The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-06

/ Copyright, 1898. by the Associated Press
Center of the Line Before Santiago.
July 1 delayed in Transmission, via
Kingston, July 4, 1 a. m.-One feature
of the fight which has aroused great
/ indignation among the American troops
is the act of the Spanish in having
! sharpshoOters in the trees along the
| line of march of the American troops.
! OF course, if the sharpshOoters had
/ fired on armed men, they would have
done nothing more than might have
/ been expected, but one Spanish marks
man from his post fired on wounded
men and on men carrying the wounded
! to the rear.
Several members of the ambulance
corps were wounded in this manner.
and two wounded men who were toll
ing along to the rear were shot and
killed. Some of these marksmen were
posted less than half mile from the
American camp.
Colonel Liscom of the Twenty-fourth
infantry said: I was fired upon sew
eral times by men in trees and six
bullets flew very close to me-"
Later in the day a company of cav
airy was sent along to clear them out,
and the work was effectively done.
The gallantry of the general officers
WIS COILS plCuOuS the uS0lluSs
Major General Wheeler, who was SER
iously indisposed the night before the
battle, was suffering from an attack
of fever on the morning of the fight,
but as soon as he was aware that the
United States troops were likely to be
engaged, he ordered an ambulance to
convey him to the front. His surgeon
attempted to dissuade him, but the old
general was Obdurate and to the front
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the sound of fighting restored his
health, and in short time he was
calling for his horse and personally
directing his division in the attack on
the rear redOubt.
General Hawkins, commanding the
First brigade, Ninth division, was con-
Spicuous for the manner in which he
exposed himself to Spanish bullets. and
it is a miracle how he escaped serious
injury. After taking the redoubt of the
hill by his command, aided by detach-
mentS from General Wheeler's divis-
ion, he stood for a long time on the
summit of the redOubt, watching the
progress of the fight.
A heavy fire at times was concen-
trated on the spot where he was stand
ing, but, free from apparent fear, he
surveyed the field of battle while the
bullets were whizzing past by hun
dreds
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt was in
front of his regiment throughout the
day, and his boot heel was carried
away by a piece of shell.
The greatest care and attention was
bestowed upon the wounded men, and
all were cared for in a very short time
after reaching the hospital. The hos
pital of the Second division was estab-
Iished on the field of battle. as was also
the cavalry division hospital. The hos
pital of the First division was estab-
lished a short distance west of Cen
eral Skaters headquarters, where, by
10 o'clock fully 500 men had received
medical attention. Those seriously
hurt were kept near the hospital, the
officers being placed under two large
palms. The men were placed upon the
ground around the tents and made as
as possible.
The ambulance corps proved very
effective, and no wounded men were
allowed to remain on the field after
dark. The provisional hospital at ST.
honey received large number of men,
who all night long loitered along the
road from the front as best they could
Wagons conveyed many, but others
preferred walking, and throughout the
night the road was filled with the
wounded, who moved slowly along the
path leading down to the seacOast-