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Captain Dimmick, now in command of the Ninth, was bringing it forward; Captain McBlain had a number of Rough Riders mixed in with his troop, and led them all together; Captain Taylor had been severely wounded. The long-legged men like Greenway, Goodrich, sharp-shooter Proffit, and others, outstripped the rest of us, as we had a considerable distance to go.
Out of my sight, over on the right, Captains McBlain and Taylor, of the Ninth, made up their minds independently to charge at just about this time; and at almost the same moment Colonels Carroll and Hamilton, who were off, I believe, to my left, where we could see neither them nor their men, gave the order to advance. But of all this I knew nothing at the time.
The following is taken from my notes and was hastily jotted down on the field: "The Rough Riders came in line Colonel Roosevelt said he would assault Taylor joined them with his troop McBlain called to Dimmick, 'let us go, we must go to support them. Dimmick said all right and so, with no orders, we went in." I find many of my notes are illegible from perspiration.
They took post in front of our lines, so that our tired men were able to get a rest, Captain McBlain, of the Ninth, good-naturedly giving us some points as to the best way to station our outposts.
I had placed a young officer of your regiment in charge of the portion of the line on top of the hill, and was about to go to the left to keep the connection of the brigade Captain McBlain, Ninth Cavalry, just then came up on the hill from the left and rear when the shot struck that put me out of the fight.
He replied that he was going to charge the Spanish trenches. I told this to Colonel Carrol, and to Captain Dimmick, our squadron commander. Captain McBlain called out, 'we must go in with those troops; we must support Taylor. I called this to Captain Dimmick, and he gave the order to assault." "The cheer was taken up and taken up again, on the left, and in the distance it rolled on and on.
The first guidons planted there were those of the three New Mexican troops, G, E, and F, of my regiment, under their Captains, Llewellen, Luna, and Muller, but on the extreme right of the hill, at the opposite end from where we struck it, Captains Taylor and McBlain and their men of the Ninth were first up. Each of the five captains was firm in the belief that his troop was first up.
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