 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Vakaenda kuCamp Thomas, pedyo nenzvimbo yekare yehondo yeChickamauga muTennessee, kuti vagadzirire kurwa muCaribbean. Rejimendi racho rakarohwa neutachiona hweTyphoid fever. Vakatumirwa kuSouth Carolina kunogadzirira kupinda muCuba, asi vakanonoka nokuda kwezvinetso zvokugadzira zvinhu uye vakakundikana mushandirapamwe wokuCuba. Panzvimbo pezvo, muna July wa 1898, vakabatanidzwa mukurwisa Puerto Rico. Vakagara mumaguta ePonce neCoamo, uye vakapinda mumakakatanwa munharaunda iyoyo kusvikira pakagumiswa kurwa muna August. 