Had the movement been completed it is probable that not a man would have escaped death or serious wounds.

When the news came that General Toral had decided to surrender, the 25th Infantry was a thousand yards or more nearer the city of Santiago than any regiment in the army, having entrenched themselves along the railroad leading into the city.
The following enlisted men of the 25th Infantry were commissioned for their bravery at El Caney: First Sergeant Andrew J.Smith, First Sergeant Macon Russell, First Sergeant Wyatt Huffman and Sergeant Wm.McBryar.Many more were recommended, but failed to receive commissions.

It is a strange incident that all the above-named men are native North Carolinians, but First Sergeant Huffman, who is from Tennessee.
The Negro played a most important part in the Spanish-American war.

He was the first to move from the west; first at Camp Thomas Chickamauga Park, Ga.; first in the jungle of Cuba; among the first killed in battle; first in the block-house at El Caney, and nearest to the enemy when he surrendered.
Frank W.Pullen, Jr., _Ex-Sergeant-Major 25th U.S.

Infantry_.
Enfield, N.C., March 23, 1899.
BUFFALO TROOPERS, THE NAME BY WHICH NEGRO SOLDIERS ARE KNOWN.
They Comprise Several of the Crack Regiments in Our Army-The Indians Stand in Abject Terror of them-Their Awful Yells Won a Battle with the Redskins.
"It is not necessary to revert to the Civil war to prove that American Negroes are faithful, devoted wearers of uniforms," says a Washington man, who has seen service in both the army and the navy.