The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-06

Voyage.
Copyright by the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 5.-The ambu-
lance ship Solace came into port today
having on board fifty-four wounded
anu SICK, some of whom had been
transferred from the American war
shlps in Cuban waters and others taxi
gil from the hospitals at Kew West
rour OF the men from the Nashville
anu Marblehead are among the ma
eients on the Solace. Robert Voltz. of
San francisco. and Henry Hendricks
SEN Jonn Davis and H. w. Kucbmai-
ster. all of New York. They are tha
wounded Of the band of volunteers who
cut the cable at Cienfueeos nearly
montn ago. 1t is tale that has bean
TOLD before, but that effort will live in
history, side by side with the Merri-
mac Journey down into the narrows
at Santiago harbor.
When the revenue cutter wind,n,
brought Hendricksen and Voltz to Kew
west after the engagement, the hos
pitaI surgeons said that both wo,,Id
de- One had three bullet wounds this
was Voltz. A twenty-two-c aliber bull
let mad passed through the skull at the
oase vi the Drain and out. Compared
with this, the other wounds were in
significant. He was unconscious for
several days at the barracks hospital
az Key West, but gradually thav
brought him around. Hendricksen was
shot through the abdomen. The bullet
passed completely out Hendricksen-
when seen aboard ship today. however
said he would be fighting the snan.
lards again before the end of the
month, II there was fight left in them.
THE WINSLOW TRAGEDY.
The Winslow sent one man here to
remind the people north of that now
famous torpedo boat and of the en-
gagement at Cardenas, when Ensign
Bagley was killed-the first officer Of
the American navy to fall in this war
with four of his men. He is Robert
l.. Grubb. landsman. Grub is the
s 81 man from the Wins!ow to come
10 New York, O'Hearn, a fireman. hay-
ing Deen sent on furlough
A victim of the Porto Rico lombard
ment was also brought here on the
Solace, George Merkie, a marine. He
was on the Iowa at San Juan, and came
out OF the engagement lacking one
arm.
Three men from the Oregon were
among the patients of the Solace. who.
by the way, have been transferred 10
the marine hospital in Brooklyn-Louis
Epson, P. j. Lynch and Alonzo Cart
ley Iney were not the only ones tn
suffer from the heartbreaking voyage
OF the Oregon, but they were the most
serious Ill after the battleship reached
Key West and it was deemed advisa
Die to send them to a more favorable
climate.
One of the remarkable cases brought
here by the big ambulance Is William
Taylor, a Washington boy and a first
class apprentice on the cruiser New
York. A bullet passed through Tay-
lor's right arm at the elbow. entered
the abdomen. passed up through the
liver grazed the lung and came out
through the left shoulder. An opera
ton for lapartomery was performed,
and Taylor recovered. although nat
urally he is still suffering from the
effects of his multiple wound and tie
operation.
PATIENTS ON THE SOLACE.
Following is complete list Of the
patients on the solace
William Watson, James B. Scott Georpe
Marble, John Engle, Karl F. Normann Rob
ert Voltz ]. F. Kendig. F. F. Burkett M.
Cooke, George w. Barber, Carl Askenburg.
A. W. Simons. ]. n: Stanley, Henry Hendr.ck-
Henry M. w. Aatone. A. Hessford. D. o.
O'Connell. Sidney Trammel Thomas Nelson
Albert Link. James Mcleod, Frank Davis,
Charles H. Kelley. B. OLeary. Thomas
Rodds. Edward A. Donahue, Charles Schmitt,
John Davis. H. w. Kuchmeister Charles L.
Meiss, Robert McFetters. w. Chiles Daniel
Burns. w. H. Powell, J. E. McKiernan, T. F.
Mitchell. ]. w. Eek. William A Shaw Dam
lei Donovan Robert L. Grub. Edward F.
Borthers. William Giles. Louis F. Epson,
James q: Weber Charles F. Wertz. ]. F.
Lynch. Michael H. Cox H. F.. Mackey, W. F.
Weiss, Alonzo Gartley.