The Florence daily tribune., 1898-09-17
STORIES OF BATTLE.
WOUNDED HEROES TELL OF THE
FIGHT AT SANTIAGO.


Shot While Robbir e the Dead.
cooa s.u;
81, - s'e nen' "' S"i'i"so
90 i''s as any VI 'ne 'eroes
Mno iouehe there live to tell them.
mere are some that were told recently
by wounded men in the Marine hospital
ON Staten Island:
Peter Bergman of Company @, Fourth
infantry, was shot in the neck, the bull
let entering at the collar bone an inch
from the throat. and coming out just
below the shoulder blade. He said: 81
was shot in the charge on San Juan on
July l. The bullets fell like rain and
not one of us expected to get out alive.
we would run forward about 20 or 50
yards and then drop fiat on the ground,
hro {: few veleys, siid ssl.S,i set Up and
make another dash OF few yards
The storm of bullets was so terrible
that living men could not have gone
against 1t for more than half n minute
or so at time. But we gained few
yards Mt every rush and kept on that
way until we reached the trenches and
orove the Spaniards out You could not
see our men fall, for when shot clear
through they would stumble on with
tine others until we all went down to-
gether. But every time we jumped to
onr feet we left some lying fiat on their
faces My own company drove right
into one OF the Spanish trenches which
made our loss the heaviest in the regi
ment. In an hour and half we lost
killed ana II wounded out of so men,
nttle over one to every four.
When was shot, l lay insensible
Tor awhile When l came to, remem-
oered we had crossed a sunken road,
which had been cut down about five
ieet. crawied back to that and some
OF our boys bandaged me up, and was
lucky enough to be put into an ambu-
lance All who could walk had to do
30, ana the rough, heavy provision and
ammunition wagons were used to carry
pack those VINO could not get into tho
ampulances' lie roads were terribly
rough ana stony, ana the rough wagons
Wouiu throw the poor wounded fellows
about. could hear their means when
the wagons shock them up, 1t was so
awful that, even with a bullet hole
clear through me, could not help pity
ing the poor fellows worse Off in the
wagons
hehry r. " Mailey, VINO laughingly
CANNED 10 De lineai descendant OF
Cnaries " Nancy, the irish Dragon,
Deionged TO Company b. Eighth in
iantry. de was shot IN the right hand
ana arm at I'll oaney. He was Just AIM
ing MS gun when bullet struck the
barrel, ran aiohg IL ana struck Nal
icy hrse ana second myers, then his
thnmo ana then passed through his
arm, near ehe shoulder lie sad;
nave been IN the army for ten
years anu seen service on the plains
heiore 'nat WAC III the cape mounted
poiice III the Auiu war III AFRICA but
never saw anything ike the storm OF
on,lees a' santiago Ihese new guns
~ /. awlui 10 charge on earthworks
!. was ho'.er .hah anythhg l ever I'M
aglheo' put our men fought ike demons,
ana our onlcers were us cool as though
'hey oiu not hhow there was any dan
ger MAYOR conrad was IN command OF
our feBihehe' our COLONEL peiDB SICK
Wniie we were al lying down ne walk
GU aions INC ,rohe us though we We're
oh taraoe heara MN oail 10 mayor
9asase' VINO iau command OF the Sec
1ila Da'.aiioh, Come over mere, MAJOR
! w wan, 10 sno" you somethihg.
Ahere WAS STORM Oh puiiets sing
,ns oSer us, anu maJor savage caiiea
pauh' nat tne use! On come on
o'iiea oohiao' LOU are JUST as iikeiy
W ee' shoe over 'here as over mere
bo'n men talked as tnougn IL wasa sort
oi JOKE, l saw ehe secohd Massachu.
SOUS Ahey ac'eu spieho,diy. L notioed
one coihpahy IN particular. thihk IL
was ooih pahy u. Inc oihcer was giving
Wv. u ooiiii'i''ho 10 lre ny company Just as
l ehey were Ut target practice, ~ was
Hoau Ann 'neh pause flrei
anu a the "noie Voiiey Went tosether'
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