The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-23

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spaces in the road, and it was like shoot
ing a butts after that. Some of the fell
lows took positions from which they could
shoot MO dressing stations and thus hurt
or kill the patients there, ana those who
We're attending to them.
When one of these men was picked out
through the foliage it was entirely proper
TO bring him down with a bullet at once
This was done in a majority Of cases
Some Americans with a moderation that
was not considered praisewOrthy by most
OF the army, motiOned them TO come
down, and then took them prisoners A
few were caught skulkiag in the under
BRUSH some had hidden their weapons
There was strong temptation 10 kill
such guerillas, bur apparently the incina-
lion to do 50 was in every case overcome.
The marksmen Of the LIST Volunteer
Cavalry had especial success with the
Spaniards in trees. They got four in one
day. One thing that made the Rough
Riders especially thirsty for the blood of
these bushwackers was the wounding Of
First Lieutenant Carr. He was In com
mand of his troop. ID, when overcome by
The heat Four men went to the rear
with him Two walking with him, the
others just behind. carrying the four
rifles. A shot from a tree a short distance
part of the back, the BAH coming out
through the groin.
The four laid the officer down by the
roadside and started into the forest They
were woodsmen themselves, keen 10 dis
tinguish foreign objects in foliage. In
their terrible earnestness it was no long
job TO spy out the Spaniard. After that
revenge was easy and simple. The Span
lard fell dead 1t is now expected that
Lieutenant Carr VIII get well
The four sharpshooters who were bagg-
ed in a short time by the list Volunteer
Cavalry spent the night in their trees
They signaled to one another with the
cry of the whippoorwill. il was an ex-
cellent imitation but it did not deceive
the trained ears of the Western plains
men. A little party started out early in
the morning for some sport. They had it,
A trooper of d got information of the
exact spot in which one these SDaniards
was hidden by this same whippoorwiu
signal A wounded man was shot in the
foot by him. Then came his cry, ap-
parenhy of exultation. The cavalryman
made him out in a cocoanut palm, some
forty feet above the ground. Only the
mans left shoulder and part of his left
arm were visible A bullet in his shoulder
caused him to drop his gun and clutch
wildly with his right arm for support
Elis body however swayed into better
view for an instant. The second shot was
just above the heart, and ended him
Two expert riflemen of the 9th Iufan-
try and three of the 10th had Httle hunt
ing party in the woods in which four
Spaniards were shot from trees 1t is
strange fact that some of those knocked
out of trees were not killed even by the
fall of thirty or forty feet from a cocoa
nut palm, but We're taken prisoners eSome
captured unwounded in mango trees de-
clare they were merely there for fruit.
Examined further, they explained that
they merely happened 10 have their rifles
with them. A few were unarmed or, at
least, their weapons were not found. They
may have been hidden in the dense foliage
of the trees.
Some of the good shots of the United
States Army expressed their disgust with
the craftsmanship of these Spaniards, de-
claring that in the circumstances they
should have killed and wounded far more
than they did Most of their shots SEEM
ed low, striking the legs or the lower
part of the body when effective There
has been an idea in the army that the
Spanish fire was always high. Perhaps,
the warning Of the officers against this
fault has led TO an excessive correcting
of it. The tree-hghters usually seemed
to fancy a range of three hundred yards
the one which afforded the best com
promise between good shooting and safety
from detection. Inc trained regulars
could probably do as wen at a distance of
one hundred or more yards further. They
are trained for effective work up to six
hundred yards. OF course, they shoot a
longer ranges. but at that are fairly GER
tain Of hitting a man.
1t would be interesting, were II possible
to reckon up how many of the killed and
wounded were laid low by men in trees
and bushes who were back Of the Amer
lean firing line. The number was certain
iy large These pestferous fellows have
not even ceased now that white flags are
flying from the Spanish trenches. 1t is
not likely that they know OF the truce.
for most of them must have been in the
woods ever since the battle of Friday last
was fought. Some of them are fully four
miles from the front line of American
trenches Their bullets have been heard
for two or three days near General Shat
ter's headquarters. Last night about 10
o'clock eight shots were fred at a sentry
a the division hospital which is d short
distance from here. There is no mistake
ing by the practical ear the report Of the
Mauser rife. IL Is quicker and ebarpar
than that of the Krag-Korgensen. A
duiler, broader sound comes from the
American weapon.
Il Is not likely that IN subsequent fight.
ing IN Cuba these marksmen viii do 81
much for their side as they have accom-
plished in this region. Their tactics cam.
as a surprise TO men not accustomed 70
the thickness Of tropical Vegetation. In
the future skirmishers who have had ex
perience as hunters can be trusted TO Duf
a stop TO this method Of warfare.