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CONTENTS

Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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CHAPTER I

The Independent Regular Brigade ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Place of meeting — Forces comprised by the command — Why we were not like the Volunteers — Characteristics of the professional soldier — Sketches of the more important officers — What we were ordered to do.

CHAPTER II

The First Day's March ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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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.

CHAPTER III

The People of Puerto Rico ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Their attitude toward the invading Americans — The proclamation of General Miles — Justice and the private soldier — Depravity of the native masses — Men and women of the better class — Local attributes of life — A hint to the weary.

CHAPTER IV

The Second Day Begins ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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We march to San German — Removal of the sick from the ambulances — An approaching Spanish force — Our

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