The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-31
STORIES OF SOLDIERS.

| The transfer OF the sick and wounded
soldiers from Seneca 10 Bellevue hospital
/ last night was accompanied by many ex-
/ trLOrdinary Incidents. says the New York
! Evening Sun.
/ Men too weak to move pale and ema-
ciated, lay in rows on the cabin floor of
the tug Fidelity. which made the transfer
others in their tatsered uniforms, or clad
only in blankets or odds and ends OF cloth
ing. wandered about the deck or recined
against the ratings. All bore marks OF
the BATH in which they had 50 recently
been engaged.
On the benches IN the stern sat the
wounded officers. Lieutenant Colonel Egg
bert. Major Corliss. Captain Dowdy Lieu
tenant Byram and Lieutenant Gross.
bronzed. weather-bcaten and tattered.
lighters. everyone OF them. Their swords
lay az their feet, bat they s;Hl carried
their field glasses
As the tug passed up the bay. and the
familiar outlines OF the city became dis
tinct, those who could walk crowded 60
the rail-
Il tell you It's good to see Code oou1-
try again" said a wounded csvalryman.
The air and the surroundings are the best
medicines have taken. II continue
to feel this way II be back in Cuba -
two weeks"
In other men the sight OF the city
aroused different thoughts They spoke
OF the news which had drifted 90 the
front concerning the doings a. home. and
their questions were widely diverse
Say. are Corbett and Mccoy matched
YETI inquired one soldier with q shat
tered leg.
Requests FOR political inforrna ton ard
for news from Spain and Germany. how
ever were not less frequent than cues
tons regarding bicycle races or baseball
games.
NO one who was not on +he fei3 can
ever understand jus, what hghting We csf
at Santiago sad Lieutenant Byram. a.
he sat on coll Il rope. 1T was rnagald-
cent Think q foot sol5lers charging and
capturing hill after hi,i literally ve.ned
pIta rife pItst The feat % capturing and
driving the enemy from these trencbsr IL
probably uneqgalied in the annals - var
fare"
The shooting ~ the spania-ds was not
as accurate as g generally ssp7oFed. % said
another oflce-. They fre8 entirely b.
vo.ley Tier Ere was nueh more "a ID
than that % our men. b1t not nearly 50
deadly They wasted fsn Shots % our
one. Our troops fre6 individually and
carefully. TIE majority az the spaniards
found dead IL ere tTsuoaes were Ea5t
through the heads
The fact taat - many oficsrs Stre
picked n" he contir1ed. - 10 c-ssit
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