Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-28
THE DEADLY rifle BULLETS.
Modern Missiles lnhict Terrible Wounds on So''
dey.


Guantanamo June ~
on Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Dauntless. Marine Camp
Guantanamo BAY, cuba. VIA PORT An
tonic. jamaica June 26.-tCopyfighteu'
1, By the Associated Prcss.)-bNer
since e.. introduction u the modern
high power. small cnlibrc rifle amons
tho armies OF the world, thcru has been
intense interest In the medical profess
slon. as well a. among iaymcn. ~ kno"
a., ,fect OF the new arm IN The nature
Of Wounds IL would iniict anu tn' ".
portion OF mortality to Wouuu'u ~
criavdo puckor ~ the American . ~
cal association. who Is here 20 ntuug wy
ptutt.tat aalttts OF eAttllH.'' mi,
as well ns tropical diseases anu tn'i
treatment. went over the btttlenglu 1i
cnsro mountain with SURGEON EIEu'
~ m. marine cotra and examined the
boliea there. IS slant li iht "ANl'',t.t
gave the Impr. Ion Of q bigger nhh'
than had been conveyed hF W, 80,
ofiieini statement NJ thc ease ai Daulf
G"g@u, i.rf 'ru.niHY. rhH additional
bodira found raised the ,aiilnat, ~
gpanish Killed from 5N ihc Irst uNE
account 20 more than 3D. M.h3 Uu',.'
Ill rcod straw hats Uttered IN iaNu,
vhar the Sr1ri1rls wHH. lh -
aisautrous retreat The narrow El'h
,tt-t,, ..vDf.u ultu tuiFt'
Nauarr ah.lIa fof haif q mile, VINE
rnctur plants were plcnutully NV
nsrcd vim tho toll-taio bullet hoi's'
ana frocs were scarr,d and twigH were
hanging In profurion alons ih' ''"H'
grown foot path. ID. .,,,,t,.
sen 10 cxlmlns.T nh Il lcto sbrough' ha,h
,yo bullet. punctufsd spanish ahullr'
gpeakinq 81 what BE- had lcafn'u. ~,
purkor said. "Thr Dffcctive "i ItU.s
of ANAL cnlihrr but ~ great W. uA
veioclty like the KraE-Jorgensehs ~.
Mctford OF MauHer. tot ,hst.i' $3.50, ~
b. regarded 49, Hrttlcd,f we accept W..
r,st,its 81 the battle of Curcp mountain
y, I,,ne IA one Of our soldiers receiver
nrah wound IN the left arm At y
i,atance Of 900 yards tn. hall nUu
iuat below the elbow 40 the arm W. W.
being extended tHemi-heA'ul' -,
,youud al the entrance was no mih.'
ihnn Inc bullet. but the exit was irt.
sibie liberation. 30 great ln fact lhai
4 ,,.s gupuoneduntu minute rNaiulna'
ion mad been made that an oAplnaNe
bullet had been used. ..,...,
"Of the spanish soldiers ,N.n,lu'N
,ne had SUSTAINED cumminul'd ltag
80, ~ m nfth and sixth ribs az the
nvterior curvature. The soldier WHN
Wvldsutly STOPPING and running Whyh
,trueE by the fatal bullet. the bnll en-.
ierinr the hack below the tenth fih anu
angling upward. striking inc inner a.,
Of the sixth and outer hld, "i VIZ W. ",
rib. aha,tering them Tor 'he 'p's' W
,'srhs second was negro spanish
,,,,,,rtiin with the usual thick negro
skuil. The wound nt entrance W.
near the middle OF the lrit pail' w,
bono. tearing away the outer hnie 20,
quarter of an men hfouh. u, w.,
'envinr the inner table intact .N,,I'
clean cut hole the size Of the bullet
rhe nall passed out through the flEhl
nrhlt tearing away half of the hnni
and AN Of the inner wall Ihric w.
complete longitudinal fracture "i th'
,kuli extending from the cillary rluE. y
the right side to the occipltal hutul'
On the same uidc.panHlnE one men ah'N'
the wound nt the entrance a.
ssThe third Sunnlnrd was one ui w
reruiaru. Judging from hlH uniform, AM
man about 20 years OF axe ", w
rvld,n tly stepping torWhru anu ~.
lup other troops as the BAH entered IN
rIvht frontal bone, two Inches ant7rlu
10 the pariftni Huture and Two ana ono
milf Inches above the temporal hrtlcu
htiou. travcruing the brain lpnEitudl
nally, parslng out through thr ntu
side of occipital bone on hnn OF NV
midway brtwccn the mastuld process
AT exit was irrcElar In shape but on
by Fsven.riEhths Of an Inch IN ~
damaged "A uttie both the inner an
outer table Of the skull.
sThe wound at entrance WIS clca
cut AMI the size " the bullet so Tar O
no inner table was involved hut nlnn
the lower margin extended three
fourtha of an inch On "lthcr Side Az
ono inch below the entrance fhr ouu
table was completely torn away
though II had been oNchyhirl 10y
rhiar A complete longitudinal ira
turn extended from the ROOF o. n
eight orbit through the frontal bon
nnsring half an inch above thr wnui
al entrance 10 tw1.thlrdH tho dlHtnn
N the right parlrtal the other cNicn
ing downward and oWiWhrd 10 y
middle AMI p0Htrrnr mhfEin ol Y
h0ne In both ease ~ wounds nl u
skull the longitudinal fracture ala n
communicate with tho wound AZ e.
trance nr exit. In both eases she IRA
ture was parallel 10 the course or y
ball and complete, A thin hlhdrd NJ
was passed through the frl'tuf,.
shooting was from 800 "a 500 yards ~
the fractures along the line ~ HtrAt'
"Whether a bnl passed through I
bend from side ~ slide VIII ruutr
frnrtrrr az right anglo a. ih' TO-
diameter ~ the hnd or no. iMrlhrr
ing ~ inc skull iH mo- doubt due 90
great velocity ~ The hail through 2
brain substances no' rIVlng Huihcl'
time Tor cell cnmptU a'lnn.
Another fact yet remains -
proved. whether the mortality iH Errh
fram the use ~ modern ur M" GA Fi
rifles. In the cnse ~ our own tiphps
fatality was greater 20 TIC prrlri
~ wounded than formerly, li1weN
that will require further drmurfirnN
~ the results ~ tho lith m INV h.
hern purely accidental me- o. fn'tllt
"Thsre ~ yrt rn means ~ nnrori o
ing the proportion ~ wuuul.d 20
number Killed NJ the Sn1n'fh tro'
during the enrarrmenf rcfDrr0d 90,
Il might b. safely assumed ihn' IN
case 81 the spnnlah thn mort Wv N
nisn lnrrsr than normal III" 20
GRANNY ~ me region who're M" nrhf
CURED and mo rvl1er'l" ac1ntv M
~ trnrsportrfinu nt l1rd Wakl7 70
iitelv thnt me sp0r'nwt onu'' have
moved mn ihalr wounded hrd There 10
,rreat number ~ them AZ w0'
N foot however not single woun
spanlnrd has been found"