The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-06


OF the engagement lacking one arm. Those
who have been through the thickest of the
shot and shell and have emerged unscathed
may tell Of marvellous escapes and thrilling
encounters, but Merkle tells another story.
The order to cease firing had been given,
the great guns the Iowa were silenced,
men came from the turrets to draw fresh
breath Of life, and some went below as
route course. Meanwhile the monitor Ter
ror, lying in closer than the others, and
falling to see the signals, continued to pour
in iron messengers. Men gathered on the
gun decks to watch the progress of the fight.
Merxle came up from below and was in the
act Of putting on his coat, when a shell
plunged through the air and exploded direct
ly over him. One piece struck Merkle on
the right elbow, tearing out the forearm
this after the battle was over.
Three men from the greatest of battle
ships, the Oregon, were among the patients
of the Solace, who by the way, have been
transferred to the Marine Hospital in
Brooklyn-Louis Upson, P. ]. Lynch and
Alonzo Gartley. They were not the only
ones to suffer from the heart-breaking voy-
age of the Oregon, but they were the most
seriously i'll after the battle ship reached
Key West, and it was deemed advisable to
S6IQ lI6ul TO d more IdVOEdDl0 ClllldlS. NO
men are prouder of the grand work of their
ship than they.
A MARVELLOUS RECOVERY.
One of the remarkable cases brought here
by the big ambulance is William Taylor
Washington boy, and frst-class appren-
tice on the cruiser New York. Taylor's re-
covery is the most marvellous of any of
those remarked on by the naval surgeons.
One day, soon after the commandment of
Matanzas, through which they men on the
New York passed without the slightest in
jury, a revolver dropped from the belt of
Boatswain Mullen and exploded. The bullet
passed through Taylors right arm at the
elbow, entered the abdomen, passed up
through the liver, grazed the lung and came
out through the left shoulder An operation
for laparotomy was performed and Taylor
recovered, although, naturally, he is still
suffering from the effects of his multiple
wound and the operation. Following is a
complete list Of the patients on the Solace,
giving the name, the rating of each man
and his ship:
WILLIAM WATSON-Oiler, Manning.
JAMES B. SCOTT-Seaman, st. Paul
GEORGE MERKLE-Marine. Iowa.
JOHN ENGLE-Seaman, Iowa.
KARL F. NORMANN-Seaman. Whining
ton
ROBERT VOLTZ-Seaman, Nashville.
j. F. acknowledgements, Castine.
F. F. BURKETT-Coal passer, Suwanee.
M. COOKE-Coal passer, Machias.
GEO. w. BARBER-Seaman, Puritan.
CARL ASKENBURG-S Algonquin.
A w. -Quartermaster, third class,
Dolphin.
J. N. STANLEY-Gunner's mate, Hornet.
HENRY HENDRICKSEN-S Mar
blehead.
]. VARLEY-Fireman, first class, Man
grove.
VIM. TAYLOR-Apprentice New York
MICHAEL j. HENRY-Marine. marine
battalion.
M. w. ATONE-Gunners mate, first class,
Indiana.
A. HESFORD-Coal passer, Terror.
D. o. OCONNELL-Marine, marine bat
SYDNEY MISUNDERSTANDING, marine bat
THOMAS NELsoN-Marine. marine bat
talon.
ALBERT LINK-Machinist, Annapolis.
JAS MLBOD-Master at arms, Newport.
FRANK DAvIS-Coxswain, Castine.
CHAS. A. KELLY-Mechanic, second class,
Nezencotte
B. OLEARY-Coal passer, Marblehead.
THOMAS DODDS-Seaman, Dolphin.
EDWARD O'DONAHUE-Marine marine
battalion.
CHAs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mate. sec
ond class, Dolphin.
JOHN DAVIS-Gunner's mate. third class,
Marblehead
H. w. KUCHMEIsTER- Marine, marine
battalion.
CHAS. L. MEISS-Gunners mate, Osoeola.
ROBT. MFETTERS-Marine, marine bat
TALON
w. CHILES-Mess attendant. Amphitrite.
DANIEL BURNS-Quarterma third
class, Puritan.
w. H. acknowledgements second class,
Vixen.
]. MKERNAN- second class,
Suwanee
A. H. HOWARD-Fireman, second class
Amphitrite
r. F. MITCHELL-First sergeant, An
napolis.
]. w ECK-First sergeant. marine bat
talon.
VIM A. SHAW-Mechanic, second class.
Machias.
DAN'L D. DoNOvAN-seaman, Bancroft
ROBT. l.. GRUBB-Landsman, Winslow.
ED. F. BROTHERS-F Fireman, second class,
Maple
VIM. GILES-Naval cadet, Oregon.
LOUIS F. UPSON-Seaman, New Orleans.
JAS z. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Montgomery.
CHAS. F. WERZ-Quartermast second
class, Porter.
P. J, LYNCH-Mar1ne, oregon.
| MICHAEL H. COX-Seaman, Samoset
H F. MISUNDERSTANDING, Wampatuck.
! F. T. WISS-Water sender, Iowa.
ALONZO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, second
class, Oregon.
OF these fifty-four American seamen four
| are afflicted with consumption. Three of
these are young men, two mere boys, APP
| prentices and the fourth is James Mcleod,
| famous as the master-at-arms OF the New
| port, who has worn eight service straps.
| He is nearing his last days Several of the
| men are suffering from fractured limbs, the
result of accidents aboard ship.
| DR.. Thomas F. Streets, surgeon of the
Solace said to-day that all his patients had
| improved greatly during the four days trip.
When they left Key West, he said, he was
| almost certain that there would be some
! deaths aboard, as some of the men were in
| an extremely serious condition. Those who
| are afflicted with lung diseases made the
| entire voyage in the swinging hammocks on
! deck and the others took occasion to draw
| fresh ocean breezes at all times, by day and
| by night.
There was a small crowd at the navy yard
| when the Solace was warped into the dock
| to-day. Several ambulances were on hand,
| and the patients, one by one, were carried
| out on stretchers or led down the gangway
by tender hands and transferred to the Ma
ripa IJoSnitaI