Qoraal sii-socda faqradan - Bishii Meey 10, 1898, intii Chanler uu ku sugnaa Tampa, waxaa loo soo bandhigay guddiga kabtan iyo caawiye guud oo ka tirsan shaqaalaha Sarreeye Guud Joseph Wheeler, oo uu aqbalay. Wuxuu u adeegay sarkaal ka tirsan ciidamada qalabka sida, Qaybta Fardo, Ciidanka Shanaad, laga bilaabo Maajo 23 illaa Ogosto 23, 1898. Bishii Juun iyo Luulyo 1898 wuxuu ku dagaalamay dagaalkii Las Guasimas, dagaalkii El Caney, ee San Juan Hill
, iyo weerarkii Santiago de Cuba, oo uu ku helay abaalmarin ka timid Major General Wheeler "gaallantry in battle". Waxaa si sharaf leh loo fasaxay 3-dii Oktoobar, 1898.