The evening times., 1898-07-23
INCIDENTS Of THE FIGHT
Wounded Soldiers in Bellevue
Relate Experienees.
FAC,NGTHEsToR BULLET.
vaior Illustrated at the
BSnbardneat Before Santiago.
Regular Array Men All Trained
AthIetes-Anase the Enemy by
Their Brave R1shes.


New York. July Y.JDr. Doty. yesterday
ordered that the wounded and Ill soldiers
In Bellevue Hospital be released from
quarantine. The men were glad Of the
order, particularly :, those who are per-
mitted to walk about. -,
Major A. w. Corltss. Of the Seventh In
fantry, who had been shot In the left
shoulder. lost not asmdn1ent In getting In
to Broadway for a. walk. He is a big
man and looked well in his white suit of
Kentucky tow. He remained out all the
Lieut.. Col H. C.tEgbert. OF the Sixth
Infantry, who was shot through the left
lung, is growing stronger. He has appsed
for leave to go home to Fort Thomas. KY,
where his family resides. Lieut.. Col. Eg-
bert was through the civil war and was
wounded at Bethesda Church. He said he
had seen the storming Of intrenchments in
that war, but had never seen anything
like the sIorming Of the Spanish intrench-
ments before Santiago.
1T amazed the Spaniards." said the
lieutenant colonel. .They had not been
accustomed to such foes. They were no
| match for our men, every one of whom
is an athlete, The men In the regular
army have muscles like iron. They have
for years been training in athletics and
the Spaniards have~no
when the bullet struck me fell. but
| our men passed on. The sensation l felt
| was different from what felt when
| wounded before. IN q few minutes fell
as.,ep. I had a most pleasant dream.
What 1t was I do not know. but l know
| it was very pleasant. slept for lf,een
minutes.
In what formation did we fghtg There
was no formation. Every company
| fought as best it could. II was just like
| all the battles T have been In-confusion
| everywhere. OF course. a general has
his plan. anfs he subordinates carry out
| the details as best they can.
81 had no opportunity to judge Of the
| fighting qualities of the Cubans. Gen.
| Garcia is a very courteous gentleman"
| Lieut. L. II. Gross OF the Sixth In
| fantry, got Mauser bullet through the
| left knee. He tried to walk. but was
unable to do. so. Two men carried him
| to the rear.
Lieut. G. 8. Byram. who has measles
and who was wounded In the head ty q
| spent bullet. Is improving slowly.
There is ore man in Bellevue who IS
particularly anxious to get out. Ie is
| William Smitk. of Company c. Sixth
| Regiment He was shot through the alb
| domen. Smith is- a black bearded. wiry
man who has seen service for eighteen
| years.
No officer" he said TO me. twill get
me to carry my bundle. roll. haversack
\ and all into battle again. It's hot enough
| without that weight. How did I get hit?
| We were. all lying down. shooting away.
| and bullets flying all around U.S. There's
| a nice. fence over there says to my
self; I'll be 50 much nearer them Span
| ards and out of harms way Wen. SIR.
| no sooner got comfortably settled be-
| behind that nice fence when got bull
let through me. When L was, carried
away those Spaniaris f-ed on the Red
| Cross One of the men carrying me gave
| me a chew of tobacco and a drink of
water. ard then the poor fellow was shot
in the head and killed d want to get out
of this and so back,to my regiment"
| Color Sergt. ]. z. Andrews. of Troop B.
Third Cavalry is 4 zig man and a typ
| ical soldier in appsararsee. He has bssn
| eighteen years in the Service. He was
| shot in the abdomen, but is able to walk
| about. His regimdirt Vas going up the
| hill at San Juan when he was hit. He
rolled down several yards and brought
to in a ditch. but stuck to the colors he
| carried. He called to his lieutenant to
| take the colors. but In the roar of battle
| the officer did not heart him.
81 was in front Of ehS firing line" said
| the color sergeant f-"We were ordered to
advance and We moved forward about
one hundred and fifty yards. About 4
| o'clock in the afternoon the hill had been
| carried by the Rough Riders and the
| Third Cavalry.
"When / stopped rolling I sat up and
could see the line of battle for mile
I'll never forget the way our boys walk
ed up that hill. from the top of which
| came a storm Of bullets. don't know
| how the men cou,d have done It. never
saw anything like it. They were yelling
| all the way up.
THE nippers would not cut the fiat
wires of the barbed fences We found in
| the way. Some of the men. would jump
| on the wires and hold them down till
| cher men had passed over them.
''Sergt. Mulhearn planted our colors on
| the top of the hill. ina few seconds two
hundred shots flew around 1t, and it was
nearly riddled. My clothes were almost
cut to pieces by. bullets which did not
| harm me. / was shot about three hun
dred yards from an intrenchment. There
| our boys captured a Spanish flag with
| the letter * on 1t. IL ---.
Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt and Major West
eryelt. of the Rough Riders. were with
US. I told them to lie down. or they
would be shot, but they wouldn't. Then
Major Westervelt was shot In the neck.
He was carried to the rear. and after be-
ing bandaged sat down to smoke his pipe.
The hospital people wanted to keep him
there. When his pipe was finished he
said: Well. guess I'm boss; I'm going.
They tried to prevent him from going to
the front but they couldn't. When he
got to the front he was wounded again"
Private Edward A. Hunt. of Troop
X. Sixth Cavalry. was shot in the leg.
He enlisted in Trenton. N j., and al
though only recruit got to the front.
| He managed that by a trick His reei-
ment captured a flag In a blockhouse that
had been overlooked by others who got
there first. He spoke In the highest
terms of the bravery of the Seyenty-fifst
| New York
John Sheehan. Of Company b, Seventh
Infantry. was shot through the right
thigh. Four men. were killed near him
at the beginning.
-AThey had those confounded sharp-
shooters up in the trees said Sheehan.
land the bullets were coming so fast r
wonder how anybody escaped. When we
got up to the blockhouse the Spanian5s
ran. 1t was no use trying to carry wound
ed men to the rear 1t was safer near
the firing line"
Persons troubled with 1iarrhoea win be
interested in the experience OF Mr. W. NJ
Bush. clerk Of Hotel Dorrance, Proyi-
dcnce, r. I. He say For Several years