The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-21

naaas who yesterday aftzrnnua Ake1s
O'clock wsn, To San pe.yo MxrasA where
fhs persons whose business x gas 70 al
tend 10 such matters were standing
around waiting ser sanse che - tssl sAeEa
wzAs 70 30. He impressed u casiA~sss ars4
Chinese 4rfvey xscS-ees z cart saes used
for street sprsnksing. wAshez x cut ard
rss5s his way with thss 20 tbs fssasssg
hne. reaching tsere about dark Meas
while sSi1s1r~ who were sert back W
similar sTrars<ss sere denied water except
enough 80 I'll thesr own eanteens. which
they drank before they again reached tue
firing lire
Painting Men sent TO the Rear.
Under such circumstances as these.
with men carrying sreEn shirsy-sye TO
afty pounds. IL was nos unexpected when
the men began 10 give cut. overcome
from The excessive nsat TIE suffering
was greatest IN the ;wo regular regiments.
aimee they had been here emily fsw days
were nnaccusto1net TO the climate ard
made the Longest advance During ne
day scores OF men have tainted from
the heat ard fallen 30 the ground In
such cases the men we're merely revived
hy the surgeons or members OF the hos
r.tal corps. allowed a sfor, resi- and then
put in squads. under charge of a man
able 10 walk. and sent 10 carry their arms
ard equipments back from three TO Ave
rniles 20 San Pedro Macati where they
could catch the hospital boat for the gen
erai hospital downtown by waiting several
hours. A few hospital corps. men al san
Pedro eDdeavored 70 prepare food for
these exhausted ones. and cared Ter them
10 the best Of their ability but the brigade
surgeon. whose place il Was ~ have been
there to attend 70 the needs ef the men,
was otst All yesterday afternoon aud part
OF this morning with "A gang Of China
men. buryins the insargent dead. a task
any soldier in the army could have at
tended TO as well as he
NAL. Dswson's Good work.
Through all this Mai Dawson and As
sistant Surgeon Brown OF the Washington
regiment. have done noble work being
constantly Oh the firing line. or where
they were most needed. and when the
Washington regiment halted aad they
were 30 longer needed, they pressed on
10 help care for the wounded and ex-
hausted Of other regiments. Before the
advance was begun Maj. Dawson made
very urgent requests tor Two held am
balances, the request heing approved by
the medical department. but aisapprovea
by Gen. Otis. Two amhulances were pro-
vsded from the general hospital for the
entire brigade, but they were kept more
than busy hauling back the forty wound
ed from the Twentieth and Twsnt second
regime ats, and the seventy or eighty ex-
bauated men were compelled 20 walk and
carry their equipments
Even with oa.y two amhulanoss this
would not have been necessary II the Of
ficsrs in charge Of the hospital boat had
allowed il 10 so two or three miles far
Their Up the river instead 81 hating IL at
San Pedro Macati. Within tao hours
after the engagement began II was safe
to SO zap al least that distance, AID the
river gainboats had gone UP several miles
early I'm the engagement Even though
the boat had been fred upon 1t would
be no more than happened To the sol
diers, both OF the hne and OF the hos
pitaI corps. who were on the firing lire.
JOE SMITH