The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
MORE WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Brought by Transport to
Fortress Monroe.
WAR "REMINISCENCES

~ EASte "ttCh ny
ueipant--Rough Riders Devoid Of
Fear--Hot Work Around FL Caney-
Cervera's Bold Dash-The ResoIate,s
Narrow Escape.
Newport News, Va. July 1.-THE
transport Breakwater arrived at Fort
ress Monroe this afternoon from San
tiago de Cuba, bringing 140 wounded
and sick soldiers. One hundred
people stood on the pier and watched
the vessels steam slowly up to the
dock, and a few minutes after the
Breakwater was moored the transfer
ring Of the soldiers to the wharf was
commenced. The scenes witnessed
yesterday when the City of Wash
ington arrived were re-enacted. 1t was
a reproduction of the same drama Of
pathOs and enthusiasm in which
sobs and cheers were commingled.
Men who had been wounded while
fighting under a tropical sun to lib
crate an oppressed people were car
ried from the B~reakwater on stretch
ers, some grooming on account of
pain, while others were singing the
Star Spangled Banner" The SOL
diers were placed in the hospital tents,
where their wounds were redressed
and a change of clothing placed on
them. Some of the men are serious
ly wounded, but the surgeons believe
that, with probably a few exceptions.
all of them will recover
Among those who came on the
Breakwater was Colonel Mills. His
wife was at the wharf tx receive
him. The valiant colonel was shot in
the head during the first days en-
gagement. The ball entered his right
eye and ~ploughed its way just under
the skull to a point above the ear,
where it made it's exit. He will ecover.
Among the nurses at Fortress Mon
roe are the Misses Evans, daughters
Of Fighting Bob" Evans, commander
Of the battleship Iowa.
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF THE
BATTLE.
Some of the officers who accom-
| panied the wounded soldiers on the
trip north give interesting accounts
of fighting around Santiago.
II was standing in near Captain Cap
ron and Hamilton Fish," said a cor
| poral to the Associated Press corre-
spondent tonight, and saw them shot
| dnUn Thou MORO with tho rnIIph rid
ers, and ran into an ambuscade,
though they had been warned of the
danger. Captain Capron and Fish
were shot while leading a charge.
Are the rough riders fighterS?"
Chose fellows never know when
they are licked, and there are no brav-
er men in the regiment than Colonel
! Wood and Lieutenant Colonel RoOse-
welt"
This corporal was in the fight at FL
Caney and is a regular. In speak, g OF
it he said:
"That was the hottest fight I ever
expect to see. When we made the
charge the Spaniards rained Mausel
bullets at us, moving down men like
blades of grass"
"To the rear our officers shouted
but the men shouted: "TO hell with
the rear, to the front
This corporal said that after {
hard fight he went through the clothes
of a number of dead Spaniards. 90
was looking for COIN" said he, "bu
only got forty cents. Afterwards
heard they had been paid off in cigar
ettes."
AN EYEWITNESS OF THE NAVAL
battle.
The supply ship R%esolute, in com
mand of Captain J.. G. Eaton, arriv.
ed here this morning from Santiago
When Admiral Cervera made his dar
ing attempt to escape from the Cubal
harbor the Resolute was lying at thu
entrance and was the first ship to Civ
the signal that Spanish ships wer
making for the sea.
1--WE were sitting in the forecastl
smoking" said a gunner's mate" an
I saw smoke curling above the hills
We gave the alarm and in a few min
utes the Maria Teresa was cominl
down the channel at full speed. Tn
Iowa was the first to respond. Sh
sent two 13-inch shells straight at tn
Spaniard. And for the next hou
there was hell around there. Admira
Sampson was fifteen miles away hold
ing a conference with General Shat
ter and we put out at full speed t
notify him"
The remainder of the story is bes
told by Ensign Frank H. Silvers, o
the Resolute. He said:
When the Maria Teresa was frs
seen coming of the harbor. OWN
to the distance, it was thought to b
a tugboat, but almost instantly tw
reports in rapid succession from tn
Iowa's 6-inch guns told the story
The men made a run for the hatch
ways and went down like rats. In
short time awnings were down, tn
ship made fast from stem to sterr
decks cleared for action and everv gu
properly manned. The Spanish flee
came out gamely and the foregun