The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08

he was in with half dozen fellows doing
sharpshOoters work from behind a clus-
ter Of bushes-to ask how badly the pa
tient was hurt The young surgeon look
ed over his shoulder in the direction
whence the private's voice proceeded and
he saw his former chum grinning in the
bushes.
Why. you whelp" said Church. with
a comical grin on his face. how dare you
be around here and not be killed"
Then he went on fixing the wounded
man. and he remained right there with
him until the arrival Of the litter that he
had sent 10 the rear for.
In my cavalry outfit there was fell
low with whom ] soldiered cut West
four or five years ago. He was a crack
baseball pitcher and he would rather
play ball than eat any time He got
q Mauser ball plum through the biceps
Of his right arm early IN the engagement.
/ never saw a man so darned mad over
thing In my life. The wound panied
him a good deal. but ii wasn't the pain
that hurt him so much I met him at
the rear after the scrap was over. He
had tried to go on shooting with his car
bine. but he couldn't make It go with his
left hand and arm alone. and so he had
10 drop back. He was alternately rub
bling his arm and scratching his head
when l came across him.
Hurt much?' ] asked him.
Hurt, nothingr said he. scowling like
a savage: but did you ever hear of such
luck as this, TO get plugged right in my
pitching arm? Why the devil didn't
they get me in the neck. or somewhere
else. anyhow? I'll never be able TO pitch
another game, I'll bet 49, for these mus
Giles are going to contract when the hole
heals up. and he went on swearing TO
beat the band because the Spanards
hadn't let him have II in the neck, or
somewhere else
zone of the fellows in the rough riders
an oklahoma boy got a bah clean
through his campaign hat. which was
whrled off his head and fell about five
feet away from him. lie picked NJ the
hat. examined st carefully. and said:
I'll have TO patch that up with
sticking plaster. or III get my hair sun
burnt The fun of IL was that his hair
was about the reddest 1 ever saw.
Roosevelt was some place ahead Of
the line during the whole scrap, moving
up and down with word here and there
10 the company and troop commanders.
One OF the rough riders from New York
rubberneoked after Roosevelt a good deal
and watched him narrowly. and then he
turned to enc of the men alongside him
and said:
And yet, by jing, a couple Of years
ago We people in New York didn't think
Teddy knew enough to review parade
of cops"
''Threre wasn't a single case Of the yell
lows during the entire fracas. There
wasn't man that tried to edge behind
fellow in front OF him. and lis a good
thing the skirmish was executed in ex-
tended order by direct command. for col
umn formation wouldn't have done at all
The men would have made il extended
order anyhow. They all wanted to be I'm
front. further in front the better. We had
10 DO a good deal Of firing for general
results. on account Of the screen from the
shelter of which the Spaniards fought,
but there was some very brave and ches-
" ducks on the other side who stood
right out in the open and blazed away
az men in our line that they picked out
deliberately. These nervy Spaniards got
plenty OF credit from our men for their
gameness too. one of them. a young.
small-looking fellow. stood on a little
level plateau. within dead easy range. let
ting US have 1t as fast as he could load.
for fully five minutes before he went
down. II he wasn't simply crazy with
the excitement of the game. then he sure
~ was about as game a kid as they make
EN-. He was noticed by about a dozen
men near me. and one OF them said:
THAT little monkeys too good. and
l guess I'll just let him have one or two
9" All, let him alone, said another TEL
low; there are 50 few like him in that
bunch on the other side that he ought to
have a show for his taw alley
The nervy little Spaniard work be-
came altogether too accurate and vicious.
however. ana he got voiley from about
a dozen Of our men. and he went down in
heap and rolled down the hill from his
little rock-table Ike n log.
while there wasn't single case OF the
yellows on our side. II would be plain
tommyrot TO say that none OF us were
nervous. | was heap nervous. for one.
and I've been in the outfit a long while.
and / heard a lot OF the roughes say.
after the scrap was over, that they saW
the gates aiar in a whole lot Of different
colois by the time the action was fully
under way One. OF the roughies, an Ill
nois fellow that mad TO be simply pushed
back two or three times. he was so
eager TO break out OF the line by all his
lonesome and go at 'em single handed.
was talking with one OF his friends after
the firing had ceased.
~ never felt 20 wshbly IN my nfe'
ne sad. and n was nothing but puro
Mysteries that kept me going. had "a
keep saying 10 myself all the time.
Steady there, old fellow. and see to