El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-28

heavily with q thud, and | ran on
past his body, but knew at last the
meaning of the phrase, The Art of
War" He was the only man that
saw killed: it was but q short time be-
fore the enemy were run out of their
We lost and about sixty killed, wounded
and missing, q little less than 10 per
ceot, and the Rough Riders buried
los Spanisrds. A fitting end to the
battle was the burial of our own dead:
they were all put in one. grave.
The men were grouped with
barred heads around the grave,
while the chaplain read a
chapter from the bible; then all sang
Nearer My God to Thee Taps"
were sounded over the grave. and the
now camped few miles from Santiago,
the euemy's breastworks plainly in
sight The artillery is being rapidly
pushed forward, and every moment we
expect the order to move. Santiago is
undou btedly the next point of attack.
1t is believed that there are IS, 900 men
in the city ready to welcome US. Rich
ard Harding Davis was with the Rough
Riders in the battle, and will send q
description Of it to the Herald. Be sure
to get and save everything you can get
the war, and especially the Rough Rid
ers: / am anxious to make q scrap book.
Give my love to all and write me
often. Your devoted son, JOHN.
Siboney, Cuba, July 2, 1s9s.-Dear
Mamma: This is written from the
general field hospital. l came out of
the fight yesterday pretty we'll shot
up. Mauser bullet hole through my
left lower leg, q shell wound on the
inside of la- nd
on the arm made at the same time. My
wounds have been dressed, and l am
resting comfortably in q large tent q
few hundred feet from the beach, and
in sight of all the warships and trans
ports. Yesterday was the most excit-
ing and eventful day of my life. 1
propose to devote. IN entire chapter to
1T In my story" This is Saturday.
Thursday evening the Rough Riders
NOV existing only in name) broke camp
and marched within sight of San
tiago to support temporarily battery
of artillery. Saturday morning the bat
tie was opened At 6 O'Clock by our guns.
In few moments our fire was being
diligently returned by the enemy, and
for the first time our men were under
artillery fire. The Spanish guns were
silenced in a short time, and the Rough
Riders went to take their position on
the nr1pg line. For SlN or eight hours
we were moving backward and forward
and maneuvering over the field, but
advancing on the Spanish bresstworks.
| was hit toward the end of the last
rush, when we attempted, and success
fully, to take u line of rifle pits. AL
most 1t the same time l got three
wounds and q cut by q ball on the side
of the sbdomen,a narrow escape. There
is no telling how long l will be laid up
here. / understand that the wounded
are to be sent to Key West, but hope
that the report is not true. Cuba has
the most delightful climate of any place
that have seen. 1t is very much like
Rsppahsnnock county. but colder at
night and warmer during the middle
of the day. If we only had enough to
eat it would be an ideal place to be
sick in, and there are hundreds of men
on ell sides of me, arms and legs shot
off. heads bound up, some with wounds
through the body--msny of them dying
You occasionally hear q groan. But
for the damages, you would think they
all had the measles.
Your devoted son,