Semi-weekly herald., 1914-04-27

and four 4-inch guns.
LIST OF AMERICANS KILLED
AND WOUNDED AT VERA CRUZ
The corrected list of Americans
killed and wounded in the first bat
tie of. Vera Cruz follows:
Dead:
| PRIVATE DANIEL ALOYSIUS
HAGGERTY, Eighth company second
advance base regiment United States
marines, enlisted at Boston. Next of
kin, father, Michael Haggerty, l6
Hadding street, Cambridge, Mass.
PRIVATE SAMUEL MARTEN,
Sixteenth company, second advance
base regiment, enlisted at Chicago.
Next of kin, father, Mayer Marten,
1871 Taylor street, Chicago.
GEORGE POINSETT, seaman U.
S. s. Florida, address 1921 North
Twelfth street, Philadelphia. Next of
kin, father, William Poinsett, same
address, enlisted at Philadelphia.
JOHN F. SCHUMACHER, coxswain
u. S. S. Florida; address 161 Harmon
street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Next of kin,
Isabel McKinnon, mother, same ad-
dress. Enlisted at New York.
Seriously wounded, marines:
Private George Draine, Seventeenth
company, Second regiment. enlisted at
Chicago. Next of kin, mother, Estella
Draine, 1912 Union street, st. Jo-
seph, Mo.
Private Edward P. Peterson, Six
teenth company, Second regiment, en-
listed at Cleveland, O. Next of kin,
father, Walter Peterson, 81 Cedar
street, Malone, N. Y. .
Seriously wounded, bluejackets:
Clarence Rex Harshbarger, seaman
U. s. S. Utah. Home address, 100
Center street, Waverly, N. Y. Next
of kin, c. o. Harshbarger, father, Wa.
verify, N. Y. Enlisted at Waverly.
Joseph Louis Kwapich, seaman, u
s. S. Utah. Home address 81 Sobieski
street, Rochester, N. Y. Next of kin
John Kwapich, father, Rochester, N
Y. Enlisted at Rochester.
Henry N. Nickerson, boatswain's
third class, U. s. S. Utah. Home ad.
dress, 127 Twelfth street, Wheeling
W. Va. Re-enlisted at Cleveland, o.
Edward A. Gisburne, electrician
third class, u. s. S. Florida. Home
address, 81 Summer street, Quincy
Mass. Next. of kin, John R. Gisburne
father, Washington, D. C. Enlisted al
Boston
Natural features of the city Of Vera
Cruz and the character of the build.
ings along the water front there were
largely responsible for the loss of life
Of American bluejackets and marines
who landed there. This opinion was
expressed by government officials who
are familiar with the captured city.
Between the bay and the line OF
two-story buildings which face it is
a vacant space of about 800 yards
Of beach open to fire from housetops
The customs house which can only
be reached by crossing the open space
stands in this solid group of building.
at the end of one Of the two long
piers, where the foreign merchan,
ships land.
Like most of the structures in tht
southern countries, the flat-roofec
buildings with their coping, form 6
veritable fortifcation from which riff,
men may pick off those below il
comparative safety sheltered by tn,
high wall which surrounds the edg,
cf the roof. AS the blocks are prac
tically solid, quite formidable trool
can be mustered on the top of ,
square of buildings.
Il It was from this protected position
that the Mexican troops opened fir,
on the bluejackets and marines.
The remainder Of the city, with IL
brick and plaster houses and it
trsight asphalted streets makes
pretty picture. These are scarce, thei
: growth having been discouraged sine
the yellow fever epldemics, but tn
principal avenue which stretches tn
entire length Of the town and ou
(, into the suburbs is lined with coco
palms. The principal business street
as well, is bordered by rows Of palm
and almond trees.
Along the wharves, the building
are not unpreposssssing structure,
uniformly brick, two-storiss and flat
rooted. f- 4
This natural fertilization, official
lwhe have recently returned from Yer