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ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1898. NUMBER 57.
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MAJOR <
Major General W. R. Shafter, who ]
telly. Ho first entered the military eerv
first lieutenant of the Seventh Michigai
tered the service as major of the Ninetee
teenth United States colored infantry A]
an Maroh IS, 1865, for gallant and meri
army March 2, 1867, for gallantry at tl
service, General Shafter was made lieutt
to the Twenty-fourth infantry in 1869 o:
infantry March 4, 1879, which position
period as a regimental commander Genei
out the entire army for its efficiency, dri
the army." An officer who returnedfrc
oountry, said that Shafter's First infant
Nearly all of these 18 years the regimer
for New Orleans, and after his promotic
nia. Judged by this record, there is evei
and an able leader. He will be 63 year
pisccltancous heading. ;
TUP MMUPD PARTRthfiR 8
1II Li UaJl.UUi/ vnuiuivvu
A Time When Commodore Watson Felt the
Disadvantage of Not Swearing.
Commodore Watson, who is billeted
to do some lively work on the coast of
Spain with his squadron, does not helong
to the list of "cussing officers,"
yet as a man-o'-war skipper he never
had a man of his ship's company aft
for swearing. He was singularly indulgent
of the hard swearers forward.
"Hard language helps a man along
occasionally," he has beeu known to
say to one of his deck officers upon
overhearing a stream of maledictions
from the lips of some old flat-foot
working at a stubborn job forward,
"and it is better for the men to work
off their wrath over fouled anchor
chains in cuss words than to take it
out of each other's hide."
Aboard one of the ships under Watson's
command there was an old
bo'sun's mate named Fuller, who had
the call throughout the whole navy as
the champion profane man of the government's
line of packets. Fuller
never raised his voice when he swore.
He would simply stand back and
quietly regard the inanimate object
of his wrath?a bent belaying pin,
perhaps, or a slack ridge rope?and
then he would open up in an ordinary
conversational tone. But the utterances
he gave vent to were sulphurous.
It always took Fuller a good
five minutes to work off what he con'
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siderea tne necessary uuuiuer ui re- i
marks on such occasions, and it al- i
ways seemed, when he was through,
that he had quite exhausted the whole '
vocablary of profanity. But this was s
a mistake. The very next time anything
went wrong with a bit of Fuller's i
gear he would start in on a new line i
that would contain absolutely not a '
single repetition of any of his previ- j
ous performances. It was always
a source of wonder to Fuller's I
shipmates, even the old timers, where
he picked up the new ones, all of i
which were of startling originality and i
force. These shipmates related only I
one instance in which he found him- i
self at a loss for words. He was with |
a landing party from his ship, march- :
ing on the outskirts of Chemulpo, i
Corea. He stubbed his toe on a loose i
boulder in the road, and fell on his I
face in the dust. He picked himself I
up and looked at the road. He open- !
ed his mouth to say something, but <
he had no words. He was dumb with i
wrath. Two or three times he attempt
GENERAL WILLIAM R. SF
has began the conqaest of Cuba at Sant
ioe on the 21st of Angust, 1861, when 1
l infantry, being honorably mustered oi
nth Miohigan, becoming lieutenant col
)ril 19, 1864. He was commissioned a
torious services daring the war and wa
le battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia. In Ji
inunt r>r>lnnol nf thft "Fnrtv-first reeular ii
a the reduction of the army to a peace f
he held until he was made brigadier gei
al Shafter won a most enviable reputati
11 and discipline. It was often said thi
)m Germany in 1892, after a yeax spe
Ty was the only American regiment
it spent on the Pacifio coast, being static
n last year General Shafter was given t
ry reason to believe that he has in him i
s old on Oct. 16 of this year.
id to begin, but it was no go. He was
tuck for ouce. So he pulled out a
jistol and deliberately fired it into the
tir five times. He had to express his
eelings in some way. The old man
vas brigged when he returned to his
hip for firing the weapou without orlers,
especially in foreign territory,
>ut his skipper knew the old-time
)o'suu's mate's ways and turned him
oose after a day or so.
When Fuller was serving aboard
iVatson's ship he was in good shape,
iud his frequent quiet outbursts kept
he forward part of the ship keyed up
vith wonder as to what was coming
text. One morning, at big gun drill,
,'aptain Watson himself was supei inending
the exercises. One of the
voodeu cartridges became jammed in
he breech of the 6 inch rifle to which
le was devoting most of his attention,
tie wouldn't permit auy of the gunler's
mates around him to attempt to
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oosen the cartridge, Dut essayeu uie
ob himself. He tugged at the jammed
cartridge, and brokte his fingernails
>ver it, and still it wouldn't come out.
[t was a pretty hot morning 011 deck,
ind the perspiration began to roll off
lis face in streams. But he persisted
n trying to loosen the stuck cartridge,
fte looked as if he would like to say a
leap, were he a swearing man. But
ie wasn't a swearing man. When he
lad been working for five minutes
iver the jammed cartridge, with no
success, be looked pretty helpless and
niserable. He gave oue final tug, but
he stuck cartridge remained in the
;un's breech. The skipper gathered
limself together, mopped his forehead
ind looked at the gun.
"Confound it all!" he broke out,
'where's Fuller? Send me Fuller,
somebody."
Fuller was on hand directly. He
wasn't a gunner's mate, and he had
lothing to do with the guns. But
Watson wanted Fuller to tackle the
J oil tl-iq camo
nuiuieu an luv ou^iv/.
"Fuller," said Watson, "try and get
:hat dummy out of thut gun."
Fuller looked at the stuck cartridge
and Watson retreated to the starboard
side of the quarterdeck. Fuller made
two or three claws at the wooden cartridge,
but it wouldn't come out. A
gunner's mate could have got it out in
a jiffy, but Fuller wasn't in that line
of the service. He tugged away, but
it was no go. Watson stood regarding
the horizon on the starboard side ol
the quarterdeck. Fuller spat on his
hands, and made one more try. The
dummy didn't move a tenth of an
inch. Then Fuller mopped his forehead
with his neekep~hief, clapped bis
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IAFTER.
iago, is a big man physically and menbe
was mustered into the volunteers as
i* just a year later. He at once re-enonel
in 1863 and colonel of the Sevenbrevet
brigadier general of volunteers
s also brevetted colonel in the regular
lly, 1866, while still in the volunteer
lfautry, from which he was transferred
ooting. He became colonel of the First
aeral, May 26, 1897. During this long
on, his regiment being famed throughit
Shafter's was "the best regiment in
t in observation of the army of that
which reached the German standard.
)ned at the Presidio until its departure
:ommand of the department of Califorthe
making of a successful commander
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cap on the back of his head, and opened
up. It was great work, this performance
of Fuller's, and no mistake.
He eclipsed all of his former efforts.
He stood with his hands on his sides,
looking at the gun breech, and saying
things at it that no Morgan, or Kidd,
or Teach, or other heaven-defying pirate
could ever have equalled. The
men stood around, just looking at Fuller
in open-mouibed amazement.
Tliey couldn't make out where he got
them all. They were all in English,
hut the combinations were weird. The
peroration was frightful, although delivered
in the mildest tone imaginable.
When Fuller finished he mopped his
forehead with his neckerchief again
and walked over to his commanding
officer, who was looking over the starboard
rail, apparently thinking deeply.
Fuller saluted.
"It's stuck proper, sir," said Fuller.
"I can't pet it adrift."
"Well," said Watson, "I didn't think
you could, Fuller ; but I needed you.
Thanks. You did very well. Go forward."
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EFFECTS OF THE BILLETS.
The Large Number of Wounded Men and
Comparatively Few Killed.
The number of wounded soldiers in
the first two days' fighting around Santiago
was so entirely out of proportion
to the comparatively small number
of killed, that Major Lagarde, who
is in charge of the hospital at Siboney,
was asked if he could throw any light
on the reason for it.
He said that the humane results of
the reduced calibre projectiles have
been specially shown among those
wounded in the joint end of bones, the
parts of lungs. The long bones have
shown but few explosive effects. The
casualty list, with the old leaden bul,M
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lets, nice me ^o-cauure, uiiguu uave
shown fewer wounds, but the proportion
of severe wounds might predominate
so greatly that suffering would
be more general.
General amputation and resection
were rarely necessary with the modern
bullet. The Mauser bullets used by
the Spaniards show few of the injuries
suffered from the old leaden bullets of
i large calible. The absence of cases of
> gunshot wounds in the intestines
; among the wounded is noticeable. The
' inference is that there are a number
i of such wounds among the dead in the
> field. This is what must be expected
i to be found from the hydraulic effects
of the small calibre projectiles. On
> all organs with fluid contents the effect
is terrible?the maximum, in fact, of
explosive results.
The other wounds are trivial, and
are seldom serious enough to compel
the wounded men to keep their beds
unless the bullets are lodged. Even
then the wounded merely show slight
localized pneumonia.
The number of lodged balls is greater
than was anticipated. This is probably
due to deterioration of the
smokeless power used by the Spaniards,
or, perhaps, to the impeded velocity
of the projectiles in passing
through the grass and brush between
the fighting lines. The suffering and
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me lisi or me aeau wuuiu wave uccu
far greater if the Spaniards had used
.45-calibre bullets.
OUT AT CH1CKAMAUGA.
Mr. Howard Caldwell Tells of His Arrival
In Camp.
The following letter from Mr. Howard
Caldwell, army secretary of the
South Carolina Y. M. C. A., was received
on July 2; but publication has
been delayed for lack of space. However
it is still interesting :
Editor of The Enquirer: You
kindly asked me to say. a few words
in your paper concerning the army
work in Chickamauga. It will always
be a pleasure to let the people of
South Carolina, and especially those of
York county, know how the boys here
are getting along.
I took the train at Chester at 10.52
and arrived in Atlanta, 5.20. The
state secretary of the Y. M. C. A.,
joined me there and we took breakfast.
Soon after we started for Chatanooga.
On arrival, we went directly
to our quarters on Missionary Ridge,
about 12 miles from Chattanooga.
To one who has never visited this
historic place nor witnessed the throbbing
populated ridge and listened to
the music and the tramp, tramp,
tramp which seems to shake the very
earth, there is a feeling which comes
over him that is almost unexplainable.
It was a great joy to meet so many
boys from York county whose faces
were familiar. It was my pleasure to
make some of their hearts glad by
handing to them some token of remembrance
from loved ones at home. It
was not long after I had gotten iuto
my tent until the York county boys
put in their appearance to shake
hnnris It. OJB9 a. invnilK occasion tO
all of us.
Just here I want to say for the comfort
of parents, brothers and sisters
who have relatives here, that they
need not be uneasy about them, for
Uncle Sam is caring for them very
well. So far as their moral and spiritual
welfare is concerned, there could
be very little added to make it better.
It just did my heart good to hear our
fl SHAFTER, SAMPSON
The war conference in the camp o
General Shaf ter and Rear Admiral San
beginning of definite hostilities against
tion with the Cuban army of liberation
leaders were five brawny negro sentrie
boys tell Jof their appreciation of the
influence the Y. M. C. A. is having
over them. They enjoy the meetings
and attend well.
This work I believe to be one of
the grandest works ever instituted.
There is rarely any work which can
reach the boys like this work. The
work is supported by voluntary contributions
from the churches. I hope
the churches of York county will be
very liberal in this cause for Christ.
So far as I am concerned in this
work, I could not be better provided
for. I take my meals with the captains
and lieutenants. Our food is
| well prepared and nicely served. My
life will be busy, but work very pieas- jl
ant. It certainly is an eye-opener to qi
any one who is interested in the work, tc
Mr. Kneble and I will be together for la
two or three weeks, and then I will be ci
in full charge. This place is one of
great responsibility. It makes one
feel his weakness greatly. pi
I hope our work will be favored
and encouraged by the people at home. 01
You may be assured that my time and C
talents shall be given over to the Lord C
in helping your sons to lead a Chris- w
tian life. It shall always be a pleas- ti
ure to let the readers of The Enquir- tl
er know the news from our boys, ol
whenever there is spare time to write. C
Yours in the Work, n
Howard Caldwell. s
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EXODUS FROM SANTIAGO. h
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"? ? = Tnk.iiDanii T.#?ft the Devoted
City. 01
A correspondent of the New York h
Sun, cabling from El Caney under tl
date of July 6, says that late in the p
afternoon of July 4, notices were
posted on the walls of Santiago as 11
follows: w
"Having received no further word 21
from the American forces and heiug tl
anxious to save the lives of the women 0<
and children and all non-combatants, al
the authorities order that betweeu 5
and 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, all II
who cannot carry arms shall leave for w
El Caney by any of the city gates. II
No passports are necessary. All pil- 1!
grims must go on foot; carriages are
forbidden. The crippled will have tl
stretchers provided for them." e<
This happened on Tuesday, when T
early in the morning a great line of c?
pilgrims wound out of Santiago. It
was no rabble; but a well-dressed II
crowd of men and women, for the w
most part, and children in droves. 4:
All seemed to possess the most sub- c<
lime confidence that they would be
well treated within the enemy's lines. 11
This fact demonstrated that the Span- w
ish woman, whatever she may say, 21
has faith in the chivalry of the "Yan- c<
kee pigs."
About 400 persons were carried on 1!
litters. Well in the van was an old 9,
woman with a parrot in her lap. The o)
stretcher had broken down as it left 6i
the city and the parrot's cage had been
lost. Many of the poorer women wore 1!
large crucifixes and some entered El w
Caney telling their beads. Three chil- 7:
dren walked together, each with a p
chrorao of Christ tied to its neck.
The Catholic church of El Caney b
stands in the middle of a square. As &
the crowd approached it saw a novel t<
sight. The doors of the church had it
been thrown opeu aud the porch was lc
being used by the American surgeons
as au operating room, it being the only 1
place they could find in which to care w
for the wounded prisoners. The church 1
AND GARCIA HOLDING A
f the Cuban general, Calixto Garcia, at Ac
ipson is likely to prove historio because of 1
the Spaniards by the combined army and n
i. The conference took place in a hut, an
is, naked to the waist.
pews were turned into beds, and many p
refugees hurried from aisle to aisle in
search of friends. tl
One old woman, who had been car- e
ried on a litter, hobbled up tbe aisle in 1
search of her son, who had been miss- c
ing since the first day of the battle.
She found bim lying near the chancel f<
rail mortally wounded. 1
Some of the women refugees were s
perfectly gowned. Some of these vol- ii
unteered as nurses, the men mean- 1<
while being busy making preparations
to shelter the women and children for 1
the night. v
Most of the rich refugees supposed 1
that they would be taken to Siboney. 1
lie rrencu cousin uuu ujuuc buc icnest;
but the Americau officers bad
> refuse, as the new quarantine regu,tion
forbids any Santiago refugees
>ming inside the camp.
LOSSES IN OUR GREAT BATTLES.
liladelphla Record.
As compared with the loss inflicted
i the United States forces by the
onfederates in the great battles of the
ivil war the loss at Santiago is small
hen the fact is taken into consideraon
that our forces in the Cuban bate
were assaulting a fortified position
f the enemy. In all counting 5,000
uhana onaraorpri T.hprfi Werfi aDDrOXi
mwmmw vu0?0v?, m.
lately 24,000 troops opposed to the
paniards. If there have been as
iany as 800 casualties from wounds,
eat, prostrations and capture, that
ould be 3J per cent.
A study of some of the great battles
f the Civil war will serve to show
ow much greater the losses were
iere. Here is a list of some of the
rincipal actions:
At Gettysburg, fought July 1-3,
363, there were 3,070 killed, 14,497
ounded, 5,434 missing, a total loss of
3,001. The entire Union forces in
le battle are estimated at about 80,10,
giving the percentage of loss as
bout 30.
At Spottsylvania, fought May 8-18,
364, there were 2,725 killed, 13,416
ounded, 2,258 missing, total loss of
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BO,000 giving a percentage of 14.
At the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864,
lere were 2,246 killed, 12,037 wound1,
3,383 missing, a total of 17,666.
here were 120,000 in the battle ; persntage
of loss, 15.
At Antietam, fought September 17,
362, there were 2,108 killed, 9,549
ounded, 753 missing, a total of 12,10.
There were 85,000 engaged ; perjntage
of loss, 15.
At Chancellorsville, fought May 1-3,
363, there were 1,606 killed, 9,762
ounded, 5,919 missing, a total of 17,37.
There were 78,000 in battle; perjntage
of loss, 22.
At Cbickamauga, fought September
9-20, 1863, there were 1,656 killed,
,749 wounded, 4,774 missing, a total
f 16,179. The force engaged was
5,000; percentage of loss, 25.
At Cold Harbor, fought June 14,
364, there were 1,844 killed, 9,077
ounded, 1,816 missing, a total of 12,37.
In battle there were 38,000;
ercentage of loss, 33.
At Fredericksburg, fought Decemer
11-14, 1862, there were 1,384 killd,
9,600 wounded, 1,769 missing, a
)ta! of 12,653. There were 100,000
i the Union forces; percentage of
>ss. 13.
At Maoassas, fought August 28-30,
862, there were 1,747 killed, 8,452
rounded, 4,263 missing, a total of
4,642. In the battle were 45,000;
COUNCIL OF WAR
;erraderos between General Garcia,
the fact that it marked the practical
lavy of the United States in conjnnc,d
on guard about the three famous
ercentage of loss, 42.
At Shiloh, fought April 6-7, 1862,
bere were 1,754 killed, 8,408 woundd,
2,885 missiDg, a total of 13,047.
"he number in battle was 45,500 ; perentage
of loss, 29.
At Stone's Kiver (JMurtreesDoro;,
jught December 31, 1862, there were
,730 killed, 7,802 wounded, 3,717 mising,
a total of 13,249. The number
a battle was 43,000; percentage of
ass, 31.
At Petersburg, fought June 15-19,
864, there were 1,688 killed, 8,513
/ounded, 1,185 missing, a total of
1,356. The number in battle was
00,000 ; percentage of loss, 11.