Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22

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his belt a emington brass bullet passed
through the back OF his right hand,
through the first of the two layers OF
cartridges in his bosom, and doubled
up cartridge in the second layer so
firmly as TO still retain the brass mis-
sile in the fold. AS the cartridge box
was directly over his stomach his close
call can be appreciated.
Private Glazier, OF my regiment, at
the same fight was also struck by a
Mauser in his cartridge belt four inches
internal to the point OF the left hip.
The bullet bored a clean little hole
through the Springfield cartridge,
passed through his groin and struck
another shell in his belt on the other
side, passing through and exploding it.
1t also went through his knapsack,
four pieces Of bareback and his tin
plate. (The bareback is losing its rep
utation) He was confined TO bed two
days.
Private Mortensen, Of our regiment,
at the same fight, was struck with
Remington brass bullet in the left foot
While waiting for medical aid Maus-
er bullet hit the other foot in almost
the same identical spot. Col. Hawkins.
of the Pennsylvania, in the advance on
Caloocan, received a bullet in the han
die of his revolver, passing through it,
exploding a cartridge in his belt and
glancing off. a .Kanaka. who Joined
the Californians at Honolulu, peeped
over the trenches at San Pedro Macati
with his head inclined slightly back
ward A Mauser caught him just over
the left eye, plowed over his skull I'M
der the scalp for six inches and out
again. He did not quit his post, but
he had only one lamp" to peep with
for two weeks. A Washington boy,
March ,, had his scalp furrowed right
where he parted his hair. The hosli-
tai corps bandaged his head and he re-
turned to the trench The bandage
worked down over his eyes in the
course of time, and he sat up to adjust
it; it was fatal moment. A Mauser |
passed through his body from right TO
left, passing through his heart, and he
fell over dead.
Private Porter, Of my company, |
wrote a letter home the day previous |
to the fight at Mariquina Dear Dad, " |
he writes. you can bet if the niggers |
get me tomorrow they wont hit me in .
the rear caboose of my anatomy" He
meant, Of course, that he would always |
have his face to the enemy. Ten min
ltes after the fight began Porter turned |
back to pick up his bayonet which had |
fallen from its scabbard. A Mauser |
caught him in the right bullock, pass
ing downward and forward Porter is |
now puzzled to know how he will |
square it with dad. Old Tex, a cow
boy from Wyoming, and myself were |
trying a little quiet pot hunting at the |
niggers across the Pasig river above |
Can Pedro Macati, A Remington bull /
let struck the baked earth two feet in |
front of where we sat and filled our
faces and eyes with dirt. A moment |
later a Mauser tingled the left ear of
TeXr enough to draw blood We !
played even later.
| was in the trenches with the South |
Dakotas, Feb. p, when a Mauser hiCI
the trigger guard of a gun in the hands |
Of one of The soldiers, bending it back |
wards, passing through his shoulder |
then through the gunstock Of another |
soldiers rifle entering his abdomen and |
resulting fatally in six hours. The |
l5-year-Old mascot Of the Oregons, |
during the advance beyond Caloocan, |
March q, helped the hospital corps to |
carry in a wounded man The little |
fellow, fired with the spirit of war. |
picked up his comrades gun and Joined |
the firing line. In - minutes he was /.
brought back with his scalp furrowed, |.
but not dangerously so. The wounded /
man he had helped to carry back had /
not been placed in a properly protected /.
spot. A stray bullet had found him a .
second time and he lay dead on the /
Stretcher. Hospital Corpsman Com |
freq had just returned from Frisco, |
where he had gone with a ship load of .
During the advance be- |
yond Malolos, with the aid of a China |
man, he was carrying a stretcher with |
a wounded soldier A shrapnel from .
the Utah battery wrongly timed, OK
D'oded over their heads. instantly kill |
Ing Gomofrez and putting the China
man out Of business for long time, but .
never touching the soldier,
Capt Robinson, Co. c, Of the Mime
sofas at the battle OF Tondo, Feb. %. /
had a Remington make a furrow d.
rectly across his upper lip. | have .
seen four soldiers, each with an ear
outyonholed. | fixed up the furrowed .
scalp OF q Colorado man and he re- |
turned to the lines. In two weeks he .
was back with a Mauser wound in his .
left side; tie bullet entered five inches .
below and two inches back OF his arm /
pit and passed forward and out the .
very ganrp. pf his b~a,-t L1,- n