The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-14
by It's audacIty as by lts terrible COST In human

49, 81 N'N's hNl. OhN AiphlVhL Nilel Wtlt
a little more slowly; then they nearly stopped;
then they. went ON again faster than ever. and
terry cried ri With tcSxIecttemnSenn9to. ~ For Ike "a ants Tao we're WsFs
scrambling all round the blockhouse on the
and in q moment or two we saw them in
side II. Hut then our hearts swelled UP into. our
throats, for n fearful fire came from somewhere
tGS ridb the Glofikh HMd and from somewhere NJ + &c TO
oft. Then we saw thG, ants come, scranbling
down the hill again; They had taken 9 posi-;
a moment or two and up they scrambled again.
more OF them, and more, quickly than before.
other lines. and the ridge, was taken, and the
bl2ckh9use was ours, and tho trenches were
iull OF dead Spaniards.
:" 1t was a,grand achlevement-tor the soldiers
who shared it-this storminG OF the hill leading
fore t' the main nal 70 fort S"0 We N could Y tell T"s 50 ri much Os at
lotto yards. But we also knew that it had cost
Later on we knew only too well how heavy
comfortable for, the night. In some meadow
thunderstorm, saw a man / knew in the Six
teenth. who had come back from the front on
"'How's the Sixteenth III asked him.
Good. what's left Of it, he said there's
fifteen men left out of my c~ompany-hfteen out
We have fought a great battle, but We have
Here is u description OF the scenes after the
This was Saturday, the day after the big
the front the heavy, jolting, six mule ammuni-
ton wagons were returning empty after drop
ping their boxes of cartridges ut the firing line.
But not quite empty, for. as they came
nearer care y9T say tina AWNINGS Of big palm leaves
then, When, VIII witb a !Whe eG"ih o 90 and / a
crack of the long whip and a Git in thar. durn
YER from the Texan teamster. the mules
into the hospital field. you saw as the wagon
tilted lbSHd that under the palm leaves pale H ban
as the heavy springless wagons rocked and
i L.. noI,, ,olo LIN o ouk - kbia .
screamed a man as he clutched in agony at the
palm leaves between him and the sun; It
carried back in such fashion. butthen. as some
one explained, Guess there's a considerable
shortage OF mbulance traction And then
there was a certain grim preparedness TO the
proceedings of yesterday.
Our men had been fired as ammunition
against intrenchments and Positions that
should have been taken by artillery. 1t was
quite in keeping that the poor. battered. spent
bullets should be carted back in the ammuni-
But besides the wagon there came along
lying face ownWard Writhine at intervals in
awful conyulsions. others lying motionless on
the fiat of their backs with their hats placed
men. dozens OF them afoot. painfully limpinG
with one arm thrown over the shoulder OF a
",,How much further to the hospital. neigh
borl they would despairingly ask.
would answer, and. With hltaa0 smile Of hope at
the thought that after all they would be able to
aCUleN6 the journey. tney would NOODLE along.
But the ammunition wagons and the few
ambulance wagons did not carry them all. For
h~obbling down the steep bank from the hospital
came bandaged men on foot. They sat down
for awhile on the bank as far as they could get
from the tumble of mules and wagons in the
t oney they hey t comm SeatsHf tow walk lTef Il, '? they we're 81
the men whose injuries. were too slight for
wagon room to be given them. There was not
enough wagon aceompodatiop for the men
whose wounds rendered them ,helplessly pros;
s sEnsids g w let T6s m afmn ThS Sa nsd w me1e arm nT 6 aH1
oneiinjured leg or foot. walk 1t. siboney was
only eight miles away; -. ~
wagons for all. and it was better for these men
should make room at the division hospital.
even II they had to make the journey on foot
the Ero1nd de- He had pTrovided himself With a
eGF 3 t G1 eo %hIcS Srf be ha %a psd ID tps WITH tfrs Z Sun 1%e
OF clothes. With the assistance of this and a
short stick he was padding briskly along when
Where did they get you. neighbour 1 asked
n""oh. durn their SKINS he said in the cheer
got me tWsieeSa splinter OF q shell in the loot.
when l was being carried back from the firing
line, mu,
"'IInnGG i 'soG'rs was Sa IR IN a f Sssf to, stb9ney.
Wasn't there room for you to rideT ex-
| INClth al ubb .pulbnID - ia y
ply, to this question. But Twas mistaken. In
a plain. matter-of5Lfact way he said .,o u,,,na
room for worse cases n mine. Thank God, my
t WS7k wounds 0%ifs g9 oPs 6 DDd s IN the f Fame to lIede m SO I / if be
these crutches and made a break -,
Ind Ind how ava are SS yIGqp E Eets tina, 1 40 oGS3o1fS SSEe ss
might be, Just good and easy. And, with his
one sound leg and his two sticks he went
"it was lust the same with other walking
wounded men. They were all beautifully cheer
absolutely unconscious that they were under
going any unnecessary hardships or suferings,
t They we're EnsT n6 Ho% Som shSt M4r T St the Ro R PbtseiS, sR q
picnic fare. Some of them had lain out all the
night, with the dew falling on them where the
came with the oEveerworked, field surgeons.
There was only sixty doctors with the out
couldn't tend everybody at once
That seemed p ID to III them na.a a = q u tSe s1f f g tn exo
ought to have been more doctors; more am.
balances. Some Of them seemed to have q
faint heTbs GliTbm nSe Bss of 2 3e RStiN %o Sh"S sReE but m tSaS
ton" SUBSEQUENT to the battle they accepted
fnos the ci G2add1!tGns pFoPTffh o a Cheerful Rf'I iel!
low with the improvised crutches was SC
sion of %' his tt ree. fran"h that %S It t"G never PGSS ,os:
cured to him that he had reason to complain
RBy BY 'e eha anss" to X Know cSSp that fFq packed aw aS' N The
hold OF one OF the transports lying out In
Siboney Bay there were cases. full of crutches
and ] was on the point of blurting out an In
dignant statement Of the fact when ! remem-
bered that the knowledge would not make his
"Ihad TO make the journey to Siboney, my
self, There was nothing more than a desultory
firing going on at the front and had telegram.
of the walking wounded, and heard a gopc
many groans from palm-awninGed wagons. The
piainingly Flooding along through the mud
AS they. thepselyes put i, they were III
"And down at Siboneyp Well. thank God
the hospital tents had been unloaded., The
were short Of cots, short OF blankets. short o
surgeons, short Of supplies. short Of nurses
short q everything: Put: thank goodness; b!
space there was shelter for the men as the!
came in. And thank goodness, too. for the Ret
Cross Society"