480. The American Army
Meantime the American soldiers on shore at Santiago were doing their work under great discouragement , but with a valor and stubbornness that will al - ways compel admiration . While the navy was silently and efficiently increased to be a well - ordered force , the army was not so well man - aged at first . Soldiers there were in plenty . From al parts of the Union , from the South and from the North , from the West and from the East , from the cattle ranches of the plains and the classrooms of the great universities , patriots offered their lives at their country ＇ s call . But there was great lack of order in the management of the army . Sickness broke out among the soldiers . Volunteer regiments were supplied with old - fashioned rifles . It seemed to be difficult to move one regiment from one place to another without dire confusion . When the Spanish fleet was shut up in Santiago har - bor , a force of fifteen thousand soldiers under Genera Shafter was sent to capture Santiago it - self and make the harbor unsafe for the ships . IICE
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