The evening times., 1898-07-07
THE AMERICAN WOUNDED
Lack Of Itters Hampers the
Work Of Bringing Them In.
AN EXODUS FROM SANTIAGO
Fully Twenty-Five Thousand Per-
sons Left the City Tuesday-Fears
of Infecticn-The Doomed Capital
On Starvation's yerEe-Bravery
of the Red Cross Women.

| Siboney. June 6.-In addition to the cas-
uaities sustained by the Sixth Infantry,
| reported in yesterdays dispatches (three
! officers and ten enlisted men killed and
| seven officers and ninety-eight privates
wounded). twenty-nine enlisted men are
| missing.
The official hist of the casualties in the
Sixteenth Infantry shows that the fellow
| ing officers were killed and wounded:
Killed-Captain T. w. Morrison.
| Wounded-Captain w. c. Mcfarland.
| Captain T. c. Woodbury.. Captain William
| Lassiter and Second Lieutenants l.. S.
4 Soriey and r. E. L. Spence. OF the en-
listed men, I. were killed and 1o4 wound
ed. and II are missing.
| OF the Seventy-first Regiment, IA en-
listed men were killed and ! officer and
So enlisted men wounded, and % are miss
( ing.
The corrected list UP TO noon on July
shows that in the First Brigade, 40 were
killed and 27S wounded and 81 are miss
ing. This list includes General Hawkins.
who was wounded, two aides killed and
one aide wounded.
Gen. Shafter sent a lieutenant and thir-
| ty men on Monday to bury the body of
Gen. Vara Del Rey. who was killed at
FL Caney.
The Cuban general. Morten. started
from Baiquiri at oclock Tuesday morn
ing and was in position five hours later,
in readiness to take part in the siege of
the city of Santiago.
An Exodus of Refugees.
Fully 5000 women and children and
non-combatant males left Santiago ON
Tuesday. A thousand or these have
reached the American lines seeking sue
cor. A great deal of fear is expressed by
the military medical authorities at Sibo-
! ney of infection caused oy the influx of
refugees. Major Lagarde in charge of
the hospital is of the opinion that in
view of the fact that there are between
800 and 100 surgical cases of our own
wounded there a rigid quarantine should
be established against Santiago refugees
He has referred the matter to DR.. Cutie
ras and ii is believed that Surgeon Cen
eral Pope will be asked TO take steps to
prevent refugees from entering Baiquiri
and Siboney.
On the Verge Of Starvation.
Fleeing Cuban families tell our troops
that there are only 5000 bags OF rice, of
100 pounds each. in Santiago.
Two Americans and eight Cubans were
buried at Siboney Tuesday morning. The
Americans were Private John Myers Of
Monday after having his leg amputated.
,a
Sixth Cavalry, who died from a gunshot
wound in the abdomen.
Chaplain Govett. who is doing all in his
power to minister to the bodily and spirit
ual wants of the wounded. held religious
services over the graves and marked each
one with a slab OF wood, upon which was
the name of the soldier buried. Acting
Surgeon Frank Memorial, who was re-
ported dead. is safe and well. The man
killed. who was supposed TO have been
Memorial, was Doctor Dunforth, of the
Ninth Cavalry.
A Lack of Littcrs.
The situation at the hospital at ST.
honey is clearing for the first time since
the fighting began. With over GOO sur
| gical cases on the tables. the surgeons
and nurses have worked increasingly
day and night The wounded are being
transferred to the Cherokee rapidly
as possible. but the lack of litters and
bearers hampers the work of bringing
the men from the front
Tuesday afternoon a mule train bear
ing scores of wounded. reached the hos
pital from the front The Red Cross
!
are unfiagging in their self-imposed du-
ty. After working without even chance
to change their clothing for two days.
they went on board the Harvard and
assisted at the operations which were
performed upon forty-one wounded Span
ish prisoners.
Bravery of Our Wounded.
| DIR. Lesser of the Red Cross suggests
; a division of the hospital wards, with
one attendant TO each upon the wounded
The Red Cross nurses, he suggests. can
then tag each case with the name, the
hour wounded and any other necessary
information. rhe wounded men are show
ing remarkable bravery. The German
military attache. Won Goeltzen, said to-
day that never in any military hospital
had he seen such courage under the knife.
The Cubans and pacificos have been put
to work clearing off the tract between
the hospital and the beach, and all of the
buildings will be disinfected.
General Young has been removed to the
Cherokee for transfer home. He had an
attack of fever. but he begged for his dis
missal from the hospital, as he was eager
to get to the front and fight.
General TornPs Reply.
Following is the verbatim reply received
by General Shafter to his communication
to General Toral, acting governor of
Santiago, relating to the postponement
of the bombardment of the city:
ITO His Excellency. the Commander in
Chief of the North American Army:
I'm reply to your communication, in
form you that 1 have ordered my troops
not to fire upon yours. until they are at