Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-10-20
AFTER THE BALL HIT HIM.
.-~.+,ou Of = Soldier Shot at Ei
Caney-An Age Before He Heard
Msn Swear.

First Lieut.. ". Fl. Wassell. Twenty
second United States infantry, writing
to his parents in Pittsburgh. says; !
was shot about four o'clock on the
afternoon of July / while storming FL
Caney. northeast of Santiago. / was
looking through field glasses at the
time. and the ball cut through the
outer part of the little finger OF the
left hand joint next to the hano'
then through the palm of my hand,
out Just below the index finger, then
in the cheek about half an inch from
the left corner of my mouth, back
through my mouth. taking several
back teeth. downward through my
neck. still downward and toward my
spine, coming out about halfway down
nv back. and about four inches from
nv SHINE. / haven't a bone broken. l
can swallow, and, thank God, l am
strong. and, aside from possible scar
will be no worse off.
81 will never forget the sensation OF
being shot. We had been under fire all
day-the hottest rain of bullets that
men ever went up against The Span
iards were all intrenched. They shot
us from behind their earthworks,
blockhouses, trees and church towers.
All at once it seemed as If | was lifted
up from the ground and whirled round
and round, oh, so terribly fast never
lost consciousness during the sensa-
ton. I felt myself going, but seemed
to realize that if | let myself go II
would be all over, so ] took a brace,
and after what seemed an age of this
whirling was dropped TO the ground.
Then it seemed as If NO one would no
tice that ! had been hit.
ut seemed an age before heard a
man wear and say: They have hit
Lieut.. Wassell.' He picked me upto
carry me down behind the crest OF the
hill, and what a storm of bullets the
poor fellow got as he raised me- /
didn't know how badly ! was hurt. but
from the blood gushing from my month
and the pain in my back where the
bullet had left me. I imagined was
in II pretty badly. Capt. Lochinvar
came 10 me, and l remember telling
him l did not know whether l
was done for or only scared to death.
One of the men dressed me as well as he
could with my frst-aid bandages, anti
] lay under a tree until about six
o'clock. Abont that time some of the
Span.ards began a riot on the other
side of me, ard for a little while the
bullets from friend and foe whirled
over me and struck near me. About
shutdown, the firing having ceased, i
was carried about a mile TO the bridge
hospital. Here l was dressed. The
doctors were worked TO death. and did
their best.
"All night and all the next day our
hospital was fired upon by Spaniards.
Toward the evening of the second day
/ was put in a wagon and taken about
three miles to the division hospital,
which / left In the morning of the Sd to
GO to Siboney. Twelve Of us rode in
the ambulance. 1t was q good ten-mile
ride over the most abominable road.
That night they put me on board the
Cherokee for Key West hospital. !
didn't want To go. but 1t was not a
matter of Observation-Disclosures Or.
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Put HIS Foot IN II.
Miss Basseo (giving a dinner)-Thi,
wine is over 40 years old.
idiot (thoughtlessly) Bottle II
yourseif?-Tit-Bits
Literally True.
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