1. From about 1.20 o'clock P.M. to the time of the capture of the town of El Caney, I was in command of two companies--C and G--forming part of the 25th U.S. Infantry firing line. 2. From about 2.55 o'clock P.M. to the time of the capture of the town, very nearly the entire 25th Infantry firing line was under my observation. 3. From about 2.55 o'clock P. M. to about 3.20, the time of the surrender of the stone fort to the east of the town, the fire of the entire 25th Infantry firing line within my sight was directed against the fort. 4. During this period of the battle the 25th Infantry firing line was about 150 yards from the stone fort. 5. From the time the firing line began firing--about 1 o'clock P.M.--to the time of the surrender of the stone fort--about 3.20 P.M.--the companies under my command and all others under my observation concentrated their fire on the fort. 6. About 3.20 P.M., I was standing about 150 yards from the stone fort, and I plainly and distinctly saw a Spaniard appear in the door of the fort, and, for two or three seconds, wave a white flag at the 25th Infantry firing line, and upon being shot down, another Spaniard picked up the flag and likewise waved it at the 25th Infantry firing line. 7. After the white flag had twice been presented to the 25th Infantry firing line, and after all fire from the stone fort had ceased, the firing line rushed forward, took up a position facing to their left--that is, facing the town--and began a vigorous fire on a small blockhouse and on the town. Respectfully, JAMES A. MOSS, First Lieutenant, 24th U.S. Infantry. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN, BY CAPTAIN R.H.R. LOUGHBOROUGH, 25TH U.S. INFANTRY. The 25th U.S. Infantry left its stations in Montana on the 10th of April, 1898; six companies (B, C, D, E, F and H) went in camp at Chickamauga National Park; the other two companies (A and G) went to Key West, Fla. On May 6th the six companies at the Chickamauga National Park moved by rail to Tampa, Fla., arriving the night of the 7th, where they were joined by the two companies from Key West. With the exception of three days in 1870, the regiment had never been together since its organization in 1869. It necessarily followed that many of the officers, as well as men, were strangers to each other.