New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-14
cIJNPSES OF CAMP LIFE.
SEVERE LOSSES OF THE SEVENTH REGu-
LARs-INDIANS WHO FOUGHT
FOR THE COUNTRY

's.ad and wounded hst that Is as long as tnat
s,hA7 I'm The figures Of the regiments losses are
ho' I.- natients either return TO the ranks go
NV Ii,.la burving ground on the hill. and those
10 ,srA lef, behind in the division hospital in
- are heard from. But as far as the record
.,ands-i, is A killed in battle and i'9 wounded
no" nad 70 be carried from the fighting line. not
WIZ Y.|,g those who were slightly wounded and able
cIr N the rear Before the arrival of recruits
10 oat the number IN the regimental camp az
Ias. Wlkof numbered slightly more than one
cd" sras all that was lef; Of the nine hundred
s r,orA that sailed away 70 fight. The rest were
i.s., killed wounded. i'll in hospitals or nome on
e '', leave Company had two non commissioner
SCI &C.. and six privates to answer rollcall, and
ON" coropanles did not run much better IMAM
o~ these have been gloomy days for me IN
va" additional sentry duty that their depleted
A, rnoured of each well man has made 'helr
la" ,ard one They were GLAD 10 see the recruits
' as II made them feel less lonely ana rehe>T'
.sso from going on post so often
W., asked why II was they lost 80 NAV >
..,bsr Of the TN said.
Nv. ue-a exposed 10 a cross-frn all daN on dH>
W nccupied hill opposite the stone fort a.
=, rarev and while ne tried 70 get ouN@'S
cn he six-inch portfolios Of THIS fof, We
80 exposed 10 cross-fre from TWO o'he' -
ors n which was TO our iett At'e."H!c n,
one W ,,nsd this fort We found that these port
we ,'r.d inside and gave the Spaniards tu
h9eS our lines while 1t Was exceedingly ol
sNSVP -. ~ ~ get bullet into them Not ohiN
ncui' 49,, Nv had the range Of certain oo'ec'7
VIZ. =. frees marked inside the port holes
suN" no. disrourasing 70 shoot for nou!s d. a"
.nov 60 slightly exposed. ana "neH oI. G.
tr!ed 10 esCaf .. rim, lie was SO !lddled INA ~
three N Trs 4 sieve whep ne plck@o MN up '-'
wa.d ~ o,r officers showed great bravery "
ras lieutenant WarnseoIouSmn, s0 o Of he bat
WSne We we're marching 20 'nc
,Ia IN the morning n salo n,,le, will 20 right
We II am shot. hope the '''ie W"
hE2pss 5 IN ssf b fs:Ti to pe io him
and the snapsh0SesTa '5s W,h hs revolver toward
of FlnaN IN some II those Spanish snaFpt99S9o
-. clothed in American lniiorbb he threw up his
He had not e 0ns, When We examined him We
soSn5 that he 6ullet had g9nfd 'hr'"s HE
and hi. Wish n Coonel Carpenter who compla,n,hed
~, Tesin7ent likewise exp0sed hi noai ~ and rode
manner, ri ne T9,s made him target fo- ne snaEp
.nnoters Finsny ne wltnareW ~ 800 ~ his men
ppS6m he was endangArng as We; a H,i,S mn; Two
"9 Tn,iIv When The artillery arrived ma pu, ,Vo
Rig holes in tie fort ne i2;h inta'E SSsusted
30 30 Ga iome Of ne men fell asleep on ne oatiensn
We mad not Sip well The nish' os' S'n,.d on 1he
s iSd =, VAS about midnight when one o. our
Soyses 20, loose and began running af1una N,9eb,
nv thinking it VAS the .spamards m4k2g n's ba
.oyr,is chalieneed IN loud voi.e ms ana Inc ne
~rtns ~ a dog awoke rs all Ny FIRST sensation
las ,ha, OF frea, weight on my chrs, an 10,
,,sh.er weight on ny abdomen. I soon found MAJ
avs ~ nv comrades was standing az at'eiton on
my chest and in grabbing ne guns ron we go mo n
line ans stood there Until The officers found tnai ~
was nor he SpaniardS Then we ro lea up aIa
sa,ue
In the band Of the tn there are only eight men
rno are in condition 70 handle their instruments
nd "a !
no, supposed 70 go on the field Of battle. In the
Santiago campaign Some Of the bands stayed back
the transports some turned themselves into Re
Tns i've TIVE 9 e M ~a
si9ne q their request and was entirely our OF
h.i aas q dg'y There are na!siy enough q hem
IRE Mauser bullet, il IL does not strike vital part
and does not twist n rs course i the body leaves
a wound that heals with remarkable rapidity. For
Instance. bullet went clear through the tip Of the
nose OF Captain Jackson. % Company . IN Intan-
-ry One wou1 think that he would be dishrured
t !, NE but the wound healed 50 quickly mat it Il:
through the chest OF Of TIE privates and where
= entered and emerged there were what looked
wounded. except for the fact that when he raised
Ms arms he would feel little twinre. Several in.
ne mouth and throat and we're drinking heartily AZ
ne oanteen TWO or three DAYS afterpard
Back Of the general hospital on slopins hill
side is the little camp cemetery where those who
lie in the camp or hospitals and whose bodies are
rot Immediately claimed by relatives are laid A.
Post Plain wooden crosses mark the graves. and
each one bears upon II the name. rank, company
ard regiment Of the soldier who lies beneath its
shadow
Tn. cemetery has grown N goodly proportions
n the one short month ~ has been used and there
of Nv,
al that remains OF soldiers who have lust as much
given up their lives 70 their country as - they had
ALLEN In the battlefield struck down by tho
Anerny's bullets
The services for the dead are held each after
noon az O'Clock. and are Of the simplest The
bodies that have been prepared for burial are taken
IN ambulances from the morgue in the cemetery
snd AID In the open grave. A Protestant minister
ana priest Of the Roman Catholic Church are in
attendance, and unless there has been special
request for separate services over some particular
solder. The Offices OF The dead are read over The
collective grsves Of those who living professed
-ither faith or none AZ all At first these services
we're further augmented by the military donors 70
'ne dead bur the volleys Of the firing parties and
he taps" sounded by the bugler. so disturbed the
SICK In he nearby hospital that they had 70 be
2 bandoned
II is just q month ago that the hrsr death oc-
cured in the hospital The soldier was Knox
Green, Rough Rider whose home was in Texas
y SO happened that there was no chaplain in the
amp az the line The hour came for burial and
: hospital steward reported 10 Major Ira e. Brown.
me hospitars executive officer that everything
eas ready for the chaplain
'bu' we naven'' got any chaplain" said Major
Brown -.
Then well have 20 bury Green without any ser
vces
Great Scott man You mustn't do that" TO
pheo the Major Wair Tor me He hurried 70
ms tent and era bbed UP Bib.e that lay upon his
'soIe He had no definite idea ss 20 what he VAS
gong 10 read only thar some services must be
r'o 81 'ne grave. On the way 10 the cemetery he
.peneo The book az random His eyes fell Jpon the
'iNehth sixteenth ard seventeenth verses OF the
.e'sn'h chapter Of Revelations. beginning There
~, are they before the throne Of Cod and serve
aa oay and night in His temple. and He that