A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . l 42 YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS Miles to confer upon him some suitable re-ward immediately hostilities were Schwan was prepared to make thisappointment, but so strong an opposition tothe plan sprang spontaneously from the in-habitants of the municipality most interestedthat the appointment was held up. After a careful consideration of all the re-monstrances and the strenuous denial by thecandidate of all and every allegation and hisdesire that the promised honor be conferred
A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . l 42 YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS Miles to confer upon him some suitable re-ward immediately hostilities were Schwan was prepared to make thisappointment, but so strong an opposition tothe plan sprang spontaneously from the in-habitants of the municipality most interestedthat the appointment was held up. After a careful consideration of all the re-monstrances and the strenuous denial by thecandidate of all and every allegation and hisdesire that the promised honor be conferredupon him at once and without delay, it wasdecided by General Schwan that in the faceof so much opposition there was nothing todo but to leave the residents of Mayaguezto decide the question for themselves whichthey did in a most emphatic manner by re-fusing to endorse the planter as a possibility,and presenting the name of Senor SantiagoPalmer as an acceptable party. This latter gentleman subsequently receivedthe appointment, which was satisfactory toall concerned. The news that we were about to meet the. YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS 43 Spanish forces face to face spread rapidlyamong the men in the ranks, and arousedmore enthusiasm than terrapin and cham-pagne could have done. Nobody anylonger complained of the heat; and, whenit began to shower by fits and starts, nobodycomplained of that, either. There were nomore stragglers casting a windward eye to anempty ambulance, nor growls because wepressed forward so rapidly. On that particular afternoon I was withthe advance-guard; and, when we had learnedwhat we might expect before sunset, I stud-ied the men about me with a lively curiosityas to what effect the probability of immedi-ate action would have upon their visibleemotions. Most of them, in our platoon of artilleryat least, were boys, or little more than boys,and almost without exception recruits ofless than six months standing. It mighthave been expected that some degree ofgravity wo
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