Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-22
WOUNDEDAH HERMAGUERRO
Lieut.. Byron Sendssthe Names of the Injured
In Porto Rico.
Porto Rfcans Throwing Up Their Hats
for the UnitedHStates Will
Make Good Citizens.

First Lieutenant ]. C. Byron of the Sth
United States Cavalry in letter to The
Evening Star, dated August 13. and writ
ten from the hospital at Mayguez, Porto
Rico, says:
L send you the names of the wounded in
the hospital here who were hit in the fight
at Hermaguerro, outside of Mayguez, Au-
gust TO. We are all doing we'll and no one
Is liable to die or lose any limbs.
In the same hospital are the Spanish
wounded, and next to me is a first lieuten-
ant of the Spanish army. He is a very
bright, entertaining young fellow, and we
have become good friends. The hospital
is run by the Red Cross Society, which is
SO well organized in Porto Rico that in
every town is a hospital where soldiers
wounded or sick of either side may find
asylum.
The people throughout the island are
throwing up their hats for the United
states, and outside of the Spanish army of
occupation there are no enemies here. The
country is very fertile and will produce
anything. 1t is weli-watered and grows all
KINDS OF tropical fruits. 1t Is cooler here
than in Washington and we feel no incon-
venience at all from the climate. The
Porto Ricans are a good people and will
prove good citizens of the United States.
General Schwan and the command left to-
day for Arecibo. The men have no way
of sending letters to their homes, SO l ask
you to publish as much at least of this as
refers to their wounds.
List of the wounded.
The complete list of the wounded, just as
Lieut.. Byron inclosed it in his letter, is as
follows:
James A. Sanders, Company D, 18th In
fantry, Canal Winch ester, Franklin county,
Ohio; wounded in left leg
Paul j. Mitzkie, Company E, 18th In
fantry, Albany, N. Y; wounded in left leg.
Frank Mullin, Company e, 18th Infantry,
Wine hester, Ind; dislocated knee
Henry Gerrick, Company E, 18th In
fantry, Albany, N. Y; wounded in right
arm.
George Heinrich, Company NJ, 18th In
fantry, Zurich, Wayne county, n. Y;
srrained ankle.
First Lieut.. j. c. Byron, sth Cavalry, A.
D. c., Wilhamsport, Md; wounded in right
foot.
Harry E. Arrick, Company E, 18th In
fantry, Monticello, White county, Ind;
George Curtis, Light Battery d, 9Th Ar
tillery, Brooklyn, N. Y; wound in left
least
w. Rossiter, Company G, 18th Infantry,
Pittsburg, Pa; wound in the face.
Corporal Joseph P. Ryan, Company A,
18th Infantry, Albany, N. Y; wound
IL rough left ankle.
Corporal Amos Wilkie, Company NJ, 18th
iL.ailry' wound ABOVE right ABDOMEN
Arthur Sparks, Company c, 18th In
fantry; wound in left thigh.
Lemuel p. Cobb, Company l. 11th In
fantry, Hughe sville, Pettis County, Mo-;
wound in head
Sergt. Willard H. Wheeler, Company A,
18th Infantry, and Samuel G. Frye, 9th Ar
tiliery; wound near right shoulder.
Corporal John Braning, 9Th Artillery;
wound in right forearm.
Corporal John l.. Johnson, Company D,
18th Infantry Carroll county, Georgia;
wound left leg below. knee.
Daniel I. Graves, Company NJ, 18th In
fantry, Shabby county, Illinois; wound in
right leg.
James r. Reedy, Company I, 1st Ken
lucky, Louisville KY; sprained knee.