. The Detroit Light Guard : a complete record of this organization from its foundation to the present day : with full account of riot and complimentary duty, and the campaigns in the Civil and Spanish-American wars : a complete roster of members at the time of muster-out of the United States service, as well as a roster of all classes of members . s tobring the ranks up to the maximiun of the war footing, andon the 19th Sergt. Cummings arrived in camp with as finea lot of men as were ever accepted into service. had remained a day longer in Detroit with his fam-ily, with the result
. The Detroit Light Guard : a complete record of this organization from its foundation to the present day : with full account of riot and complimentary duty, and the campaigns in the Civil and Spanish-American wars : a complete roster of members at the time of muster-out of the United States service, as well as a roster of all classes of members . s tobring the ranks up to the maximiun of the war footing, andon the 19th Sergt. Cummings arrived in camp with as finea lot of men as were ever accepted into service. had remained a day longer in Detroit with his fam-ily, with the result that he was unable to rejoin his regimentuntil several days after the engagement at Santiago. Thisleft Second Lieutenant Kerr in command of the company,as First Lieutenant Waldo had been appointed by to serve on his staff as an aide. The first army of invasion had been formed by concen-trating the regulars at Tampa, where, in the fore part ofMay a corps was formed and designated the Fifth ArmyCorps, and before the army officers got through making aguess as to who would receive the assignment R. Shafter was promoted to the rank of major-generalof volunteers and placed in command of the corps. It seemed at this time that Havana was the favorite pointof attack, and after the first proposition to send fifty thou- 152. Company M, Thirty-third M. V. I.,Breaking Camp at Camp Alger. Company Ms Wagon Train at Camp Algt sand men to a point near that place had been taken up andthen dropped, Gen. Shafter received instructions on May9th to land at Mariel, under the protection of the navy, andseize enough ground to permit of the deploying of an movement also had Havana as its objective, and re-en-forcements were to follow as fast as transportation facilitiescould carry them. Arrangements had been made for theexpedition to take sixty days food allowance for men andanimals, and to be followed by four months additional sup-plies, but such an enormous movemen
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