Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1898 — NAVY'S SMALL RECORD OF LOST [ARTICLE]

NAVY'S SMALL RECORD OF LOST

Seventeen Men Killed and Sixty-seven Wounded in Spanish War. A tabulated statement of the casualties Of the war with Spain has been sent to Secretary Long by the surgeon general of the navy* The statement begins with the action at Manila, May 1,- and includes the actions off Cienfuegos, Cardenas, San Juan, Porto Rico, Guantanamo, Santiago, June 22 and July 3; the fight of the Engie, July 12; the Bancroft, Aug. 2; the Amphitrite, Aug. 6, and the Yankee, Aug. 11. Altogether there were seventeen kiMed and sixty-seven wounded. Only one man died subsequently, as a result of his wounds; fifty-four men were discharged and returned to duty; six were invalided from the service, and six continue under treatment. It is remarkable that of the ten men wounded in the battle of July 3 eight had ear drums burst This is explained by the fact that in all other actions the men put eottqp in their ears, but when Cerveia’a fleet came out they did not have time to take thia precaution. The greatest number of casualties in a single engagement was at Guantanamo,