Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: FIRST LIEUTENANT BROWNING CAPTAIN GROOME SECOND LIEUTENANT MCFADDEN] 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 CHAPTER I. THE CALL TO ARMS.