The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-17
RETURN OF GEN. WORTH
WAS BADLY WOUNDED IN Thu
CHARGE ON SAN JUAN
His Orderly, Also Wounded, Tells u
the Charge-Worth's Sword
Shot Out Of His Hand

NEW YORK. July 16-Brigadier-C3en-
eral formerly Leutenant-Colonel William
S. Worth, of the Thirteenth Regular In
fantry, who was wounded in the charge 81
the Americans up the hill at San Juan, has
arrived at his home at Governors Island.
Before the outbreak of the war. General
Worth was stationed at the headquarters
Of the Department of the East at Governors
Island. He was one Of the most popular
officers on the island, and there was not
single person. from the prisoners confined
there UP, who did not accord to him 4
hearty welcome yesterday. Before he left
for the front he was a splendid picture VI
health and vigor. and his appearance yes.
terday, weakened by loss Of blood and ser.
vice wounds was deplored by all his friends
and acquaintance. 1t is only by mil acls
that he was not killed outright. bullet
which must have been partially spent, hit
him in the left breast in slanting direction,
tearing an ugly wound through the flesh
and giancing Off over to his right arm.
where 1t caused double fracture above the
elbow. Another bullet hit him In the
breast. The wounds in the breast, al
though being very painful and up to the
present time not healed, are not considered
dangerous by the surgeons. The Generals
right arm Is perfectly helpless, and Is likely
to remain SO for some time. General
Worths arm was set at Siboney after an
eight-mile ride which was extremely pain
full to him. He was carried from Santiago
by the City of Washington to Old Point
Comfort, where he took the train for New
York. He was accompanied on his journey
by his orderly. John Keller, of Company b.
Thirteenth Infantry. Keller was also
wounded in the charge of San Juan. Order
ly Keller said that General Worth took .
leading part in the storming of the hill at
San Juan. When Colonel Wyckof fell. the
General, then Lieutenant-Colonel, was
in command, and after stopping for min
ute to receive the dying words Of Colonel
Wyckoff, he ran on and led the charge.
When General Worth was wounded he did
not fall or stop, but kept right on. His
sword which was waving to encourage tho
men, dropped from his helpless right hand.
He lust stopped to pick it up and waved It
in his left hand. In a little while, however.
the loss Of blood compelled General Worth
to retire and he was carried to the rear F1s
did not lose consciousness at all, but the
journey OF eight miles to the coast caused
him to suffer terribly. Keller had some In
teresting things to say with reference to the
charging General.
He declared that the commanding OFF,
GERS desired the Cubans to go in front to do
the work of cutting the barbed wire fences,
but they were afraid and refused, and the
Americans were obliged to do It them
selves. There were eight fences altogether
TO be out down before the men reached
the top of the hill, and they were art
fully placed at points where they would
be least expected. They were not made
of ordinary barbed wire, but were elabo-
rately put together In some places th.y
were twisted together like ropes and were