Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-12

wounds are beautifully clean, Just "a 1T
Tie round hole. and as a rule do not do
much damage. as they often 20 through
the bone without shattering Il. and they
do not bleed much, The she'll wounds
are hideous,
SOLDIER STOLE LANTERN.
ut was now frightfully dark. and !
put one Of the lanterns on a stick as
directing light 20 my pass; one OF
group OF soldiers returning to the hin
tried TO run away with IT, and / would
had lost II only / snatohed up a rifle
from q wounded man. and shouted J
would shoot him II he did not bring
II back. He dropped IL and ran away.
and II went out but got Il again.
Shortly after this both lanterns went
! out and ] had pretty bad time. as the
pass often got blocked with wounded
Finally / could send no more wound
ed across the drift, and had 10 stack
Them with the dead In rows on the
grass. ! collected all the wounded
oihccrs on stretchers around me. and
gave them brandy and a hypodermlc
OF morphine. The morning light be-
gan to dawn about $3.50 and III up the
ghastly faces OF the patients around
me. My men now got a fire ready ana
got some more beef tea and coffee. and
! had some myself, the first meal since
my dinner the day before, and after Civ,
ing the wounded some as well, 1 sent
them on the ambulances across the
drift.
BoER COMMANDERS.
Commandments Botha and Burgess.
who were the Boer generals, came now
on the scene. The former who was
the chief general was a smaillsh thin
man. with yellowlsh beard and hair,and
had a magnificent rifle, beautifully
carved with his name and a text from
the Bible He had a couple OF mounted
kafiirs, carrying his ammunition and
water bottle, and an interpreter He
seemed, however, 10 understand Eng
llsh, though he refused 10 speak IT, but
now and then said, Certainly, certain
~ There were quite a number OF
German officers. ] heard one Of them
had been killed. They let our men
search the dead for their Identification
cards letters and money. II was very
sad 10 see the things we found In their
pockets-loye-letters. Christmas cards,
little pocket books. with accounts. halt
finished letters. Several OF the Beers
handed In little things they FONDA
check for los a purse with money, etc.
some OF the officers had trinkets round
their necks. one poor chap had a locket
with a spray OF white heather and We
had TO cut his name of his shirt and
pin IL 10 the locket as a means of identi-
ficatlon. | am sorry to say that a
number had their fingers cut Of to get
their rings. but the Beers said that they
did not see who did II. and were in
dlgnant."
TERRoRS OF SOUTH AFRICAN
CAMPAIGN.
London, March -(Correspondence Of
the Associated Press Men seized
with sunstroke writing and gasping
for water, were lying every fifty yards
or So" This Is not description Of a
battlefield but merely the account of The
very ordinary practice march made By
Gen. Macdonalds hardy Highland
brigade TO KoOdoosberg on February 3
as told by the correspondent TO the
STANDARD. And the brigade had only
marched ten miles when the men thus
began 10 suffer II is only from vivid
descriptions such as come by
mail, that the climatic conditions OF the
veldt can be thoroughly realized. The
correspondent goes on TO say:
Fortunately, the river being close by,
water was procurable and the men all
got into camp at the drift by o'clock.
only few Of the cases turned out to be
very serious. Two men were lost alto
gether, one Of whom was found two
days later By a patrol OF lancers. He
was In a ravlng condition. and died
shortly after being brought into camp"
NO PROGRESS WITHOUT WATER.
The lessons learned from these things
are interesting. THE march clearly
showed" says the same writer, the
danger Of taking infantry for long dis
tances In the heat Of the day without
a proper water supply-it practically
decides that the route TO Pretoria must
be either along a railway or along the
rivers. Another thing clearly mani
tested was the unsuitabillty Of the
heavy equipment OF the men for
campaign in South Africa. Each man
was carrying 100 rounds OF ammunition
In pouches hung on his stomach, and at.
tached with an arrangement Of straps,
which closely resembles the ordinary
mule harness used here. Hung on his
back was q heavy oyercoat, which.
since the march from Orange river be-
gan. has. so far as have observed, new
er been used once. Then there are the
water bottle, canteen, rifle, and other
necessary articles, altogether with uni
form. maing up a burden OF about sixty
pounds The kilt Is quite unsuitable
FOR such a march, ThOrns caught the
kits and tore the bare legs Of the
Highlanders in the most cruel manner.
SUMS TERRIBLE HEAT.
II. f. Provost Battersby, writing from
Orange river TO the Morning Post. gives
a still clearer idea Of what life il to
soldiers on the yeldt His dispatch.
dated February 5th, is In part as fol-
lows:
The sun feels like heated iron held
close 10 the skin. one cannot hold a
piece OF wood which has been lying in
It. The deep, hot, red sand makes in
tolerable the soles Of ones boot, and the
dust rises at each foOtstep, and clngs
TO everything that moves.
To and fro In their midst, In q trs!l
II dust that never settles move con-
the long strange trains Of
Open wagons filled with
men, are piled with guns or with men
piled above the guns. Ike some en-
car In procession; long, wide
carts, half tented, trimming
With camp equipment, alternating with
naval ordnance hooded In oilskln, or a
string VI gray pontoons.
The sidings are choked with trains
loaded with an army. Progress is
slow. FOR there Is but
single line from De Aar TO the Mod
der"
Then came a delicate touch OF local
color glowing description. AT
evening" he writes, from one OF these
low hills By the river Il looks like one
N the great fairs Of Southern Russia,
FOR IN the twilight the veldt has some
hing OF the darkness. silence and mys-
.ery Of the steppe. Its puppies are not
70 deep as those that twilight wears
above the black earth OF the Volga, but !
hey have clearness and space. And |
he resemblance Is strengthened when |
he floating silvery veil Of dust. which