. The official records of the Oregon volunteers in the Spanish war and Philippine insurrection. I. V : DRESS PARADE OF SECOND OREGON IN COURT OF CUARTEL de ESPA5JA. ORKGON VOLUNTEERS IN SPANISH WAR. 41 part. Troii]>lo with the natives then seemed imminent, andCavite was the most likely point for an attack, should they be-come hostile over any arrangement found expedient duringthe siege. General Anderson told the Colonel that the regi-ment had been selected for duty at Cavite because of the con-fidence reposed in it. A change of quarters was all that brokethe monotony of the early days of Au
. The official records of the Oregon volunteers in the Spanish war and Philippine insurrection. I. V : DRESS PARADE OF SECOND OREGON IN COURT OF CUARTEL de ESPA5JA. ORKGON VOLUNTEERS IN SPANISH WAR. 41 part. Troii]>lo with the natives then seemed imminent, andCavite was the most likely point for an attack, should they be-come hostile over any arrangement found expedient duringthe siege. General Anderson told the Colonel that the regi-ment had been selected for duty at Cavite because of the con-fidence reposed in it. A change of quarters was all that brokethe monotony of the early days of August. Friday, Augustl2th, Colonel Summers was ordered to have nine companiesof his regiment read} to embark on vessels before daylight onthe morning of the 13th, the day finally agreed upon for theassault. This most delightful information ran through thecamp with electric speed, notwithstanding it might foretell ter-rible carnage under the grim old walls facing the sea, where itwas understood the Oregon men were to land. The soldierstook up the shout until wherever there was an Oregon man i
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