Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-03
WITH ROUGH RIDERS.
ONE OF THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS
NOW IN RICHMOND.
MAS SHOT NEAR SANTIAGO.
The American Soldiers walked
Right Into the Jaws of Death
Something About the Fight-Don't
Like Cubans.

Sergeant George Hogan, who fougln
with Roosevelts Rough Riders before
Santiago, was in Richmond last night.
He is on his way to the hospital az Fort
Monroe. for he was wounded in that first
skirmish at Bayura, when the Spanish
soldiers surprised the Americans from
their ambuscade, but were surprised in
turn by the steady advance of the foe
men. and eventually routed.
The Cuban veteran sat in front Of the
last night with his left leg resting upon
a chair. Tall. gaunt, and emaciated in
appearance-for he has been in hospital
since June 1st-he looked a decidedly in
teresting figure in the midst of the board
ers of that establishment, who gathered
round him. never venturing remark. for
fear that they might check the flow of
his interesting narrative.
WAS SHOT IN THE THIGH.
Sergeant Hogan is only q years DID,
but he looks 4O and his beard is long and
streaked with gray. His thigh had been
fractured by a Spanish bullet. 1t had
been set, but for want of the proper ap-
plianceS his leg had shrunk at least three
inches. and he is going now to Fort Mon
roe to have the leg broken and reset, and
the bullet, which is still there. located
and removed, IL possible. He arrived
from Mobile, Ala, last night too late to
make a connection with the Chesapeake
and Ohio train for Old Point, and at the
4, NAA a. tod
house. where he spent the night
Hogan was sergeant OF A Troop, OF
Roosevelts Rough Riders, Captain Scho-
field. He enlisted in the city of st. Louis,
Mo-, on the understanding that ne would
be warranted sergeant, for he had been
for three years a prominent member OF
the Missouri National Guard, volunteer
organization. He left the service of the
Missouri Pacific railroad at the outbreak
OF the war, with the assurance on the
part Of his employers that when he re-
turned he would be reinstated. Now he Is
prematurely aged, and an almost hope
less cripple, with firm belief that the
sands of his life are almost run out.
WE'LL EQUIPPED FOR SERVICE.
He was well fitted for the service he un-
dertook, for he has rambled pretty wei
dll over the HOilu. his pdl NhNS nNAN A<iio
lish, though no was born in this country
He speaks French and German fluently
and has travelled in many of the coun.
tries OF Europe. For two years he served
his apprenticeship as a cowboy, and haC
smelled powder before he heard the pins
of Spanish Mauser. Two weeks after h6
enlisted he was on his way to the front
embarking at Tampa.
The climate OF Cuba first struck hin
unpleasantly, and he exclaims that the
men were ridlculously clothed for such {
campaign. Many men. he says, threw
their shirts away because they were 81
intslerably hot.
INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH.
The movement of June 1st when hi
command ran into the ambuscade, wa
perfectly wild, he says. for II was walking
literally into the jaws OF death; but he i
carried away with enthusiasm at the re
Prospect, for he says ne and his comrade
did what had never been done before
they advanced against invisible foemel
and repulsed them.
As soon as the first shots were fired by
| the Spanish, he says, all the Americans
dropped and sheltered where they could
and little time was wasted In getting
under cover. Hogan remained or the
ground for some time, but then decided
| TO run for a friendly tree that he saw a
few yards away. He had nearly gained
| his goal, when a bullet struck his car
bine, splintering the butt, and carrying
some Of the spllnters into his thigh
about 3 inches below the hip The fact
| that the bullet struck his carbine, he
| thinks, saved il from travelling farther
| in his leg than II did, as IT took an up
| ward course. AS he fell to the ground
another bullet passed through space
where he had stood but moment before
and wnen he thinks OF this second mis-
| sile. he is reconciled that the other one
arrived first and found its billet. Ii was
| four hours before he was picked up In
| describing his sensations he says he
| didn't mind being in action; on the con-
trary, it was wildly exciting, and while
he lay behind the tree, sheltered from
| the Spanish bullets, and waiting for as
sistance, he passed the time shooting al
| the enemy whenever he was able to de-
| tect the course of one Of their bullets.
DON'T LIKE THE CUBANS.
Sergeant Hoegan's short acquaintance
with the Cuban patriots has filed hin
with intense disgust. They're the mos
meagre brutes l ever saw" he said. the!
| simply wouldn't fight, and had the appe
| tites Of men recovering from typhoid
| fever. I wouldn't fight for the Cubans
| but what / did fight for was to avenge tn
| fate OF those sailors on the Maine. Th'
| Spaniards are good fighters and splendi(
| marksmen, with their rifles, and bette
tacticians than the American volunteers
After he had been rescued, Sergean
Hogan went through all the hospitals
| from the base to the hospital snip. III
| landed in Tampa with only coat and
| hat. his leggns. trousers, and boots nav
| ing been cut off. From Tampa he wa!
| moved TO Atlanta, and then 10 Mobile
| The atmosphere at the last-named place
was so oppressive that he decided t
make an effort 10 get to the genera
hospital at Old Point and undergo th'
| Hopkins treatment. He is not, OF course
able TO walk, and has TO rely on tn
kindly offices of felloN-passengers an'
friends for removal He has had seY
eral money offers for the bullet In NJ!
leg II ever IL is located but he has FORMED
an affection for 1t that wll not ALLOW
| him TO part with 1t. He leaves thii
morning for Old Point. but says he vii
A.. T1;ohfnoud II he get.