The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-27

the same time Captain Luna of Troop
+ lost nine of his men. Then the re-
serves. Troope X and f. were ordered
up. Colonel Wood, with the right wing.
charged straight at a blockhouse 500
yards away, and Colonel Roosevelt, on
the left. charged at the same time Up
the men went. yelling like fiends and
never stopping to return the fire Of the
Spaniards. but kept on with grim de-
termination to capture that block
house. That charge was the end. When
within 500 yards of the coveted point.
the Spaniards broke and ran. and for
the first time we had the pleasure
which the spaniards had been expert
encing all through the engagement of
shooting with the enemy in sight"
In the two hours fighting. during
which the volunteers battled with con-
cealed enemies, enough deeds of hero
ism were done to fill a volume. One of
the men of Troop T.. desperately
wounded, was lying squarely between
the lines of the fire. Surgeon Church
hurried TO his side. and with bullets
pelting all around him. calmly dressed
the mans wounds and walked uncon-
cernedly back, soon after returning
with two men and litter. The wound
ed man was placed on the litter and
brought into our lines Another SOL
dier of Troop l.. concealing himself as
best ne could behind a tree. gave up
his place To a wounded companion. and
moment or two later was himself
wounded.
Sergeant Bell stood by the side of
Captain Capron when the latter was
mortally hit. He had seen that he was
lighting against terrible odds. but never
ninched Give me your arm a min
ute" he said to the sergeant, and
kneeling down. he deliberately aimed
and fired two shots i'm quick succession.
At each a Spaniard was seen to fall.
Bell, in the meantime. had seized a dead
comrades gun and knelt beside his
captain and fired steadily. When Cap
tain Capron fell he gave the sergeant
parting message To his wife and faith
er and bade the sergeant goodbye in a
cheerful voice and was then borne
away dying.
Sergeant Hamilton Fish jr.. was the
first man killed by the Spanish fire.
He was near the head of the column
as II turned from the wood road into
the range of the Spanish ambuscade.
He shot one Spaniard who was firing
from the cover of dense patch of
underbrush. When a bullet struck his
breast he sank at the foot of a tree
with his back against 1t. Captain Cap
ron stood over him shooting and others
rallied around him. covering the
wounded man. The ground this after
noon was thick with empty shells
where he lay. He lived 20 minutes lie
gave small ladys hunting case watch
from his belt To a mess mate as a last
souvenir.
With the exception of Captain Cap
ron. all the rough riders killed in yes
terday's fight were buried this morn
ing on the field of action. Their bodies
were laid i'm one long trench. each
wrapped in a blanket. Palm leaves
lined the trench and were heaped in
profusion over the dead heroes. Chap
lain Brown read the beautiful Episco-
pal burial service for the dead. and as
he knelt in prayer every trooper, with
barred head, knelt around the trench
When the chaplain announced the
hymn. Nearer My God. to Thee" the
deep bass voices of the men gave "A
most Impressive rendering of the mu-
sic.
ne dead rough riders rest right on
the summit of the hill where they fell.
The sight is most beautiful A growth
of luxurious grasses and flowers covers
the slopes, and from the top a far
reaching view is had over the tropical
forest. Chaplain Brown has marked
each grave and has complete records
for the benefit Of the soldiers friends.
Captain Caprons BODY was brought
into Juragua this afternoon. but Il was
deemed inadvisable to send the remains
10 the United States at this season, and
the interment took place on the hill
side. After a brief service a parting
volley was fired over the grave of the
dead captain and the bugle sounded
taps as the sun sank over the noun
tain tops beyond Santiago.
No News Received
Port au Prince, June 26. p. m-No war
news mas been received here to-day