Iowa State Bystander

AN APPEAL FOR THE GALLANT TENTH.
Special to the BYSTANDER.

All praise to the brave, gallant boys of
the Tenth.
They accomplished the object for which
they were sent.
Now let them rest for the deeds they have
done.

Doth proclaim to the world our country
has won.
Along with the Rough Riders our boys
have marched
And captured those Spaniards, who in the
trenches had crouched.
Now the Rough Riders have left them
and gone to their homes,
But the gallant Tenth Cavalry back to
Cuba may roam.

There's Miles their brave general, has his
soldiers at heart
And declares that for Cuba, they shall
never depart.
But Alger, and Corbin, won't allow them
no show
And declares that to Cuba, they surely
will go.

The President's name would surely be
blessed
Should he send the brave regiment to its
home in the West.
They left their good barracks, and to the
Southland did go
To a place where such soldiers, were ne'er
camped before.

The people in Florida, were nearly dis-
trated
To think of the way our government had
acted.
But the Negro has shown to the whole
world at large
He is a good soldier, and makes a good
charge.

I hope that the President will not pull the
lever
And send them back to Cuba to battle
with fever.

By James C. Williams, Corporal of
Troop M, 10th U. S. Cavalry. Dedicated to
the 10th U. S. Cavalry in memory of its
gallant charge at the battle of Santiago
de Cuba and its part in Cuban campaign.