The Spanish bullets only made them wilder to reach the trenches." [Illustration: FIRST PAY-DAY IN CUBA FOR THE NINTH AND TENTH CAVALRY.] Officers of other regiments which were near the Twenty-fourth on July 1 are equally strong in their praise of the Negroes.

Their yells were an inspiration to their white comrades and spread dismay among the Spaniards.

A Captain in a volunteer regiment declares that the Twenty-fourth did more than any other to win the day at San Juan.
As they charged up through the white soldiers their enthusiasm was spread, and the entire line fought the better for their cheers and their wild rush.
Spanish evidence to the effectiveness of the colored soldiers is not lacking.

Thus an officer who was with the troops that lay in wait for the Americans at La Quasina on June 24th, said: "What especially terrified our men was the huge American Negroes.

We saw their big, black faces through the underbrush, and they looked like devils.