Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-19

zation advocated at the peace conference the
use OF the villainous dum-dum bullet on less
civilized people, one OF the latter class, the
Filipinos, furnish an example the reverse OF
that advocated at The Hague. The Filipinos
use the Mauser bullet, and medical testimony
agrees that II is the most humane bullet yet
used In war, IL may be said the Fillpinos
cannot help themselves. Admitted That
does not help the nations claiming superior
civilization yet employing in war a bullet
a wound from which means death.
The Manila correspondent OF Leslie's
Weekly gives an instructive account OF hos
pital experiences in treating wounds made
by Mauser bullets. He says: ITO the small
caliber bullet of the insurgents Mauser the
wounded boys owe their lives and a continu-
ance OF their usually friendly association
with good arms and legs. In the bony struc-
ture OF the body the Mauser bores a clean
little hole, rarely fracturing a limb; in the
skull 1t takes a center shot to kill. l know
of at least a dozen men shot through the
brain with Mausers, who are still alive and
In good health. l know of fully a hundred
cases shot through the chest cavity in every
portion except the heart that have recovered
In fact, they rarely die. l know of cases
where the main artery supply OF a limb was
totally destroyed, yet the integrity Of the
parts remained good. | helped, last week. to
ligate the femoral artery in the left thigh
of a Nebraska boy, and although a brass bull
let had gone through the leg sideways, sever
ing the large blood vessels and terribly LAGER
ating the flesh, the collateral circulation es-
tablished insures to him a good leg event.
ually. But through the soft abdominal It's
sues the Mauser Is always fatal, excepting
NNntnAc NJ tho li,,ay Tlaa, ,,n,aIaJ L., t1a
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
wonder. At the battle OF Mariquina, March
20, Private Avery Grimes OF my company
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 today. A Colorado man on
our right that day had a 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
s'Aa " VI NhC W Jd". ~ 1os Il
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
eye, the ball passing down and out under
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. He is out of commission for a
couple OF months, but will have one good
eye left to turn on the 'googoos.'"
THE number of escapades also border on
the domain of the miraculous. Comrade Nc
lnnes 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 a 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 his stomach, his close carl
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.
He was confined to bed ten days. Private
| Martpnspp nf Our rppinppf at tho ~, 6obt
the left foot. While waiting for medical
aid a Mauser bullet hit the other foot in
almost the same identical spot.
Colonel Hawkins of the Pennsylvania, in
the advance on Caloocan, received a bullet
in the handle of his revolver. passing
through 1t, exploding a cartridge In his belt
and glancing off. A Kanaka who Joined the
CALIFORNIA; at Honolulu peeped over the
trenches at San Pedro Macati, with his head
inclined slightly backward. A Mauser
caught him just over the left eye, plowed
over his skulf 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 2 had his scalp furrowed right
where he parted his hair. The hospital corps
bandaged 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; 1t was a fatal moment. A Mauser
passed through his body from right to
left, passing through his heart, and he fell
over dead"