The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-20

yards Of us. Sometimes it seemed as
though the trees were fun Of them plcklnp
us off right ana left.
The work OF the Rough Riders was
something magnificent. They fought like
hends, and At Is a wonder that so many
OF them came out of the fight alive For
that matter, ii was most gratifying TO
hear the praise the foreign military at
taches gave our troops They said they
never saw such fighting. Our fellows
fought as though they did not know what
defeat meant. They had no more thought
OF turning back even under the hottest
fire, than they did of flying oyer the
Spanish lntrenchments right into Santa
go. In the first days fighting body of
200 or 800 Of our men, after two and a
half hours OF fighting, whipped and drove
back 1900 Spaniards, although the enemy
was strongly intrenched behind their own
breastworks We heard afterward that
the 1900 Spaniards had boosted that for
the two and a half hours they held the
entire American army Ia check When
our troops finally gained the breast works
we found the bitches fun of dead men,
most Of them shot through the head and
many on the hands ana shoulders, these
being the only parts Of them we could
aim at.
81 had the great good luck to witness
the destruction Of Admiral Cervera's feet
and II was one Of the grandest sights that
history will ever toll about Another sight
that | shall never forget was the recep-
ton our men gave Lieut. Hobson. Every
man in the camp, who had the strength
to use his vocal chords and to drag his
legs out where Lieut.. Hobson was, Joined
In the demonstration, and you would
have thought to see us that every man
there was a raving maniac.
II want 10 say a word for the doctors.
1.
best by their diligence to make up for the
lamentabe lack Of their plumber. This
was true, not only on the battlefield but
also on THE ship coming up from Sanu-
ago. With over 800 men aboard, there has
not been a death or even an amputation.
Not even a finger has been lost by the
use of a surgeons knife"
The soldiers are fond of relating their
experiences with the Mauser bullet. They
had heard a Great deal Of II before the
war, ana what they had heard had preju-
diced them against it. Now, they say
they despisc its boosted powers Private
Mont Manning, of the Sixth Infantry
said that in the fight of June Is a Mauser
bullet picrccd his arm. He felt a little
twinge there. but attributed 1t to rheu-
matism, ard didn't know he was wounded
until lie blood had triekled down on his
hand
Joseph 4. Golden, trumpeter OF Troop
X, Third Cavalry. is wearing a hat
through which a Mauser passed without
touching a hair OF his head Another
bullet passed through his right shoulder
and left course clearly indicated by two
holes in his shirt. When he was shot ne
noticed a slight sensation, but thought
merely that comrade had hit him with
the butt Of his gun. A few minutes later
he thought he was perspiring rather free
ly, and he put his h8nd 20 his shoulder
Much to his surprise, he saw that his
hand was bloody, and that was the first
he knew that he had been shot. After dis
covering the wound he walked four miles
and swan across a deep creek before he
had medical assistance