. The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry. Hospital CallâPermanent Camp. On the morning of August IStli the membersof the Fourth witnessed a sight thej could neverforget. A light rain had fallen during the night inthe city, but out where the companies were located,the rain was quite heavy and continued until sometime after daylight. The men were obliged to pre-pare breakfast and get ready for the days work inthis kind of weather, but there was very littlegTumbling except that they had not been given awarning sooner of what was to come. The regimentassembled early
. The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry. Hospital CallâPermanent Camp. On the morning of August IStli the membersof the Fourth witnessed a sight thej could neverforget. A light rain had fallen during the night inthe city, but out where the companies were located,the rain was quite heavy and continued until sometime after daylight. The men were obliged to pre-pare breakfast and get ready for the days work inthis kind of weather, but there was very littlegTumbling except that they had not been given awarning sooner of what was to come. The regimentassembled early and before 7 oclock it was reportedto General Haines ready for duty. It is not necessary to give the general plan ofthe movement in this connection, even if the detailswere at hand. The object was of course the conquestof the island and the immediate capture and possessionof the city of Cayey, the capital of the province of thesame name. General Brooke was on the scene ofaction and personally conducted the initial move-ments. The Fourth Ohio had been recommended to. THE FOURTH 0. T. I. 193 him as a command which could be thoroughly reliedupon, and from this recommendation and from whathe had seen at Camp Thomas, the regiment was as-signed the most difficult part of the movement. The regiment assembled on the road leadingfrom Guayama to Cayey, between the city and thebridge. Before they could proceed on the march,however, and while they were in line. General Brookeand his entire staff passed up the road. Followingthe general and his staff came a large detachment ofcavalry, the most of them regular, one troop, theFirst City Troop of Philadelphia. The firm, reso-lute faces of these men as they galloped along theline of the Fourth, gave the boys a feeling of confi-dence and they were more anxious than ever tomeasure strength with the Spanish forces. The rear of the cavalry column had hardlypasrjed when the sonorous rumbling of artillery washeard as it rattled over the road into p
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