vented a small detachment from stampeding to the rear. He displayed the most conspicuous gallantry, courage and coolness, in performing extraordinarily hazardous duty.
Robert L. Howze,
Captain A. A. G., U. S. V.
(First Lieutenant Sixth United States Cavalry.)
To The Adjutant-General United States Army, Washington, D. C.
Headquarters United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.,
April 5, 1899.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Carter,}}
Assistant Adjutant-General United States Army, Washington, D. C.
Sir: In compliance with the request, contained in your letter of the 30th ultimo, of the Board convened to consider the awarding of brevets, medals of honor, etc., for the Santiago Campaign, that I state any facts, within my knowledge as Adjutant-General of the Brigade in which Colonel Theodore Roosevelt served, to aid the board in determining, in connection with Colonel Roosevelt's application for a medal of honor, whether his conduct at Santiago was such as to distinguish him above others, I have the honor to submit the following;
