. The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry. menwere loaded and unloaded several times from the am-bulance. The men were finally moved, while it wasraining, and that evening there came to me an inti-mation that they were not being properly taken careof. I immediately went to the hospital, where my eyeswere greeted with such a sight as I hope never towitness again. Men in all stages of fever and otherkinds of sickness were lying on the ground with noth-ing to lie upon save their own blankets, and a largeportion of the men were not under even a tent, butwere lying be
. The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry. menwere loaded and unloaded several times from the am-bulance. The men were finally moved, while it wasraining, and that evening there came to me an inti-mation that they were not being properly taken careof. I immediately went to the hospital, where my eyeswere greeted with such a sight as I hope never towitness again. Men in all stages of fever and otherkinds of sickness were lying on the ground with noth-ing to lie upon save their own blankets, and a largeportion of the men were not under even a tent, butwere lying beneath a fly, where the rain was drippingin upon them, and for over a week the men tad noth-ing to eat except regular army rations, unless somekind hearted comrade would spend some of hismeagre salary for food for his friend. In a quiet spot in one corner of the cemetery atGuayama is a little lot belonging temporarily to theUnited States. Here under the sweltering rays ofthe southern sun lie buried the remains of thosenoble sons of Ohio who were unable to withstand the. THE FOURTH 0. V. I. 209 liardsliips of military service. They had foughtbravely the enemy of their native land, they hadbraved the dangers and the hardships of the maichand the watch, but they had been stricken from theranks in the still watches of the night by the handthat no military power could stay. Each of these wastenderly laid to rest on beds of beautiful flowers andthe last sad rites were performed with the samereverence and tenderness which marks the part-ing of loved ones in the Christian home. Eachtime the muffled notes of the drum announcedthe muster out of a comrade, heads were bared and tothe slow, mournful step of the funeral march, theremaining members of the company of which thedead soldier had been a member, followed the rudebier to the little cemetery where a beautiful funeralceremony was performed and with the last sound-ing of taps, the departed one was left to know nomore of the cares of mil
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