CHAPTER I.
L’ENVOI.
Record of the Detachment
The New Arm of the Service
CHAPTER II.
INCEPTION OF THE SCHEME.
Conditions at Tampa
Florida Climate and its Effects
Description of the Gatling Gun
Difficulties Encountered
Politics at Tampa
First Efforts to obtain Authority
Original Plan of Organization
Tactical Employment of Machine Guns
A Lucky Accident
The First Detail
CHAPTER III.
THE ORDNANCE DEPOT.
Defects in the Guns
Instruction of the Detachment
Status of the Detachment
Interview with General Wheeler
General Wheeler’s Views
Interview with General Lee
Issues of Ordnance
Fire in the Magazine
Embarkation
CHAPTER IV.
THE VOYAGE AND DISEMBARKATION.
A Night Alarm on Transport
Decisive Interview with General Shafter
The Official Authority at Last
Condition of Transports
Disembarkation
Private J. Shiffer—Corral Boss
The Missouri Mule
The First March
CHAPTER V.
THE MARCH.
The 13th Infantry Detail
The Cuban Guide
The Cuban as He Is
Roads in Cuba
Private Jones and the Scorpion
The Medical Department
The Newspaper Fraternity
Chaplain Springer
Arrival at the Front
CHAPTER VI.
THE BATTERY IN CAMP WHEELER.
Theory and Practice of Artillery and Machine Gun
The Problem Presented to this Detachment
Personnel of the Detachment
Roster on July 1st
Captain Marcotte
Oil for an Army
Futile Plans
CHAPTER VII.
THE BATTLE.
The Plan of Battle by General Shafter
Did General Shafter Capture Santiago? HE DID
The Night Before the Battle
El Poso
The Final Instructions
The 71st New York
Waiting for the Decisive Moment
In Action at Last
The Killed and Wounded
On the Skirmish Line
Reconnaissance
Weigle Gets His Opportunity
The Gatlings Knock out a Heavy Battery
The Brunettes
The Artillery
CHAPTER VIII.
TACTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BATTLES AT SANTIAGO.
El Caney
San Juan
Movements of Lawton’s Division
The Gatlings as a Tactical Reserve
Sergeant William Tiffany
The Night Alarm
The Dynamite Gun
The Mortar Battery
Summary of Tactical Deductions on use of Machine Guns as
Demonstrated in Battle
CHAPTER IX.
THE VOLUNTEERS.
The Surrender
General Observations upon the Volunteers
The 34th Michigan
The Rough Riders
The 1st Illinois
CHAPTER X.
THE SUFFERINGS OF THE FIFTH ARMY CORPS.
The Difficulties of the Campaign
Unnecessary Sufferings; the Causes
The Case of Private Elkins
The Sick Left by Kent’s Division
Some Staff—and Some Others
The Lesson to be Derived
The General Staff—Proper
CHAPTER XI.
HOME AGAIN.
The Home Voyage
The End of the Detachment
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
APPENDIX III