The times., 1898-07-18
FIGHTING pARsoN HOME.
The Rev. Dwight Galioupe Returns
From Santiago Badly Wounded,


of the Ninth United States Infantry, was
in much improved condition yesterday
after a good nights rest ct his home, No.
10 Market Street His physician, DR..
Wallhauser, permitted him to see mis-
friends and the newspaper men.
1t will be fully two months before he
can fully recuperate. and he has a sick
leave of absence for that length of time
AT its expiration he expects to rejoin his
regiment in the field, though he fervently
hopes for peace, for he declares:
War is horrible thing,"
shell burst in front of him and a mass
| OF earth. which he estimated weighed sew
erai hundred pounds struck him. His
right arm is helpless temporarily, and his
right leg cannot be used. His body is
black and blue and he has hemorrhages
as result of his injuries.
/ He said: Two davs before tbe hattie
which occurred on the 1st of July, was
haf a mile from the head of the firing
iine and attending to my duties as chap
lain of the Ninth Regiment, when 1 was
affected by sunstroke This necessitated
| my removal to the hospital at Siboney.
eight miles away. While lying on a cot
In the hospital word was received~that
the battle was on. 1 determined to go
to the front and attend to the wounded
or my regiment. Permission was NOT
given me, and while the surgeon had
ms attention turned in another direction
shipped out of the hospital and walked
TO where the Ninth Regiment was sta
TONED, just outside the city of Santiago
did my best TO care for the sick and
wounded l did not wear the Red Cross
badge on my sleeve, for 1t did not matter
as the Spaniards did not respect It,
During the latter part of the battle an
immense shell burst right in front of me-
1t hurled the earth against my breast
and threw me for considerable distance
l was not rendered unconscious but knew
L should be no further use during the
battle. When l saw others fall about me
decided that the best thing would be to
! try to reach the hospital
There was only one ambulance on the
/ shore during the battle, and army wagons
without springs had to be called into use
! to bring those most dangerously wounded
back to camp. The ride over the hard
roads in roughswagOns was awful. Those
unable TO get into the wagons started to
/ crawl back to the hospital at Siboney.
| 1t was eight miles distant, and the men
/ had 10 go through jungles on their hands
! and knees There was groaning all the
way, and blood was everywhere to be
! seen. The Spaniards did not slacken
their firing, but kept it up on US. sharp
shooters IN trees trying 20 pick off the
wounded
Did you kill a Spaniard?f was asked
4 don't know, but 1 tried to-" was the
answer.
Had they known that we were wound
ed believe they would have killed us all
but to give the impression that we were
all 30 inn I
of one of the men who reii and fired it,
! shot from one place. then would drag
myself about 100 yards In another direc-
tion fire the rifle again, and then go in
a third direction, 10 give the appearance
that men in the lines were able TO shoot
from all directions. 1t took US all the
/ night of the first and until rne middle of
the next day to reach the hospital The
sufferings of the wounded We're beyond
description. but all bore UP manfully, and
those injured not as severely as the
others tried TO cheer up their more un-
fortunate comrades.
Some of the wounded with me became
exhausted after going a few miles and
fell fiat the ground. Vultures could
be seen soaring in the air above them.
In hurry to get at their prey. The
other soldiers did not desert the men
whose strength gave. out. but lay down
on the ground, and with their pistols
kept the vultures away from their COM
rades until the latter were picked up and
hurried out of the way. ------ ~.
Il only did what i could, for the SOL
diers. and hope to be able to rejoin my
regiment without delay
The newspaper men in and about Sam
tiago covered themselves with glory. They
helped wounded soldiers, carried them to
the hospitals, and when the soldiers were
unable TO leave their place in line tbev
Ihey were constantly in danger bur did
not mind IT, and were always ready and
willing to do anything they were asked
&c do.
1--WE left Siboney on the transport Cher
okee for Tampa. We were instructed NOT
to carry lights, there was a report
that Spanish vessels were about, and our
failure TO carry lights nearly cost us
dearly, for We had two exciting encoun-
ters with two of our own auxiliary
cruisers. Shortly after leaving Sibonev
we saw what we thought was a Spanish
gunboat. The Cherokee put on steam. bur
the stranger began to fire shots at us
The first and second we paid no attention
TO, but when solid shot came. then we
hove to. The wounded were between
decks, and when they learned that we
were being chased by a supposed Spanish
vessel they shouted and cried that they
would be killed When the vessel which
had been chasing us came alongside we
learned through the megaphone that she
was the cruiser Scorpion. When her Off
GERS learned who we We're one of the men
on the deck of the Scorpion shouted:
Why in - don't you carry lights?
1--WE explained the reason and pro-
ceeded and a short time later had an
encounter with the Dixie. She, too fred
at US, and did not know who we were
until she came alongside.
Lieut.. Col Ewers, of the Ninth In
fantry, displayed remarkable bravery in
the battle before Santiago. At all times |
he was in the front. cheering on the men,
and always at the head of the line when |
an advance was made. 1t was remark |
able that he was not killed so thickly |
did the bullets fall around him.
Gen. Kent was also always in the |
thick of the fight. Although his place |
was in the rear, he was never there, but |
always at the front of the line
Chaplain Galloupe describes the Cubans
as picturesque fakes" He says that |
they are always in the rear and the only
fighting they ever do is about the COM
missary department when the food is be-
ing given out.
The Spaniards in their fighting are US
ing explosive bullets he says, and brass
bullets, and samples of these have been
taken from the wounded soldiers and sent
on TO Washington.
Capt. Lee, the English military attacae,
who is representing his government is
described by the chaplain as being as
brave as a lion. He is right on the firing
line. notebook in hand. gathering mate
rial for his reports to his government. He
also does all he can to help our wounded
To illustrate the way our men are fight
ing, the chaplain says that Capt. Lee
who is an expert in modern warfare grew
alarmed when he heard the order given
to charge over an open field and take