Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) CAMPAIGNING IN CUBA BY GEORGE KENNAN AUTHOR OF "SIBERIA AND THE EXILE SYSTEM" NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1899 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. STARTING FOR THE FIELD 1 II. UNDER THE RED CROSS 10 III. ON THE EDGE OF WAR 23 IV. WAR CORRESPONDENTS AND DESPATCH-BOATS 35 V. OFF FOR SANTIAGO 44 VI. THE CUBAN COAST 53 VII. THE FIGHT AT GUANTANAMO 65 VIII. THE LANDING AND ADVANCE OF THE ARMY 76 IX. A WALK TO THE FRONT 88 X. SIBONEY ON THE EVE OF BATTLE 104 XI. THE BATTLES OF CANEY AND SAN JUAN 116 XII. THE FIELD-HOSPITAL 130 XIII. SIBONEY DURING THE ARMISTICE 150 XIV. ENTERING SANTIAGO HARBOR 164 XV. THE CAPTURED CITY 171 XVI. THE FEEDING OF THE HUNGRY 182 XVII. MORRO CASTLE 192 XVIII. FEVER IN THE ARMY 213 XIX. THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN 222 XX. THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN (_Continued_) 237 XXI. THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN (_Concluded_) 256 CAMPAIGNING IN CUBA CHAPTER I STARTING FOR THE FIELD War broke out between the United States and Spain on April 21, 1898. A week or ten days later I was asked by the editors of the "Outlook" of New York to go to Cuba with Miss Clara Barton, on the Red Cross steamer _State of Texas_, and report the war and the work of the Red Cross for that periodical. After a hasty conference with the editorial and business staffs of the paper I was to represent, I accepted the proposition, and on May 5 left Washington for Key West, where the _State of Texas_ was awaiting orders from the Navy Department. The army of invasion, under command of General Shafter, was then assembling at Tampa, and it was expected that a hostile movement to some point on the Cuban coast would be made before the end of the month.