The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
ECHOES OF THE WAR.
Omaha Bee.


While representatives of powers claim,,x
to be the most advanced promoters OF cixss
ilization advocated at the peace confers-co
the use OF the villainous dum-dum bullet On
the F1lipinos. furnish an example the reverse
OF that advocated at The Hague IT,
Filipinos use the Mauser bullet and medicsi
testimony agrees that IL is the most humsna
bullet yet used in war. IL may be said re
Filipdnos cannot help themselves Admitted
That does not help the nations Claiming
a bullet wound from which means desth
The Manila correspondent OF Ieslie's
Weekly gives an instructive account OF hos
pital experiences in treating wounds mads
by Mauser bullets. he says: ITO the srnsT'
calfber bullet of the insurgents Mauser the
wounded boys owe their lives and a con-
tinuance or their usually friendly assoria
ton with good arms and legs. In the bo1y
structure of the body the Mauser bores
clean little hole. rarely fracturing limb.
in the skull IL takes a center sho. 10 IN
i know OF al least dozen men shot thro,g5
the brain with Mausers who are still alive
and in good health / know of fully q hun
dred cases shot through the chest cavity in
every portion except the heart that have
recovered-in fact. they rarely die I Know
of cases where the main artery supply Of a
limb was totally DESTROYED. yet the integrity
week 10 lfgate the femoral artery in the left
thigh of a Nebraska boy. and although a
brass bullet had gone through the leg side
ways. severing the large blood vessels ana
terribly decorating the flesh. the collateral
circulation esta blished insures 10 him 4 good
leg eventually. But through the soft alb
dominal tissues the Mauser is always fatal
excepting wounds of the liver Those
wounded In the intestines. stomach and
spleen always die Every one operated on
for resection of wounded intestines died and
the operation is now entirely abandoned
wounds of the head excite the most
%onder. AT the battle of Mariquina. March
fell close to my left. A Mauser entered
behind the right ear. passed diagonally for
ward through the posterior wall of the
throat. with its exit near the left corner OF
his mouth, taking along three teeth. He is
practically well to-day. A Colorado man on
our right that day had Mauser bullet
traverse the same identical course except
that the points of entrance and exit were
reversed. He returned TO his company in
two weeks in good health, Another man
was struck behind the ear high up. the ball
passing downward and forward and out the
middle portion of the lower Jaw. He lost a
couple of teeth. but is making a nice re-
covery. A Montana boy was struck an inch
back Of the outer angle OF the left eye the
bullet passing through his skull and making
its exit in the same locality on the other
side. He has lost the sight OF one eye. and
/ fear the other will soon follow. although
he will recover his usual health. A Ne
braska man was shot directly over the left
meath the edge of the jaw, re-entering the
shoulder and out near the elbow. again en-
tering the wrist and out the back of his
hand. fIe Is out of commission for couple
of months, but win have one good eye left
to turn on the 'googoos.'"
The number of escapades also border on
the domain of the miraculous. Comrade
McInnes of my company. who fell at Mari
quina in addition to his belt of cartridges
carried a small pasteboard box of twenty
cartridges IN the bosom fold OF his blue
shirt. While Withdrawing cartridge from
his belt a Remington brass bullet passed
through the back of his hand, through the
first of the two layers of cartridges in his
bosom and doubled up a cartridge in the
second layer so firmly as to still retain the
brass missile in the fold As the cartridge
box was directly over ms Stomaen; ms close
my regiment at the same fight was also
struck by a Mauser in his cartridge belt
four inches internal 10 the point Of the left
through the Springfield cartridge, passed
through his groin and struck another shell
In his belt on the other side. passing
bed ten days Private Martenson of our
regiment at the same fight was struck with
a Remington brass bullet in the left foot
While waiting for medical aid Mauser
bullet hit the other foot in almost the same
identical spot.
Colonel Hawkins, of the Pennsylvania,
In the advance on Caloocan. received bull
let in the handle of his revolver. passing
through IT. exploding cartridge in his belt
and glancing off. A Kanaka who joined the
CALIFORNIA; at Honolulu peeped over the
head inclined slightly backward. A Mauser
caught him just over the left eye, plowed
over his skull under 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 on
March had his scalp furrowed right where
daged his head and he returned to the
trench. The bandage worked down over his
eyes in the course of time and he sat up TO
adjust 1t; it was fatal moment Mauser
passed through his body from right to left.
passing through his heart, and he fell over
dead"