Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-23

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schambers VIM. H. Thompson, Jesse D.
| Ward, James A.Woodward Arthur Wright,
| John G. West, David l.. Furguson, James
| e. Whitford, John Scully Wallace A. Sui
| Ivan, John o. Amman. Frank Lord, Her
man A. Norton and Bloomfield w. Riddle.
| The names of the guard which went to
| the navy yard could not be ascertained to-
day. Tweaty-four of the returning ma
| rines went to Annapolis this morning, in
| charge of Sergeant Rathn.
Talk With Capt. Harrington.
Capt. Harrington was so busy this morn
| ing that he had little time to converse with
| The Star reporter.
| Il cannot too highly commend the faith
| fulEess and the devotion of the marines"
| ne said Their conduct at Guantanamo
is matter of history now and it needs no
| er!cCmiumS of mine to add to the familiar
| story. We were under fire for three days
| and nights at first, and not a man faltered
| or showed unwillingness to bear the
deal 1t is not necessary for me, 1 say, to
| recount the heroism of our men. 1t was
| superb. There were many pathetic Incl
| dents. After the three days fight we sent
| out men to search for the dead and wound
| ed and bury the former and suecor the lat
| ter. A Spaniard was found dead, and I'M
| der his body when it was turned over was
! found in the open blouse baby's shoe. I
would like to express my appreciation of
|
| les organized to help our soldiers. Here is
a little receptacle that proved wonderfully
| helpful In it you will perceive there is
| pair of scissors, a spool of black and a
| spool of white thread. thimble, needles,
| paper of safety pins, various sizes of
| buckles and other things.
| Il have my trousers pinned up with
| some of those pins now. One thing we did
| at Guantanamo, to the name for the
| district, effectualiy harassed the Span
iards. We filed up well upon which they
depended for water, which required them
to march eighteen miles without it. Here is
| a Spanish canteen
At this point in the conversation Capt.
Harrington's daughter, who is honored
| with the appellation of the daughter of
| the regiment brought out a cylinder of
| bamboo, which would hold about three
| pints of water. You see, they adapted
| themselves to their surroundings"
| Capt Harrington also paid high praise
to the package furnished the soldiers, indi-
| Gated as First Help to the Wounded"
| The contents embraced two antiseptic COM
! presses of subimated gauze in oiled paper,
| one antiseptic bandage of sublimated cam
brio, with safety pin, and one triangular
bandage, with safety pin, with directions
| for its application printed upon it. The
directions were to place one of the com
| presses, after removing the oiled paper, on
| the wound. In cases of large wounds, to
open the compress and cover the whole
ground; then to apply the antiseDtic band
age on the compress, and then use the tri-
| tions on it.
Saved Many Lives.
Those admirable appliances saved many
lives said Capt. Harrington. 1T was
quick work in getting away for our men,
he continued. I'VE left Washington April
81 and went to New York. Next day, April
D. at $50 o'clock pm we sailed for Cuba
on the transport Panther with supplies for
ten months, all our guns, including four
three-inch rifles, and plentiful ammunition
and equipment
Capt. Harrington is suffering somewhat
from his experiences in Cuba, and there is
considerable malaria still in his system.
compelling him to continue a quinine diet.
The Marines Are All Right.
The men of the Marine Corps have moth
ing but praise for their officers. "They
tried to take just as good care of us down
III Cuba as they do everywhere else" said
an old sergeant. You know, all our sup
plies inspected by the officers when
they are sent to u.s. and when our meals
are cooked tle officer of the day sees they
are all right before we are permitted to
eat. The same system was kept up in Gu
ba. We got soaked yesterday but there
ism t a sick man in the whole lot. Just let
US marines alone and we'll be on top all
the time
Where Credit is Due.
The magnificent condition of the health
of the marines is largely due to the care
tul consideration Of Colonel and Command
ant Haywood, Major and Quartermaster
Denny and Captain and Quartermaster
Charles McCauley, the latter being with
the battalion. The men were not allowed
to go until properly equipped, and 647 of
them were landed at Guantanamo under
fire from the kour they landed until the
surrender of Santiago. They were the first
tc land and the last to leave.
They We're forced to make a landing I'M
der circumstances quite as unfavurable as
the troops under General Shafter and
their first ninety hours on Cuban soil were
a day and night of battle without cessation
Ihey had just the same natural obstacles
in obtaining supplies which hindered the
army
The marines lost few men in battle,
but their admirable discipline and thor
oughly competent leadership reduced their
less to the minimum, as they well under
stood how to protect themselves against a
foe that would not meet them in open
warfare, but they did not lose single man
by disease.
When the marines recently returned to
Portsmouth, having been ordered there
with many others to recruit their health
and regain their vigor. there was not a sin
gle case of serious illness to report
The marines are well disciplined, and they
had entirely competent officers in every de-
partmert, beginning with Chief Quarter
master Denny here and followed up by
QuartermaSter McCauley, who was with
the command in Cuba.
They were amply supplied with rations
medical stores, fioored tents and suitable
clothing. Every other man went to Cuba
with a wire cutter in his pocket, while
the army, after having been halted in the
battle of July ], ana compelled to sacrifice
many lives by the barbed wire distractions
the Spanish had ingeniousy prepared
telegraphed to Washington for wire cut
tiers, which with the greatest haste pos
sible could not nave been supplied before
the surrender of the Spanish army.
The striking contrast between the ma
rines and the other branches of the service
in Cuba is already the subject of critical
&C mment, and the query is raised as to why
the sacrifice of life and health for want of
supplies was an unavoidable necessity when
the marines have an almost perfect record
of health and care by the government.
PRIZE BROUGHT TO NEW YORK.
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