The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-12
TELL TERRIBLE TALES.

Wounded UnitSd BEatSs Troops Arriving
nt Fort mcPherhOn Say The SPaRtaEd1
Fired on the Field Hospital and UttSFiY
DIEsEardsdl the Red Cross RIaE-OtilsP
Acts OF Troachsry.
ATLANTA, Ca, July 1.-Two hun-
dred and thirty-Rve sick and wounded
soldiers reached the general hospital Al
Fort Mcpherson to-day from Tampa.
Among them are several OF the Rough
Riders and many members OF the Sew
enty-frst New York regiment. The
most seriously wounded are Captain
Ducat and Lieutenant Lyons, OF the
Twenty fourth infantry, whose families
are now at Salt Lake, Utah. The doc
tors are much encouraged by the con-
dillon OF the men tonight and say they
will recover. Many OF the wounded men
give thrilling accounts Of the great
fight OF July 1, and from several
sources unsolicited comes the informa-
tion: The spaniards use explosives
and brass bullets"
Dwight Galloupe, chaplain Of the
Twenty-fourth infantry Of Newark, n.
j., is suffering from internal heInoF-
rhage, but he will recover. He told q
story OF the utter disregard Of the
spaniards for the Red Cross nag.
ION the afternoon Of the third, said
the chaplain. l was visiting the wound
ed In hospital tent near the place
where the fight was the hottest. A lieu
tenant, whose name do not know, was
in the other OF the. tent, looking after
some OF his men. Suddenly shell came
through the tent and exploded. That
officer was torn into shreds. was
a,.VT. fNa e.
you see, and every man in the tent
thrown from his cot.
"The SpanIards took especial delight
In firing upon our field hospital. We
had to move It seven times on that &C.
count. One OF the surgeons was killed
while dressing the wounds OF soldier.
In the hasty retreat which the eneny's
fire made necessary from the hrst hos
pital. lot OF our wounded were left be-
hind and all OF them were killed"
Several OF the new arrivals say the
reported sufferlngs OF the Spanish sol-
diers is greatly exaggerated. ''rhe
Spanish soldiers get better food than
ours do" sold one OF the men. 1.-The
children of Santiago are suffering, but
the soldiers are getting the fat OF tho
land"
"They are hard fighters" he contln-
ued, but yeTy treacherous. Once during
the early part OF the battle, a white
flag was thrown up on one OF theis bat
terIes. Our men approached Il as a
matter OF course; they were shot down
when they drew near"
Captain Ducat, OF the Twenty fourth
Infantry, is shot through the thigh, and
his right leg is partially paealyGed.
Propped UP on cot he told an Associs
ated Press representative a story Of the
bitter fight which resulted IN the
wounding Of himself and his first ofl-
Ger. Lieutenant Lyons, and the loss Of
many prlvates.
on the first day of the fighting near
Ell Canev. Lieutenant Lyons. with sew.
enty-ive men, set out to take a stone
blOckhouse at the top of a steep hill
Safely housed behind the stone walls OF
the house sixty SpanIards poured n Q
murderous fire on the plucky Ameri-
cans as they entered the narrow path
leading up the hill. Step by step the
men forged ahead. their comrades fall.
inn every minute. By the time the top
OF the hill was reached, but twenty-five
Of the band remained With q shout
they forced their way into the coveted
stronghold and In desperate hand to
hand fight, with revolvers, succeeded IN
scattering the SpanIards. Captain Ducat
and Lieutenant Lyons received the
wounds at close range. OF the seventy.
five men but twenty answered the roll
call
johnny Bigelow. OF the Ninth 10.
fantry, a brother OF Poultney BigeloW,
is wounded In four places, a part Of hls
Jaw being torn away.
All are bitter In their denuncIatlon OF
explosive" bullets.