The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-16

had just passed him, when another man
who had reached him and had his gun at
a ready, and was putting it to hiss Shout
der 10 shoot threw the butt to the rear
against the natives head and keeled him
over, and with the next motion brought
the gun to an aim and fired without look
ing back to note the result of his double
motion, and pushed on with the charge.
When the line reached the Maabon river,
where a stone-arch bridge crosses IL, one
span of the bridge was found to be de-
stroyed and the insurgents were behind
breastworks and stone barricades. sweep
ing the approach 10 the bridge with their
fire. A small squad of engineers advanc-
ed with planks and bamboo mating, ana
while the bullets raned about them re-
paired the bridge. Then a column rushed
across, and the natives fed to a safer
place.
saw q member of the signal corps
stand up boldly on the top of a captured
trench, in plain view of the enemy, who
made him a special target, and wave his
flag signals as deliberately as if on signal
drill, notifying the artillery on the posi-
ton of our lines and the location of insur-
gent trenches that should be shelled. This
is not the first time | have noticed the
fearless work of these unarmed men in
the heat Of battle. Others who risked their
lives as DOlulN as the men On tue AiiilS
line, without the excitement of the con-
test to nerve them W., were the devoted
members of the hospital corps. Every
where they followed the lines closely, on
their errand of mercy, giving the wounded
such aid as was possible on the field, and
carrying them back to the field hospitals
to receive further attention. Nor was this
done without loss to themselves, for sew
eral were wounded. A hundred yards in
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a place as the most advanced line and II
requires a high order of courage for a
man to so into that hell of bullets. without
a chance to fight back, and dress the
wounds Of crippled and dying men.
A case that l saw wen illustrates the
situation. hospital attendant had
reached a man wounded in the leg He
bandaged the hurt, and liked the injured
man as comfortable as possible, to await
the coming of a stretcher. Then, as a
last ministraton before going on to the
aid of others, he placed his hand under
the mans back and raised him up enough
TO give him drink, and at that instant
one of the many bullets that were flying
around them struck the wounded man
in the stomach, and he died instantly In
the arms of his supporter.
Goodness and deliberation under fire are
as much responsible for the success of
the American arms as the resistless. i'm
pulse of the charge when the advance
is ordered. A small party was advancing
up a road swept by Mauser and Reming-
ton bullets from half dozen barbados
and short trenches. The party was too
small TO advance further, and so, at
400 yards range, they continued the fight
from the open against the protected ene-
my. Two of the men calmly seated them
selves In the road, crossed their legs, and
began sharpshooipg at the scores of
heads that constantly appeared above the
fortihcations as bullets We're ssined upon
them There they sat. discussing with
each other the range and the effect of
their shots as deliberately as at target
practice. and / am happy to say that
neither of these men was hit.
In front of Malabon the general field hos
pItal was established in the waiting room
of the Caloocan depot, and as fast as the
wounded were attended TO, or the bodies
Of the dead were brought in, they were
placed on the train and sent at once to
Manila In less than an hour after the
battle began the first wounded men were
| being tenderly cared for at the general
hospital. Tn scenes at the Caloocan sta
ton wre pitiful and heartrending, and vet
they made one feel proud OF his country
! men. Not a complaint. and hardly a
| aroan was heard from a man, no matter
| how badly he was wounded or how much
| main he suffered from the necessary hand
| ling, and even cutting, of his wound by
the SURGEON. on the other hand. those
NOT exhausted from loss of blood joked
| and laughed about their hurts and each
| was ready cheerfully to tell the bystand-
ers how it happened and what he saw of
the battle before he was hit. Not a few
! mingled with their stories praises of the
work OF the hospital crops on the field
and of the herolsm Of their comrades, the
roar OF whose guns was becoming fainter
| and fainter as they pushed on In pursuit
| of the retreating insurgents. Some came
! hobblng up. using a rife for a crutch
! others holding one roughly bandaged arm
with the uninjured other. Some crawled
painfully along, shot in the leg or body,
until they were observed and men went
out 70 bring them in, while others were
carried In on filters or the arms Of their
comrades. or walked slowly and painfully,
their arms about the necks of those as
sisting them. Patiently they all waited
| for their turn on the surgeons table, the
| more slightly wounded refusing TO take
their turn when others more severely in
| iured had been brought in later. One
| man, who had waited a long time in this
way. and at last had taken his place on
the table. all others having been attended
to, insisted upon getting UP again to give
| place to badly wounded man just then
! brought in. A man with a painful but
| not Immediately disabling wound in the
side joked with the surgeon and others as
| the knife and bandage were busy In get
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