Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-07-22
CORPORAL ED. HALE.
The "Snapper" Writes an Interesting
Letter From Cuba.
HE WAS IN THE BIC BATTLE.

Mrs. Ida Griswold. OF this city, IL In
receipt OF a letter from her brother,
Snapper" Edward Hale, the base ball
player, who is one OF the "Rough Riders"
in Cuba. Snapper" is a corporal, and
he says:
These poor Cubans are holy fright
10 behold; they have no clothes nor any.
thing else. After we landed near Santi-
ago, we marched twelve miles 10 q little
town, and we stayed there that night.
The next morning we marched four miles
and engaged In our first battle. She was
hot thing for two hours. There were
$50 Of us against 1000 Spaniards, and we
drove them back aud took the battle Geld.
| The Rough Riders were the mAiu push in
the hght, and the way they faced the mu-
sic was a caution. There wore eighteen
killed on our side and forty. FIVE wound
cd. The Spaniards had many killed and
wounded We then went into camp for
a week, waiting for the rest OF the army
TO land 30 as 10 get our big guns planted,
aud we all went out together. We
marched about three miles and cAmped
that night by few old houses and the
next morning our batteries began 10
she'll the SpaniaTds. II was very hot for
awhile. The enemy sent big she'll in
10 us and there we're men laying around
with their legs all torn 10 pieces and one
piece OF a shell just went by my face and
II II had hit me II would be all of with
me. We went after them in good order
and the Rough Riders were again In the
front and have been there ever since we
landed. We marched about a mile and
then we went into the battle right
The Spaniards had all the best OF II be.
cause they were in trenches and we
could not hit them but you could see our
men falling all around. We fought
fifteen hours without stopping and we
run them out OF the trenches and took
possession OF the San Juan heights. and
now we can stand on the heights and
look into Santiago City. II was the
greatest battle Of the age ever fought.
We now have our trenches dug and thG
city surrounded. In this battle we lost
about 1900 killed and wounded, and the
Spaniards about 4,5O0."
snapper" Hale continues in his letter
and states that the "ROugh Riders" cap
tured number OF Spanish sharpshOOters
up In the eOcOanut trees. He says that
Clay Green, OF CeTrillOs was killed In the
last battle; he was shot through the
heart and was buried the next day. He
ibpuAtn AiuAnAlDuks VI killb blA9t Ill W n
also Husky" King, the base ball
player.
In writing about the naval battle
Snapper" says:
"SampsOn's tieet and the Spanish feet
fought their battle the other day. The
SpAniards sent out q member OF the
French eOnsel at Santiago 10 see n
Sampson would let Ceryera out OF the
haTbOr, and II he would he would come
out aud fight him like man Sampson
agreed and backed out in the sea eleven
miles and let the Spanish tlset come out.
When they got out into the sea, Sampson
went after them. There were eight ships
OF the Spaniards and we sunk four and
captured four, besides $500 spaniArds.
Sampson lost two little gunbOat5 In the
battle, and when CeryeTa saw there was
no chance for him, he got on the Spanish
flagship and tried tOget away. He got away
but Sampson captured him about eight
teen miles out in the sea. 30 we have
them all faded"
IL will be seen that "Snapper's" de-
scriptiOn and idea OF the big naval battle
Is somewhat different from the official
report, Still "snapper's" account Is all
right.