The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-06

bullet WOunuS tn1S was NOltZ. "A g--fan- I
Der bullet had passed through the skull
at the base of the brain and out. Com
pared with this the other wounds were
INSIGNIFICANT He was unconscious for sew
eral days at the barracks hospital at Key
West. but gradually they brought him
around. Now voltz looks well. To be sure
he is still thin and haggard. wears the
bandages and says that his head troubles
him somewhat, but Noltz Is a hero. like
his three mates. and there are many he
roes in the American navy.
Hendricksen was shot through the alb
domen. The bullet passed completely out.
so great IL the velocity Of these tiny steel
missiles under the new methods of pro-
pulsion. Hendricksen. when seen aboard
ship to-day. however. said he would be
fighting the Spanish again before the end
of the month II there was fight left in
them.
The winslow sent one man here to re-
mind the people north of that now Ia
nous torpedo boat and of the terrible en-
gagement at Cardenas. when Ensign
Bagley was killed-the first officer OF the
American navy 10 fall i'm this war. with
four of his men. He Is Robert I. Grubb.
n landsman. II was on that memorable
occasion that Lieutenant Bernadau' IN
of the Winslow. under orders
from Commander Todd of the gunboa
Wilmington. attempted to force Cardenas
harbor for the purpose OF drawing the
fire of the masked batteries. The fire was
a hundred fold more effective than ex-
pected and the first shell from shore ex-
ploded over the plucky little boat. Lieu
tenant Bernadau being the only man
wounded. A piece Of shell cut "A rasty
cash In. his leg. but, tying "a bandage
about f.. he ordered his boat still further
in. Then came the 1i-pound shell that
crashed through the boilers and disabled
the winslow. and "A few moments later
Ensign Bagley and four of the men were
stretched dead on the deck. Grubb was
among those on board at the time. and
with the others was rescued by the Hud-
son.
Lieutenant Bernadau spent some days
at the hospital at Key West. but he Is
now again in of tho Winslow.
"A tiny craft. daring and audacious, even
amongst those murderous boats. In place
of poor Bagley j. l.. Lattimer is the
Winslow's ensign. Grubb is tho second
man to come to New York. O'Hearn. a
fireman. having been sent on "A furlough
from the scene of action after the terri
Bile ordeal which he passed through with
the others.
A victim of the Porto Rico lombard
ment was also brought here on the Sol
ace, George Merkle. a slender. pa'e-faced
marine. He was on the Iowa at San Juan.
and came out of the engagement lacking
one arm.
Those who have been through the thick
of shot and shell and have emerged un-
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and thrilling encounters. but Merkle tells
another story. The order to cease firing
had been given. the great guns on the
Iowa were silenced. men came from the
turrets TO draw a fresh breath of life and
some went below as a routine course.
Meanwhile the monitor Terror. lying I'm
closer than the others and failing to see
the signals. continued to pour i'm iron
messengers. Men meanwhile gathered on
the gun decks to watch the progress of
the fight. Merkle came up from below
and was I'm the act of putting on his
coat when a shell plunged through the
air and exploded directly in front of him
One piece struck Merkle on the right
elbow, tearing out the forearm0this after
the battle was over.
Three men from the greatest of battle
ships. the Oregon. were among the pa
tients of the Solace. who. by the way
have been transferred to the marine hos.
pital i'm Brooklyn-Louis Epson. Il. j
Lynch and Alonzo Gartley. They Were
not the only ones to suffer from tho
heart-breaking voyage of the oregon
but they were the most seriously i'll after
the battleship reached Key West and Il
was deemed advisable to send them to q
more favorable climate. The men are
proud of the grand work of their ship.
one of the most remarkable case.
brought by the ambulance ship is VII.
liam Taylor. a Washington boy, and d
first class apprentice on the cruiser New
York. Taylor's recovery is the most mar
velous of any of those remarked upon by
the naval surgeon. One day. soon afte'
the bombardment of M%atanzas, through
which the men on the New York passet
without the slightest injury. "A revolver
dropped from the belt of Batswain Null
len and exploded. The bullet passe,
through Taylor's right arm at the elbow
, entered the abdomen. passed up through
the liver. grazed the lung and came on
/ through the left shoulder. An operation
for laparotomy was performed and Tay
ior recovered. although naturally he i
still weak and suffering from the effect
of his multiple wound and the operation.
Following Is a complete list of the pa
T tients upon the Solace: William Watson
) oiler. Manning: James h. Scott, seaman
T st. Paul; George Merkle. private marine
, Iowa: John Engle. ordinary seaman. 10
2 wa: Karl i. Normann. seaman, Whining
ton: Robert Voltz. seaman. Nashville; j
I +. Kendig. apprentice, Castine; F. +
2 Burkett. coal passer. Suwanee: NJ. Cooke
coal passer. Machias: George w. Barber
? seaman. Puritan; Carl Askenburg. sea
: man. Algonquin; a. w. Simmons. quarter
I master. third class. Dolphin; j. y. Stan
= ley, %gunner's mate. Hornet; Henry Hen
v dricksen. seaman. Marb,ehead; }. Var
ley, first class fireman. Mangrove; Wtlllar
! Taylor. apprentice. New York; Micha,
]. Henrick. private marine. marine battaI
. ion; NJ. w. Atonen. gunner's mate, frs
class. Indiana; A.. HEREFORD. coal passeI
Terror: ID. o. OiConnell. private marine
marine battalion; Sydney Trammel, pr
vate marine. marine battalion: Thoma
e Nelson. private marine. marine battalion
S Albert Link. machihist. Annapolis; jaime
r Mcleod master-at-arms Newport
Frank Davis. c~oxswsin, Castine. Char.e
c II. Kelley. mechanic, second class. Nezir
C scott; n. O'Leary, coal passer. Marble
head: Thomas Dodds. seaman. Dolphin
Edward A.. Donahue. private marine. ma
5 rine battalion; Charles Schmitt. boa
SWANS mate. first class. Dolphin: Jon
$ Davis. gunner's mate. third class, Marbi,
head; II. W. Euchmeister. private marin
I marine battalion: Charles l.. Meiss. gun
{ ner's mate. Osceola: Robsrt McFetter
private marine. marine battalion. &. "
Chiles. mess attendant. Amphitrite; DaT
: ieI Burns. auartermsster. third class. Pul
o itan: w. ~. Powell. apprentice. secon
class. Vixen: j. Mckernan. second elias
q fireman. Suwanee: A. II. Howard. secon