. The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry. oclock when the regi-ment reached Cayey. The wagon train with all sub-sistence was back in the hills and no food in the haver-sacks. Company commanders hustled around, how-ever, and secured some bread and the men were putto bed on a cold cement floor with bread and waterfor support and their clothing thoroughly morning quinine was issued freely and as soonas the wagons arrived the men were given a goodbreakfast and some of them were able to secure dryclothes. By noon everybody was comfortably fixed,but no d
. The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry. oclock when the regi-ment reached Cayey. The wagon train with all sub-sistence was back in the hills and no food in the haver-sacks. Company commanders hustled around, how-ever, and secured some bread and the men were putto bed on a cold cement floor with bread and waterfor support and their clothing thoroughly morning quinine was issued freely and as soonas the wagons arrived the men were given a goodbreakfast and some of them were able to secure dryclothes. By noon everybody was comfortably fixed,but no duty was assigned except to Company F andthe First provisional battalion. Although Cayey had been occupied several daysby American troops, the Stars and Stripes had notbeen ofiicially raised in the town. As Company Fhad been ordered to take possession of Cayey, thatcompany was accorded the honor of raising the entire First Provisional battalion, organized atGuayama by direction of Colonel Coit, and consisting•of companies B, C, G and H, turned out under Cap-. THE FOURTH O. V. I. 233 tain Vincent. Preceded by the regimental band thebattalion escorted F company to the city hall. Lieutenant McCoy and Sergeant Freeman raisedthe flag, F company fired the salute and the bandplayed The Star Spangled Banner. When the citi-zens saw the beautiful tri-colored banner floating overthem, and realized what it meant, they went wildwith excitement. After a short serenade by the band,the battalion marched around the plaza and publicsquare, thence back to the quarters near the Spanish flag, which had waved from the publichall of Oayey, became the property of Captain Vin-cent. The exercises of the afternoon were thoroughlyenjoyed, and the men felt that they were amply re-warded already for their long weary march across thehills. At Cayey K company left the regiment to go toAibonito to take possession of that and the towns inthe district so that all that remained of the regimentw
Size: 1353px × 1847px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidfourteenthohiona00crea
