The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-15
Reach the Hospital at
Fort Mcpherson.
A HAND FIGHT
Described by One OF Them-Scvcnsy.
Five Wen Charge a Bloekhou.c and
Only Twenty Answer the RoIl-Can
AFTER IL. Capture->panish Disregard
of Red Cro.s-kfliiug Wen In Iso.-
pitaIs-The Wounded at Fort VIC
Phcrson Improving Rapidly.

Atlanta. Ca. July 1.-Two hundred
and thirty-five sick and wounded SOL
diers reached the general hospital at
Fort Mcpherson today from Tampa
Among them are several OF the rough
riders and many members OF the Sew
enty-frst New York. The most seri-
ously wounded are Captain Ducat and
fourth infantry, whose families are
now at Salt Lake, Utah.
The doctors are much encouraged
by the improved condition Of the men
tonight and say they viii recover.
Many OF the wounded mon give thrill
ing OF the great fight OF July
lst, from several sources. unso-
licited. come the information: Those
Spaniards use explosive and brass bull
let's" Dwight Galloupc, chaplain of
the Twenty-fourth infantry. Of New
ard. y. j.. is suffering from internal
h~emorrhaees, but he win recover. He
told a story OF the utter disregard OF
Spaniards FOR the Red Cross flag. ON
the afternoon OF the 2rd. said the
CUdpldll. / was NlSltlllE llF Nblilttl
in a hospital ten near the point where
the firing was hottest. \ Lieutenant
whose name | do not know was in the
other end OF the tent looking after
some OF his men. suddenly a she'll
came through the tent and exploded.
The officer was torn INTO shrods, ! W.
hurled fully fifty feet and injured as
you see and every man in the tent
thrown from his cot. The Spaniards
took special delight in firing upon our
field hospital. We had to NOV" it
seven times on that account one or
the surgeons was killed while dress
ing the wound OF a soldier. In tho
hasty retreat which the encmy's IRE
made necessary from the first hospital.
a lot OF our men were left behind and
many Of them were killed"
Several of the new arrivals say the
reported suffering OF the Spanish SOL
diers is greatly exaggerated. -.
Spanish soldiers get better food than
ours" said one of the men. the citi-
Zens of Santiago are suffering. but tho
soldiers are getting the fat Of the
land. They are hard fighters ne con-
tinued, but very treacherous. once
during the early part OF the BATH,
n white flag was thrown up on one
Of their batteries. Our men approach
ed it, as a matter OF cous", but were
snot down when they drew near"
A HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT.
Captain Ducat. of the Twcnty-f0urth
Infantry. is shot through the thigh
and his right leg is partially pa~alyz-
ed. Propped upon a cot h" told an
Associated Press representative a
story Sf the bitter fight which result
ed in the wounding OF himself and HIS
first officer, Lieutenant Lyons. and
the loss of man p%rivates. ON tn"
first day Of the fighting near FL Cau,y
Captain Ducat, with se~vcnty-GVc men,
set out Il take a stone blockhousc at
the top OF a steep hill Step by step the
men forged ahead. their comrades
falling every minute. by the time the
top Of the hill was reached but TWEEN
ty-two of the band remained. with
n short they forced their way into the
coveted stronghold and a ~despcrat"
hand-to-hand fight with reviewers
succeeded in scattering the Spanlards.
Captain Ducat and Lieutenant Lyons
received the wounds ut close raugc.
OF the seventy-fve men. but twan-
ty answered the roll call. johnny
Bigelow. of the Ninth infantry, whose
home is at Highlands, opposite West
Point, New York, and a brother of
Toultrey Bigelow, is wounded in four
rlaces-a part OF his jaw being torn
away. All are bitter in her Ccnun-
citation Of explosive bullets.