The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-22
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CUSTAvE ECKSTEIN g. CO..

served In the Cuban army from the
spring Of 1895 until last spring was asked
by the senators how many men had been
wounded in a two days battle at La Re-
forma, he replied
1--WE never knew the exact numbers
wounded, because SO many are wounded
who 90 not pay any attention to It. Z
saw one man wounded who was shot with
n Mauser bullet, which passed right
through him. and we never knew any
thing about it for two days.
THAT seems almost miraculous but IL
Is true. / suppose you have seen THAI
Mauser bullet. The lead IS covered with
some metal I can show you a wound
that you would have said, II IL had hap
pened with any other cartridge, would
have necessitated an amputation. A bull
let went right through my ankle, and
was In hospital only two hours-long
enough to have the wound dressed. The
bullet does not make any fracture. 0
have never seen a case Of amputation
since ] have been on the island. And Id
does not cause septleaemia."
capt Smith showed his wound, points
ing out where the bullet had entered his
ankle and whore 1t had left It.
II was never laid up a minute" ha
said; 'the doctor I'm camp simply dressed
the wound win iodoform and a little an
tiseptc. That Is why I say II Is almost
impossible to give an exact account OF the
Dr. #. w. Danforth Of Milwaukee. who
passed "A year IN Cuba as physician to
President Salvador Cisneros. astonlshel
the senator's by telling how one night ha
crossed the Moron trocha. saying that al
though there was no attack on his partN
while they were crossing. they were fired
on. and cook got a bullet through the
back IN his right lung, but II never both-
cred him al all.
"He kept right on his horse, and kept
right on with his business OF cooking.a
! the doctor added. "lt never bothered him.
| as 1 could see" The senator asked how
! Dr. Danforth accounted for that. ana
| he replied: "As / account for all wounds
| made by the Mauser rifle bullet. II 10
| the most harmless and most humans
| rifle, and J am intensely surprised a1
| Spain's using ~. the most barbarous ma.
ton IN as treatment Of the Cubans. ac-
| cOrding 10 the stories, and yet the most
humane IN the use OF firearms.
1.-THE Mauser bullet Is a steel-clad bullea
| Of 81 ana a fraction caliber. That bullea
| viii penetrate anywhere. and viii go
| through you as "a HASH OF sunlight Will 20
| through glass; but % leaves no disabling
effect, and unless ~ hit In a vital spot.
| as. for instance. the heart which Is the
! only spot where YOU can KIN person in
/ stanuy-and even then / have seen a per-
| son liye-unless hit In a vital spot. YOU
| VIII not de.
81 have seen a man shot through tho
| head and seen him alive and perfectly
we'll except for paralysis. a year after. Z
saw another man. Maj. Osgood OF the ar
| tilery. shot through the center Of tho
| forehead. and be lived for three seconds
! ! saw "A man shot only an eight Of am
| inch over the heart. ana / could not tell
! for three hours whether the heart was
! touched or not lie was put In the hos
| pital and IN seven days he was discharg-
! "a from The hospital. In case "a Winchcs-
ter ban had gone there. only an eighth
| OF un inch from tho heart, where would
| that man bo2 Dead, without a question.
Another man was shot through the thigh
and ID cama out on the inner slide OF tho
| log. lrnVrrHIng the femur all the way
| down. The man wanted 40 romaln on his
horse and continue lighting. and / SLIT 100,
| his pants ana put n piece OF plaster or
| fho wound. above and below, ana IA ten
| minutes be- waa engaged IN a maeheta
| charge IL that had been "a Wlnchester
| BON hiH leK would have been nmputatcd =
lone Advantage. Mrs KlnFHloy-You
cay yon Hko colorsd rargants batter Than
white. hogauro they aro slower How ID
thnif
| Mn unro-t tatea them longer 4,
. leave. ~nfoQAIyu Life.