The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08

| inch the provision was entirely inadequate.
| In consequence many of the men had no
other resource than to walk four blocks to
| the horse car line, on which they were
| Jolted to the hospitals at the other end of
| the town. The sight of the stalwart fell
lows, BACKED by. The tropical sun. bruised
and scratched by Cuban jungles and
wrapped in bandages which covered but
did not conceal their wounds as they sham
pied and struggled along the rugged roads,
had IN 1t much of pathos. perhaps tragedy.
IT was IL O'Clock before the last of those
aDle to keep their feet had been safely dis
embarked. Most of these suffer from rifle
shot wounds in the arms or hands About
tnlrty-hve others, whose injuries are not in
the lower parts of their bodies, had to be
carried on on StretcherS. Fifteen, who are
SUFFERING from a mild attack of measles,
were left on board the steamer and will
PROBABLY be taken back to Cuba when the
IrcquolS returns. The debarkation was not
completed until early yesterday morning.
Most or the men laugh at their wounds.
Ihey want to go back, for they have tasted
was learned that as they fell in the firing
lines at Santiago the corporalS hustled them
10 Ihe rear, but in nearly every case the
moment makeshift bandages We're swathed
about their wounds they pushed again to
the front until it eventually became neces-
sSary to strip them of their cartridge belts.
otners: Damn it, they had to stay back
then. They had nothing to fight with
,Ihe wounded men talk of the two days
oIoooy Dattle in the most unconcerned way
lnIInaglnaple; One man was struck by a
Mauser bullet while in the act of firing his
revolver. The ball struck his right forearm
between the wrist and eiDow. 1t went
straight through the forearm. then pene-
trated the upper arm, struck his right side
and passed through his body coming out at
the LETT side. Strange to say, he will not die
but he swears he will make his way back
to Cuba and score at least ten dead Span
iardS for each of his gashes.
All are loud in their praises of the fight
ing qualities of the Spanish troops but say
their losses must be enormous. OF our own
dead and wounded extravagant figures are
given by many, but wiser heads place the
figures for the two days fighting at between
loo and / 500 Derhans three hundred of
whom are killed.
At the hospitals suits of pajamas were
served out to the soldiers, and they lounge
about the rooms in their airy garments
reading the latest newspaper tales of their
prowess and chatting each other thereon.
indeed, many of those whose wounds are
trifling have been unconcernedly walking
about the streets and renewing friendships
at the hotels with no other apparel than
the se scanty sleeping garments
The IroQuoiS will probably return to San
tiago within day or two. and meanwhile
r1ousy wounded men is expected to arrive
A number of soldiers VINO were wounded
at Santiago de Cuba and brought here on
the Iroquois on Tuesday night left to-day
for Tampa. They will join another eXpedi-
tio en-, and return to Santiago
Washington for leave of absence, and,
should 1t come, they will go north: Second
Lieut.. Mccoy, Tenth Cavalry. one month;
three months; Second Lieut.. f. X Meade
Twenty-frst Infantry. sixty days: Second
Lieut.. w. e. Trell, jr, Seventy-first New
York Volunteers, sixty days Second Lieut..
D. H. Leahy. First United States Volunteer
Cavalry, two months; Capt. r. w. Torrey,
Sixth Infantry. two months; Second Lieut..
c. N. Purdy, Sixth Infantry, two months;
Capt. J. B. Rodman Twentieth Infantry,
three months; Capt. G. d. Parkhurst. Sec
David c. Stone, TWenty-second Infantry
three months; Capt J. ]. Prenoton, Twenty
fourth Infantry, two months Capt. G.. K.
A. P. Blockson, Sixth Cavalry, one month ;
First Lieut.. i. K. Coles, Sixth Cavalry,
three months.
leave of absence and started for home to-
day: Sergeant Walter S. Castle, Private
ias of M t.c4srl anq nrtvast - ~ v1ooper
Cavalry Rough Riders They have all been
granted forty-five days EACH