The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-15

worked rapidly, being occasionally inter
rupted by an order to answer the fire of the
enemy, and once to bury Assistant Surgeon
Gibbs and Privates McColgan and Dunphy
of Company d, al account of whose killing
has already been cabled to THE SUN.
Sergeant Smiths body has not been re.
covered. A number Of men under the
command of Lieut.. Neville were sent out to
bring the body from the place where the
Sergeant fell while fighting his way back
to the camp, but they fell into an ambush
and were obliged to leave the body and cut
their way out.
The scene at the funeral was impressive.
The bodies of the dead marines were
wrapped In black oilskins, which were
taken from their tents. The graves were
dug on the edge Of q hill overlooking the
bay to the northward of the camp. A
squad of marines from the Texas, under
command of Lieut.. Cyrus Radtord, acted
as escort to the cort&ge as It passed slowly
along to the field where the dead were to
be laid to rest.
1t was impossible for all the men to at
tend the funeral. They had other work to
do, work OH which depended the safety Of
every man ashore. While some of the
marines took the bodies of their comrades
to their graves the others proceeded with
the main work. Some Of them were con-
t~inuously on the lookout for the enemy,
while others were busy packing up the
baggage of the camp.
There had been a lull for q few minutes
in the firing, and the men had . chance to
look about and see what was going on.
One by one, as they took in the little
funeral procession stumbling over the
loose stones on the camp ground, those
who could do so hurried forward, fell in
behind, and grouped themselves about the
empty graves.
The stretcher bearing the bodies had just
been lifted to its place, and Chaplain Jones
of the Texas was about to begin the read
ing Of the burial service, when the Span
iards, who could see plainly what the men
had gathered for, gave a fine exhibition of
their boasted chivalry. They began shoot.
ing at the party from the western chapar-
raj, and this action convinced everybody,
If conviction were needed, that the stories
told of Spanish brutality and barbarism
are true.
Fall inl Company A, Company B, Com.
pany G.. Fall inl Fall inl' was the word
from one end of the camp to the Other. The
graves were deserted by all save the chap
lain and escort. who still stood unmoved.
The men sprang everywhere to arms and
then placed themselves behind the rolled
tents, their knapsacks, the bushes in the
~hollows, or boxes and piles of stones, with
rifles ready and eyes strained into the
brush.
The little Colts began splitting. the how
itzers roared. blue smoke arose where the
shells struck and burst in the chaparral,
and rifles mapped angrily. AS the men
caught sight Of the place whence the
enemy's bullets came, there was trouble for
the Spaniards in that stretch of chaparral
Then. to add to the booming and barking
fusillade, from across the bay to the west
there came the sharp crack of Spanish
rifles. Another force was hidden there,
and in futile anger was firing on THr
Suns despatch boat, which lay at anchor in
s the harbor.
The challenge was answered by the
l Texas. which opened up with her @
Founders. Only seven shots were fired by
} the battleship, but the result was that the
; Spaniards on hat side of the bay were
l driven out for the rest of the day. 1t wal
hot work for the despatch boat, and sh,
was hit once.
> Shortly the firing ceased everywhere II
. the brush and the funeral was resumed
The Texas still kept shooting with bel
) smaller guns on the chaparral near The
. camp. Once more the men gathered about
= the graves and Chaplain Jones began read
! ing the Episcopal service. He had nearly
finished when the rifles of the enemy agar
: cracked, this time to the east.
u A dozen men in tho pits by tho old block
{ house answered, and the Chaplain KEEP
x right on with the solemn service. Whel
. he had finished the men again took thei
rifles and resumed their work of watching
Il Meanwhile the Panther, which lay close II
i near the camp landing, began Smelling tn
l. brush to the east. She kept at it for hal
, an hour.
p From that time on less trouble was OK
q all struck and carried to the low ~stretcI
of land rising from the beach. but were no