GEORGIA - Military Spanish American 3rd U.S. Volunteers ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: eileenmc@charter.net Eileen McAdams. 3rd U.S. Volunteers "Ray's Immunes" Colonel Patrick Henry Ray Most recruits from Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Alabama Colonel Patrick Henry Ray was in charge of organizing the 3rd U. S. Volunteers. These special regiments were authorized under what had been called the "immune" act. There was not a provision in the act that men enlisted under it shall be immune from "Yellow Fever" , but it was the idea of the army authorities that men as nearly acclimated as possible would be secured - thus the regiments were raised in the south. The regiment mustered into service June 1898 in Camp Price, Macon, Ga. They left Macon August 6, 1898 and the regiment reached Savannah on Sunday morning, August 7th, and remained in Savannah several days waiting on the transport to take them to Cuba. They arrived at Santiago about August 18th. After being in camp several days the regiment was divided up and assigned to different stations and was never together again until taking the transport Sedgwick to Savannah (where they were quarantined about a week) and Macon when they came home on April 9th. Colonel Ray's headquarters was at Guantanamo most of the time. The immunes received the surrender of every Spanish garrison in the province of Santiago except the city of Santiago. They had charge of all the Spanish prisoners and the arms. Never engaged in any regular battle, they experienced much sickness and suffering and there were quite a number of deaths from disease. When they came home to Macon on April 8, 1899 they marched to Ocmulgee Park and occupied the camp formerly used by the Third engineers, Camp Fornance. A number of "soldiers were sick with severe colds and pneumonia, contracted while disembarking in a blinding rain at the quarantine station in Savannah. Most of the immunes looked sick and jaded from their rough experience in Cuba. During their stay there all of the regiment, with the exception of three members, had the Cuban chills and fever, and thirty-three died. Since coming to Macon the health of the regiment has greatly improved and the soldiers are recovering their strength. In the parade today, however, many of them showed signs of their sickness and weakness." The regiment was mustered out May 2, 1899. FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS AT TIME OF MUSTERING OUT Colonel P. H. Ray Lieut. Colonel T. S. Wyly Major Marion Harris Major Walter K. Wheatly Major and surgeon Seaton Norman Chaplain Daniel H. Parker Adjutant Edward Haralson Quartermaster Harry C. McCool First Lieut. and assistant surgeon William H. Chapman First Lieut and assistant surgeon J. C. L. Hardy Sergeant Major A A Watkins Quartermaster Sergeant Robert H. Shivers Hospital steward Benjamin B. Hudson Hospital steward Andrew R. Wall Hospital steward C. F. Madox Band - J. J. Saunders, P. B. Newcomer, E. A. Butcher, W. Fuller, W. H. Ritchie, C. Blount, Everata Delgoto, P. A. Fontain, R. W. Funk, W. M. Gillespie, E. O. Jackson, F. E. Curry, G. R. Moore, J.. H. Sweringer, Ignace Seats, T.N. Snell, R. E. Yoman, Levi Waters, W. F. Mims COMPANY OFFICERS: Company A. Captain Sidney R. Wiley 1st Lieut. Frank F. Crenshaw 2nd Lieut. Harry A. Garden Company B Captain Albert W. Gilchrist 1st Lieut. Martin L. Williams 2nd Lieut. Melville A. Wilson Company C Captain John A. Condon 1st Lieut. L. Brooks Clarke 2nd Lieut. Alton A. Clark Company D Captain Robert B. McBride 1st Lieut. E. R. Stevens 2nd Lieut. L. W. Brander Company E Captain W. Y. Carter 1st Lieut W. G. Young 2nd Lieut. A. M. Dunn Company F Captain Mack A. Laird 1st Lieut. Robert W. Collins 2nd Lieut. Willis A. Hawkins Company G Captain Algernon Sartoris 1st Lieut. James H. Blount, Jr. 2nd Lieut. Eugenius A. Nisbet Company H Captain John D. Twiggs, Jr. 1st Lieut. James E. Bunting 2nd Lieut. Hiram L. Middlebrooks Company I Captain Wade H. Westmoreland 1st Lieut. James A. Thomas 2nd Lieut. Robert Whitfield Company K Captain Rex Van Den Corput 1st Lieut. Jefferson D. Rooney 2nd Lieut. Harris B. Lewis Company L Captain W. A. Jones 1st Lieut. William Neher 2nd Lieut. Joseph L. Sauls Company M Captain J. A. Sibley 1st Lieut. A. N. McCall 2nd Lieut. R. Ramspeck Places in Cuba where the regiment was stationed when notifed to be mustered out. GUANTANAMO Company B, Captain A. W.Gilchrist Company C, Captain John A. Condon Company L, 1st Lieut. William Neher JAMAICA Company E,Captain W. Y. Carter Outposts of E company Lose Canos, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal & 4 men Santa Cecilla, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal & 4 men San Carlos, 1 corporal & 4 men Romila, 1 company officer & 4 men La Luisa, 1 non-commissioned officer & 4 men PALMA Company F, Mack E. Laird Outposts Fellcidad, 1 non-commissioned officer & 5 men Sorpresa, 1 non-commissioned officer & 4 men SOLEDAD K company, R.V.D. Corputt, Outposts: Santa Fe, 2 non-commissioned officers & 8 men San Jose, 2 non-commissioned officers & 9 men SANTA ROSA H company, Captain J. D. Twiggs, Outposts Confluente, 1 non-commissioned officer & 6 men Colonia Santa Maria, 1 non-commissoined officer & 6 men Santa Maria, 1 non-commissioned officer & 6 men Colonta Confluente, 1 non-commissioned officer & 4 men. ESPERANZA D company, Captain R. D. McBride Outposts: San Miquel, 2 non-commissioned officers & 6 men San Vicente, 1 non-commissioned officer & 6 men Santa Yetinel, 1 non-commissioned officer & 4 men GUASO Guard posted and recived from time to time BARACOA Lieut. Col. T. S. Wylle, commanding I company, Capt. W. H. Westmoreland A company Captain S. R. Wiley M company Captain W. A. Jones SAQUA DE TANAMO G company, Captain W. R. Wheatley GUANTANAMO Tiquabos, 5 civil guards San Antenjo, 5 civil guards Soledad, 5 civil guards Guantanmo, 15 civil guards Jamaica, 2 civil guards Ysabel, 2 civil guards ROLL OF THE DEAD Immunes who died in Cuba or since the regiment left Macon in August 1898. Savannah Private Tom O. Pye, Company E. Santiago Privates: L.V. B. McCormick, Co. K Elisha Crosby Co. L Richard McSheban, Co. E James F. Pugh, Co. B. J. W. Morgan, Co. H. G. R. Clemmons, Co. K Guantanamo Captain D. L. M. Peixottas Sergeant Major Hugh G. Blount Sergeant Lawrence W. Rivers, Co. D Sergeant Joshua W. Johnson, Co. E Corporal James R. Falkner, Co. B Artificer George Green, Co. D. Privates: Lewis Reese, Co. H. Robert L. Curson, Co. L Walter Gray, Co. H. Frank Edwards, Co. F James Cooney, Co. F. Thomas H. Ennis. Co. L. Benton F. Demery, Co. B William McAlpin, Co. D Frederick Buchler, Co. E William J. Pugh, Co. B. Ralph J. Young, Co. F Robert Williams, Co. H Stready R. Hamilton, Co. F John P. McDaniel, Co. D. W. J. Canniff, Co. F William L. Irving, Co. D John M. Hall, Co. B Brownlow Whiteaer, Co. K Santa Rosa Private Robert Tankely, Co. H Manzanillo Private Ed. R. Burdett, Co. L Baracoa Corporal John W. Miller, Co. M Private Charles A. Stibbins, Co. I Fort Monroe, Va. Private J. Frank Carroll Macon, Ga Private Walter Hawkins, Co. M. Death caused by pneumonia contracted before coming home from Cuba Source: Atlanta Consitution, May 5, 1899 ; April 22, 1899 Submitted by Eileen Babb McAdams