Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03
HEROISM or WOUNDED.
Some Sad and Sorowful Scenes Aner me Bat
lie Of Santiago.
GOOD WORK OF THE RED CROSS NURSES
over Pour Hundred MANNED Boys In Hue
Attended In rwcnty-four Hours
by Right Surgeons

- WI I'AAthA q AAN Vow lhfN
Sun. writing from slboncy under date
Of july 9Th. tells most Interesting
story OF the awful night. following the
battle Of Santiago. detailing the nuf-
ferinra % the wounded and the made
quata means Of caring tor them. The
devotion 81 the nurses n the RED Cross
was squal TO every emergency and
elght SURGEONS, In twenty -four hours
operated upon i56 MANNED soldiers. The
correspondent says;
Il mentioned In a former letter the
lack VI preparation on the part Of the
army GO care Ter the sick. Thoro Was
then almost nothing mo cots bedding
or proper food for more than hundr'd
sick men. Two days later when the
wounded came in.thc needs ~ the hour
were ovurv hoimlng ~ u strange that
surgeons were desperate and nurses
dlsiro siod3 The forca Of each was Who'll
~ INADEQUATE. The exact number Of
wounded may never BE- known. The
estimate ut this dine " 1909. pretty
equally divided between the front ana
this place. Wounded men who made
| their way down on foui-olrht miles
over the rough. hilly road -will mover
Others were brought down ln army
wagons. By the load. az few ambulancua
werc al hand. Fortunately there were
some tents here that had been used by
/ troops before going to the fiunt. Under
/ these hay was spread on the ground ana
/ covered with blankets. and the impro-
vlsod hospital was ready. ono tent Was
/ taken Tor the operating tables and the
work u surgeons and nurnes began'
/ They worked nlEht and day Tor forty
/ eight hnurs. with only brief Intervals
/ for coirte and bareback Wounded
/ men had 20 walt for hours before bull
lets could be extracted and wounds
dressed. But there was no complaint
not a word--only siisnt.pationt suffer-
Ing. borne with courage that was sub
/ lime AZ the WOUNDED continued tp
| come In tent room gave out, and nay
aud blankets wuru placed outside with
no covering. and TO thcio beds the
/ irns severely wounded were assigned.
IT was the Fourth Of July. Two ihy
/ aF0, In thin little bN o. Cuba, Inc star
/ ana stripes were nyinx from ever,
! masthead. warahiga and transport
I were dcckcd with n1rH AMI peuuania
and Newspaper Dispatch boats wef'
ray with nuitcnnE colOrA hut " wni
not a Joyous day. Above hospital tent
RCD Gross nars are wayinE, and her
D
Everybody wqlo can do even - little a.
carry "a cup OF water lends Willing hand
20 help wounded soldiers. Moat ~ th'
wounded are from tho nfat days en-
gaerment. when the Infantry was or
dtftd 10 lead the attack on santiago.
THE surgeons turDcd % The Rec
} Crofa ship State OF Texas Tor help ant
the supplies originally Intended for ih'
starving Cubann were sent ashore To-
our wounded. Miss Barton had beet
| Urged and advised 10 walt until uh'
army had opened and made tho wal
safe Tor landing supplies for reconcen
tradoa aud rofrTctA nut she had fore
seen the situation 20 a certaln degree
and followed the Amy AZ quickly ~
r1rslble 10 walt flr the emergency
rather Than that the emergency should
walt Tor her ship.
while surgeons and nurses werl
probing for bullets and dressing wound
. force 81 men on the Rcd Cross ship
worked half The nlght getting out cot
and blankets. nod HANDBAGS, anu ..
daylight next morning these suppllei
were landed. taking advantage al TN
! smooth sea between and O'Clock
Their were six tables In the opcrailni
tfnt and eight surgeons. In twenty
four hours TN surgeons had operate
| upon and drcrHld the wounds OF 81
men. -Four Rcd Cross ristors-traint,
4
through the cntlrc time without rest
other than a moment 10 take a cup o.
corec carried In TO them. They wcrl
gistef ilettlua, wifc % Or. Lesser, sur
reon.ln.chief OF the Rcd Croan; Sihtc
Nina. Sister Isabel aud sister blanche
Their knowledge of aurErfy' sklil an
nerve We're revelation TO the nftnl
surgeons. These young women. all un
dr 30. went from ono operating tahl
10 mother, and. whatever was IN
nature Of the Waund pr nmputatpn
proved equal 20 the emergency.
On the Iled Cross hospital. aeroa
the way. Sister AIMS was IN charge o
the sick men turned over 70 nr i,l
cross tWo days before, whom army sur
geena wien fra1ps were al ordered Z
Inc front. These patients Ind beef
inkfn from the Ola building l hhN
mentioned IN a former letter. whfr
NOV were lying on the dirty floors. an
placcd In che better quarters, mad
eisan aud fairly comfortable by n
sisters Food suitable Tor fhe slel
Wa carried over from the RED eros
. ship AMI dcllcacies were prepared b.
ne nursos Cor the patients.
"a striking feature % the flrst DAY
ena-araneut was the number % me-
wounded In she head, arms ana uppe
ntT on the hady-ihe unerrinE aim o
! spanish aharpshooters concealed q
, ] trlNh some or NN'H' NAH.ft wv HlaH
! severely Nlundei-were taken Into N
Rei Gross hospital where they w0ul
receive the most Hkillful ana gcri
Two lays Of s,ridy strain began /
! show on the sisters The strlln ha
: been the greater because there were n
flcilltles Tor anything like "A ragula
/ meal short of the ship-Teached by
. | ing. hard tramp through the sand
! fi,,n a nov over she tossing wavfi
nut nobody thought u meals; the on
. thinc was 10 f0.l anu nurRe the a.
| ws1unded and sick men. Human en-
/ durance.. however. had lts limit. an
/ unless the alsNrs could get a ll1,le ros
/ thrv would give out. The only 0utrld
! force was Nra Trumbnll While OF Chi
/ cago and myself Mr. White IL on
. dlnpateh blai llnt runs over 10 Por
, Auionlo, where news dispatches ar
| nlbied. Mrs White went ON duty an
, | pruvfd a most efilclent ana fltthft
/ nurse. went % duty for twenty-fou
h0ura. and night, with the asslstAnc
81 offs man taking care OF twenty
, ihrce pltlenis-fever' measles anu dyl
! entery eases and three badly wounde
, men.
Among tho iitssr. were Genital
Mills on the Flrsi cavalry and Willlar
/, | Clark. a col0rod private In The Twent,
nfth Infantry regul1rs. They wer
: brought over from the hospital tent
: ana placed ON c1,a On .he llttis p1rVl
! where Tiers was iusi space enough {
!, pass between the cots, Their wound
: were VERY similar In the head. and d