The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-15
MORE WOUNDED
AT FORT MONROE.
The Breakwater Yesterday Landed
One Hundred and Forty.
WEDNESDAYS SCENES REPEATED
IL Was a Spectacle Full OF Pathos and
Enthusiasm-Man Interesting
Incidents of the Fight
Were Related.


Monroe this afternoon from Santiago de
Cuba bringing 40 wounded and sick SOL
ders. Hundreds OF people stood on the
pier and watched the vessel steam slow
| ~ up to the dock. and few minutes
| after the BreaAwater was moored the
| work of transferring the soldiers 10 the
| wharf was commenced. The scenes WIZ
messed Wednesday when the city OF
| washington arrived were re-cnacted. IL
was a reproduction Of the same drama
of pathos and enthusiasm in which sobs
and cheers were commingled. Men who
had been wounded while lighting under
tropical sun to liberate an oppressed peo-
pie were carried from the Breakwater on
stretchers. some groaning on account OF
excruciating pain. while others were sing
ing THE Star Spangled Banner
IN THE HOSPITAL.
The soldiers were placed in the hospital
tents where their wounds were re-dressed
| and a change OF clothing placed on them
| some Of the men are seriously wounded
| but the surgeons believe that with prob
! ably a few exceptions. all OF them VIII
recover.
IL was impossible to get list OF the
wounded and sick as the surgeon In
| charge has not completed ~.
Among those who came on the Break
water was Colonel Mills. His wife was
al the wharf to receive him. The valiant
Colonel was shot in the head during the
first DAYS engagement. The ball entered
his right eye and plowed its way just
under the skull TO a point above the ear,
where 1t made its exit. Colonel Mills VIII
recover.
PATRIOTIC WOMEN.
Among the nurses at Fort Monroe are
the Misses Evans. daughters Of Fighting
Bob" Evans, commander Of the battle
ship Iowa.
Some of the officers who accompanied
the wounded soldiers on the trip north
give interesting accounts of the fighting
around Santiago.
NEGROES FOUGHT WELL
Il was stanoIng near Captain Capron
and Hamilton Fish" said corporal 10
the Associated Press correspondent To-
night land saw them snot Gown. Ihey
were with the Rough Riders and ran into
an ambuscade though they had been
warned OF the danger. Captain Capron
| and Fish were shot while leading a
charge. II N had not been for the negro
! cavalry the Rough Riders would have
been exterminated. ] am not a negro
lover. Ny father fought with Mosny
| rangers and ] was born IN the South Dut
the negroes saved that nght and the day
will come when General Shaftcr VIII give
| them credit for their bravery.
BRAVE ROUGH RIDERS.
"Are the Rough Riders iightersF
CHOSE fellow never know when they
| are licked and there are no Drawer men
In the regiment than Colonel Wood ana
Iieutenant-Coonel Roosevelt
This corporal was In the hght az III
he said:
THAT was the hottest fight I ever ex-
pect TO see. When we made the charge
the Spaniards rained Mauser bullets at
us moving down men like blades OF
grass"
This corporal said that after hard
fight he went through the clothes OF
number Of dead Spaniards. 81 was look
ing for COIN" said he. but only got forty
cents. Afterwards ] heard they had
been paid off I'm cigarettes"
THE RESOLUTE ARRIVES.
The supply ship Resolute. In command
of Captain j. G.. Eaton, arrived here THIS
morning from Santiago. on the morning
Admiral Cervera made his daring attempt
10 escape frora the Cuban harbor the
Resolute was Ling at the entrance ana
was the first ship TO give the signal that
the Spanish ships were making Tor the
sea. we were HiAtiNb ~ Nii' A"''
castle smoking" said a gunner's mate,
land saw smoke curling above the hills.
We gave the alarm, and In a few min
utes the Maria Teresa was coming down
the channel at full speed. The Iowa was
the first 10 respond. she sent two l3-inch
shells straight at the Spaniard. For the
next hour there was HI around there
Admiral Sampson was fifteen miles away.
holding a conference with General Shaf-
ter. and we put out at fun speed TO no.
tify him"
The remainder Of the story is best told
by Ensign Frank II. Silvers, Of the Reso-
lutte. He said:
ENSIGN SILVERS STORY.
when the Nara 1eresa was first seen
coming out Of the harbor. owing TO the
distance. II was thought 10 be tug
boat. but almost Instantly two reports,
i'm rapid succession. from the lowa's six
inch guns told to story. The men made
a run for the hatchways, and went down
like rats In a short time. awnings were
down. the ships made fast from stem to
stern. decks cleared for action, ana
every gun properly manned. The Span
ish fleet came out gamely, and tho fore
guns of the Maria Teresa and Nizcaya
were splitting fire like the eyes of SER
pents as they came from between the
deep cliffs Of the narrow channel"
BONE IN HER TEETH.
The first shot fired from the Maria Te-
resa went high of its mark. cleared the
Indiana and fell within 200 feet Of the
Resolute. which having on full cargo
OF ammunition and carrying no guns. i'm
mediately crowded on all steam eastward
TO get out OF range OF the guns. a heavy
fire was directed toward the Resolute as
over twenty shots fell within forty feet
OF her. eight Of which were ll-inch shells
from the Vizcaya. However fortune
seemed TO favor her and with a feet pair
Of heels and the bone IN her teeth she
showed a clear wake and was soon out
OF danger.
THE IOWA GOES IN.
The Iowa was first 10 go into the fight.
n terrific fire was centered on the Brook
lvn from the very start. the Maria Teresa
apparently centering all her energies In
that direction and attempting TO ram her.
However. they did not get closer than 300
wards when she was compelled 10 run for
the shore. Bleaching herself before sink
Ing
As soon as the battle was over the
Resolute came up and took $50 prisoners
from aboard the Cristobal Colon. which
was fast beached and afterward put
them aboard the ST. Louis and Harvard
at Guantanamo Bay
The Resolute will take on 800 tons OF
coal. after which she will either go to