The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-03
IRE INDIAN TERRITORY WEDNESDAY, EVENING AUGUST g. Sa8

ette When l was struck, kneeling |
down on one knee. 1t paralyzed my |
leg for while. 1t felt just like it
was asleep, and every time 1 tried to |
step / went down. A friend of |
mine, a San Antenio, Tex, boy,
named Race Smith, helped me to the |
held hospital, then went back to the !
firing line and was torn all to pieces |
with shell. He is not quite dead
but is in a terriable shape. 1 am 60
ing TO see him to-day and try to mail
this to you. had one letter writte n
you when we had the other fight and
wore it out, so will try to get this one
of this life 1 would love to see YOU
all, love to eat one good square meal
with clean dishes and table cloth.
cream and sugar in coffee. 1t would
be a great treat. Think of me when
you are eating those good bisccit.
steak and gravy. Stay at home where
you can eat.
Well, Brother, will have to close
for the present, will try and write
some more after o while, but il
can't I will send this. Love to all.
Will write more from Santiago.
Well, 1t is now 4:40, am again in
the trenches, again with the flag Of
truce flying on the Spanish trenches
900 yards away. The truce close
precisely at 5 p. m. 1t was false
alarm, some one yelled that she is
down, meaning the flag of truce, but
it was a mistake, nevertheless
turtle rolling off log. There is lots
of the boys that never get out of
them from the time they go in until
they are relieved. But it is too much
for me to stand in one place so long,
and the trench is only about two feet
wide and four feet deep, so gen.
orally sit up on the back side of the
trench or lay down.
1t was the 9Th when started this
letter but never got to finish it and
this is the 8th. The truce was ex-
tended until the 9th which is to-
morrow. l was in the trenches six
hours when they came along making
: up detail to run q trench nearer
I to the Spanish lines. 1 went to help.
: We run a trench about $50 yards in
r front of our old one. It was a detail
? from the Rough Riders, Ninth and
Tenth cavalry.
he ~ Anhf lilo tho a
and are known at home as the fight
ing Ninth. But when the relief was
coming on the moon was not shin
t ing so very bright and something
2 startled one of them and seven or
eight followed just as hard as they
could run. The officers were trying
to stop them with muttered curse
q because we were to make no noise il
. it could be helped. 1t came neal
e starting a stampede, but didn't
s cause Teddy was there.
You ought to have seen the Rougt
= Riders. To a man they jumped te
their rifles and fell to the grass ready
u = for action. 1 thought the whole
u Spanish army was charging US.
thought would surely die fightinl
: Spaniards right there, but am still
able to soldier little more.
was shot in the leg last Friday il
the fight. 1t lasted two days, th'
third day they rested. 1t was under
stood they were to go into Santiago
= on Monday. The doctor ordered mi
to the boat to be taken back hom'
:, but gave him the slip and reported
for duty again. The captain of m.
troop asked me where was going
= 1 told him to San TACO. You ough
to have heard the boys around hir
veil. All shook hands with me whei
l told them that l ran of to Kee
: from coming home, so did the CAP
= tain. l don't have to limp h1rdl
any now. Win be all o. K. if ge
through tomorrow. 1 dread th
whistling, groaninp noise those car
non balls make. Father Halls Ghos
stories are as nothing compared wit
- that noise. l don't mind the explC
- sion of the shells or the hum of th
bullets. j. ). HAMMER. Jr.
w P. S.-Ten all the boys and girl
IT. and everybody else L am well an
a. will tell them the experience of
ke Rough Rider when l come home
n Tell Buck to write me and l wi
write him as soon as get some mol
ba paper. picked this up on the ba
ed tlefield where some old boy got
,at too big q harry to carry it, so thre
IN his knaP sack away. Goodbye,
- ]. 8. H., Jr.