Identifier: springfieldinspa00wardwal (find matches)
Title: Springfield in the Spanish American war
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Ward, Walter W
Subjects: Massachusetts Infantry. 2d Regt Massachusetts Naval Brigade. Co. H Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Easthampton, Mass., Press of Enterprise Printing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ast. As soon as the two companieshad taken their positions they were ordered to fire, but theenemys return for the first few volleys was payment withcompound interest. The smoke from the Springfield riflesshowed the position of our men and lifting slowly, made justthe target which the enemy needed. At this time the linewas about 900 yards from the advanced Spanish trenches andit must have been just like rifle practice for the enemj-.Within a moment after the first volley from the Springfieldscrashed out a hail of bullets was poured into the two com-panies from the trenches and men fell like sheep. Capt.Warriner, raising on one shoulder to give an order, sankback with a Mauser through his body. Corporal WardLathrop got one through his head, Corporal Hoadley got hisin the neck, the bullet going through the right side.Wagoner Boule had one through his left hand, Private Ash-ley of B was hit in the left forearm. Private James F.Ferrier was shot through the right shoulder and also had a 88
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bullet traverse the right side of his head, making an uglywound, Howard Mejrick had a double one, one bullet strik-ing his right leg, while another went through his left shoul-der and the upper part of his left arm. Private C. J. Rior-dan got a bullet through his left hand while Private A. E.Rose got the thumb and one finger of his right hand nipped,Private W. B. Riopel was hard hit, the bullet entering hisleft shoulder and entering the lungs. Backman of K got aMauser through his left elbow and was also hit in the left legbelow the knee. As quickly as possible the wounded were picked up bytheir comrades and taken to the rear, a temporary dressingstation being established beneath a huge tj-ee on the Santiagoroad. The first aid bandages came in handily on the fieldand were used to advantage. Lieut. Powers took commandof K and Capt. McDonald, as cool as if battles were ever)-day occurrences, kept a watchful eye on his men. The heav)- fire which the powder smoke had drawn uponthe two comp

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