New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-18

injured men OF on account Of the firing at 1T
ter bearers Later there was less Of this The
drum and fife corps men were used much as
possible for this work. but they were aided by
the other privates
Saturday night some improvements were made
In the trenches. but a much needed opportunity
for sleeping was given to most OF the regiment.
About $3.50 o'clock the Spaniards made their
sorte. The list boys up ~ the instant
and are confident they did god execution The
Spaniards got within sevent! five yards OF their
trenches far as could b" Judged. so II was
BILE that many OF the m should be killed
Two members OF the regiment were killed. One
OF them, Brown. Corr ell man. class OF w
who received his degree before starting
piece OF shell struck him in the head. His class
mate, Barrett. wounded about the same
time
In the darkness members Of the regiment who
had been sent back with the wounded were
able 10 return in safety Food also sup
piled. 1t long walk for water but one man
out OF each squad was detailed TO fill the cam
teens The armstce Sunday gave the men an
other rest from fighting. good many soldiers
had left their blanket rolls behind on going into
action, and these taken to them. At best.
however, life is far from pleasant in the
HARD WORK FOR SURGEONS.
The surgeons and hospital corps OF the list
have had to work day and night Those wound
cd in trenches had to be carried TO the San Juan
River. mile back and were thence transported
in wagons to the division hospital four five
miles back Temporary dressings were made
al FIRST aid stations and field hospitals. on Fri
4 ba bo1 Ja1
Major Bell. with twenty-five men, went out to
search for these. He established his first hos
ptal, but shell dropped into IT, wounding a
litter bearer. Major Bell moved 800 yards
hack. Even there another shell came. frag
ment o, It woundng a soldier. This made nee
ossary the withdrawal to a spot 800 yards fur
Their from the Spanish battery. and here Major
Bell had his first dressing station for some time.
After being cared for here as we'll as possible,
the injured were sent 70 the division hospital.
those no could walk did so. being attended
by two men when the case demanded It. Others
were borne in ntters or wagons Permanent
dressings were made at this place but IT was so
overcrowded that the patients were transported
70 Siboney. on the coast. as rapidly possible.
member OF the list died to-day in a wagon
near tho division hospital. II had been shot
through the lert SnOuder ana lung. Some SOL
der near by was examining the mechanism OF
q rife when ..e DISCHARGED II accidentally. The
wounded man gave a gasp. raised himself part
ly and died. Corporal Scheidt died in this hos
ptal to-day and was buried by Chaplain Van
De Water
Henry William Ztnik. a private OF the list.
IL plucky youth He seems 10 be hardly TWEEN
ty-one years old on Friday In the charge on
one OF the blockhouses. he was shot in the left
knee As the cap was fractured. he was sent
70 the hospital at Siboney after a dressing had
been made BY this morning he was feeling SO
like fghting that he slipped back TO the front,
a distance Of perhaps twelve miles Most OF the
way he got a HI from wagons. but he had "a
walk part OF the time When Captain Stafford
OF the hospital corps saw him, he at once or
dered him back TO Sboney. telling him that his
leg would get much worse II he didn't rest IT.
So Young Zitnik dsconsolately started back fol
the coast
There IS much qualification over the recovery
OF young Bang the regimental clerk who was
known 70 nearly every man in the list. HI
and two brothers belong 10 the regiment. and OF
Friday he heard that one OF them had beer
killed Instantly ne lost his reason. He recog
nlzed no one but only moaned Blood. blood.
This morning. after three days rest In the d
vision hospital he recovered his sanity as sud
denly as he had lost 1t. He is weak still, ou'
otherwise in his normal stale.