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more," they said. "But that is not a full regiment." "Can't help that," 

 and we had to send them back. Two months after we were required to 

 fill up these very vacancies with men who had had no drill and were not 

 ready. The day before I left for Cuba there came to me 300 men just 

 *out of Chicago, unacclimated, without any preparation whatever, and they 

 were put onto the transport and sent to the Cuban campaign, both soft 

 and unready; that was the fault of the government. 



Recitation by Miss Neltnor. Responded to an encore. 

 Meeting adjourned until 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, January 11, 1899. 



