NEAR SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 5, 1898.
The ADJUTANT TENTH CAVALRY, Camped near Santiago de Cuba.
SIR: I have the honor to make the following report of the work done by the medical department attached to the Tenth United States
Cavalry during the fight before Santiago de Cuba on the 1st, 2d, and 3d of July, instant. The band was ordered to report to me for
duty as first-aid men and litter bearers. They and the seven members of the hospital corps, with the occasional assistance of color
bearers, cared for the wounded and rendered first aid during the entire fight. First Lieut. L. A. Fuller, assistant, and myself
divided the hospital corps and band. I continued with the regiment the entire day. Lieutenant Fuller was with the regiment part of
the day; the other part he spent at a dressing station, where some men were shot while their dressings were being attended to. The
number of wounded was very great in a short time and first aid was rendered to all, irrespective of the regiment to which they
belonged. The last of the wounded under my charge were sent to the rear at 3 a. m. July 2. The second and third days Lieutenant
Fuller and myself were with the regiment during the entire day. The First United States Cavalry and the First Volunteer Cavalry had
no surgeon with them during these days, and we rendered aid to all wounded who presented themselves. The band and hospital corps
displayed great courage in dressing and removing men, oftentimes under a heavy fire.
Respectfully,
MADISON M BREWER,
Captain and Assistant Surgeon.