. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. A. S. DAGGETT, BRIGADIER , Thirteenth Infantry, Jan. 2, 1892 to Oct. 1, HENRY C. COOK. BRIGADIER GENERAL,.Major, Thirteenth Infantry, Feb. 27, 1887 to Jan. 2, 1892. CAMP AT TAMPA 97 nine pleasure. The camp was established on what wascalled Tampa Heights—two miles from Tampa. TheHeights were bnt a very few feet above the general level ofthe country, which was bnt slightly above sea level. Most of the infantry and some cavalry had been orderedto Tampa for apparently two reasons, proximity to Cnba,and to acclimatize
. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. A. S. DAGGETT, BRIGADIER , Thirteenth Infantry, Jan. 2, 1892 to Oct. 1, HENRY C. COOK. BRIGADIER GENERAL,.Major, Thirteenth Infantry, Feb. 27, 1887 to Jan. 2, 1892. CAMP AT TAMPA 97 nine pleasure. The camp was established on what wascalled Tampa Heights—two miles from Tampa. TheHeights were bnt a very few feet above the general level ofthe country, which was bnt slightly above sea level. Most of the infantry and some cavalry had been orderedto Tampa for apparently two reasons, proximity to Cnba,and to acclimatize the men. What seemed wisdom then,may now be proven to have been sheer folly. Ample proofhas recently been given that it is impossible to acclimatize awhite man in the tropics, * he can be sent there, bnt he willsicken and die within comparatively few years, and hisperiod of existence depends in large part on his original sup-ply of physical energy and its conservation, not its expen-diture. The first two weeks in camp were fairly agreeable,but the greater part of May and until the embarkation, June8th, the hot weather was most trying to the off
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