specially distinguished themselves in the action at Las Guasimas, Cuba, June 24, 1898.
These officers and men have been recommended for favorable consideration by their immediate commanding officers in their respective reports, and I would respectfully urge that favorable action be taken.
OFFICERS.
......... In First United States Volunteer Cavalry—Colonel Leonard Wood, Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. .........
Respectfully,
Jos. Wheeler,
Major-General United States Volunteers, Commanding.
Headquarters Second Cavalry Brigade, Camp near Santiago db Cuba, Cuba,
June 29, 1898.
The Adjutant-General Cavalry Division.
Sir: By direction of the major-general commanding the Cavalry Division, I have the honor to submit the following report of the engagement of a part of this brigade with the enemy at Guasimas,
