The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-27

ing ana yelllnS with MS men, leo the
advance. For a moment the bullets
were singing like swarm of bees all
around them and every instant some
poor fellow went down. On the right
wing Captain MoCkntock had his leg
broken by bullet from a machine gun,
while four Of his men went down. AT
the same time Captain Luna, Of Troop
It, lost nine Of his men. Then the re-
serves, troops K and 70 were ordered
up. There was no more hestating.
Col. Woods, with the right wing,
charged straight at blockhouse 800
yards away, and Col. Roosevelt, on the
left, charged at the same time. Up the
men went, yelling like fiends and new
er stopping to return the fire of the
Spaniards, but keeping ON with a grim
determination to capture that block
house.
"That charge was the end. When
within 500 yards of the coveted point
the Spaniards broke and ran and for
the first time we had the pleasure
which the Spaniards had been expert
encing all through the engagement of
shooting with the enemy in sight. "In
two hours fighting during which the
volunteers battled against their con-
cealed enemy enough deeds of heroism
were done to fill a volume. One of the
men of troop e, desperately wounded,
was lying squarely between the lines of
fire. Surgeon Church hurried to his
side and with bullets pelting all around
him, calmly dressed the mans wound,
bandaged it and walked unconcernedly
back, soon returning with two men and
a litter. The wounded man was placed
on the litter and taken into our lines.
Another soldier, of troop L, concealing
himself as best he could behind
tree, gave up his place to a wounded
companion and a moment or two later
was himself wounded.
Death of Captain Capron.
Sergeant Bell stood by the side of
Captain Capron when the latter was
mortally hit. He had seen that he was
fighting against terrible odds, but he
never f1inched. Give me your gun q
minute he said to the sergeant, and
kneeling down he deliberately aimed
and fired two shots in quick succession.
At each Spaniard was seen to fall.
Bell in the meantime had seized dead
comrades gun and knelt beside his
captain and fired steadily. When Cap
tain Capron fell he gave the sergeant
parting messages to his wife and
father and babe the sergeant goodbye
in a cheerful voice and was then borne
away dying.
Fish, Jr., First Man Killed.
Sergeant Hamilton Fish, jr., was the
first man killed by the Spanish fire. He
was near the head of the column as 1T
turned from the wood road into range
of the Spanish ambuscade. He shot one
Spaniard, who was firing from the
cover of a dense patch of underbrush.
When a bullet struck his breast he
sank at the foot of a tree with his back
against it, Captain Capron stood over
him shooting and others rallied around
him covering the wound. The ground
by this time was thick with empty
shells where Fish lay. He lived TWEEN
ty minutes He gave lady's watch to
a messmate as a last souvenir.
With the exception of Captain Ca
prom. the Rough Riders killed in yes
terday's fight were buried this morning.
Their bodies were laid in one long
trench, each wrapped in blanket.
Palm leaves lined the trench and were
heaped in profusion over the dead
heroes. Chaplain Brown read the beau
tiful Episcopal burial service for the
dead and as he knelt in prayer every
trooper, with barred head, knelt around
the trench. When the chaplain an
nlounced the hymn, Nearer, My God
to Thee" the deep bass voices of the
men gave a most impressive rendering
of this musia. The dead Rough Riders
rest on the snm1pit of the hill where
they fell The site Is most beautiful.
A growth Of rich, luxuriant grass and
flowers covers the slopes and from the
top far-reaching view Is had over the
tropical forest Chaplain Brown has
marked each grave and has complete
| records for the benefit of friends of the
dead soldiers. Captain Capron's body
was brought into Juragua this after
| noon, but it was deemed inadwisable
to send the remains north at this sea-
son and the interment took place on a
| hillside near the seashore, back of the
provisional hospital. After brief SER
vice parting volley was fired over the
grave of the dead captain and bugle
| sounded Taps" as the sun sank over
| the mountain tops beyond Santiago.