Arrangements were made for Spanish ships paid by the United States to take the men immediately to Spain.

This extraordinary operation was begun on the 8th of August, while the war was still in progress, and was accomplished before peace was established.
The Santiago campaign, like the Mexican War, was fought chiefly by regulars.

The Rough Riders and the Seventy-first New York Regiment were the only volunteer units to take a heavy share.

Yet the absence of effective staff management was so marked that, as compared with the professional accuracy shown by the navy, the whole campaign on land appears as an amateur undertaking.

But the individual character of both volunteers and regulars was high.