The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-03
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DIR. Ernest VI. Hardy Tells an Interest,"
ing Story of His Trip.

ing Story of His Trip.
A young Rlchmondsr. Dr. Ernest "
Hardy. who Is both a physician aud
dentist. and who has an ONCE az Nc. n
east Clay street, went 70 santiago 10
spend his vacation ana mas JUST returned.
The Impulse OF Or. Hardy that carried
him 10 the field OF hottest battle. lndi-
Gates thai he is a brave. fearless fellow.
Armed with Kodak. some money, an
unlimited amount OF nerye. good health.
ana bravery enough 20 make OF MIN
hero. he started out early In july while
the lighting around Santiago was fercest
ana reached that part of the globe on
July nth, having crossed over from Key
West on Collier 40. Al.
lie got IA with lot OF newspaper men
and together. they with their pencils ana
he with his camera, they got right into
the midst Of the fray, and lay around m
tho trenches for several days under the
not sun and under the hotter fire Of tho
Spanish sharpshOoters.
They were welcomed by the soldiers,
and shared their hard tack and coffee.
and faced the IRE OF the enemy together.
Or. Hardy had no other object In view
than that of passing mis- vacation, aud
taking photographs Of the various points
OF interest around this most interesting
place.
I'VE lay around in the trenches hum
cry and thirsty sara the doctor 10 a
| Times reporter to-day "ant l myself
had a number Of narrow escapes from
oeath at the hands of the Spanish sharp
shooters.
"Once a bullet few past my head ana
struck boulder behind me. iiattening
itself caught up the bullet. which was
very hot, and put It I'm my pocket and
L have it now. The Spanish rifles are
much superior TO ours. Their range Is
longer. Frequently ! could see tho bull
lets of our men fall short, while those OF
the enemy came right Ia among Us
OF hardly think the Americans arc JUS
titled i'm lighting for the Cuhans. From
| what I could see they were lazy and IN
| d0lent and lay around on the ground
| smoking and eating. while our own men
were working. Their principal object IN
| life seemed 10 be 10 eat. and they took
advantage OF the opportunity 90 eat II
| frequent intervals. The majority OF the
Insurgents are of the lower classes OF
| Cubans.
"They seemed 20 have thought that just
| as soon as Santiago had been taken Il
should have been turned over 20 them.
and the general feeling among the Amer
| leans there Us not favorable ~ The Cue
| bans
"The number Of soldiers IN the Cuban
army around Santiago did not seem 10 me
10 be- over 1000 men.
! After the surrender the American and
| Spanish soldiers mingled together con-
| siderably. and whenever a man was
| found that could speak nOtn languages.
| he was I'm demand. The Spanish soldiers
| didn't appear 10 care what became OF
| them.
I'm conversation several officers OF the
L I..
| United States army defeated the Span.
! iards SO easily. They said that great
| dependence had been placed IN the Ger-
| man. Scotch and English engineers. but
that when war was declared these re-
| spousible parties left the ships. and tho
| men who were running them were incom-
| petent and unable 10 handle the vessels.
( "Tho little scrap between General
| Shafter and correspondent ScOvel caused
some excitement. Scovel had climbed up
| on a house for the purpose OF taking
| some snap shots and he was called down
| By General Shaftcr. and / was told that
| when he went 20 the General 10 apologize
| for getting upon the house tho General
| spoke unnecessarily harsh. and Scoyel re-
| Piled in kind. whereupon the General
| struck the newspaper man, ana the latter
! hit back. That's all there was 20 n. 50
| far as / know.
business IN this city was getting
brisk when l eft there. and the ner-
| chants were very glad 10 got American
| dollars / believe the business people are
| glad that the city has been taken ~ the
Americans.
/ 1.-THE soldiers are In good spirits but
| they are disgruntled because the Cubans
are getting the best Of everything 20 eat.
THE place IS perfect bower OF vege-
| tatiOn and fruit, bananas being the PRIME
! cipal product
The houses are built IN peculiar
fashion with spcuts laid across the roofs
at convenient points 70 carry the water
into troughs and tanks.
VERY little damage was done % tho
city by the Dombardment Just few OF
the taller buildings and churcn being
| damaged Many OF the shells from mo
neet fen short or went entirely over INTO
the water on the other side.
.qrbe report that the Nesuylus bad
created much damage and CONSERVATION
among the properly and people. was so
| FAR as 1 could see without foundation.
! ,,ho., vrore absolutely no marks left AZ
he noinr al which the shells are supposed
10 have burst -,
,,,,, slde in the sklrmlshlng and I saw
r,ornsed spanish soldier whose arm hsd
! - shattered by our soldiers. and which
| "a been bound up by an Illinois soldier
ohio was afterward shot In the head by
Cuban soldier The Cuhans appeared
% he as treacherous as the spaniards
.arhe Red cross people are doing a great
work and are well equipped In the field
and al the hospital
Or. Hardy has a number OF articles
| that he purchased as curios and souvenirs
Of his trip. and has collection OF battle
field relies.
Besides these he has large number OF
photographs taken by himself which Will
be most valuable in illustrating future