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Muster-Out Roll
281

Webster, David, Durant, I. T.
Wagner, John D., Caddo, I. T.
Woog, Benjamin, B.,Washington, D. C.
de Zychlinski, William T., Bismarck, N. D.

TRANSFERRED
Lane, Sanford G Trooper Sapulpa, I. T.
Transferred to Troop List U. S. V. C, June 8, 1898, per verbal order Reg. Com.
DIED OF DISEASE
Kyle, Yancy, Trooper McAlester, I. T.
Died of typhoid fever at Tampa, July 15, 1898. Final statements rendered and settled per Capt. Bruce.


As said above, this is not a complete list of the wounded, or even of the dead, among the troopers. Moreover a number of officers and men died from fever soon after the regiment was mustered out. Twenty-eight field and line officers landed in Cuba on June 22d; ten of them were killed or wounded during the nine days following. Of the five regiments of regular cavalry in the division one, the Tenth, lost eleven officers; none of the others lost more than six. The loss of the Rough Riders in enlisted men was heavier than that of any other regiment in the cavalry division. Of the nine infantry regiments in Kent's division, one, the Sixth, lost eleven officers; none of the others as many as we did. None of the nine suffered as heavy a loss in enlisted men, as they were not engaged at Las Guasimas.

No other regiment in the Spanish-American War suffered as heavy a loss as the First United States Volunteer Cavalry.