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Lieutenant Parker, not content with using his guns 

 in support of the attacking forces, had thrust them 

 forward to the extreme front of the fighting line, 

 where he was handling them with great effect. 

 From this time on, throughout the fighting, Parker's 

 Catlings were on the right of my regiment, and his 

 men and mine fraternized in every way. He kept 

 his pieces at the extreme front, using them on every 

 occasion until the last Spanish shot was fired. In- 

 deed, the dash and efficiency with which the Catlings 

 were handled by Parker was one of the most strik- 

 ing features of the campaign ; he showed that a first- 

 rate officer could use machine-guns, on wheels, in 

 battle and skirmish, in attacking and defending 

 trenches, alongside of the best troops, and to their 

 great advantage. 



As night came on, the firing gradually died away. 

 Before this happened, however, Captains Morton 

 and Boughton, of the Third Cavalry, came over to 

 tell me that a rumor had reached them to the effect 

 that there had been some talk of retiring and that 

 they wished to protest in the strongest manner. I 

 had been watching them both, as they handled their 

 troops with the cool confidence of the veteran regu- 

 lar officer, and had been congratulating myself that 

 they were off toward the right flank, for as long as 

 they were there, I knew I was perfectly safe in that 

 direction. I had heard no rumor about retiring, 

 VOL. XI.-G 



