Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-09
A CHAPLAIN'S ORDEAL.
THRILLING STORY or HIs EXPERT.
EhcGs IN SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN.

TbYongsd viii, wounded American sol
disrs--fDgs Poor Fellows Merry Crawl
spanish OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES climate
A story Of his Santiago experience
was given 10 tho newspaper men In
Newark, N. j., by Chaplain Galioupo
: Of tho Ninth United States infantry
aud rector Of ~ paurD Episcopal
church In that city. The more inter.
estIng parts OF tho story arc ~ follows
"J'Ie very frat thing that ] want 10
any 10 you,' said the chaplain, after
an Interchange of greetings. lis about
tho Inombers Of your own craft Tho
newspaper mon AT tho front deserve
IN much credit ~ the soldiers, Az oil
times they were willing and ready 10
render every aid Ia their power and
put up with every inconvenience.
ION June 40 ! was aunstruck while
aiding tho wonndod, carrying water
and food, aud was ordered 10 the hos.
pital nj SIbonoy by Lieutenant. Colonel
Ewcru, commanding our regiment.
Two days later, on July |, while still
at the hospital, I heard Of tho lighting
al tho 'front.' and, thinking that u was
my duty 10 10 thore. and feeling well
enough TO make tho journey, Walked
tho eight miles 70 the firing limo. This
was In the morning, aud all that day
! worked with tho doctors, helping
ehom with the wounded.
IL had been OF this oil day, aud al
about 4 o'clock In the afternoon I
made my way 10 a small elump Of trees,
nanr which thoro wore some wounded
men, In tho ondeayor to cool or BIT,
Cor l was still suffering slightly from
the effects Of my sunstroko aud tho
sun had been too much for mo, Az
tbis time ] was about half q
milo behind our firing line. which
was about u thousand yards from the
enemy. ! was facing the firing limo
and heard nothing coming, nor did I
400 anything, II 10 impossible for
mo 10 toll how l was hurt, but the
next thing l knew I was rogaining
consciousness was lying on my
loft side, and NJ Arst was sure that
my right arm was broken, sat up
and began feollng myself all over In o
dasod sort OF way. trying TO find out
whore I was hurt Ny frat sensation
was that OF loneliness. Oh, I thought,
II only had como ono TO talk to. II
was q terrible feeling that OF thinking
shat was going TO die all alone there
with no one about. I toll you was
nightly scared.
( "Well. I looked down and found
the front Of my shirt all torn away
aud my exposed chest q mass OF dirt
and blood. I was oil shaken up and
pretty aote, but soon discovered that
I wasnot badly wounded, All this
time had been thinking OF the brew.
atyof human llfe and Of how uncer.
cain II all IL. SO, as l was saying, /
concluded that I still had q fighting
NAanee, and getting on my feet, started
on for sibodSS,
"Nevcr. even should 1.-Two 10 boa
thousand years old. will forget that
aight.mile walk" continued tho chap.
iain. There were uome TOO or 800
mon on that road, wounded In every
possible manner, all with but the ono
Thought, 10 get back 10 the hospital
al siboney. Had they been uninjured
they would have been In the front
rank, but now they were aotuated by
that one Thought to got 10 tho rear,
There was but ono ambulance, and
chat had 10 bo'draggcd by mon, rs tho
mules wore transporting ammunition
a. tho front The consequence was
that the wounded were compelled to
10 II on their own hook, with such
assistance as they could give ono an.
other,
'hy the time reached tho road
night had fallen, The moon was par
TALLY out and by its half light tho
poor fellows could DO seen dragging
along as best they could,
Here and thare . man had dropped at
Tho side Of tho road and was feebly
calling for water. Some Of the men,
most OF them in fact had been with.
uat water or food for over thirty-six
hours aud their suffering was fearful.
cas- I went along giving what as.
sistaaee l could hero aud there. the
sight made an Impression on my mind
That i shall never forget Words can
pot describe IL Why, ono poor Eel.
low" land hero the tears came 10 tho |
chaplain's eyesl ''had been struck by
an exploding shell, his right foot was
gone. aud his leg, from the knee down.
was nothing but mass Of pulp
He had gotten q eomrsde to cut q
branch from tree, and this he had
bound about the stump with wisps os
grass, so thatthe leaves dragged along
lhe ground and protected the wound.
And so rigged mp that man dragged
over those eight miles ON all |
foars, lie took twelve hours TO DO il.
and when he reached the hospital took
Ma xlaea Al the end Of tina lima az