From Yauco to Las Marias - A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan

Karl Stephen Herrman

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The Project Gutenberg eBook, From Yauco to Las Marias, by Karl Stephen HerrmanThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: From Yauco to Las MariasAuthor: Karl Stephen HerrmanRelease Date: December 12, 2003 [eBook #10439]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FROM YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS***E-text prepared by Lazar Liveanu and Project Gutenberg Distributed ProofreadersFROM YAUCO TO LAS MARIASA Recent Campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BRIG. GENERALSCHWANbyKARL STEPHEN HERRMAN[Illustration: Theodore Schwan, Brigadier-General U.S. Volunteers.]TO ROBERT SMITH COBBMY BROTHER LORD IN CERTAIN ISLES OF FRIENDSHIP AND OWNER OF PRECIOUS CARGO IN MY SHIP OF DREAMSCONTENTSINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER IThe Independent Regular BrigadePlace of meeting—Forces comprised by the command—Why we were not like the Volunteers—Characteristics of theprofessional soldier—Sketches of the more important officers—What we were ordered to do.CHAPTER IIThe First Day's MarchDisposition of our column—The road to Sabana Grande—The infantrymen's burden—Wayside hospitality—Hard tackand repartee—Into camp and under blankets—Arrival of Macomb's troop—A smoke-talk.CHAPTER IIIThe People of Puerto RicoTheir attitude toward the ...

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[Illustration: Theodore Schwan, Brigadier-General U.S. Volunteers.]

FROM YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS A Recent Campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BRIG. GENERAL SCHWAN by KARL STEPHEN HERRMAN

Title: From Yauco to Las Marias Author: Karl Stephen Herrman Release Date: December 12, 2003 [eBook #10439] Language: English

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

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A Brief Sketch of the Life of Brigadier-General Schwan

APPENDIX

CHAPTER X The End of the Campaign Arrival of the mail-steamer—The soldier-boy and his letters—The greater part of the brigade is quartered in Mayaguez— Agriculture in Puerto Rico—Material result of our campaign—A farewell order—General Schwan departs for the United States.

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CHAPTER IX The Territory Won General Schwan returns to Mayaguez—Business and pleasure—A custom we abolished—Extent of the district captured by our brigade —Aguadilla—Facilities for transportation—Labor and the laborer—The cost of living—Rents and real estate—Skilled workmen—A word about investments.

CHAPTER VIII The Engagement at Las Marias Difficulties encountered in locating the retreating enemy—Final determination upon pursuit—Lieutenant-Colonel Burke sets forth—Discovery of Spanish troops near Las Marias—A one-sided encounter—Unwelcome notification of truce— The rest of the brigade comes up—Feeding the prisoners—Our disappointment.

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INTRODUCTION

I have ventured to set down in this place the following bald and brief items of our recent history, not because I doubt an already existing common knowledge of their substance, but simply because they serve to illuminate and give finish to the succeeding narrative. Major-General Miles sailed from Guantanamo, Cuba, on the 21st of July, 1898; and landed at Guanica, Puerto Rico, on the 25th of the same month. The troops sailing with him numbered 3,554 officers and men, mainly composed of volunteers from Massachusetts, Illinois, and the District of Columbia, with a complement of regulars in five batteries of light artillery, thirty-four privates from the battalion of engineers, and detachments of recruits, signal, and hospital corps. On August 1st he was re-enforced by General Schwan's brigade of the Fourth Army Corps and part of General Wilson's division of the First Corps, raising his numerical strength to 9,641 officers and men. The Spanish forces in Puerto Rico at that time numbered some 18,000, about evenly divided between regulars and volunteers, and scattered advantageously over 3,700 square miles of territory. By the end of August the American strength had nearly doubled. In the brief campaign that followed, a large part of the island was captured by the United States forces, and the positions of all the Spanish garrisons, except that at San Juan, were made untenable. There were altogether six engagements,—at Guanica Road, Guayamo (2), Coamo, Hormigueros, Aibonito, and Las Marias,—with a total loss to the Spaniards of about 450 killed and wounded, while the American casualties of the same nature amounted to 43. General Miles, in his scheme of operations, intended that three columns of our troops—each composed of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and their adjuncts—should march through the eastern, western, and central parts of the island, respectively, diverging at Ponce and coalescing before San Juan. The entire success of this plan was prevented only by the arrival of the order to suspend hostilities, on the 13th of August. The column marching east—known as the First Division, First Army Corps—was commanded by Major-General James H. Wilson, and took part in three engagements. The column sent through the interior—known as the Provisional Division —was commanded by Brigadier-General Guy V. Henry, and met no opposition of moment. The third column, called the Independent Regular Brigade, and directed to proceed through the western section of the island, was commanded by Brigadier-General Theodore Schwan, and had two engagements with the Alphonso XIII Regiment of Cazadores. It is the story of General Schwan's campaign that I am about to relate.

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