The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-03


wounded are still being picked up as this
dispatch is hurried away General Law
toms division bivouacked near Ell Caney
last night without fires.
| At O'Clock this morning there was a
| sullen BOOM 1t was the first shot from
i Capron's battery, fired to avenge the kill
| ing of his son. Promptly the Spanish began
| to answer the challenge from their forts
| and trenches AT Ills a. m. Grimes's battery
opened fire on the Spanish troops to the
right of the San Juan blockhouse. The
| common powder used by our troops smoked
| and was a fine traget for the Spanish field
| battery, which probably was served by Adj
miral Ce- as marines, judging by the
curacy aim. While our smoke gave
the enc range Grimes could not To-
| cate tn my's guns, which used smoke
| less pc aer, except approximately. But
satisfied to the Spanish position, our men
worked like mad. The Spanish fire grad
ually sackened and in less than an hour it
ceased altogether. Battery A, of the Sec
ond Artillery, deserves great credit for the
victory, for it was a case of blindness
| against sight. The battery loss, the officers
| state, was as follows:
Killed.
| UNDERWOOD, private.
I; HELM, private.
Wounded
GEORGE c. HEARY, first sergeant.
| - WILLIE, sergeant.
| - CORNFORD, sergeant.
| - KENE, corporal.
| The battery was supported by the
| Rough Riders about one hundred Gu
bans with a Hotchkiss gun, detachment
| of the Tenth Cavalry and a squad from
| Company c, of the Second Cavalry Most
Of he icIa 6oIlc %k,n
of the batterys position and exploded
Through them the Rough Riders had
about ten wounded, among them R. Champ
| lain, whose left elbow was smashed. The
Cuban leader, Gonzales, reports that the
| Cubans lost twenty killed and wounded The
| details Of General Lawton's losses have not
arrived
Heavy volley firing has been heard for
three hours. 1t seems to indicate a strong
American advance. There is no artillery
firing from Ell Caney and only scattering
shots come from San Juan, which has
slope of fifteen feet in the hundred. Both
divisions really are in battle
The day is clear and a moderate breeze
is blowing, but there is strong heat. The
troops are in good condition. Captain
Grimes and Corporal Mclean were over
come by the heat, but are recovering. The
battery shot 100 rounds, two-thirds shell and
the rest shrapnel.
The military balloons used by the signal
corps for the purpose of obtaining accurate
information of the location of the enemy
and the character of their defenses, proved
OF inestimable service in the engagement.
The balloon floated just over the tree tops
and was easily guided along three miles of
the road toward the lines of the enemy.
Whenever it halted for the purpose of TAX
ing a photograph Of the Notifications below,
the Spanards seized the occasion for taking
hot shots at the mid-air monster. AT one
time the big balloon hung over San Juan,
not over 800 yards from the enemy, and for
five minutes the Spaniards below tried in
vain to puncture it.
In the fighting at San Juan Spanish
shell, two and half inches in diameter,
burst in the midst of Captain Purifiers bat
terry in the First Artillery, wounding sew
eral. Among those injured was Private
Samuel Barr.
Roosevelt's Rough Riders were also in
this fight and bore themselves with as much
credit as in the last Fridays battle in the
bush? Several of the Rough Riders were
wounded, among them the following:
S. G. DEVORE, sergeant, Troop K.
w. A. ARMSTRONG, corporal, Troop ].
- MSPARRON, corporal, Troop G.
ALVIN c. ASH, private Troop G.
w. FREEMAN, private. Troop f.
BENJAMIN A. LONG, private Troop K.
MASON MITCHELL. private Troop X
v. d. HORTON, corporal, Troop /, Third
United States Cavalry, was also wounded
Mason Mitchell, who is reported among
the wounded during the charge of the
Rough Riders on FL Caney last Friday.
is the well-known actor who enlisted with
Roosevelt's troops at Galveston. Last sea-
son Mr.. Mitchell was manager of Walker
Whiteside's company. He has been pic
turesque figure in American the
atricals. both as manager and actor
since his debut in the original
production of THE Danites,'' at
Days theater, in August. 1877. He was born
at Hamilton. N. Y, in 1852 He was MEM
Der of the companies of John Mccullough.
Edwin Booth and the old Robson-Crane or
| ganization. and afterwards was leading
support for Mary Anderson and Modjeska
| He accompanied Miss Anderson to England
and resigned to take Sir Augustus Har-
ris's place in the Drury Lane company. This
was in 1885, Returning to America Mitchell
took part in the Riel rebellion in Canada,
under a spirit of adventure and was twice
promoted for his gallantry and service. Aft
| erward he returned to the States and was
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