Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-01-24

the way.
AT the bugle call to the charge Pri-
vate Carter seemed to awaken from a
cream. He threw up his head, and his
eyes glistened. His body came into a
soldiery position as II by magic Al
ready the spiteful Spanish bullets were
finding their marks. The sharpshooters
were seeking those wearing the stripes
OF officers and ''noncoms." The cor
poral at the left OF Carter went down
after stumble in the long grass.
private I'm the same four dropped his
Springfield and clutched a wounded
arm Private Carter paid no attention
to what was going on around him.
From the time the order TO fire at will
had been given he advanced without
hinching. firing as he went Much OF
the time he was in advance OF the
firing line and. contrary to the usual
conduct of private, was exhOrting his
companions TO greater speed. He was
among the first to push into the Span
ish works and had two prisoners when
his captain came up. After the fight
was over he was warmly congratulated
by his comrades In regard to his ac-
tions under the first CALLING fire OF the
enemy His superior officers recon-
mended him for promotion. and the
less fortunate In the company envied
him his great courage and bravery In
the face Of the enemy
The victOrs made themselves as COM
Portable as possible the night after the
assault on San Juan hill.
The next day after the apparent
death OF Private John Spear at the
camp Alger hospital his remains were
removed TO the deadhOuse to await
word from his home as to the disposal
OF the body. He lay there all the sue
ceeding night. with no sound To break
the Stiffness except the sentry's meas
ured tread. Just as the relief was
approaching In the morning the sentry
thought he noticed a disturbance in
side The regimental band was play
Ing 10 the cOlors. which at that instant
were mounting the tall pole at head
quarters To welcome the rising sun.
and all the companies We're in ranks
with uncovered heads. so he did not
give much heed TO the noise How
ever. Just as the corporal with his re-
lief came up the noise was repeated.
The sentry pulled back the faps OF
the tent and looked in and was con-
siderably startled 10 see Private Spear
sitting up holding his head. The hos
pital call was sounded, and in n few
moments two hospital men bore Prl-
vate Spear back to the hospital on
stretcher. He was assigned TO his old
cot and from that hour improved rap
idly. In a few weeks he was back
with his company. The surgeon said
he must have had a sinking spell at
the time his fever turned and had been
so nearly dead that life could not be
detected.
The first day he was back in the hos
pital Private Spear told the Red Cross
nurse or strange dream he had had.
He said he dreamed that he was not
sick at all. but was with his regiment
in Cuba and that they had been I'm a
hight In which there was lot of cav
airy and white and cOlOred infantry.
that the Spanish had been vanuuished
and that he was never so happy in his
life as when he plunged into the works
and captured two Span!ards
When Private Carter awOke the next
morning after the rough riders had be-
come famous the world over. he seem
ed at loss to account for where he
was. He did not remember many things
his comrades talked 10 him about.
When one jocOsely asked how soon he
was TO be measured for stripes, he
looked at the questioner In blank as
tonishment. Finally he made up his
mind that he must have been so great
ly excited that he did not know what
had happened. He did not see how he
could have earned promotion and not
know about 1t. This matter puzzled
him greatly, but he bore the promotion
modestly and went on doing his duty.
Second Lieutenant Garter and Sar-
geant Spear are now both soldering In
the Philippines In the same company,
both having re-enlisted after their dis
charge from the Spanish-American
war. They often discuss those queer
notions that got into their heads In
those early days III July. 1898. Neither
or them believes In the supernatural,
but both are at loss 10 account for
some impressions that they cannot get
rid Of
1t is little difficult for mortal man
tc tell just who did 20 up San Juan
hill in the rear OF the famous riders In
the guise of Private Carter. And who
or what was ii that kept the spark OF
life In the body OF John Spear those
long hours he was thought TO be dead?
All such questions mast be followed
by an Interrogation point But, IL the
souls OF those two men exchanged
tenements on that mOmentous night.
who was IL deserved promotion-P Pri-
vate Carter. whose real self was not
there. or John Spear. whose body was
In Camp Alger? The regmental ofl-
GERS settled that. Ii was Private Car
ter's body at any rate which faced the
Mausers. and that was all they could
hurt.-Pomeroy (O) Tribune Telegraph.
Both Used the Same Basin.
man in an Office building went TO