The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-11
WOUNDED By A SHELL
AND HIS CLOTHING CUT WITH
BULLETS BY 4 HIDDEN
ENEMY.
A HOT TIME SAID PRIVATE BULLOCK
He Saw the Body of Lieut.. Ship and his BUR-
al Place. Cubans are lnveterale Thieves
and Got his Watch and Money
During the Battle.

Private Il. II. Bullock, troop Il, United
States cavalry, came in on the South
ern yesterday afternoon on his way t.
Henderson, where his wife lives. iul
lock was in the lighting ut Santiago
and talks very intelligcntly concerning H.
He was severely wounded, Il piece pi
shell passing through his LEFT hand md
causing the loss OF his middle finger. He
was brought To Fort Mcpherson and
placed in the hospital there until able
to travel. when he was given two
months leave of absence which he said
he would spend nj home He has seen
twelve years service in the regular
army and talked of his experiences nj
Santiago in Il plain. matter of fact way.
He took part in the storming and cap.
ture of the famous block house at San
Juan. and ii was during the attack on
the intrenchments there that he was
wounded. The same shell that wounded
him killed eight men and wounded seven
others. he said.
1T was a pretty warm time, wasn't
it, was asked him.
AS warm II time as Il sharp man ever
stuck Il dull axe into" was the graphic
reply.
Private Bullock said that the Ameri-
cans fought for two hours and half
without seeing n Spaniard. though Il
whitening fire was poured in all the
while. Finally when the order to charge
came the Americans swept up the hill
carrying everything before them.
Did the Spaniards run was asked.
"Iou bet they ran" Bullock replied"
we made so much noise they didn't know
how MANY Of us We're coming
How did the Seventy first New
York behave in the fight? Did they lie
down."
lie DOWN." Not much They did
not take time to lie down. They ran, =
said Private Bullock
He agreed with all the accounts pub
lishcd as to the great superiority of
smokeless powder. which enabled the
Spanish sharp shooters to hide in the
dense foliage of the trees and pick off
men and officers with impunity. \ large
number of the men killed. he said, were
shot in the back, showing that they had
been killed by men hidden in trees
whom they had passed in the charge.
The Cubans. he declared. were arrant
thieves..,e had his watch and $40 in
money stolen during the fight. The sol
diers had left their property behind
under guard. and the Cubans eluded the
vigilance Of the guard and stole part of
the property.
Bullock saw Lieutenant Ships body
after that gallant officer lost his life.
The bullet. he said, passed through Lieu
tenant Ship from right to left. He also
saw the spot selected for his burial place.
and that of the other officers killed in
the engagement They were buried ON
Il beautiful knoll. easy of identification.
The country over which the soldiers
fought. Bullock characterized as the
toughest he had ever seen. Beside the
wound inflicted by the piece of shell,
he had his skin grazed by bullets in sew
eral places.
Despite his rather serious experience
at Santiago. Bullock declared that he
would not leave the army for anything.
He did not care to visit Santiago Il
second time. however. While his hand
is badly crippled. he thought it would not
cause his discharge from the army.
Bullock formerly worked in Raleigh.
being employed by the grocery firm Of
NJ. II. Leach and brother. He said the
old Confederate veterans down in At
lanta had bought up all his souvenirs of
the fight. lie has his troopers hat still,
covered with sketches of scenes near
the fight drawn by some artist, and
prizes it very highly.