Turn of the Century - Fort Huachuca - U.S. Army

Parker described the brief but effective deployment of the Gatling gun.Charles Johnson Post, The Gatling Guns, Cuba, 1898. From the U.S. Army Art Collection,U.S. Army Center of Military History.Inspired by the friendly rattle of the machine-guns, our own troops rose to the charge, whilethe enemy, amazed by our sudden and tremendous increase of fire, first diverted his fire to mybattery and then, unable to withstand the hail of bullets, augmented by the moral effect of ourbattery fire and the charging line, broke madly from his safe trenches and mercilessly cut by thefire of these guns during his flight. I at once limbered up and took stock of my losses. One manwas killed, one badly wounded, one mule hit twice, but not badly injured, and several men weremissing. 36With the infantry division coming under fire from both San Juan and Kettle Hills, it becameimperative to “take Kettle Hill at all costs,” and the job fell to the 1st, 9th and 10th Cavalryregiments and the 1st Volunteer Cavalry. Teddy Roosevelt’s 1 st Volunteer Cavalry, better knownas the Rough Riders since they were recruited from the cowboys of Arizona, Texas and Oklahoma,were in the center, flanked by the 9 th Cavalry on the left, and troops of the 10 th on the left.The heights were fortified with rifle pits, trenches and barbed wire obstacles in successive ringsA MAGAZINE OF THE FORT HUACHUCA MUSEUM87