The suburban citizen., 1900-01-06

through the hand, the forearm, the
muscles of his arm and his side. The
wounds quickly healed and Crane was
out again on the line wGding rivers in
two weeks.
FINGERS CUT OFF.
John NJ. Webber, Company I, put
his hand to his belt for cartridge
and Mauser came along and cut off
the tips of his four fingers. Five
cartridges were clipped by the same
ball.
"That reminds me OF an incident
not down in the surgical records. A
certain officer was sitting down ont of
harms way, it was thought. He was
talking to some friends. All at once
there was a terrific explosion in his
pocket and he rolled over backward,
yelling like an Indian. We ran to
him, thinking a she'll from the eu-
emY's gun had struck him Lnd burst
When he was himself again he sat up
and felt in his pocket, finding there IL
a bunch of bent and exploded shells.
He had had several Krag cartridges
in his pocket and a bullet had struck
him in such a manner as to explode
the shells.
Private Sherbon at the railway
track at Caoocan felt a blow in the
region of his heart. He ierked open
his shirt and sure enough there was
the hole. But the bullet was there,
too, and he pulled it out with his I'm
fiers, put it in his pocket and went
on with the fight.
nicholas Tulahan received a
wound while stopping to fill his eau
teen at river. A Mauser bullet
caught him in the shoulder and
ragged downward, coming out at the
pit of the stomach. His wounds were
dressed and he was sent to the hos
pital. There it was found that the
ball had turned again on his belt
clasp and had re-entered. 1t was
found just under the skin Tulahan
got we'll without much delay.
DRESSED HIS OWN WOUND.
cone of the plucky things was the
case Of Harold Chambers, of X com
pany. The day of the advance on
Santa Tomas he received a slight
wound in the side. He dressed it
with a first aid package and never
reported. After it was well / found
ont about it. Then 1 asked the lad
why he had kept still. 4 did not
want my mother to know of it, he
said Had he been sent to the hospi-
tai his name would have appeared in
the official report.
probably the most remarkable
case is that of Frank Semple, cor
poral Of Company Il. He was shot
through the head from side to side on
the day OF the Santa Tomas fight.
BY the time he reached the dressing
station he had lost a great deal Of
| blood. His wound was dressed and
later he was sent to the hospital in
Manila. He is alive and well to-day
and there is nothing the matter with
him.
Another peculiar case is that Of
Musician Portland Fleming, who was
acting as litter. bearer when he re-
ceived a shot in the thigh that passed
out Of his back. This happened
March 2S. He is alive and well to-
! day.
SHOT HOLE IN HAEDTAcN.
''There have been some curious
incidents Of close escapes. James W.
Kirschner, of X Company, was sitting
at his dinner one day, talking to his
comrades and gesticulating with q
cracker. Abuilet passed between The
men aud caught the hardtack square
in the center, leaving q neat hole and
lots of astonishment for Kirschner
Similar to that is the experience Of
two Cinnamon who were trotting along
with big can Of coffee 4 bullet
went through both sides Of the can
near the bottom aud the coffee ran
ont Of the holes before the astonished
'Chinos' could plug up the leaks"
In the hospital to-day Lieutenant
William w. Williams, of the Twelfth
Infantry, is lying with bullet wound
received in the Angeles fight The
ball entered on the right side Of his
face at his cheek bone No one knows