Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — OFFICERS CALLED COWARDS. [ARTICLE]

OFFICERS CALLED COWARDS.

geventy-flrnt Nevy York Volunteer* Make Rpnona ( barge*. The Seventy-first New York regiment of volunteers is in a turmoil. Charges of cowardice and neglect are freely made against field and staff officers and hundreds of the rank and file, who fought bravely on San Juan hill, are muttering and threatening to resign unless the accused officers get out. The officers generally deny the charges, but daily developments show there is a heap, of trouble in the rvgiment.