The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-18


of the fort which was at the side
| wanted to get the flag. | ,wsnteA
il for my country. and, i .wanttcW
for my newspaper. ~N
Although ! could not teil whti
danger Mrked In the fort IL was toS
lat. 10 think OF turning back. bsesuse
a voilsy could have ehded me. 81 tbp
nicmsn.. AS ] entered ths fort sbt
scene ! bcheld wa, toe hpr-iklt 7St
words to express. Orr 6rs hal tfl<e
mes. OF is defenders foyp! nsAr
The door the oAicer il. ,cnr1,nsns, ara
roursed nv all of I've Yarfiscn ,hsy
was leh alive. 4 vail o' terfsw wsyt
up from che wounded rsen. v.itfi,S
| in their Sloo6 on the fnoc, IS ,it-N
saw me. Jrss irs;t~ ne doc ivCol
a young Spar;si of:ccr, snr-oanrsd
| by his men. H;s re was blnotl.ss
and his lips werc drsws ,vky ifors
his teeth in . ah;.t'y ~sy. btside
him was q so'di.: b,,l,irs : tsnicl,
to which was 'a.'-as+ ~;l!.e fsnaf
kerchief-a t.nte appeal OF .hf- ~
The officer ,hr.w III. hane. ~
He could speak e..nct Wcrid ,s
surrender Y.s ~. Y..' DS ~tsI
him what we r'eass, r';. y. snfcrf
stand that " bis Tan S,.5 q. thet,
shot his safety eouis n-. % sDurtsi
Yes. yes. yes: and every spsniSro
dropped his weapon IA,
looked above tbs -c..n... ~alls
som. fST thi n as %y ,s-os, + | r." o,I.. sss
disappeared. "A sA.r carried tkg ga
away" said the Spanish officer. III
is lying outside" Dashing thrauSS
the door and running around 20 eI.
side facing FL Caney. | saw thefsSi
end yellow flag lying in the dus.
fragment OF the staff still sttached 4
IT. picked II up and wagged Il AZ
the intrenched village. A wiser man
would have refraiped from that chsl-
Ilenge, but ! was not wise that day.
lnstantly the Spanish iatrenchments
on the village slopes replied with
Ivolleys. ard ran. in , cloud ot dust,
to the ovher side OF the fort. wl.ete
out soldiers seized .he :aprared flag,
waved it end ckee, ed like madnien.
From eveny hillsid. came the so,ind
lof shouting .roops A. the torn symbol
of victory was osseo from hand te
hand. w.
Although bullets we're ,peaunst
|around the door d IN o I. Captsih
'1asNeil, who with Csp!a.i. Clark ,hlG
lxeot lbe rifrs OF Cdn,. ~ = busilt
erneIoyed, agreed 90 80, 40 -ssars
the prisoners OF heir Ll<ty. N
We wen, il, and ~k1. Z stood
1talking to : Sb~nish ~ :tf, ! felt
la stineine f-h- in .fe pyiti pa o.
the left arm, a. hod. : no~ I'D
been strvtk 7isI h'r Az Thei
'sensation was 70 lore ,rd nc Ns.
than that whicn light s,s rs-ar
from rough p6neh y some tad ~
l. (.t- ~ M. =. -
laround but did nor xnoci = = ~r-a ~
The next nior1scs tatre eosf+ n I-4scsi
ness N III. Pn srtl6x pe.a In tn
and nd a sh ~ sehss,ion n ,rh1,
b ck. The arm tbh- loose PC clthSh Al
lt did not b tC' N A Mt,uss~
ovliet, etc 4. ont OF the loopholsS-
Aso srpa pa arm and torn IhltI
my - Fs5tINe)~X
IL IS NJ necessary to oesctibs M.
stag r. q to hammock in { GO ~,
partmtn mt Of the fort and lay there
,nearing my own blood drip; hasJ
Major John A. Logan and FIVE Of his
gallant men passed me out OF .thS
fort through hole made by our
Iartillery. and how | was carried down
the hill and laid on the roadside
among the wounded. with the captursd
Spanish colors thrown over me. hfttr
all. il was mere personal incident
in well-fought battle, and hundreds
OF other men had suffered more. t.
Our troops were still fighting their
way into the village, and we could
hear the savage rip-rip OF the rifles
in the distance and hear the calling
Of bugles. I
Then an American flag was carried
past us on its way TO the fort, and
( brave Captain Haskell, with bullet
E holes in his neck and leg. lifted him
self painfully on one elbow to greer
Y il. A wounded negro soldier raiskd
ibis bloody hand to his head IN salutes
: Bullets rang above the heads OF the
b surgeons as they bent over she vic
: Tins.
a The heat was terrific. Things swan
e in the air There was strange yellow
{ glare over everything. Voices Of
d thunder seemed to come from the
{ blurred figures moving TO and fro
{, A horse twenty feet high stamped tho
S earth with his feet and made the dill
c tant mountains rock Little fiery blotS
n kept dropping down from Somewhere
s and the world was whirling uphiis
e down. Some one was being Killed
4 Who was being killed. Why was IN
I. general standing on one leg and hsvl
d ing all his buttons shot Off Covyl
t Copyl In one hour the paper goes u
c. pressi
IT A hand touched my fevered head
n ! opened my eyes. Mr.. Hearst was
on his knees at my side, q Lpger II
r, his belt and a pencil and note book Z
his hands. As the bullets hisssA
around us dictated to him the story
,e Of the fight for his paper, for ALTHOUGH
D thought It was my last assignmeni
h my duty to my paper called for I
% beat. Between my swooning fits
d, jerked out the sentences till the cotQ
e was complete. 4 few directions, {
% shake Of the hand, and as my senses
le again commenced to swim I saw
h, Hearst gellop off to the coast in q
g race to win a beat.
hi In a sort of haze I saw an ambu.
10 lance attendant stoop over me. "Dbc.
n tor" he said. II guess this war cor.
al respondents all in; he's about bled "a
1t death. Judging from looks" Garry
u him out OF danger and I'll attend Ia
{, him as soon as get through with
ID this poor devil" answered the doctor
N Thanks to a good constitution l an
r stiii capable cf covering an Assikn.