The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-10

hzs row % aaussr cartridge arr afagta
pG.sone9 explosive castrsage- Il found
tnsn8 Sc we Jumped !ato rTs ITs0cEes
TIE Spanish rad re:reatsG AID left The
trenches to es- Bs7s sh0s@ AaussTs arr rot
as good a. our Krag-Joggens77s Our gsifs
keep oQt the sand better tran the AzGsers,
ard shoot 3ASt as vel ard IS Ear
Or the naga1 of tbe IN q July aur reg
sHsnt was moved to Ire fight a0ouS tAFse
nsIiea The tsga waH theH surrounded ard
eEsry day W. were exp@CflnG essa2T : sur
render or further AgA-laE, We were err
trenches about Gre aEG h4.f titles from
the town ard Utsn our ag-I9FgeFset1s
could fire into the 'owE VITA good eH@ct.
II vas on The i8th 81 jay ;5ey charged
axasu. tryfag - retake ,helr lost ground
and fierce ls back During ne ioya snd
fIth We we're fghslag ard we nsFeF gave
way ore luca Then cane t1s surrender
rneaC the first gropcsai On J1ly }Zfh- II
was rot untN use days later, though, tE7i
the SURRENDER ass really made
Yes. yog mag1t gay we we're hE1fEns
from July ~ to the night o: ;h* Lth- The
Suanisi,. though. ran't nghr--don't SHOOK
IN. our ynas when we rushed t1efD IN
Their trenches they could have la3gns9
a. ~ - they'd been ao.e 20 sloot. E9f az
! told you. ;hey fired blind. When We
kept coming IN spite 81 their shots tney
CetTeatef
we really tried 70 force the eghttng The
cay we landed. jane p Bat ti.e eDs ny Ee-
treated wnen moved IN.
Hospital service.
- srsi began TO feei the fever july I.
after we'd aaa four Gayg 81 awfuAy haTd
@ork. Eut I d-Gnt give az for about
tt;ree weeks kept eating worse al tas
stnie. bat ,r.eH To ihr3e Of the sickness
Twas first sent "a the field hospital about
two miles from For; San Juan a. that
time i,et eighteen o. our regiment were
,siek and I've AZ thsse ae1 b@ioFs %aa
Transferred 10 Mortauk Point.
"Af.er two days 81 the nei3 hospital
wa moved to the general hospital about
rktr-s. ff,urths 1T , nile ttoDl the -oW@ We
xbo were sick received AL the attention
we could expect Everything that could -
dime for Us vas done The hospital vas
hacking IN medicines. bat this could not be
fgriped
$40 show son WAS cared Tor, began 70
improve IN the general hospital wa
Their. two week ard Was able 20 wax about
when left W,h fbe 0i5er sick J cafFls
back holne on the hospital snin aiisso'if!.
Our run home ta0k tnf five DAYS. aad on
fhs morning Of the sixth day ] Eds .dhded
al Mou;auk Point ! think W. reacasd There
scut ber - I knew the climate out 1ere
would benefit NE 50 | got a turlouSa and
came home I've brr very sick. hut III
much better now, ara Wal! s0'it Ue us ny
fret again.
.sWhat do | think OF our Spanish foes?
They fight all right enough. but they can't
shoot They haze good enough intentions.
but they made weak showing along the
trenches where my company forc'si tnern
back I'd like ta see any force Lac Ne had
drive our men ous % th0%r trenches. had
We been behind them. Why. emo lsn men
couldn't have pushed up that Till. 10 drive
us out, had We been fixed like they were.
and as wei! armed"
"Tve heard some talk and read anont The
food and treatment down there, or curse
Ne were hungry sometimes. bat tons OF Sup
plies would have done us no good. We
were lying In the trenches, cou' Int light
our fires aud simply made the best II i. Just
the same az We ia to gct a WAX OF
sleep.
THE weather was the hardest - bear
Every morning IL would rain. not Ike II
does here. but the wafer would pour down
In foods Wa would get soaked through
and through. and had no way TO dry our
clothing. Then about noon the sun would
beat down on us-st:aISht down-aud il was
awful The heal vas intense ami cur wet
clothes and the vet ground only .cade il
worse. We were bound 20 get sick ana We
knew it, but all the generals On earth
couldn't help us. uutu II could lac managed
10 move as out Of the country wen, DOWN
there wcighng ltl pounds and came back
weighing but l2s pounds.
"a have had nay Through eXtcniei foT
another thirty days aud ~iil join Ity eori
pany az soon as | am strong ana we'll
again. / have everything need by orders
OF the war department. which are issued
through the adiuiani general al IN. parI-
inent OF the Columbia at Vancouver"