Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-25


admission to the hospital the scars were
hardly to be seen. The patient suffered
a very marked change of voice. propaply
due to paralysis Of the left vocal cord
Among the most interesting were the pen
etrating wounds of the chest The first one
received was Rough Rider. lie eVidehtly
received his wound while In the act OF mr.
ing his own rife, for the ball entered the
left forearm, passed through 1t and entered
the arm about the middle, producing a
fracture of the humerus. 1t then escaped
from the inner surface of the arm. ira
versed the axilla, entered the chest In the
mid auxiliary line. passed through the lung
and emerged from the chest between the
seventh and eighth ribs and lodged imme-
diately beneath the skin. The surgeons
made an incision down to the elghth rio,
the leaden core of the bullet was removed
and an opening made in the pleura After
several operations the patient was as
charged in perfect health except Ior
small sinus at the site of operation.
A sergeant of the I'D Regular lnIanlry
was wounded In the chest The ball en-
tered Just below the left scapula, passing
through the chest and neck ana escaping
through the alvcolar process OF the ioWer
law at the site of the right bicusp1d too1n.
The left arm was partially paraiyzeo; Inc
wound was completely healed when the pa,
tient was discharged but the function Vi
the left arm was not restored
Two Hits at Once.
In another case two bullets hits the same
soldier about the same time, entering the
thigh on the inner side, within one men oi
each other One was a Mauser, the otheF
being an ordinary 3S-caliber lead puiiet
fred by a sharpshooter The bone was
splintered and the soldier suffered hign
degree of sepis. with a temperature u "
and marked delirium. AS the patleht naa
rapidly failing and the centrum IN DO a.
changed to almost acute mania, II was t
cided to amputate. Accordingly amputa-
ton was done in the upper thlro VI tno
thigh The soldier would constantts ~
scribe the assaults of the Americans oli .no
heights OF Santiago in his WanoeIihSs.
SLOWLY the mind became clear ano at tns
time of his discharge his mental 1acui.ies
were completely restored ana Inc ''oip
healed ,sousar and
KraslJoraenson missiles passed through
tho homes leaving clear cut holes.
In the philippines private OF COMPANY
F 21st Infantry. was badly ooioeu o..
band.to-hand fight with Filipinos, near Do.
tangas after he had shot the POLO man
three times with his Krag, and sun Inc
Filipino was able to give tne 1.,tioh
seven serious bolo wounds, one ol "it WIN
yearly severed the neck vessels MOI UNI
athar soldier With fixed bayonet rppeu
onen the Filipipcs thorax was he van
Quished. u commanding
the same company. was po1oeu IA Who
trough shot twice ny the lieutenant VIZ"
still able to cut the officers race very D e.
" and four fingers OF the rlght haHci 80 80
unit! both the officer ana fihi'iho Ie. I'm
his man by forcibiy holding the ma i've u.i
Ear ti,e water which about three zee.
deen, and hamnerng him with the pu'' %
his IS Colts revolver 49,, ,,,o. q
In view of such cases as these MaJor
C,.rde of this city recently made eXpeil-
,nnnfe with the army revolver ana Nids
Jo:s.eEsuE rifle With hollow puhV'9
cor,ses at Chicago, hitting all the ~ one
,,e,t t,o~ps of the body 20 ascertain the ell
feet OF, tie bullet and its power to sop on
coming enemies. M@jor lie GArde was SUI
sA0u In charge of the hospital at SlhoheS III
the Santiago campaign. lie touhu VA .i7
hut q large ragged hole of exit. and woulu
prove to be almost as good a stopper as
the British dun dunn.
I3afel.r;7,c, to tie Rcmin gton bullet. calloer
43 used by The Spaniards In the la'e WdI' d
report states that in the cases OF men
wounded at almost all distances II does not
vary in Its effects within good striking
power Men wounded by this bullet tns
report adds. "at different distances through
the hard or soft parts, however slightly,
had no further desire for fighting at me
time 1t always lacerates most horribly at
its exit and also at its entrance. The Amer,
lean soldier Is directed to shoot low.
This often causes ''richOchet' shot, Whlch
does more harm than any other kind.
The case OF Cuban captain of infantry
is cited. who was struck in the ear ana
morta}lv wounded The surgeon, after
searching for the wound for ten minutes,
finally noticed a small speck of blood in
the coucha of the left ear. He gently pass
ed in probe and found free passage INTO
the brain The man died In six hours.
Another Cuban, while laughing at joke,
was shot through the fold of the cheek
caused by the laughter. An American in
fantryman while peeping over the trenches
in front of Santiago, was shot through the
mouth. The bullet knocked out all his
front teeth severed the roots of his tongue
and passed out the back of his neck
When he was able to talk little over a
year later he said the sensation of being
hit" was as If some muscular man had
struck him heavy swinging blow with an
AK full in the mouth.