uring the morning, and
later returned to duty and rendered most gallant and efficient service
during the remainder of the day. After crossing the stream the cavalry
moved to the right, with a view to connecting with Lawton's left when he
would come up, with their left resting near the Santiago road.

"In the meantime, Kent's division, with the exception of two regiments of
Hawkins's brigade, being thus uncovered, moved rapidly to the front from
the forks previously mentioned in the road, utilising both trails, but
more especially the one to the left, and, crossing the creek, formed for
attack in the front of San Juan Hill. During this formation the Third
Brigade suffered severely. While personally superintending this movement
its gallant commander, Colonel Wikoff, was killed. The command of the
brigade then devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel Worth, Thirteenth Infantry,
who was soon severely wounded, and next upon Lieutenant-Colonel Liscum,
Twenty-fourth Infantry, who, five minutes later, also fell under the
terrible fire of the enemy, and the command of the brigade then devolved
upon Lieutenant-Colonel Ewers of the Ninth Infantry.

"While the formation just described was taking place, General Kent took
measures to hurry forward his rear brigade. The Tenth and Second Infantry
were ordered to follow Wikoff's brigade, while the Twenty-first was sent
on the right-hand road to support the First Brigade under General Hawkins,
who had crossed the stream and formed on the right of the division. The
Second and Tenth Infantry, Colonel E. P. Pearson commanding, moved forward
in good order on the left of the division, passing over a green knoll, and
drove the enemy back toward his trenches.

[Illustration: THE ATTACK ON SAN JUAN HILL.]

"After completing their formation under a destructive fire, advancing a
short distance, both divisions found in their front a wide bottom, in
which had been placed a barbed-wire entanglement, and beyond which there
was a high hill, along the crest of which the enemy was strongly posted.
Nothing daunted, these gallant men pushed on to drive the enemy from his
chosen position, both divisions losing heavily. In this assault Colonel
Hamilton, Lieutenants Smith and Shipp were killed, and Colonel Carroll,
Lieutenants Thayer and Myer, all in the cavalry, were wounded. Great
credit is due to Brigadier-General H. S. Hawkins, who, placing himself
between his regiments, urged them on by voice and bugle-call