The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-02
Real Soldier Stories.

me only time during the war that the bay
oHeC was known to be used is related by a
member OF the Third regulars, now stationed
at Fort Smelling.
1t was after the Spaniards had been driven
- oni tneir trenches at the top of San JUAN"
80 'etu | was chasing along with my pals
"tio pretty well beat out l saw an officer
Standing on the top of a heap of dirt at the
last trench. He was waving his sword and
shouting TO the boys to follow Just ahead
vi anu 10 the right Of me there was big
Ioioieu lniahtrynlan, member of the Tween
ty-lourth, mink The officer was Lieut.
Jules Ord whom you will remember &c said
to have been the grandson of William w OF
England and Mrs. Fitz-Herbert Even &c 7
was looking at him 1 heard the report Of a
Mauser close at hand and saw the lieutenant
clasp his hand to his side and tumble over
dead The shot was fired by a wounded Span
lard lying In the trench just in front of the
big colored soldier He saw what the b ute
mad done. On the instant he ripped out an
oath that sounded vicious, jumped into the
trench and drove his fixed bayonet through
the Spaniard. 1t was the only occasion dur
Ing the campaign when 1 saw the bayonet
used for any other purpose than to grind
rhe coffee that was issued to u.s.
was taking a scrub in San Juan creek
on the morning of the 9Th of July" said Char
nc NlaVes, Oh the Inlrd, when / saw some
thing that was funny but had pathetic side
The natives don't use vehicles for the convey
ahce OF their truck, but pack everything on
little donkeys about the size of our burros
wen, just below where l was bathing there
was ford, and couple Of Cubans came Gown
10 the ford with lot OF these pack donkeys
loaded with tremendous bundles of swamp
grass. The piles of grass were Of such enor-
nous size that the little beasts were all stag
=,
lou got into the creek and refused to climb I'D
the opposite bank. The two Cubans set TO
work on him with clubs and almost beat the
lie out OF the brute. shouted to them to
stop, but they paid no attention to me. The
donkey settled the matter himself. lie DELHI
erately tried to commit suicide He stuck
his head under the water and proceeded to
snake off the coil. The Cubans wcu'd pull
his head out Of the water and he would
plunge it back in, and at last one of the men
pulled out knife and cut the pack rome
me grass sailed off down the stream. and
they WallOped the donkey some more but
he was intent suicide, and they ONLY pre
vented him from succeeding by tying a rome
ABOUT his neck climbing up on the bank and
pulling him out bodily. At that he pretty
near made finish of the job, for he Law on
the bank for half hour after he was pulled
out, with the Cubans trying to pumn the wa
ter out of him."
There were plenty Of exhibitions of per-
sonal bravery. of course" said Mr.. Graves
dropping into "reminiscences, land one Of tbA
most notable was the way the Spanish gen
eral, Linares, carried on. He rode a white
horse. and he rode up and down the front of
the firing line of the Spaniards without max
Ing any attempt to keep under cover Every
one OF our fellows got to know who the man
on the white horse was and they were en-
gagged IN trying to pick him off, I suppose
that when he was wounded there were st
least three or four hundred of our fellows who
honestly believed that they ported him"
The men of the Third are full of praises
for MAJ. John A. Logan. He was on the STAFF
of Gen. Bates. and the Third was in Bates
Division. One of them tells how the fighting
blood Of Gen. Jack Logan's son was heated
by the action Of the Seventy-irst New York
Maj. Logan was mounted" said he .'Ha
was adjutant on the staff of Gen. Bates. but
he couldn't keep out of the row. The Seven
ty-frst came to a stand in the woods be-
cause there was no to lead them. Mai.
Logan dashed up on his horse and the lam
guage he used in talking to those fellows
was credit to him a soldier. though it
might not look well IN print He got black
IN the face with rage. Come out he
shouted, If there is an officer among YOU that
isn't coward come out and follow me- Then
ne dashed IN amongst them and 1 lost sight
OF him. They can say what they like about
Maj. Logan and his disposition to wear
strange uniforms, but he is one of the finest
soldiers l ever say, and If anyone backcaps
him to me or any of the men Of the Third
who saw him before Santiago thereTI be q
fight"
ION the Fourth of July" said Charlie
Graves, Il was in trench and spent the
most miserable day Of my life. I found a
pile of blankets that our fellows had thrown
together at the foot of tree and l used them
for protection, instead of lying in the trench
Alongside Of me there was a sergeant of the
Twentieth. He was in a low spot, and had
dug hole for himself. I wasn't used to
the ping of the Mausers then, and the shrek
ing Of the shells bothered me a good deal. I
had not got over my bunch to duck when l
heard the SHE'LL Every time shell would
whistle by, l would hear a bullet whiz
past 1 would try to dodge and instead Of
lodging would drop down on the sergeant
The next morning he went off to the COM
missary and came back with a spade. I
asked him what he was going to do
I'm going to dig trench for myself and
get away from YOU he said. If you come
near me I'll beat your head in with a spade
You dropped on me sixty times yesterday
and pretty nearly broke my back. Now keep
away "