Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-18 | Page 6 | Just History

Just History ..By Albert P. Philips j Juat a quarter trf a century ago today tha. city of Santiago, Cuba, surrendered to tha American forces and It. 0O Spanish aoldtera became prisoner, of war and tha war with Spain waa practically ended. Only a few days before tha Spanlah fleet, after a battle of two hours, waa doetroyed and 1400 prteonere. Including In-cluding tha admiral of the fleet. were taken. A new generation haa oome upon tha . stage alaca then. Another great war haa been fought In which lha American eoldlere and sailors again dlatlngulahed them-selves them-selves and covered themaelvea with glory. Oa Jnly t. lUt. overtures of peace were made by the Spanlah through tha French ambaaaador on behalf of Spain. Tha protocol which terminated boatlllllea was signed on August It and by the laat of tha month all tha American troope ware withdrawn from Cuba with tha exception of enough to perform poltoe duty and guard the Island. The treaty of peace waa alamed at Paris on December Id, and was ratified by the United Unit-ed "totes on February Id, 1U, and by Spain en March II of the same year. Utah was the flrat stsje to answer an-swer tha call of President McKln-ley McKln-ley for troops with lu full quota of men. The call af the president waa Isaued April It. 1IM. Governor Gover-nor Heber af. Wells laaued hla call on April It and oa May 1 ho wired tha war department that Utah's men worn ready for mustering: oa May 4 the men were at tha rendea-voue rendea-voue at Fort Douglaa aad oa May tha two batteries of Utah artillery artil-lery wara mustered la tha service, battery A being commended by Richard W. Toung, afterwards pro. moled to ba general, and after the cloea of the war ana of tha Judges of tha Philippine aupreme court) battery B waa under command of Frank A. Grant; A battery had 12, offloere and mea; B battery, its of-fee of-fee re and men; tha Flnrt troop of Utah cavalry waa under command of Jaaeph m. Calne. Tha Second troop pf cavalry for the Second United States volunteer cavalry waa mustered la aa May t at Cheyenne and waa designated aa troop t with John Q. Cannon aa captain. Oa tha appointment of tvillard Toung to bo colonel of tha Second regiment of engineers on the laat day of May enlletment of members or the regiment waa begun In Utah and forty men rea ponded, with Robert P. Johnson aa captain. Battery Bat-tery C waa mu a tared under tha second call for troope under command com-mand ot Frank P. J earnings, and tha three hatterlee were organised Into a battalion, with Captain Rich, ard W. Toung aa major lu command. com-mand. Tha battertee participated la the battlea In and around Manila and In the engagement an February Febru-ary A 1UI,, QuATtermaaOer Sergeant Ser-geant Marry A. Toung waa killed. He waa of ba. tery A and the flret man Allied In battery B waa Emll F. Hetroer, v died from weunda. . In all the ' raaementa In the ' Islands the e tan troope oevet ed 1 themaelvea with glory. The flret troop ee cavalry was i arte 4 ate eVMuiaap -he dUA U . , - -". not aall with tha battarlaa: tha company of enflneera wara sent to Honolulu? battery C waa on duty at tha Prealdio jtd Anj-el Ialand, Ban Frtuaciaeo; Captain Cannon 'a troop of oavalry waa atattomed at Camp