New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

m mt ITS H 6etGr in dfy b 9nS Ssy ago ] coffee sack The
but is proud of a shirt whose Color was once white
A child OF twelve stands in the line with an
now hent downward and who is sighing under the
weight Of his rife
Across. the barrels they have tied = board and
GePosied on ~ their heavy cartridge belts. knives
part Of Ne poor fellows had no idea Why and for
never touched rifle before. and eonsidered the
f1 tSing to NAV With vi as very nice wSaaeg
Inc sotIeIS ana otncers of a Venezuelan army
addressing each other is "fiola Compadre SI Com
padre meaning about the cousin or neigh
smokes, and nearby officer is handy with match.
Ihis pohleH9ess rs always rewarded by the offer 9f
this wonderful army one has to have money. or be
The field glass is absolutely necessary-no glass no
general The horse o. mule is easy to get; the
It would have been a very easy matter to have
plain and is bv no rne9Ts essy S to Sefsnd sThis
town was overwhelmed by the vanquished Colon-
Outraged by their losses % But there % was some dis
pute among the venezuelan leaders. and tneir
troops. which we're already in the vicinity OF Gu
only the soldiers in the streets and the scars Of the
bullets on the walls OF the houses indicated the
We Germans congratulate ourselves our es-
GaPf' ana We had every reason to do SO, FOR sucn
tics None of Ms believed that our flag would have
protected us. as terrible atrocities had been com
mitted during the robbins and Numbering OF San
Antonio, Capatcho and Tariba- In Capatcho they
pIundered distIIery and drank the bad rum out
of the brutes diving from their debaucherv This
rum is violent stuff, testify. having taken
sick for a week afterward
Tariba also suffered severely from the plunderers
One man especially, named Trino ColemenareS, lost
everything he had in his tienda. They destroyed
away throwing the broken pieces upon big piles OF
rubbish some time afterward. while digging
ing s2coo in gold, fortunately overlooked by the
Tobber soldiers. The German firms in the plum
partly directly through the stealing of mules and
sation of business. The Colombianos appropriated
$50 mules belonging TO one firm alone. about nifty
OF these being heavily laden with brandy. beer
drygoods etc. Claims FOR decentralization for these
The day after The battle / Went out with a friend
TO visit the different scenes OF the night We found
the roof Of the rancho near the Cucqta bridge full
Of holes There was not single unbr9ken tile on
we're perforated with bullet holes. The bare
CorpSes of negro soldiers were lying around every
a dark greenish blue and the skin glittering like
wet leather The Nenezuela%9 % % soldiers we're & egsy
away. only the amulet around the neck being left
on the bodies After. completing this "disarm-
ing they threw the bodies into the river. but
the rancho. in an old and half crumbied, hut,
moaned and screamed some fifteen WOUNDED sol,
naked dead soldiers waiting FOR burial stretched
%e 9saG Dark G peaded or help
his bursting and burning lips came ffa tRe cry & 9f
proprietorl for the water. but received the reply
that these "bestias" could die for all she cared,
and that she would take great pleasure in killing
each and every of them / became inCenSed
and derna nded water at once. and when had sue
ceeded in getting some all the poor devils got a
drink OF IL.
As i soid before San CristObal unprepared
for fight and still less for the receiving and nurs-
ing of the wounded soldiers They quickly emptted
two tininha bited houses and laid the poor fellows
In these on the bare ground Here they lay with
ont help of any description till the following morn
fug-nO food no nurses. no doctors. not even
markets To keep off the chill Of the night. The
committee OF the Hospital de Sangre' bought the
next morning, about IL a. m. the various artcles
re0lired for nursing these wounded soldiers.
Everything was handled in a very careless man
ner Cleaning and dressing wound as we are
accustomed to is entirely unknown IN Nenezuea
The Venezuelan doctor NAV be aSepuc IN theory,
but In practice he is dirty as he can oe Ihey
merely guess at the strength OF various strong So
lutions. such as corrosive subHmate. lodoiorm Is
contained in small bottles containing Two ounces.
10 take the cork OF this bottle is TOO SLOW a
procedure A blow with knife and the TOP mes
off and the strong smelling drug, mixed WIN
wounds. None OF the doctors take on thelr
rings or take the trouble 10 cleanse their nalls or
hands before operating. In this country ~ i wouIa
have been considered honor by the ladles Sn lhe
land be allowed to nurse their Woqndtu solaieIs
None Of the ladies Of San CrtStobal ever CrOsseu
the threshold OF the hospital none or them thoHsnt
of looking after the wounded soIuleIS 10 WhOii
they owed much