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CHAPTER II
The First Day's March
Disposition of our column — The road to Sabana Grande — The infantrymen's burden — Wayside hospitality — Hard tack and repartee — Into camp and under blankets — Arrival of Macomb's troop — A smoke-talk.
THE disposition and arrangement of our forces on the first day's march can best be shown by the following document: —
Headquarters Independent Brigade (Regulars),
Camp at Yauco, Puerto Rico,
Aug. 8, 1898.
GENERAL ORDERS
No. 13.
This command will move out on the road to Sabana Grande at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. It will observe the following rules and order of march: —
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