The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-15

the hfruMht OF tho gate TO the muu Mtli,
with hh arm Ia a bloody sling. He Zen
behind the cover OF tho wall in the man
ner Of man who has reached the goal
ia the rice Tor life.
I've bScn with the Ninth Tor seventeen
years aud It's the worst I've ever seen.
be said. san Juan was hot enough for
few minutes. This IS just as hot and
il lasts"
AZ this moment Capt. Fuller was form
ing his company 90 American Marinos az
che gateway. They were going out 20
the Ninth in response TO Col. Liscum's
call Tor achievements. l-Tecall a glimpse
Of a row OF faces - certainly American
Ia their expression OF intelligence and
Individuality. their sober and determined
lines telling plainly enough that they re-
allied the task before thcm and were
not going To shirk a. They were waiting
for the doctor. one. two. three minutes
passed. nnd then the Captain SAID quietly:
We will have 10 go without him" and
me tine went through the gate at the
double.
There amt no use" said the old SER
geant. It's only sending more men out
70 u killed. You can't swim a canal TO
take stone wall thirty feet high. We've
got 20 hay there tin dark and then get
back tho best We can"
There was nothing for as behind the
big wall except TO wait We could see
little. and the men actually Ia the firing
line could see less one after another
the American wounded came in There
was not a tree within q thousand yards.
ana we busted ourselves ia trying 70
make shelter for the wounded. A wound
cd jap. although In intense pain. moved
little 10 share a patch Of shadow foot
square with a wounded American Be
side them. fiat on his back. was the
taunty little japanese stan ofhcer whom
! knew. with his face a mass OF blood
from gunshot wound A mud hut. ten
by twelve was set aside hy the Jananese
Medical Corps FOR wounded officers, but
Il was soon full 10 OVERLOOKING.
The Battle From the Rear.
II the battle Is going against YOU re-
ports ~ the rear always make a worse
than Dc g. We heard persistenuy three
hours before he fen. that Col Lislum ana
three officers who were never wounded az
all had been hit Shortly before noon
Capt. BooSmuller OF the Ninth. on q lit
ter borne by four privates. was brought
through the gate. lie met che major sur
gcon and his friends chceriiy when he
was hit IN the leg and fell he had tried
10 roll over 20 cover and was hit again
through the other leg We got him into
rickshaw. tie must have suffered
torment Of pain o. We hitched the rick
shaw along the rough hummolky path
behind the wall back 20 town. Yet he
smiled an the way
II am All right. upstairs" he said. "but
downstairs ! am not much good All /
ask Is that you don't get me under fire
again. When a man has been NIT twice he
Is out OF action and that Is enough"
II there was any trace Of bitterness IN
HIS remarks II was that natural 10 the
West Point man. He had been hit after
he was down. No West Point man can
quite reconcile himself 20 that
Take him on the other side Of the
wall" called an oficer who passed as.
We shall BE- pottcd at By the shippers"
was my reply
"oh no." be replied. There Is a little
scattering fire. but the better road Is
worth The risk
is n2'' I replied Then why don't you
ride over there yourselfg''
II mas as hot az I had ever known n 20
be In tho Philippines ! had had no sleep
for two nights. the Precipitation was
tficklng on my face as ] struggled with
uncertain footing 20 keep the rickshaw
from slipping into the moat. Such are my
excuses for bad temper when a stranger
made "a kindly suggestion.
a minute later "a British midshipman
came dashiug by on horse. his fine
young face ruddy with excitement
we are IN the city, be cried. THE
Gegcral has sent me 90 tell the twelve
Founders 10 stop firing
The japanese General had sent written
statement 10 the effect that some Of hts
troops were act3ally within the gate when
they were not within 80 yards OF there
and had not changed their position under
cover for four hours Kukushima has
vIf line a fafA
glasses. bus neither were ~ much use
when all were under shelter and buildings
obsiructed their view Of the gate. The
japanese fought the Chinese IN 'es &C.
cordinr 10 a kind 81 programme which
they were always able 10 carry out BY
the programme tho japanese ought 20
have been IN che city By simply step
ping up on the wall. where ! had a clear
view Of tho South Gate and the wall Of
the native city. ] via able 20 answer not
only tho question raised In my mind by
the MILDLY but also that raised BY the Of
acer pufs Of smoke were coming from
the lobpholes IN che stone wall the same
as usual: six bullets from houses not over
sa0 wards away whlzzed by me or struck
Ia p,y feet The gun crews Of The twelve
FOUNDERS and the four-inch lyddites had
an equally good Wow. When The MILDLY
brought tho order q seaman sah 10 him
niled his stump 81 n pipe
Young 'un. ooevcr told you that yarn
was hloomin' fool"
Tho proof Of the pudding was that the
guns were booming again before We had
reached the hospital with Capt Book
muller
Chinese "SnlpInn" nj the Wounded.
In town. which was ne hushed ana ~
cvnccfant AS the nearest relnfivcs await
ing the verdict or o consultation Of sur
geons. We got some word from the Rus
SLAMS. who had driven the Chinese back
with heavy losses on birth sides. hui
had not been a. successful az they had
hopea-fhey had not yet taken the Tree
Forts. which were tho key to The enemys
positions on the north.
''Ah SIR" was the quaint explanation -
a Ruaslan colonel those forts are too
too muchi You iuet poke your head
over the wall and they viii IRE shrapnol
al you"
when I returned 20 tho FIELD the situa-
ton WIS the Same at dusk How could
IL bn different when our men could not
retreat hv daylight siskinF their thirst
with the salt water 81 the marshes IN
which they were lying. they waited for
ufaht or for cssierr which ~coud ny be
taken To- them under heavy hre. By
O'Clock Mai Lee had Wiseiy sent hark
word that the commanding officer ~ the
Ninth hal concluded 70 risk the lives Of
10 more men by sending the wouniei "
under the rain Of bullets directed toward