Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-14
SOAKED AND BROILED IN TURN
Under he Calling Fire Of Spanish Gaerillas in
Ambush.


New York. July ii.-prlvaie James
Carroll. Company ". 7iu regiment
who was wounded IN The battle near
Santiago on July !. and who arrived
here on the steamer Kansas CITY, fnld
last night, "1f the people here only
knew what the boys have to suffer
there would be- mo- Interest IN any
body else In this country with tins
awful rains that chin through the
night and the sun that bisiers ull
through the day they have not o. min
ute or rest. u w misery o. live There.
! only had little ~ 90. after alli ana
while I'm have more NJ soon na I'm
able 10 ro To the front again, Il lh
only because It is my duty that ] VIII
10.
"ono OF the worst experiences ] had
was when we were on outpost duiy
on June 30. the day before the bonn
bardmont. We had been soaked through
with rain aud brolled with tha sun
half dozen times over ana nnally were
ordered 90 return Co the base ~ sup
piles TO got ratlona for The brigade. ln'
cldcntauy we heard that We would so
the order 10 start at o'clock Zoe th'
morning. n then was midnight We
were told to turn In Tor "a liille "''p
and aid 10. Two hours was NOT long,
but We silent Al stories about cor-
tain men not being able 10 sleep cN-
cent under certain conditions. I be-
uevc are yarns. Al 81 ~ slept ana
We had AID sorts OF condition. about uH.
our destination WAS san Juan about
sIghi miles from where we were.
"The march was one NJ the most
dimcult We had In The short Time We
we're away u was through Ef"uni
that was boRry with the rains and
through cactus plants that Jagged ana
oaught ~ seemingly at every point on
although our orders were 10 make
nil haste possible we found u All we
could do 10 travel throc-quhriefa OF
mile iu Hn hour.
worst either. our marching hnd been
discovered by the spanish HuottlllnH'
and. while we could not H'e mem,
they made their presence fflt Ihpl
Rkuikcd through thu chppp1tal ana
kept up q Or which gave a. nor az
instant ~ security Every now AMI
again some uf the boys would hc
wounded. The nrIng Kept up nll
through the night. which showed mat
we were pursued BY those VillhlnpuH
bushwhackcrs.
IAN the time we thought We saw
their nhadnwa az they skulkcd along
In the brush that made or march "a
hell. hut which protected them. Their
numbers We could not tell. but judging
from tho way that the hullg'H came
whenever we reached an opening ihry
must have been considerable" Whrn
We were not In the open. the plan was
20 pick NJ on, ana. unfortunately
they succeeded IN too many cases
I'VE could only DO The nest We
cnuld hut that WIS not much. isnW
and again we would hear u scream lot.
low the crack ~ one ~ our nNrh that
told un the bullet had Gone - duty
hut n was hiid An U.s. The march
nothing but the difficulties NJ tho way
Co nght. When tn those was added o
firc from Zoe that was relentless You
may imagine our condition.
"rhc progress was 90 slow that u
was light when We hnd made FOUR
milca The firing had got hntier hy THIS
time ana the orders IN fight had come.
We were told ~ throw away every
thlng not needed. From that time on
until q o'clock IN he the afternoon u
was case ~ nght all the time. Ahnut
o'clock IN the afternoon tne ilHt
charged the hin 900 san Juan. Hllf way
NJ We got hot ynlley from The Span
iardH that made ms stop from the very
force of impact. hut the Htnn was only
mOmcninHly The boys kept on and
won"