The Portland daily press., 1898-07-15

| An Atlanta despatch to the New York
World Says:
The Rev. Dwight Galloupe, rector of
st. Pauls Protestant Episcopal Church,
Newark, N. j., and chaplain in the
army, is now in Fort Mcpherson Hos
pital He was struck.by piece of an ex-
ploding shell at Santiago and was one Of
the injured sent to Tampa on the Chero-
kee and brought here by train. To The
World correspondent Chaplain Galloupe
said:
81 could not help taking part in the
| fight. at first confined myself to the
duties of my Office, caring for the
wounded as the battle progressed, but
| when our men began to reel under the
concentrated Spanish fire I felt the
American rise in me, and, tearing the
| red cross off my arm, I snatohed up the
gun and cartridge-belt of on of our men
and went to shooting just like the rest of
| Them"
II thought" suggested the corres-
pondent, "that your mission was to save
souls and not to send them to DEATH
With astwinkle in his eye, the chaplain
replied:
Yes, but when I saw our poor boys
| staggering under the resistance of the
Spaniards, I thought of brave Bob
Evans, of the Iowa, when he said that
the best place for the Spaniards was
below. think sent a few of them there
or somewhere else. ,"
| All the wounded here testify that no
one fought more bravely under Old Glory
| at Santiago than Chaplain Galloupe.
When asked about the condition of San.
tiago, the fighting parson" said:
| The Cubans must have credit for one
| thing. They know how to get into San
tiago. They would go as peddlers and
sell fruits and provisions, returning, of
course, to tell us of the strength of the
| Spaniards and OF their Notifications. In
| this manner it was learned that the eiti-
zens of Santiago including Archbishop of
Santiago, the private soldiers and many
of the officers, were in favor of surrender
| ing the city. The Spanish generals, how
ever, SO the Cubans reported, had in
i formed all that when Americans captured
prisoners they invariably put them to
/ death.
when this was learned, the Americans
captured number of Spanish prisoners
and treated them with every consideya.
| ton, giving the m the best food and ca u.s.
ing them to have an exalted opinion of
Americans and American manners.
These prisoners were then allowed to
escape, and the good fruit Of this venture
| was shown at once.
"Not only privates but Spanish officers
began DESERVING to the American lines
and number came each day,
1.-THE manner in which the Spaniards
fought was terrible and disgracefnl. Red
Cross flags were placed on all the princi.
pa buildings OF Santiago in order to
caders lay in wait for Americans. pro-
tected by Red Gross flags.
I'VE advanced toward one blockhouse,
from which Red Cross flag was fiyino
never giving it any attention, and when
we arrived near it q fire poured out from
under the flag. A number of our men
were killed in this volley. The surgeons
with our men showed me explosive
bullets, split bullots and brass proiectiles,
| the latter causing blood poison to those
i hit by them. The missiles are not recoe-
nized in civilized warfare. and as o con.
| sequence took off my Red Cross f1ag-i+
was no protection to me, anyway-and
buckled on pistol, 1t was case of self
preservation. l was obliged to protect
myself.
The Rev. Dwight Galloupe is one of
the bsst-known pulpit orators in New
Jersey. Although but twenty seven wears
old his fame as a speaker and minister
of rare energy has spread the breadsh OF
the land. Early in the spring he was
rendered the daanship of the Episcopa
diocese of Seattle, Wash, and although
it was a fattering offer to such young
man, he declined it, preferring to remain
with st. Paul's and its congregation, by
whom he is deeply loved.
When war was declared he offered his
services as chaplain to the President and
begged for 3r an an f assignm @ that would
stoned chaplain in the regular army with
tbe rank of captain, and was ordered to
ioin the Ninth Infantry at Tampa He
left Newark on May 8, after an affecting
parting from his congregation and his
young wife.