. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. w^e imag-ined that we would not advance farther but soon returnto Ponce, there to embark for home. In this we weredisappointed and on the sixteenth of August we brokecamp and marched north to Utuado. The battalion ofregulars and one battalion of the Sixt
. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. w^e imag-ined that we would not advance farther but soon returnto Ponce, there to embark for home. In this we weredisappointed and on the sixteenth of August we brokecamp and marched north to Utuado. The battalion ofregulars and one battalion of the Sixth Massachusettsboys, had preceded us. The march was a long, hard oneand we covered nearly eighteen miles over a trail thatwas in many places, being cut out by the force of the na-tives. As we hove within sight of the camp grounds theSixth Mass. T3and came out to meet us and we swungalong the road at a lively pace. We stood in the raia forsome time until the site for our camp was pointed out tous. Our shelter tents were pitched nearly a mile fromtown on a flat near the bank of the Arecibo river. Thisstream was in every respect more of a river than any oth-er encountered on the island. The bullock carts were abandoned at Adjuntas. thetrail was impassible for them and the supplies were car-ried forward by pack mules. It was surprising the. Typical Porto Rico Peons and habitations. Arrival at Arecibo. 281 amount of weight the drivers strapped to the backs ofthese animals. They trotted along, the contents of theboxes strapped to their pack-saddles, shaking and rat-tling, the chuck-a-chuck beating regular time to themovements of the mules. The drivers of the pack muleswere not enlisted men but were hired by the govern-ment at a salary of from thirty to fifty dollars permonth, according to the rank which they held in the out-fit. They were typical westerners and appeared to bethoroughly acquainted with the business. It requires nolittle skill and training to securely fasten the boxes
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