The Dickinson press., 1898-08-20
T0LDsBY a CHAPLAIN.

IUIDsB4A CHAPllAlN.
REv. DWIGHT aALLoUPE,s$s IoRY OF:
ms sANTiAoo ExPERigNcE. ~
Hk Iosg Journey on Foot with Other
Wosndsa Men-Knocksd ssnsslsss on
the Aassasasld. Probably BY the Explo-
sion Of . Shsll-Rravery Of Captain Ice.
Asseorys Of his Santiago experience
was given to the newspaper men in
Newark, N. J., recently BY Chaplain
Galloupe of the Ninth United States
infantry and rector Of 81. Paul's Epis.
copal church in that city. The more in
teresting parts Of the story are as fol-
lows:
"On June 80 ! was sunstruck while
aiding the wounded, carrying water and
food and was ordered to the hospital at
Siboney by Lieutenant Colonel Ewers,
commanding our regiment Two days
later, on July l.. while still at the
hospital, I heard @ the fighting at the
front, and, thinking that it was my
duty to be there and feeling we'll
enough to make the journey, I walked
the eight miles to the firing line. This
was in the morning, and all that day 1
worked with the doctors, helping them
with the wounded.
II had been at this all day, and at
about 4 o'clock in. the afternoon I made
my way to a small clump Of trees. near
which there were some wounded men,
In the endeavor to cool off a bit, for I
was still suffering slightly from the
effects Of my sunstroke, and the sun had
been too much for me. At this time I
was about half a mile behind our firing
line, which was about q Thousand yards
fom the enemy. I was facing the firing
line and heard nothing coming, nor did
1 see anything. 'Itss impossible for me
to tell how I was hurt, but the next
thing I knew l was regaining conscious
ness. I was lying on my left side, and
at first I was sure that my right arm
was broken. I sat up and began feeling
myself all over in a dazed sort of way,
trying to find out where I was hurt.
My first sensation was that of loneli-
ness. Oh, I thought, if I only had some
one to talk to. 1t was a terrible feeling,
that Of thinking that I was going to die
all alone therewithn no one about. I tell
you I was nightly scared.
"Well, I looked down and found the
front Of my shirt all torn away and my
exposed chest q mass Of dirt and blood.
Twas all shaken up and pretty sore, but
coon AScOouavo1 .fhnk ~ mt ko11-
wounded. All this time I had been
thinking Of the brevity Of human life
and Of how uncertain it all is. So, as I
was saying, ] concluded that I still had
a fighting chance, and getting on my
feet started off for Siboney.
"Never, even should I live to be o
thousand years old, will I forget that
eight mile walk" continued the chap
lain. ''There were some 700 or 500 men
on that road, wounded in every possible
manner, all with but the one thought,
to get back to the hospital at Siboney.
Had they been uninjured they would
have been in the front rank, but now
they were actuated by that one thought,
to get to the rear. There was but one
ambulance, and that had to be dragged
by men, as the mules were transporting
ammunition to the front. The conse-
quence was that the wounded were
compelled to 60 It on their own hook,
with such assistance as they could give
one another.
"sBythe3time Ireaohed the road night
had.fallem. The moon was partially out,
and by its half light the poor fellows
could be seen dragging themselves along
as best they could. Here and there a
mar had droppedat the side Of the road
and was feebly calling for water. Some
of the men-most Of them, in faot-had
been without water or food for over SO
hours and their suffering was fearful.
"As I went along giving, what assist
ance I could here and there, the sight
made an impression on my mind that I
shall never forget. Words cannot de-
scribe it. Why, one poor fellow (and
here the tears came to the chaplain's
eyes, chad been struck by an exploding
shell; his right foot was gone, and his
leg from the knee down was nothing
but a mass Of pulp. He had got q
comrade to cut a branch from a tree,
andFthis he had bound about the stump
with wispA, " grass, isofthatI the leaves
dragged along the ground and protected
the wound. And &C rugged up that man
dragged himself over those eight miles
on all fours. he took 10 hours to do it,
and when he reached the hospital took
his place at the end Of the line Of about
500 wounded without smurmur d
complaint. When the doctors found
him,,a as theydid:in goingealong the line
looking for the worst cases, he wal
calmly chewing; on the endnf4a plug Of
tobacco. The doctors aMassid that he
had no excuse IS be living and. that he
ought to have died from the loss Of
blood, but they fixed him up, and he il
now doing nicely and will recover"
Captain Lee, the English military at
tache, who is representing his govern.
ment, ID described BY the chaplain az
being as brave as a lion. While the at
taches of other nations are carefully
slowed away in the rear, Captain Lee Il
right on the firing line, notebook in
hand, gathering material for his reports
to his government. He also does all he
can to help our wounded. Captain Lee,
who is an expert in modern warfare,
grew alarmed when he heard the ordel
gfven.to charge over an open field Il
take three Entertainments and a batter,
Of ARTILLERY. The charge must be mad
in theafaoe.of Rrain Of shot and shell
and il was almost certain death to at
tempt it. you will Is & annihilated.
shouted the Brltisher, but the me,
jumped at the command, and, officer
leading. plangedfup tho aiopsiand sim
ply overwhelmed the enemy, who fe,
in disorder. Captain Lee was right witt
the advance guard, but afterward ac
howledged that he considered the at
tack miraculous In Its successfully
York Sun.
Record Breaking Journeys.
The Oregon made a long trip, but TIL
Star Of Empire broke its record init
jump to Observation-Disclosures Post.
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