Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-21
HOME ONCE MORE
Six Rough Riders" Return to Santa
Ee from Cuba's Malarial Shores
With Many Welcomes.
INTERESTING TALES TOLD
The Gallant Troopers Are Hartman Wyn-
koop, Arthur V. Skinner, Tom Roberts,
Ut. Sandoval, Jeff Hill and W, ".
Wagner-0ther Will Be Here
Soon,

and one over the narrow gauge. Theil
names are Hartman II. Wynkoop, Arthur
V. skinner, Tom Roberts, Joe Sando
val, of Troop f; jeff Hill. of Troop +
all of this city, and William w. Wagner
Troop E, of Cerrillos. All have beer
sick, with the exception of Tom Roberts
who, Notwithstanding his age, "a, never
saw a sick day. In fact he with one OF
the sergeants IN the dynamite gun
were the only men in the regiment, Mr.
Skinner understands, who were moi
sick. Roberts is Il veteran of the civi
wal as well as of the Spanish war, anC
was wounded in the shoulder at the
battle of Bull Run. The boys are being
welcomed royalty by their many friends
and made to feel that their services and
sutferings are appreciated by their fell
low townsmen.
Arthur V. Skinner is recovering from
his attack of malaria. He was taken
down in the trenches in front of San
tiago, but did not 60 to the hospitals be-
cause he heard that the men there did
not fare well.
He says the list New York got rat
tied at the outset and it was reported
that they fired into the 18th infantry
thinking they were Spaniards. For this
the New Workers were taken from the
front and sent to building roads. Mr..
Skinner speaks feelingly of the regard
of the men for Colonel Roosevelt, and
said that while General Wood, the
former colonel of the Trough Riders
found Santiago a very filthy city, he has
made it wonderfully clean. Montauk
Point is a pleasant place and he did
well there. The men of his regiment
owned the town for the three days they
were in New York, but he is glad to get
home once more.
j. T. Sandoval, when asked about his
experiences in the war said:
II vas through the whole business
and at La Guasima had my cartridge
belt shot off by a Spanish bullet, but
was not hurt. While we did not have
much to eat during the fighting before
Santiago, the boys made no complaints,
for the reason that everyone knew that
the officers were doing the best they
possibly could under the circumstances.
After the surrender of Santiago we had
everything we wanted, and Jared well.
| only saw the city from the distance,
as we were not permitted to go to the
city. l had the malarial fever, but did
not go to the hospital for the reason
that the men in the trenches took better
care of the sick than was given them in
the hospital. At the hospital the only
thing done for the sick was to give them
quinine and let them lie on the wet
ground.
''Montauk Point is Il fine place, and
the sick We're well taken care of. The
ladies from New York came to the camp
and carried those who were very i'll to
their private residences, nursed them
back to health, and then bought them
new clothing and paid their fare back to
camp. At Camp Wikoff we lived on the
best in the land; chicken, eggs, milk,
beef and the best of everything. After
we were mustered out and went to New
York we owned the town. A Rough
Riders" money would buy nothing,
every thing was ours for the asking.
We left New York Saturday afternoon,
arriving in Santa Fe last night. If
Uncle Sam ever gets into another war,
he can count on me for one of his
| soldiers"
Hartman II. Wynkoop, of Troop e,
was seen today by a New MEXICAN re-
porter, to whom Mr.. Wynkoop gave a
very interesting narrative. Mr.. Wynn
koop is a printer and an observing
young man. He was wounded on the
morning of the End of July while before
the Spanish trenches where the fire was
the hottest, and where men were going
down on all sides of him. A Mauser
bullet struck his left leg midway be-
tween the ankle and the knee, cracking
the bone and making an ugly wound.
The trooper was Immediately sent to the
field hospital in the rear where he was
given all the attention that it was pos
sible with so limited a corps of surgeons
and nurses to attend to the increasing
wants of the In fact, can of
attending properly to the wounded were
so few that in one case where a soldier
lay with part of his jaw gone, a can OF
tomato soup could not be fed him be-
cause there was no spoon to dole the
soup out with into the poor fellows
mouth, and the nurses could not stop to
use other means. There was but one
doctor and two nurses to about $40 men,
and these worked until they fell ex-
hausted.
There was a gang of Spanish sharp
shooters stationed zeal the main field
hospital, and these wretches fired into
the hospital killing and %wounding
indiscriminateIy. In fact they came
nearly getting away with General
Shafter. Mr.. Wynkoop would have
shed few tears if they had, for he has a
mighty poor opinion of Shafter in
common with many others. These
sharpshooters became so bad finally that
the 9th cavalry was detailed to rake the
trees, and they did so to the queens
taste. The gang was cleaned ont by
the hundreds, and many of them were /
found to have ION clothing they had
stripped from dead United States
soldiers. One interesting feature OF
this business was that not a few of these
sharpshooters were found to be French
men and Germans. Mr.. Wynkoop's
wound began to mortify shortly, so he
was sent to Fortress Monroe by the
transport City of Washington, and at
the fortress he was given the very best
of care, until sent to Montauk Point.
But he was suffering from typhoid,
malaria and pneumonia together and at
the Point was thought unable to last
through II night, but he got the best
of the disease, and now does not look as |
though he had seen any hardship at all. |
MI. Wynkoop is enthusiast cover Col (
onel Roosevelt, who was admired and
beloved by all of his brother officers as
well as the men. He was in command
of the Isl regular, LIST volunteer and
10th cavalry regiments. as so many of
the regular army officers were sick,
wounded, dead or on special details, |
and the colored troops particularly have
great admiration for the doughty col
onel. Mr.. Wynkoop suffered seven
weeks ere pulling through, and on be.
ing mustered out started for home.
lie enjoyed his stay in Gotham, and
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