The age-herald., 1898-07-15
THE HEREINAFTER AT FORT MONROE The Wounded Brought by the Transport Tell of Their
 Adventures.

Newport News, Va, July 14.-The trans port Breakwater arrived at Fort Monr-e e today from Santiago, bringing 40 wounded and sick soldiers. Hundreds of people stood on the pier and watched the vessel steam slowly up to the dock, and few minutes after the Breakwater was moored the work of transferring the soldiers to the wharf was commenced. The scenes witnessed yesterday when the City of Washington arrived were re-enacted The men were placed in the hospital tents, where their wounds were dressed and change of clothing made. Some of the men are seriously wounded, but the sur eeons believe that with few exceptions all will recover.
 Among those who came on the Breakwa ter was Colonel Miles. His wife was at the wharf to receive him. The valiant colonel was shot in the head during the first days engagement. The ball entered his right eye, and ploughed it's way just under the skull to a point above the ear, where it made it's exit. Colonel Miles will recover.
 Among the nurses at Fort Monroe are the Misses Evans, daughters of "Fighting Bob" Evans, commander of the Iowa.
 Some of the officers who accompanied the wounded soldiers. on the trip north gave Interesting accounts of the fighting around Santiago.
 ''l was near 1dpTOu anu ton Fish," said a corporal to the Associated Press correspondent, land saw them shot down. They were with the Rough Riders and ran into an ambuscade, though they had been warned of the danger Captain Capron and Fish were shot while leading charge. If it had not been for the negro cavalry the Rough Riders would have been exterminated. I am not a negro lover My father fought with Mosby's rangers, and I was born in the south, but the negroes saved that fight, and the day will come when General Shafter will give them credit for their bravery
 Are the rough riders flghters?"
 "Those fellows never know when they are licked and there are no braver men in the regiment than Colonel Wood and Lieu tenant Colonel Roosevelt"
 This corporal was in the fight at Fl Caney and is a regular.
 In speaking of it he said |.
 'That was the hottest fight I ever ex- pect to see. When wa made charge the Spaniards rained Mauser bullets at us mow- ing down men like blades of grass.'
 This corporal said that after the hard fight he went through the clothes of a num- Der Of dead Spaniards. l was looking for coin, said he but only got forty cents. Af- terward I heard that they had been paid off in cigarettes.
 The supply ship Resolute, fin command of Captain J. G. Eaton, arrived here this morning rom SantlaSo. when Admlral Cervera made his daring attempt to es- cape from Santiago, the Resolute was ly- ing at the entrance and was the first ship to give the signal that the Spanish ships were making for the sea.
 'We were sitting in the forecastle smok- ing" said a gunner.s mate, "and I saw sinoke curling above the hills. We gave the alarm and in few moments the Teresa was seen coming down the channel at full speed. The Iowa was the first to respond. She sent two 13-inch shells straight at the Spaniard. And for the next hour there was hell around there. Admiral Sampson was fifteen miles away holding a confer ence with General Shafter and we put out at full speed to notify him.