The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08

IL that you don't WEIGH and every time
| tussled with a think Ike this l made
! a iump forward and got out OF line,
zone OF the Rough Riders from New
, York an educated fellow, who'd proba-
/ bly, had his little whirl at playing the
horses when he had nothing else 10 DO,
said after the fight was over:
Holy gee. but that games more
nerve sapping than the dallying with loo
TO ] shots!'
81 had often read about men in action
dodging bullets out of nervousness, but
/ never took any stock in those stories
until this fight Then I found out that
Il was true Men do dodge bullets. /
caught myself doing Il half a dozen
times. and nearly all the other fellows
did it, They didn't dodge all the time.
but only when the Spaniards were en-
gagng in volley firing. When the sound
OF the volley reached them, although the
volley's bullets had passed them, they in
voluntarily gave little ducks Of the head,
like man does i'm a boxing match. They
didn't know they were doing it, / called
the attention OF one Of my bunkies. who
fought alongside OF me. to his imbecile
game Of ducking his head. and he turned
To rue and said
why. You jay, I've been watching you
do the same thing for the last fifteen
minutes. and he was right.
There's a mean kind of a squat cactus
growing around the woods down there,
and the digs of the cactus point fooled
a lot Of the men into believing that they
had been pinked in tho legs. / saw one
of the regulars. a Corporal. sit down
suddenly and rub his leg down near his
foot.
Been nipped?' asked one Of his swad-
dies
YEP. I'm the ankle was the reply.
Then he pulled ub his trouser leg. low
cred his sock, and saw nothing but lit
tie abrasion OF the skin. from which the
blood was trickling. lie had struck his
ankle against a cactus point. lie got up
suddenly looked nj the cactus for a sec
ond, and then trampled II into the
ground.
"T won't got fooled that way again
he said. lie got BAH in his left shoulder
later on.
"A lot Of the fellows were gagging and
whistling and hummng during the whole
thng-not loud but Just loud enough 10
hear themselves. When the firing was
the hardest along the left OF the line, a
half dozen Of the fellows. I heard after
ward struck up the coon song. Get Your
Moneys Worth and kept it going until
another bunch I'm the same outfit drown
ed EN- out with another coon song. I
Don't Like No Cheap Man. which they
twisted into 4 Don't Like No Cheap
Spans.
There were very few Of the fellows
who were killed who didn't have some
kind or other Of a girl trinket on them
when they were laid out I'm the rear. The
officers went around and gathered these
things together. making notes Of them on
pads that they carried around with them.
\ good many OF these lOckets and minia-
lures and little strands Of sweethearts'
hair were sent 10 the people back here
Of the boys killed on the despatch boat
Dolphin, that brought me over from
Cuba.
THE Spanish soldiers had the bulge on
MS during the engagement in this re-
spect. that they fought without any gear
whatever except their rifles and ammuni-
tion belts. All Of their individual be-
longings-such as knapsacks. haver-
sacks, ponchos. and so on-they left be-
hind them with storekeepers. and they
didn't have any packing 10 do during the
scrap. good many OF the troops on our
side fought in practically heavy march
ing order--that Is. they went into the
fight that way. They didn't come out
that way though The temperature was
something fierce. and the way they chuck
ed gear right and left was a caution.
Most or them hung on TO their canteens.
though. for water certainly tasted sweet
I'm that heat. The thrown-away gear was
nearly all gateherd together after the
rumpus was over and the men got their
belongings back. and without having any
thing said TO them for throwing Il away.
either II was funny to hear the talk
of some of the Rough Riders at mess
that night.
"'What I want. and want right now
said one OF them to bis companions, is
twenty-seven Scotch-high ball and cav
iare sandwich
Stop your Kidding one Of them re-
piled you're in luck II you don't get one
Spanish low ball
zone Of the boys OF Hamilton Fish's
outfit sang in very sweet tenor voice.
The Vacant Chair at mess that night.
1t was enough TO choke a man up.
Edward Marshall. that newspaper cor
respondent who was hit in the spine early
respondent who was hit in thespine early
in the fight. was a game man all right
He was conscious when they picked him
up.
Where did you get Il. Marshall2' he
was asked before he was examined.
~ rsss said he. for he didn't know
where he was hit himself. the bullet made
him so numb. Any old place from hat
to moccssirs, I guess."-New York Sun.