The evening times., 1898-07-14

poses 1t is this water that the troops
have to drink, and the wonder is that
many of them can tell whether they are
taking a drink or eating a mud pie.
'It was most pitiable to see the wound
ed we met while passing along this trail
Some had a hand shot off. others had
lost a few fingers. and still others were
mourning the loss of their teeth. Many
had slight flesh wounds. All were great
ly depressed. and complaining because
they had TO walk from the battlefield to
the hospital. But in making this COM
plant they were not justified by the more
unfortunate who had been totally dis
abled by Spanish bullets.
81 talked with quite number of these
poor fellows riding along the rough road
in carts without springs. With every
step the mules took the carts jolted and
the wounded gfoaned. These sufferers
were complaining because they could not
get out and walk.
Some distance up the trail from ST.
honey I noticed an American soldier lean
ing over a small stream bathing his head
with the muddy water. When l reached
his side I saw that his front teeth had
been knocked out by bullet that had en-
tered there. and had come out again
through his ear After giving him what
little help was possible. 1 tried to cheer
him un.
"'Oh, that's all right. he said sadly
4 might be worse off. I've got four teeth
left
After had crossed the little stream and
was about to push forward this wound
ed soldier shouted:
ut won't cost me much for dentists
now-but, say, / don't free any more OF
these blankety blank Cubans."
While our party was making its way up
the trail we suddenly were confronted by
a detachment of Americans
..There are some sharpshoOters little
way above here" their leader said. You
had better look out They could see those
targets of yours mile"
The soldiers then passed on. leaving US
to wonder what they meant. We didn't
wonder long.
Say" one member of our party drawl-
ed presently 'if you know when you are
well off you'll give your hat coat of
mud
I did it and the others followed suit.
We had started up. the trail wearing he'll
NETS as white as snow. 1t was not our
object to furnish Spanish snarpshooters
with conspicuous targets, but that was
what we had been doing.
One of the most Interesting experiences
I have heard of was that of Mr. McMii-
Ian, a son of Samuel Mcmillan. who was
| n park commissioner in New York when
Strong was mayor. He is there as a
member of the Rough Riders. and was in
| the hot fighting on the way to San Juan.
Mcmillan was living on time water at
the time. that being the only thing he
could take He had been in the fighting
| line continuously for thirty hours and
| had received a slight wound in the leg.
| This did not incapacitate him and he
went to work helping to carry the wound
! ed from the field. This wark strained him
somewhat and he was trying to recuper-
ats when l met him.
.There is a dead Spanish sharpshooter
down the road aways." he said. II fin
| ished him, all right. He was SleSGaed up
| in a tree well over the trail. and had
| four shots al my head before I located
| him 1 then raised my gun. took steady
aim and fired. The bullet went straight.
and the sharpshooter fired no more at
s. "a .
"He seemed to lose interest in matters.
but he didn,tidrop on the tree. I pushed
| through to where he was and knocked
| him out of the tree with my gun. He
was very m3ch dead when left him."
| Many sad sights are to be witnessed al
the army hospitals. but the surgeons a1d
| their assistants are endeavoring to make
| the best of the situation. There are many
| reconJ J,ntrados IN the hospital there.
| Their sufferingliS increased by the gen
| eral condition aefsfilth that exists on al
l sides. is'sF
| Siboney is vesy dirty place. and wher
the dirt and fmnddF water fail to make