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Chapter II. The Conflict Begins
How the News of the Blowing Up of the "Maine" was Received in Salt Lake City — United States Troops Leave Utah for Chickamauga — Requisitions of the Government upon Utah for Volunteers — Governor Wells' Proclamation 18
Chapter III. The Cavalry Troop
Troop Accepted — Departure for San Francisco — Camp Life — Ordered to Yosemite — Life in the Parks — Master Out — Roster — Biographical Sketches of Captain Joseph E. Caine, Lieutenant Benner X. Smith and Lieutenant Gordon N. Kimball 32
Chapter V. Torrey's Rough Riders
Troop I, Second Regiment, U. S. Cavalry — Enlistment — ^Equipment — Service — Muster Out — Roster — Biographical Sketches of General Jno. Q. Cannon, Captain J. Wash Young and Lieutenant Andrew J. Burt .50
CHAPTER V.
(By Captain Frank W. Jennings).
BATTERY C, UTAH U. S. VOLUNTEERS.
Recruiting — Drilling Without Equipment — Departure to Presidio — Ordered to Angel Island — Equipped as Cavalry — Barracks Life — Muster Out — P^oster — Notes by Captain Jennings on Angel Island — Biographical Sketches of Captain Frank W. Jennings and Lieutenant J. D. Murphy 59
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Chapter VI
U. S. VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS. (By Private Will A. Leatham.)
Created by Special Act of Congress — Formation — Trip to San Francisco — Presidio — Ordered to Honolulu — Camp McKinley — Sights and Scenes — Return — ^Muster Out — Roster 68
Chapter X. San Juan
Fearful Physical Difficulties — Dependence upon Eight Pack Teams — Necessity for Rushing the Soldiers Forward — First Engagement — Storming San Juan — The Gallant Twenty-fourth — They Remember Something 92
CHAPTER XL
THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE REGULAR ARMY.
(By Private A. B. Edler.)
High Hopes and Aspirations — Camp Life — Parting Scenes — Inner Life of a Soldier — Chasm Between Officers and Privates — The Soldier Sick — The Hospital — A Volunteer's Death — Roster 106
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Chapter XII. The Regular Army
Its Place and Value to the Nation — Function to Provide Nucleus for the Volunteer Army and Furnish it Competent Officcis — Time it Takes to Make Volunteer Army Efficient 113
Chapter XIII. The Colored Soldier
Found Battling in Every American War — His Part Forms the Romance of North American History — His Superb Courage on the Bloody Balaklava of Cuba — His Sublime Heroism in the Hospital at Siboney — Splendid Tributes from General J. Ford Kent 124
Chapter XII. The Rupture
Conciliation — Insurgent Scare — Katipunan Society — Tagalo Contempt
for American Soldiers — ^The. Reason — The Clash 222
.CHAPTER XIII.
TAGALO WAR.
Evidences and Reasons for Tagalo Contempt — The Result — A Regular's Story — ^A Volunteer's Journal — The Hopelessness of the Situation The Tagalo Scheme 232
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