Evening star., 1898-07-26

Tic Aedu' anu WeHs down through his back
two inches from theisurface. and travelling
through his body a distance Of two. feet
me course of this piece of shell took II
near me spinal column, near the bottom of
wnfch 1t came out O Brien Is doing well.
Private Graham received a wound on tho
San Juan hill which is about well. and
WHICH IL one or the most remarkable on
record. I A ball entered his body, going
through the apex OF his right lung and
downward through his body a distance of
Two Feet. coming out near the base OF the
nackpone. A part of the vertebra was in
LII >; cut tne wounded man will soon be
ap.e 70 go none The paralysis Of one leg,
caused Dy the wound. Is passing away.
i stiffened out when 1 was shot" said
Granam, when asked the immediate effect
or his wound. II could not move a finger
That lasted emily few minutes Then
walked pack to the field hospital three
p'1les @ away. to get my wound dressed"
@ me wounded mems descriptions Of their
SENSATIONS at the time of being wounded
are generally the same 1t is common for.
them TO say they felt as II they had been
scuts stauek ns oy a base bs bali and stunned. No
acute pain is felt by them at the moment
OF receiving the wound In the case Of q
nesh wound In the arm or leg the sensa
tion Is often described as similar to what
Woota sho a De feit II needle were run through
eiie nesn. AFTER ten or fifteen minutes the
wound begins to pain
The Curious Cannot Enter.
The rules governing the hospttal do M,
permit visitors to go through the ward.
merely for curiosity. II the rules were
otherwise the result would be that a
stream or curious people would constantly
oe present, greatly to the annoyance OF the
men. some OF the visitors to the hospitals
10 not relish this rule. A lady who car
REG an expression on her face which
plainly said II must have my way" lately
visited the hospital
CIV, want to go through" she said, when
stopped by the guard
me commandments orders do not per-
mt Visitors here,' returned the soldier
don't know the commandant." she re-
torteo. Il don't recognize him. 1 kindor
set my mind on going through this hospi-
"a, .s, and seeing them fellows who were shot
tnlnk this Is very strange 1 am an
aaherican citizen. and pay taxes to carry
on tEis war, and l don't see why 1 can't
seu Wt.n the poys when they are wounded"
win that last remark she turned away.
tramoled on.
Every Cay visitors come here and argue
hnsn,ta1 sn .ne guard to gain an entrance in tho
ospt.ai tents. But there are many very
louShihg scenes when friends and relatives
VI 'ne wounded men come to see them
a rev DAYS ago an old lady made her
way up the path to the hospital. and
asked IL she could be told something about
her sons death and shown his grave. She
aad es heard that her boy had died there.
sne gave the young soldiers name, and a
search OF the records discovered the fact
recovering. She wassfakef out to the tent
MheIe her son was tIpungfng on his bed
Meilher .t. OF them ceiild AIspeak for some
LIME ., II her boy hads bsen- brought from
.he grave to life heo1eelings of that
rtS raotner could not have, been different.
nh mere w. were not many dry eyes in the tent
, Mnen the wounded soldiers saw that meet
,iis ana learned that the mother had come
10 oio foint to visit her aoy's grave
Last Visit 10 His Son.
Within few days eli ola gentleman from
southwestern stata visited the hospital
TO see his son. who had ssfeceived bullet
In the back part Of his neck The boy was
TO De operated upon, pat Il was well under
stood that he had but one chance in a hum
dred for recovery. Inwas a chance worth
taking, because unless, operated on deatt,
was certain to occur,fn a. short time An
oHcial here has gained an unpleasant no.
toriety by assuming authority and inform
ing Lhe boys father that he could see his
son put nve minutes and could not see him
again until after the operation, which was
10 be performed the following day
Ihe Old gentleman overstayed the time
aHowed him. When he came down stairs
ne met the surgeon In charge OF chat ward
ana IN very apologetic manner said:
!ou see, came 1900 miles to see my
ooy. ana 1 have ovefstayed my tindeI
nave peen With him seven minutes"
The surgeon didn't understand what was
meant oy this statement, but he soon learn
eu What had brought Ii about
wen. III be d--d II you sha'n't see
your son more than FIVE minutes. Go back
70 MN. fou can stay here all night II you
He did stay all night. The next morning