Book/Printed Material A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan,
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Image 1 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... FROM YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 2 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 3 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 4 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... Theodore Schwan, Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers.- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 5 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... A Recent Campaign in Puerto Rico By the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BRIG. GENERAL SCHWAN BY KARL STEPHEN HERRMAN LC E. H. BACON & CO. Boston, Massachusetts, U. S....- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 6 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... E717 .3 .H565 copy 2 Copyright 1899 by Richard G. Badger & Co. Copyright 1907 by E. H. Bacon & Co. All Rights Reserved LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two Copies Received AUG 28...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 7 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... TO ROBERT SMITH COBB MY BROTHER LORD IN CERTAIN ISLES OF FRIENDSHIP AND OWNER OF PRECIOUS CARGO IN MY SHIP OF DREAMS- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 8 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 9 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 7 CONTENTS Introduction Page 13 CHAPTER I The Independent Regular Brigade Page 17 Place of meeting—Forces comprised by the command—Why we were not like the Volunteers—Characteristics of the professional soldier—Sketches of the...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 10 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 8 scouts and their leader—Concerning Señor Fijardo—Visible effects of imminent battle—Something about the town of San German. CHAPTER V The Engagement at Hormigueros Page 47 Topography of the battlefield—Macomb's cavalry fired into...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 11 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 9 CHAPTER IX The Territory Won Page 84 General Schwan returns to Mayaguez—Business and pleasure—A custom we abolished—Extent of the district captured by our brigade—Aguadilla—Facilities for transportation—Labor and the laborer—The cost of...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 12 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 13 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 11 THE ILLUSTRATIONS Theodore Schwan, Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers Frontispiece FACING PAGE Statue of Columbus, Mayaguez 18 American Cavalry entering Mayaguez on the 11th of August 20 The Public Fountain in Aguadilla,...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 14 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 12 Witch River, near Cabo Rojo 54 American Camp at Mayaguez 56 Plaza Mercado, Mayaguez 58 Mouth of the Mayaguez River 60 A Bit of Yauco 62 Wooden Dock at Mayaguez. In...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 15 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 13 INTRODUCTION I HAVE ventured to set down in this place the following bald and brief items of our recent history, not because I doubt an already existing common knowledge of their...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 16 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 14 On August 1st he was re-enforced by General Schwan's brigade of the Fourth Army Corps and part of General Wilson's division of the First Corps, raising his numerical strength to 9,641...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 17 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 15 artillery, and their adjuncts—should march through the eastern, western, and central parts of the island, respectively, diverging at Ponce and coalescing before San Juan. The entire success of this plan was...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 18 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 19 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 17 From Yauco to Las Marias CHAPTER I The Independent Regular Brigade Place of meeting—Forces comprised by the command—Why we were not like the Volunteers—Characteristics of the professional soldier—Sketches of the more...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 20 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 18 Here were assembled on the evening of Aug. 8, 1898, all the forces assigned to General Schwan, with the exception of Troop “A,” Fifth Cavalry, which did not appear until some...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 21 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... Statue of Columbus, Mayaguez.- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 22 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 23 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 19 disregard of the primary principles of hygiene. We didn't write long wailing letters home because we were obliged to sleep on the damp ground, and had neither hot rolls, chocolate, nor...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 24 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 20 comrade and friend. He doesn't, on the average, know much about books; nor did he ever hear of the Etruscan Inscriptions or the Pyramidal Policy of the Ancient Egyptians. He takes...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 25 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... American Cavalry entering Mayaguez on the 11th of August.- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 26 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 27 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 21 Our brigade commander, General Theodore Schwan—silent, upright, tall, and spare—was regarded with affection and respect by every one who came into personal contact with him, officer and man alike. He was...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 28 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 22 contrast to his blunt, impetuous, and fiery second in command, Lieutenant-Colonel Burke. But, so far as I am aware, perpetual harmony reigned between them; and both were beloved by their men....- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 29 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... The Public Fountain in Aguadilla, a Favorite Rendezvous for Runaway Lovers.- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 30 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 31 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 23 When he clattered through the many quaint little towns abutting on our line of march, he was followed by a billow of sighs from behind the half-closed lattices, though I dare...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 32 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 24 CHAPTER II The First Day's March Disposition of our column—The road to Sabana Grande—The infantrymen's burden—Wayside hospitality—Hard tack and repartee—Into camp and under blankets—Arrival of Macomb's troop—A smoke-talk. THE disposition and...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 33 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... Plaza Principal, Mayaguez. Town Hall in Background.- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 34 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 35 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 25 1. Macomb's troop of cavalry will act as a screen, and will march about two miles in advance of the point of the advance-guard. The extent of the front to be...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 36 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 26 3. The main body will consist of nine companies of infantry, one battery and two platoons of artillery, and two Gatling guns. 4. The trains following the main body will be...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 37 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... Spanish Prisoners who were brought from Las Marias to Mayaguez.- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 38 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
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Image 39 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 27 As Captain Macomb's cavalry had not arrived at the hour appointed for our start, we set off without him. And in fact there was little need of his services on that...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907
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Image 40 of A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the ... 28 during the recent war, in both Cuba and Puerto Rico. On the march, in the charge or pursuit or retreat, it is a senseless, clogging, spirit-shackling incubus, a rank absurdity, and...- Contributor: Herrmann, Karl Stephen
- Date: 1907