. New York and the war with Spain. History of the Empire State regiments . Lieutenant Williams, of Company 1. with a detail,had preceded us with orders to ascertain our train and load itwith our luggage. It was not until that any train at allappeared upon the track, and it was only then that this train,said by the authorities to be assigned to the Thirteenth Infantry,was literally captured, loaded and held for our benefit. Thewhole regiment was indebted to Lieutenant Williams for thisassumption of authority and dignity which he neither officiallynor naturally possessed. A detail of Compa
. New York and the war with Spain. History of the Empire State regiments . Lieutenant Williams, of Company 1. with a detail,had preceded us with orders to ascertain our train and load itwith our luggage. It was not until that any train at allappeared upon the track, and it was only then that this train,said by the authorities to be assigned to the Thirteenth Infantry,was literally captured, loaded and held for our benefit. Thewhole regiment was indebted to Lieutenant Williams for thisassumption of authority and dignity which he neither officiallynor naturally possessed. A detail of Company F, under CaptainRafferty, went to Tampa to load ammunition which had beenleft there and was to be picked up by us en route to Tort was not until oclock the following morning that thetrain moved out and we proceeded to Port Tampa. Copy of official order of fleet vessels, transports and convoysleaving Tampa Bay, Quarantine Station, Tuesday, June 14th,1898, at 6 p. m., the Indiana and several of the war ships meetingus off Key West early Thursday morning:.
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