. Schley and Santiago; an historical account of the blockade and final destruction of the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Pasquale Cervera, July 3, 1898. il they had loaded it, andthen repeated his question. The men, lookingrather sheepish, were just about to answer,when he was summoned to the forward-deckto look at Ellis body. When he had finishedhe turned to Dr. DeValin, his assistant, andasked him if he had had any cases to attend to,and how the men at the after five-inch gun hadbeen hurt. DeValin looked puzzled for a fewmoments, answering the first part of the ques-tion in the negat
. Schley and Santiago; an historical account of the blockade and final destruction of the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Pasquale Cervera, July 3, 1898. il they had loaded it, andthen repeated his question. The men, lookingrather sheepish, were just about to answer,when he was summoned to the forward-deckto look at Ellis body. When he had finishedhe turned to Dr. DeValin, his assistant, andasked him if he had had any cases to attend to,and how the men at the after five-inch gun hadbeen hurt. DeValin looked puzzled for a fewmoments, answering the first part of the ques-tion in the negative, and then, as the truthdawned upon him, a broad smile illumined hiscountenance. Ill bet you, he said to hissuperior, those are the two fellows whowere in the hospital yesterday. The next morning three very penitent look-ing sailors stood before the entrance of Lieu-tenant-Commander Masons cabin until finallythe door opened and Mr. Mason stepped said to them very severely, You men areaccused of leaving the hospital yesterday with-out permission. Whats your excuse. The big man with the dislocated shoulderhad evidently been made spokesman, for he. -So AND SANTIAGO 385 said in a rather plaintive voice, Please, sir, yousee we heard firing, and I said as how we wasbombarding again, but Bill Jones he climbedup in the porthole and looked out, andhe yelled, There come the Spanish ships,and when he yelled that he dug out, and wefollowed him. And thats all I knows aboutit, sir, and Mr. Mason, martinet as he triedto be, although almost always unsuccessfully,found himself suddenly summoned into hiscabin for a few moments to look for a note-book or something, and when he emerged hedismissed the men with an exceedingly mildreprimand. Quite late in the action Captain Murphyfound two of his men wounded. One of Flynn, had been hit in the back by asplinter, while the other, Private Barfield, hadbeen hit in the leg with a flying piece of ordered them both to the ho
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