The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-16

How big are the wounds from the bull
lets?"
Each is just the size OF the hole in the
hat"
He reached inside the window as his
sister handed out an army campaign hat.
| In the right side of the rim was a hole
about one half the size of alead pencil.
That ball." he said. didn't turn. Il
went in clean and came out clean. !
never felt it, The other wound is the
one that Gid me up 1t was from piece
of shell. You remember I told you that
l got lost from my company. AT 4:3O in
the afternoon, after taking the hill, a shell
burst near me- 1t turned NE over fat on
my back
What was the sensation?"
well, sir, the only thing that thought
of was that someone had cut me in the
side and had then poured not lead into
the wound. When 1 looked up who should
be standing over me but my own first lieu
tenant-Lieutenant w. K. Jones He
dressed my wound. After that I found
that 1 could walk all right, so 1 started for
the rear myself 1 made my way tire
miles to the division hospital. where the
surgeon fixed me up. and then started
again toward Sdboney. seven miles away"
"Why didn't you have liter or ambu-
lance?"
Other fellows were hurt worse than
was and they had need for all they mad"
was the answer.
II got to Siboney all right and sailed
the next morning. July 2, at 2 o'clock,
for Key West. Landed July 6, and here
I am
How about the Spaniards as soldiers?"
They are towards, for nothing but cow
ards would get in trees and shot at the
Red Cross people, as they did. Oh, they
did it as sure as 1 sit here. This tree
fighting is another reason our los in Off
GERS was so large. Their sharp shooters
picked them off. After a little while we
got onto their game and drove them out"
DO you know whether you hit any
Spaniards ?'
The soldier turned and looked the ques-
toner squarely in the eye and said, as
calmly as a sportsman would tell Of bag
ging game:
Yes, I know that got five or six, for
l saw them fall out Of the trees.
Those ours don't know what fair fight
ing is. They fired under the Red eros
flag right along, besides hoisting the flag
to give EN- a chance to dig trenches"
Did you Sc General Hawkins much. dur
ingt he fight?
Did 1 see him? Well. should think
I did. He was always at the front with
his men 1 CUES that swhat made his
division do SO well. don't understand
yet why he wasn't killed. He wasn't
mounted; none of EN- were; but even at
that it's funny he wasn't picked off, as
them sharp-shooters were ordered to pay
special attention to the officers"
Here's what the boy wore" broke in
the elder Brennan. as he/held up a pair
Of trousers and a black cotton shirt. The
trousers were of a light canvas material.
about the color of red clay. The left leg
had tear in it from the hip to the ankle.
''Barbed wire" said young Brennan.
Lots of the boys are worse off than 1
am for clothes. You couldn't Sc the wire
in most cases until you struck it,
A hole the size of the palm of the hand
was in the shirt over the right breast.
This had ben torn away by the fragments
of shell, taking part of the right breast
with it.
When I started out in the morning
I mad exactly 200 rounds. When 1 was
struck L had just one cartridge left.
That was in my gun and I was just ready
TO fire when the shel came along. I have
that cartridge now, and I'm going to keep
it,"
laugh. 1t was the first time he had done
such thing during his talk.
They say, those Spaniards do. that
we don't fight fair. They and the Cubans
have been in the habit of firing a volley
and then falling back. So when they saw
us shooting and advancing they couldn't
understand it. That's the reason that war
over there has been lasting so long.
Neither side knew enough TO take adj
vantage of the others retreat"
AS the young soldier arose to go into
the house for supper he said:
But I'm going back. My leave runs
out September 9. and then I'm going back
with the boys"