The evening world., 1914-05-14
SOLAcE ARRIVES;
WOUNDED TELL Of
RED CROSS ABUSES
Flag of Mercy Used to Cover
Snipers Shooting Down Sea-
men in Vera Cruz.

Stories OF the treacherous use OF the
Red Cross flag to cover sniping
parties of Mexicans. OF fear Of poison
which does not kill but drives men
crasy. OF felons armed with rifles and
given the choice Of fighting the
American sailors or OF being thrown
70 the sharks were brought In to-day
by tho convalescents aboard the
naval hospital ship Solace. bearing
lol patients from Vera Cruz. which
docked at 7.so A. NJ. at berth 3, tho
Clinton avenue side Of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. The .Solace was In charge
Of Medical Inspector Luther l.. yon
Wedekind. who said that an otherwise
pleasant voyage was saddened by the
death at sea OF two men.
OF the l01 patients aboard, thirty.
one had been wounded. Others were
III or already on tho road to recovery.
Thirty nine are practically well.
Medical Inspector Leach received
the sixty-two men. who were taken
to the naval hospital. room having
been made there by the transfer on
Tuesdsy OF forty patients to the hos
pital In Boston. Twenty eight men
were 30 badly wounded that they had
to be carried on stretchers and four
ambulances wsre occupied an hour
In making the transfers.
ONE OF THE DEAD WAS A NON.
coMeArANr.
The men who died on the voyage
North were Hunter Dobson, a sea =
man Of the Louisiana. and Manuel
Buteros. a young Spaniard and nom
combatant. who was wounded In Vera
Cruz. Buteros was buried at sen.
Robert Emmct Lee. who won't be
eighteen years old until Saturday, Is
one OF the youthful fighters who
wants to get back to the war. He
was shot In the calf OF the leg and
didn't see who shot him or get a
chance to fire a shot In return. The
youngster. whose homo is with his
widowed mother. Mrs. Rose Les. at
No. 79c Eighth avenue. Joined the
navy on June 4 OF last year and was
assigned to tho Vermont.
I'VE had started up q street.
don't know the name Of ton ouI
way to the Naval Academy when all
of a sudden there were a bunch OF
shots. felt a pain In my leg and
t,rt then George Kinsman-Georgs
Putnam Kinsman In his whole name
hos eighteen and lives at No. 3St
X street, Boston-pitched over OF
top OF me and knocked me down. 4
bullet had gone through hts thigh
AMI then stuck In my leg.
COULDN'T GEE ANY ONE Tc
ohooT At.
Il wanted TO fire back but I couldn'
see soul to shoot at. That wa!
the worst part Of II. Well. they tool
us back on the Chester and after
ward to tho Solace. Poor Georg,
lost his leg. Blood poisoning set IL
and DIR, II. s. Strine amputated 1
just above the knee. I'm gettinI
along all right now and all want i
. chance to oct back"
Basil Burnett Of New Orleans. a sea
man on the South Carolina, got a bul
let IN the right shoulder which passc,
across his back and came out his lef
shoulder. lie was In charge OF q ma
hine gun on the water front.
SAW SHIPPERS USING THE REL
CROSS FLAG.
II saw Mcxicans shooting under II,
protection Of Red Cross hags. On
man particularly, ! noticed. walsin
along the water front carrying u Re
Cross flag. Every once and u whll
he would disappear In u doorway an
presently I saw that he was ,horpin
hts nag there and sniping at u.s. "
got him. and what do you suppose W
found7
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