Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-30
WILLIE HOGLE RETURNS.
He is Sick and Very Weak, But in This In
vigorating Climate Will Pull
LIN Ranidlv.


Trooper Willie Hogle, Of troop E,
Rough Riders returned last night
from Montauk Point, sick and very
weak, but glad to get home again, where
he Is now receiving the best of care and
attention. He did not arrive the pre-
vious evening because he felt 50 badly
at Hutchinson, Kan, that he thought 1t
best to stop over day and rest. The
young man went all through the battles
and trying scenes before Santiago de
Cuba without harm, but the privations
incident upon the trying experiences in
the trenches and in that miasmatic cli-
mate finally overpowered the young SOL
dier, and just as his regiment was ready
to start for the United States he was
taken down, August s. and had to be
left behind. He was at first in the cav
airy division hospital, where but scant
was but one man connected with the
hospital who did anything like his duty,
and that was Hospital Steward Jen-
nings, who worked over the boys until
he fell from exhaustion Afterwards
he was removed to Robinson's hospital
on San Juan Hill, where he was given
better care. and then there was some
show for his recovery. All this while
the young troopers family We're doing
their best to communicate with him, and
Captain Muller sent a cablegram to
Santiago about him, but none Of the
messages reached the sick soldier
Finally. Trooper Hogle recovered suf-
ficiently to be sent to this country, and
he arrived at Montauk Point September
4, still a sick man. Mr.. Hogle found that
while the Point was pleasant enough in
some ways, it was not in others. For
a cn1d af rui i,,o lam
every morning that would watt in under
the tents where the sick lay, and made
them anything but comfortable, to say
nothing of the new element of danger
added. However, excellent care was
given the sick and they had everything
that was needed. Captain Muller noti-
fled the young mans family in this city
and afterwards, when he was able, Mr..
Hogle wrote home, so that all doubts
were settled as to his whereabouts. But
his folks had severe time of it, espe-
cially his mother, In the long drawn out
suspense, and the narrowing uncer-
tainty as to whether he was alive or
dead and one report had stated that he
was buried in Cuba After muster out,
Trooper Hogle started for home. being
obliged to stop en- route on account of
his weakness
He could talk but little this morning
when reporter called to see him, for he
had but little strength left. He, how
ever, said, in response to questions that
the United States was bound to have
trouble in the island for a large element
Of the native population was hard lot
to manage. The Cuban soldiers at San
tiago did not impress Mr.. Hogle favora-
bly,. They were a very uncanny lot,
Ignorant men with very large heads,
who refused to do anything unless paid
for 1t. They wished 1t to be understood
that they were Cuban soldiers and were
not obliged to work
A number Of friends called on the
young trooper today, but he is not strong
to receive visitors, and his friends would
do well to let him alone for few days
until he has recovered sufficiently to en-
able him to get around.