Evening star., 1898-07-22
Among Dend Spaniards.

81 told Haring to go back. He answered.:
Well, will you come too?'
Il answered Yes and he got below the
crest, and I dropped into the rife pit of
the Spaniards with the dead ones lying
about my feet. Just on our side of the
trench were a couple of wounded Span
iards. 1 supposed they were all Cubans
wounded IN the charge, but the Cubans
were not in II, as 1 learned afterward AS
the firing lessened I turned my attention
to them. One fellow we grabbed rather un-
tremendously and dragged him below the
brow of the hill, as l did not think 1t nee
essary to expose myself, and 1 dressed the
wounds Of them both. l don't now remem-
Der just where they We're wounded, but
have an impression 1t was fatally.
lone of them had dragged an old blanket
over himself and l thought him dead till
l saw movement and examined him. He
seemed disinclined to be disturbed, and as
1 made signs to know where he was hurt
pointed to my red cross to reassure him.
Some one who could speak Spanish told
me he said to cut his throat. One Of them
seemed to say something gratefully about
'Americanos' After resting for a while I
said to Haring:
"'Well, as long as we can't find our regi-
ment. we might as well go back to the
place where we can do the most good-to
the bank where there were SO many
wounded
There were many demands upon our at
tentlon, and the bullets were flying thick
over our heads as the Spaniards tried re-
peatedly to regain their lost position. Diff
ferent sorts of bullets with various Kisses
and rapid-f1re guns were rolling out sue
cessions of Kisses and shells were scream
ing about over our heads. The stream
where We were working had fine, high
banks, and as long as we kept close In and
low we were perfectly safe, but we could
hear the missiles striking in the opposite
bank. You need not doubt that l kept low
and out Of harms way, for the sound was
decidedly unpleasant music.
"It was now getting late and the wound
ed began to ask II they had to lie there all
night. There were officers among them
and with the repeated charges Of the Span
iards they asked If there was not danger Of
capture. The firing was SO heavy that I
feared 1t myself, but l assured them there
was no danger OF that, and told them
feared they might have to remain all night,
and many of them did.
Agrees With Sherman.
Men fatally wounded had to remain
there in the mud, suffering the agony of
their wounds, In addition to every discom.
fort. How many times Sherman's remark
recurred to me. and / fully realize with
him that war is hsu,'
"Ambulanees could not usurp the road
when 1t was necessary to use 1t for troops,
artillery, ammunition and rations, and fhe
country is impossible except in the road
way, and a bad roadway at that. We had
the best field division hospital established
possible under the circumstances but the
only shelter was four hospital tent fys for
the operating tables, and / saw but three
anbulances on the road, though may be
there were more later as the road cleared.
The surgeon general had sent great Num-
htrs OF them to Tampa,
We'll. have wandered from my tale and
my wounded. will not describe the further
horrors OF their hurts. but 1t was awful.
and made me heartsick to see their sad
state and their awful wounds that knew
would be fatal or cripple them for life,
oh. doctor. can't be taken to the hos
pitai out of this? was beard frequently.
There were plenty Of rifles about, and
that was all. for I had no hatchet or AK
to imDreytss Htters. a. I might have dona