From Yauco To Las Marias

Place of meeting-Forces comprised by the command-Why we were not like the Volunteers-Characteristics of the professional soldier-Sketches of the more important officers-What we were ordered to do. Yauco, the place selected by General Miles as a rendezvous for the troops of the Independent Regular Brigade, is a town of about 15,000 inhabitants, and some six miles distant from Guanica. It is connected both by rail and wagon-road with Ponce, the largest city on the island, and is noted for its Spanish proclivities, fine climate, excellent running water, and setting of mountains-luxuriantly green throughout the year.