The San Francisco call., 1898-06-27
DYING CAPTAIN CAPRON
 HIS OWN AVENGER
Brought Down Two of the Enemy Be- fore Yielding to His Death
 Wound.

JURAGUA, Cuba, June 25, per As sociated Press Dispatch Boat Dandy (via Kingston, Jamaica, June 26).-ln the two hours fighting, during which the volunteers battled against their concealed enemies, enough deeds of heroism were done to fill a volume. One of the men of Troop B, desperate ly wounded, was lying squarely be- tween the lines of fire. Surgeon Church hurried to his side, and, with bullets pelting all around him, calmly dressed the mans wound, bandaged 1t and walked unconcernedly back, soon returning with two men and litter. The wounded man was placed on the litter and brought into our lines.
 Another soldier of Troop I, conceal ing himself as best he could behind a tree, gave up his place to wounded companion and a moment or two later was himself wounded.
 Sergeant Bell stood by the side of Captain Capron when the latter was mortally hit. He had seen that he was fighting against terrible odds. but never flinched.
 Give me your arm a minute" he said to the sergeant, and kneeling down he deliberately aimed and fired two shots in quick succession. At each a Spaniard was seen to fall. Bell, in the meantime, had seized dead com rade's gun and knelt beside his cap tain and fired steadily.
 When Captain Capron fell, he gave the sergeant a parting message to his wife and father, and bade the ser geant good-by in a cheerful voice, and was then borne away dying. Sergeant Hamilton Fish was the first man killed by the Spanish fire. He was near the head of the column as 1t turned from the wood road into the range of the Spanish ambuscade. He shot one Spaniard who was firing from the cover of dense patch of under brush. When a bullet struck his breast he sank at the foot of a tree with his back against 1t. Captain Cap ron stood over him shooting and oth- CTS rallied around him, covering the wounded man. The ground this af- ternoon was thick with empty shells where Fish lay.
 He lived twenty minutes. He gave a small lady's huntingcase watch from his belt to a mesSmate as a last sou venir
 With the exception of Captain Cap ron all the Rough Riders killed in yes terday's fight were buried this morn HIS Oll lllC liSiI Ol ciCNlOli. pOd- les were laid in one long trench, each wrapped in a blanket. Palm leaves lined the trench and were heaped in profusion over the dead heroes. Chap lain Brown read the beautiful Episco- pal burial service for the dead, and as he knelt in prayer, every trooper, with barred head, knelt around the trench. | When the chaplain announced the hymn Nearer, My God, to Thee" the deep bass voices of the men gave a most impressive rendition of the music.
 The dead Rough Riders rest on the summit of the hill where they fell. The sigh is most beautiful. Flowers and grasses cover the slopes and from the top a far-reaching view Is had over the tropical forest. Chaplain Brown has marked each grave and has com plete records for the benefit of friends of the dead soldiers.
 Captain Capron's body was brought into Juragua this afternoon. but it was deemed inadvisable to send the re- mains north at this season and the in- torment took place on a hillside near the seashore, back of the provisional hospital.
 After brief service parting volley was fired over the grave of the dead captain, and the bugle sounded "taps'' as the sun sank over the mountain tons hevord 60 Otiapo