The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-07-22
From DR.. &. r. Bragg In Cuba.

The personal friendship and inter
est so many readers OF the "Old Re-
feel in the doings and good
fortune Of DR.. L. r. Bragg, assistant
surgeon Of the Third Infantry Regi-
ment United States Army, nave IN
duced his wife to favor us with the
following extract Ola letter from the
doctor, written On the 9th inst, III
camp on San Juan river, about one
mile east Of Santiago de Cuba, and re-
ceiyed on the 10Th
"As this whole army has only three
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. we brought from
Mobile with us-mine was taken 10
the front as o as landed, and as
was unwilling To leave bandaging ana
medicine, | used my horse for Il pack
mule. Weleft Siboney aboutS O'Clock
D. M, and arrived at Gen. Skaters at
| a. IN, and were on the move again
at five. Soon after webegan to march
we were thrilled by the sound Of can
non and at 5 we could hear the volley
firing of arms by whole companies at
once. At 2 o'clock on the 3rd and 9th
other regiments marched into The
town of Camie. When about one
thousand yards from this town n OF
Capt. Bells men was shot through the
heart. | was with him at once, but
could do nothing. He lived s or 10
minutes. AS we were advancing the
bullets sang a merry song and men
were brought back faster than we
could look after them. l dressed about
thirty wounds by 5 O'Clock, when the
firing ceased. We found we had four
men killed and fourteen wounded
from our regiment. We did not lose
an officer, although several could show
bullet holes in hats and clothes.
"We only got supper and began to
march again at s, getting along well
with a bright moon. We struck the
road we had left in the morning two
miles from Santiago, and made slow
progress on account of meeting ambu-
~lances, wagons, Filters, etc, carrying
the wounded; passed over hill at 1880
IA. M, aud found many wounded still
lying where they fell the day before.
Groans and delirious mutterings
could be heard on every side, and the
dead bodies of both S%paniards and
Americans were all around.
"It was 2:30 a. H., and we had cross
ed numerous streams, where tue mud
and water came above our knees; the
grass was dripping wet and our clothes
soaked with sweat. We had been 32a
hours out of Siboney with four hours
sleep; were all asleep on the grounds
in fifteen minutes. War awakened at
daylight by IA most awful din Of can
non and small arms, which continued
through the day. One half of Il reg
iment was sent to relieve the Secont
that had been On duty thirty hours
and was exhausted. All through thu
day the wounded and exhausted were
brought to me. Firing ceased atdark
ate my supper of canned corned bee
and hard tack, and before s was lyin!
under IA bush, with medicine case TO
pillow and sleeping at ii 240 rate
Was awakened at 10 by hospital stew
ard, who told me | had better hurr.
I and hug mother earth under "A lively
foot bank, and | should say it wa
! time, for shells were bursting in ever,
9 direction and solid shot flying thick
The crash of small arms were NOR
+, than continuous, and the leaden buI
lets sounded rod-hot us they cut th
branches all around US.
Sin the thickest IF 1t a shell burs
so near as to shock me, and killed bot
= of Col. Pages horses within thlrt
feet. A mar three feet to my RICH
G was shot in the leg. Firing ceased a
l1:30. | sent L~ieutenants French an
p HUMPHREYS and all my wounded t
IS the hospital three miles to the rear
p "Moved camp on Monday and are
the extreme left of the line on IN
bank of the river, with a plateau 80
100 feet wide, backed by a p%erpendlc'
y lar bluff 200 to 800 feet long, and abou
1000 yards from the edge Of the cit.
% of which | have a good view.
'e Brig Gen. Bates headquarters a.
lr fifty yards north Of us, and two or u
=, staff, Major Logan and Capt. Wrigh
are within six feet, and are my p
is tients. Have prescribed for more tina
re thirty men to-day suffering from vi
rs Gus ailments. Is
IN 81 do not know what would h
~ become of us If Cervera had not
the harbor, as we could not have Il