES PAYS A TRIBUTE T

f of the army of the United States spoke at the

ll, it's a glorious fact that patriotism was not confined to any one section or race for the sacrifice, bravery and fortitude. The white race was accompanied by the gall

at this recognition of the valor of one of the

ttle slow and tiresome, but we

l M. Emmett Urell, of the First District Columbia Volunteers, in the course of his remarks, General Miles paid the finest possible tribute to the splendid heroism and soldierly qualities evi

ce present, in behalf of the race extended their heartfelt and warmest thanks for su

S WEEKLY, DESCRIBES THE HEROI

n sufficiently (witness Hobson), let us give honor to some of the hu

BERRY, The first soldi

l and hoisted the Ame

sh bu

the top of San Juan hill. Now, every one knows that the standard of a troop is guarded like a man's own soul, or should be, and how it came that this Third Cavalry banner was lying on the ground that day is something that may never be rightly known. Some wh

they pressed behind. Who shall say what temporary demoralization there may have been in this troop of the Third at that critical moment, or what fresh courage may have been fired in them by that black man's

by him, and his to keep, according to the usages of war. And the big Negro handed back the banner with a smile and light w

is that we might as well bear in mind, we white m

GNIZES THE WORTH OF NEG

FOR COLOR

rganized under special act of Congress. These men are Sergeants William Washington, Troop F, and John C. Proctor, Troop I, of the 9th Cavalry, and Sergeants William McBryar, Company H; Wyatt Hoffman, Company G; Macon Russell, Company H,

he men promoted in the same rank they were before promotion if they chose to re-enlist in the regular army. Th

F GENERAL THOMAS J. MORGAN, AFTER A STU

can Commissioned Officers--Heroism on the Field Sure to

have not only the breadth of intelligence to form just and generous opinions, but who possess that rarer quality, the courage to give them out openly to

THOMAS J. MORGAN, LL.D

be Officers

close contact with Negro soldiers during the civil war e

corporated in the regular army, and have rendered exceptionally effective service on the plains and elsewhere for a whole generation, there are to-day no Negro officers in the service. A number of young men have been appointed as cadets at West Point, but the life has not been by any means an easy one. The only caste or class with caste distinctions that exists in the republic is found in the army; army officers are, par excellence, the aristocrats; nowhere is class feeling so much cultivated as among them; nowhere is it so difficult to break down the established lines. Singularly enough, though entrance to West Point is made very broad, and a large number of those who go there to be educated at the expense of the Government have no social position to begin with, a

c sentiment against the Negro, which obtains almost universally in the South, has thus far prevented the recognition of his right to be treated precisely as the white man is treated. It would be, indeed, almost revolutionary for any Southern Governor to commission a Negro as a colonel of a regiment, or even a captain of

will recognize partially, at least, the manhood of the Negro, and break down that unnatural bar of separation now existing. If a Negro is a lieutenant, he will command his company in the absence of the captain. He can wear epaulets, and be entitled to all the rights and privileges 'of an officer and a gentleman;' he is no longer doomed to inferiority. In case of battle, where bullets have no respect of persons, and do not draw the li

manfully did they justify his confidence. There was not better fighting done during the civil war than was done by some of the Negro troops. With my experience, in command of 5,000 Negro soldiers, I would, on the whole, prefer, I think, the command of a corps of Negro troops to th

rs, nobody should object to the places being given to qualified white men. But so long as we draw no race line of distinction as against Germans or Irishmen, and institute no test of religion, politics or culture, we ought not to erec

ERAL MAXIMO GOMEZ,