The Rough Riders 



Captain Howze. Finally, he was relieved by some 

 infantry, and then rejoined the rest of the Tenth, 

 which was engaged heavily until dark, Major Wint 

 being among the severely wounded. Lieutenant 

 W. N. Smith was killed. Captain Bigelow had 

 been wounded three times. 



Our artillery made one or two efforts to come into 

 action on the firing-line of the infantry, but the black 

 powder rendered each attempt fruitless. The Spanish 

 guns used smokeless powder, so that it was difficult 

 to place them. In this respect they were on a par 

 with their own infantry and with our regular infan- 

 try and dismounted cavalry ; but our only two volun- 

 teer infantry regiments, the Second Massachusetts 

 and the Seventy-first New York, and our artillery, 

 all had black powder. This rendered the two volun- 

 teer regiments, which were armed with the anti- 

 quated Springfield, almost useless in the battle, and 

 did practically the same thing for the artillery where- 

 ever it was formed *within rifle range. When one 

 of the guns was discharged a thick cloud of smoke 

 shot out and hung over the place, making an ideal 

 target, and in a half minute every Spanish gun and 

 rifle within range was directed at the particular spot 

 thus indicated; the consequence was that after a 

 more or less lengthy stand the gun was silenced or 

 driven off. We got no appreciable help from our 

 guns on July ist. Our men were quick to realize 



