The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-06
SKATERS LOSS 100
ABOUT 100 KILLED AND THE RE-
MAINDER WOUNDED.
Percentage of Casualties to Number
of Troops Engaged Unusually
Heavy-An Additional List.
Ccopvright ISIS bv the Associated Press

Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press.)
BEFORE SANTIAGO, Sunday, July 8,
p. m. per Associated Press dispatch boat
Dandy, to Port Antonio. Jamaica, July 4,
II a. M. via Kingston, July 4, II p. m-The
fighting during the last two days has cost
the American army seventeen hundred men.
This estimate is made by the surgeons at
division headquarters after careful figuring
by the surgeons at the hospitals. The list
of wounded, as made up at the division
headquarters, is very large in proportion to
the list of those killed outright. Probably
less than one hundred, all told, of the num-
Der of wounded, have died, making the total
number of deaths in the, neighborhood of
$50. The remainder of the wounded will
probably recover
Considering the fact that not over twelve
thousand men were engaged on our side
and that not all of those were actually un-
der fire, the percentage of loss is very
heavy. The slaughter was brought about
mainly by the ga1antry with which our
troops advanced into the open ground in the
face of a heavy fire from the Spanish in
trenchments and rifle pits. Our men gem
orally had an opinion that the Spaniards
could not shoot, and many, it must be con-
fessed, thought they would not fight Both
impressions were erroneous, particularly the
latter. The Spanish have fought with great
determination and bravery The returns
show that number of regiments
suffered very heavily, the Seventy
first New York being the worst
cut UP of the volunteer regiments and
the Thirteenth and Sixth regular infantry
suffering most among the regulars, with
the Seventh and Sixteenth Infantry close
in the race for glory In some companies
of the Thirteenth Regiment one-third of the
men are gone, and there are companies in
that regiment now entirely without officers;
In the Sixth Infantry more than one-third
of the officers are gone only one field officer
Major Minor, being left. Following is the
list of noncommissioned officers and privates
injured in the Seventy-first New York
Dead-Privates Detuchbeter, Company c.;
Holland, Company M; Minous, Company c.;
Scotield Company d; Skinner, Company b;
Booth, Company L; Decker Company NJ
Badly Wounded-Prvates lettings, Com
pany B; Clark, Company b; Hall, Com
pany F.
Slightly Wounded-Privates Pierce Com
pany e; Schalder. Company E; McDillon
Company E; Rauth, Company l; Hurley,
Company c; Neimeyer Company K; Fou-
ley Company *; Sergeant Cutting, Com
pany M; Privates- Barrett. Company NJ;
Walas Company K; Donnell, Company M;
Mills, Company NJ; J. Weeks. Company G;
Youngs Company M; Privates Esemand,
Company f: Palassets, Company F. Andre,
Company K: Cunningham, Company l.;
II. Obkamp, Company l.; Cannon, Company
l.; Kirby Company CT Quartermaster Ser
geant Long, Company B.
Following is an additional list of killed
and wounded, some of the names having
possibly been duplicated by other corre-
spondents:
Killed
MAJOR FORCE First Cavalry
LIEUT.. w. e. SHIPP. Tenth Cavalry.
COLONEL HAMILTON, Ninth Cavalry,
commanding the regiment.
PRIVATE STEED. Company D, Twenty
PRIVATE HOW Company B. Twenty
fifth Infantry.
PRIVATE PHELPS. Company B. TWEEN
PRIVATE LEAvERwITCH, Company
G, Twenty-fifth Infantry.
LIEUT.. j. HUGHES. Fourth Infantry.
LIEUTENANT FIELD, Company c, Sec
cnd Massachusetts.
, CAPT. JOHN DRUM, Tenth Infantry.
LIEUT.. GAROSCHE ORD, aid-de-camp
on General Hawkins staff
LIEUTENANT WILLIAMS. Thirteenth
DR.. lMSENocAL, First Division hospital
LIEUTENAN = I.oUNsBERRY, Seventh
PRIVATE ASHLEY, Rough Riders.
PRIVATE GREEN, Rough Riders.
PRIVATE SPATMAN, Rough Riders.
Wounded
LIEUT.. T. A. ROBERTS, Tenth Cavalry.
in right side.
CAPT. JAMES FoRNEY, Thirteenth
Infantry, in the leg.
MAJOR ELLIS, Thirteenth Infantry, in
CAPTAIN EDWARDS. Company D.
Twenty-fifth Cavalry, in thigh and Shout
LIEUTENANT ROBINSON, Tenth Cav
LIEUTENANT LEACH. Troop C, Rough
LIEUTENANT DICKINSON, Seven
teenth Infantry, probably fatally.
LIEUTENANT WOOD, Ninth Cavalry.
LIEUTENANT LYONS, 'Twenty-fourth
Infantry, in leg slightly
LIEUTENANT j. R. LEDBURG, Ninth
LIEUT.. COL w. S. WORTH. Thirteenth
MAI. R. J. EsKRIDGE, Tenth Infantry.
DIR. DANFORTH, assistant surgeon,
LIEUT.. COT. EGBERT, Sixth Infantry.
CAPT. J. WOODBURY., Sixth Infantry,
L he - 4 4. p SCOTT Thirteenth 1nfan-
LIEUT.. F. r. MCCOY, Tenth Cavalry.
LIEUT.. w. H SIMMONS, Sixth Infan-
CAPT. JOHN BIGELow, Tenth Cavalry
CAPT. H. G. CAvANAGH, Thirteenth
LIEU LIEUT.. COL. S. H. LINCOLN, Tenth In
fantry in leg and arm.
LIEUT.. P. r. HAPGOOD, Second Massa-
LIEUT.. ALBERT LAWS. Twenty-fo
LIEUT.. PARKHURsT. Second Artillery.
CAPTAIN GUTHRIE. Company A. Thir-
teenth Infantry, in arm.
LIEUT.. GOES. Thirteenth Infantry, in
leg.
PRIVATE M'MILLAN, Rough Riders.
PRIVATE HOLMES, Rough Riders.
PRIVATE MILLER, Rough Riders.
PRIVATE GEEVERS, Rough Riders.
PRIVATE JOHNSON Rough Riders.
PRIVATE M'SPAN, Rough Riders
PRIVATE MILLER, Rough Riders
CAPTAIN JONES, Twenty-second In
fantry.
CAPTAIN MOSHER, Twenty-second In
fantry.
LIEUT.. wAsSELL, Twenty-second In
fantry.
fantry.
LIEUT.. NFARY, Fourth Infantry.