Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-30

did the officers call halt. The move
ment was fast and incessant, as at
ball match.
The ground was uneven, and the adj
vance was impeded by vines an inch
thick, trailing bushes. and cactus plants
known as Spanish bayonets. which tear
the flesh and clothes. Through this the
men fought their way. falling. stumbling,
wet with perspiration, painting for breath
but obeying Colonel Woods commands
instantly.
They disproved all that had been said
I'm criticism of them when the organlza-
ton was formed. The cowboys observed
perfect discipline, and the eastern ele-
ment In Troop X. from clubs and colleges,
acted with absolute GOODNESS and intelli-
gence.
ROWLAND'S BRAVE WORK.
Cowboy Rowland. from Deinlng. n. NJ,
was shot through the thigh. the bullet
entering at the side and going out at tho
back. He limped to the hospital on the
trail, and was told nothing could be done
for him. That moment accordingly he
walked to the front and crawled along
on his belly. firing yolleys with the rest.
Colonel Wood, who was at the front
throughout the entire action. saw
trooper, apparently skulking fifty feet in
the rear of the firing line. and ordered
him sharply TO advance. The boy rose.
hurried forward. limping. As he took his
place and raised his carbine he said:
my leg was q little stiff, SIR
Colonel Wood looked and saw that
bullet had ploughed alongside the troop
er's leg for twelve inches.
One man had three bullets pass so
close to him as TO leave marks in three
distinct places, as though hot poker had
been drawn across the flesh and blistered
II.
BULLETS THROUGH THE FLAG.
Color-Sergeant Wright. of Omaha, who
walked close to Colonel Wood, carrying
| the flag, had his hair clipped in two
places and his neck scorched. Three
| bullets passed through the flag.
Two officers standing on either side
of Colonel Wood were wounded, but no.
| thing seemed able to reach him. He
was cool and delibe rate always, but
more concerned than his serious manner
| indicated when he made the move that
| won the fight, which was a piece or
| American bluff, pure and simple.
The Spanish position was an old ruined
distillery, shut in by impenetrable
bushes. In advance of the bushes there
were a hundred yards Of open ground
covered with high grass. At the edge or
this grass Colonel Wood ordered the line
TO cease firing, rise, and charge across.
| The men did so under a heavy, but, for
| tunately. misdirected fire of the Span
| iards. 1t looked like skirmish line
thrown out in advance of a regiment.
| The Standards could not believe so few
men would advance with such confi-
dence unless supported in force, so they
| turned and ran,
What had looked to the enemy like
an advance line was every man Colonel
Wood had at his disposal.
ENEMY IN FULL RETREAT.
A the Spanish fire slackened and
ceased those far on the left saw them
retreating, and the men cheered-a long,
parting cheer.
This was the charge led by Lieuten-
art-Colonel Roosevelt, some twenty feet
in advance, and Colonel Wood that end
ed the fight.
To-day at the place where two trans
meet and on ground the volunteers won
from the enemy were buried the pouieS vi
nine OF the volunteers.
Captain Capron was taken to the coast
alive He died at Siboney.
The bodies Of the others were placed
side by side in a deep grave, wrapped
above and below In leaves of royal palm.
The place of each body was carefully re-
corded and the spot itself clearly marked
WHERE HEROES ARE BURIED.
No man could ask TO lie in a more lovely
place 1t is the highest point. To the
left the valley can be seen for many miles
around. Grass grows high all about the
place The sun smiles upon 1t. Fresh
cool, breezes sweep across increasingly
moving great trees and royal palms 81
that they bend low above 1t.
The regiment stood in close ranks about
the grave as the muffied figures wer'
lowered gently, the chaplain calling Out
the names OF each. He called the names
, | of mule yacker, salesman, cowboy, and
, last of ALL Hamilton Fish, Jr., the youns
sergeant who was carried TO the front t.
die, and whose watch bore the crests o.
Alexander Hamilton and Nicholas Fish
and the motto "God will give"
God gave him a noble death-a quicl
and painless death in the first rank of bat
tle-and his comrades gave him noble
burial by the side of his men In soil they
I had won from an enemy and which they
had died to set free.