Joseph Haskett, of the Seventeenth regular Infantry, testifies to the meritorious conduct of the Negro troops.

Said he: "Our colored soldiers are 100 percent superior to the Cuban.

He is a good scout, brave soldier, and not only that, but is everywhere to be seen building roads for the movement of heavy guns." Among the trophies of war brought to Old Point were a machete, the captured property of a colored trooper, a fine Spanish sword, taken from an officer and a little Cuban lad about nine years old, whose parents had bled for Cuba.

His language and appearance made him the cynosure of all eyes.

He was dressed in a little United States uniform and had pinned to his clothing a tag which read: "Santiago buck, care of Col.