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Identifier: fourteenthohiona00crea (find matches)
Title: The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Creager, Charles E., 1873- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Ohio infantry. 4th regt., 1898-1899. (from old catalog) Ohio infantry. 14th regt., 1877- (from old catalog) Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Regimental histories United States
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, The London printing and publishing co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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or home. COMPANY L AT CAROLINA. The service of nearly all the detached companiesin Porto Rico was characterized by the kindly feelingextended to the soldiers by the natives in whose midstthey had been sent. One of the exceptions to thisrule, however, was the service of Company L, Cap-tain F. M. French commanding. Company L hadmade for itseK a record at Camp Thomas as one ofthe best disciplined and most orderly divisions of theregiment, and it was very fortunate indeed that thisparticular company was assigned to the post it occu-pied in Porto Rico. The company was organized atMt. Vernon and was made up of the kind of menwho are willing to go anywhere or do anything thatcomes along the line of duty, and the greatest rewardthey could have received for their work was the con-sciousness that the duty had been performed to thebest of their ability. After the regimental camp had been formed atGuayama, L Company remained in its regular campposition until 2 oclock on the morning of October5th.
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TUE FOURTH 0. V. I. 273 Orders had been received on the evening of the4th for the company to take possession of Caguas, atown 32 miles north of Guayama on the road to SanJuan. The order stated that this was to be done onthe 5th, and it was this fact that prompted the earlystart and which is evidence of the truth of the state--ment made in the iiict paragrajdi of this account.The order had been issued several days before, butowing to the condition of tlic wires, the message hainot been delivered. The company was busy until tlie hour mentioncijin getting things in readiness for the march. It wasraining hard all night and as wet as they could havebeen had they fallen into the river, the men startedon the thirty-two mile march with as much enthusi-asm as that with which they had left their native townsix months before. The march was not only a longone, but it was attended wdth considerable danger, for,as has been said of the road across the mountainto Cayey, a false step in the darkness m

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