Identifier: fourteenthohiona00crea (find matches)
Title: The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Creager, Charles E., 1873 - 1964 (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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eater danger to life andproperty, and the entire country was infested withSpanish g-uerrillas. This was the first expedition togo in this direction along this route and a great pre-caution was as a matter of course maintained at alltimes. As soon as a camp was established strongpicket lines were formed and outposts were estab-lished. On the night referred to, a number of shotswere heard near one of the outposts and the resultwas considerable confusion in camp. One of the sur-geons, not a member of the Fourth Ohio, pulled downhis shelter tent from over his mate, packed all his be-longings, climbed in his saddle and remained thereuntil daylight, unheedful of the reproaches and jestsof his comrades. It was learned that the shots came from an at-tack on the outposts by a band of guerrillas, but thecavalrymen were too much for the Dons and theirattack was easily repelled after the exchange of afew moments hot firing. The loss sustained to thehospital command was nothing but two Porto Rican
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THE FOURTH 0. V. I. 249 camp followers were killed. Tlie loss to the attack-ing party was never leai-ned. The march was re-sumed on the following morning and no trouble ofthis kind was met from that on to the end of the jour-ney. Arroyo was reached on August 10th and a gen-eral hospital was at once established. It was in exist-ence a very short time, however, for during Thurs-day night and early Friday morning the hospital wasmoved in a blinding rain to Guayama. Their removalunder these circumstances caused considerable un-favorable comment at the time and for some time aft-erwards, but the removal was made in anticipation ofa concerted movement of the American forces towardthe north and was an absolute necessity. As a mat-ter of fact hostilities were suspended during the nexttwentyfour hours, but the authorities were certainlyjustified in making this preparation for taking careof the thousands who would have been wounded hadthat movement been made. Hostilities having ceased, preparat

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