Chapter I: Front Matter

CAMPAIGN

OF THE

First Troop

Philadelphia City Cavalry

APRIL 25--NOVEMBER 11

1898

JAMES COOPER

PHILADELPHIA:

HALLOWELL CO. LTD., PUBLISHERS

14 SOUTH FIFTH STREET

_For all that is good in this little book acknowledgment is due to Captain John C. Groome, Lieutenant J. Frank McFadden, Lieutenant J. Willis Martin, Sergeant John Wagner, Jr., Sergeant Robert E. Glendinning, F. B. Neilson, T. Wallis Huidekoper, Hugh Craig, Jr., and the publisher. They have provided the photographs and practically all the material used. Many passages are taken entirely from letters and other writings of these Troopers. The writer's personal observations merely covered the time of the Troop's stay at Mt. Gretna, Camp Alger and Newport News._

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE CALL TO ARMS 9

II. THE TROOP AT MT. GRETNA 18

III. DEPARTURE FOR CAMP ALGER 32

IV. FIRST DAYS AT CAMP ALGER 37

V. CAMP ALGER AND NEWPORT NEWS 46

VI. LIFE ABOARD A TROOP SHIP 56

VII. IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY 65

VIII. THE FIGHT THAT FAILED 74

IX. AFTER THE BATTLE 83

X. HOME AGAIN 99

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

Captain Groome, Lieuts. Browning and McFadden, _frontispiece_

Troopers Camp at Mt. Gretna, 17

Pistol Practice at Camp Hastings, 30

A Lesson in Horse Throwing, 34

Having Fun with "Hazel," 39

Glimpse into a Troop Ship, 58

Cathedral Virgin del Carmen, 62

Bivouac Outside Cathedral Virgin del Carmen, 63

Bringing the Horses Ashore at Ponce, 65

Camp at Arroyo, 71

En Route to the Battlefield.--Military Road from Guayama to Caney, 77

"Camp Esperanca,"--Guayama in the Distance, 85

At the Beach near Guayama, 87

Return Along the Road from Guayama to Ponce, 93

Hacienda Carmen, 99

Sergeant's Club at Guayama, 103