Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-07-01

up the hill to twas Uttered with boxes
Of ammunition and all sorts and ,condi-
lions Of camp provisions and parapher-
MALTA. I It was the first lull in the days
work, and, barring the sentries, who
were tramping up and down their beats,
Dvery man in camp was taking advan-
tage Of it, while as for those great chap
arral covered heights which surrounded
the tiny camp it seemed as though
nothing short Of the crack Of doom itself
could ever awaken them to life Sud,
denly q single rifle shot was heard. It
came from somewhere up in the second
ridge Of hills. The $50 men in the wa
ter started and glanced toward the camp
apprehensively. For a couple Of min
utes everything was perfectly still. s
The swimmers began to sport about
again. It was an accident. Evidently
some green hand on outskirt duty had
discharged his rifle by mistake. But the
lie was given to this idea q moment
later, when, with a piff, pah, piff, paf1,
each individual hill surrounding the
camp seemed to belch forth flame. A
wild rush for the beach ensued, but
what followed must be told more from
inference than actual knowledge. There
isn'ta man in Camp McCalla today
who can tell you exactly how he man
aged to get to the top Of that hill. IN.
der ordinary circumstances it is good
six minutes climb, and it blows the
average individual at that. But that
day in less than three minutes every
man who had been in the water was
grasping his rife and lying fat on his
stomach on the brow Of the hill. It was
distinctly a stampede decollete Perhaps
40 Of the men managed to get their
trousers on; the rest merely ran. And
it is worth while noting at this point
that if the Spaniards score no other
triumphs at Guantanamo they certainly.
captured q very fine line Of masculine
lingerie that afternoon. The Premier,s
party is still moaning the loss Of one
truly superfne pink silk undershirt
The instant the rush was over Major
Cochrane stood up in the middle of the
camp, and after handing the noncom-
batants guns he said: ''Look here, boys,
don't you be ashamed to duck when the
bullets are flying. There g nothing mira
dig. about it. I always do it myself.
Down on your stomach. every man Of
you!'' ~ ~ :, =. '' -.
The few men who were standing
when the major spoke laid themselves
out flat. They were just in time. "A Sec
ond later the steel storm started. It
seemed to come from a heavy clump Of
trees on the second ridge. Good marks
men could have asked for no more stun
ming bullseye. From that ridge 50 feet
above the camp-it seemed as though it
must simply be . case Of pulling the
triggers Of the Mauser rifles in order to
make a human bullseye, but though
the fire was terrific and lasted nearly 90
minutes not . living soul on the hill
was struck. II is true that two scouts On
picket duty were killed in the action,
but they were both killed in the woods,
q short distance from the Spaniards'
rendezvous. The camp was still in its
infancy, so far that no trenches had been
made. OF course there were various de-
lgrees in the ooolness Of the men, but
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