The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-12
.BARBAROUS WARFARE
Spaniards' Utter Disregard
of the Red Cross Flag.
THE CHAPLAINS STORY
SHELL BURSTING THROUGH THE
HOSPITAL TENT.
A MAN LITERALLY TORN INTO SHREDS
T" The Enemy Took an Especial Delight in Fir
ing Upon Our Field HosptaI"-- Brother
of Poutney BigIow Wound
ed--Capt. Ducat's
Assault.
THE CHAPLAIN'S STORY
SHELL BURSTING THROUGH THE
HOSPITAL TENT.
A MAN LITERALLY TORN INTO SHREDS

Atlanta. Ga, July 1.-Two hundred
and thirty-fve 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 Seven
ty-tirst New York. The dangerously
wounded are Captain Ducat and Lieu
tenant Lyons of the Twenty-fourth In
fantry, whose families are now ut Salt
Lake, Utah.
The doctors are much encouraged by
the improved condition of the men to-
night and say they will recover. Many
of the wounded men give thrilling ac-
counts of the fight of July LIST. AMI
from several sources unsolicited comes
the information those SpanaE use
explosive and brass bulets." Dwight
Galloupe, Chaplain of the Twenty
fourth Infantry, of Newark. \. j., is
suffering from internal hemorrhages,
but will recover. He told story o1the
utter disregard of Spaniarls for the
Red Cross flag. ION the afternoon of
the 3rd, said the chaplain, Il was Wis
iting the wounded in n hospital tent
near the point where the firing was hot
test a lieutenant whose name do not
know, was i'll the other side Of the tent
looking after some of his men. Sudden
~ n shell came through the tent and ex-
ploded. The officer was torn into
shreds, i was hurled fully fifty feet and
injured as you see and every. man in the
tent was thrown from his cot.
THE Spaniards took special delight in
firing upon our field hospital We had
to move seven times on that account.
One of the surgeons was killed while
dressing the wounds of Il soldier. In the
hasty retreat which the enemy's fire
made necessary from the first hospital
Il lot of our men were left behind and all
of them were killed.
Several of the new arrivals say the re-
ported suffering of the Spanish soldiers
is greatly exaggerated.
1.-THE Spanish soldiers get better food
than ours" said one of the men. "the
citizens Of Santiago are suffering. but
the soldiers are getting the fat of the
land.
''They are hard fighters" he contin-
ued, but very treacherous. Once du-
ring the early part of the battle Il white
, flag was thrown up on one of their bat
teres. Our men approached it, rs Il
matter of course, but We're shot down
when they drew near"
Captain Ducat of the Twenty fourth
Infantry is shot through the thigh. and
his right leg is partially paralyzed.
Propped up on a cot, h. told an Assoc
ciated Press reporter story of the
bitter fight which resulted in the wound
ing Of himself and his first officer Lieu
tenant Lyons, and the loss of many pri-
Yates. On the first day of the fighting
near Ell Caney. Captain Ducat with 70
men set out to take stone block house
at the top of Il 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 - of the
band remained With shout they forced
their way into the. coveted stronghold
and in a desperate hand to hand fight
with revOlvers succeeded in scattering
the Spaniards. Captain Ducat and
Lieutenant Lyons received wounds at
close range.
OF the Is men but 20 answered the
roll call.
Johnny" Bigelow of the Ninth In.
fantry whose home is at Highlands OPP
posite West Point. n. Y. and a brother
of Poultney Bigelow. is wounded in four
places-a part of his jaw being torn
away. All are bitter in their denunci-
alton of explosive bullets.