Show 1dAPlt I DUGAT RETURNS REURNS J One of the Heroes lO Santiago Is Home IS NOW o AT FORT DOUGLAS WAS DESPERATELY WOUNDED I THE BIG BATTLE But H Recovery I Now Almost i Complete Part In the Fam 1 ous Charge Was First Reported I Among the Killed Private Bridgewater Who Was Also Shot Returns With the Captain Captain Arthur C Ducat of the Twentyfourth United States infantry and one of the gallant heroes of Santiago San-tiago arrived in the city on the Union Pacific overland yesterday afternoon He wasaccompanied by his wife who some weeks ago went east to meet him and they are now at their cosy home at Fort Douglas HAS NEARLY RECOVERED Captain Ducat looks remarkably well considering I the fact that he was so government a few years ago adopted of placing West Point graduates as instructors in-structors in the larger schools of the country and verily the government owes Captain Ducat as great a debt of gratitude for his influence upon the young men of our country as for his blood so gallantly shed before Santiago San-tiago Immediately preceding the opening of the present war the captain was with the post at Salt Lake City Over six feet tall and weighing over 200 pounds Ducat is a striking figure and a noble style of the soldier WILL REMAIN UNTIL HE RECUPERATES PERATES After being wounded Captain Ducat was conveyed to the field hospital at Siboney and afterwards taken aboard a transport and brought to the United States For a couple of weeks he has been visiting at his old home In Chicago Chi-cago He will now remain at Fort I Douglas until he Is completely recuperated t L LJ T i CAPTAIN ARTHUR C DUCAT One of the Heroes of the Twentyfourth Infantry I desperately wounded and was at first reported among the killed He limps 10 slightly but otherwise his magnificent physique tells no tales of the hardships he has undergone since leaving Salt Lake last winter In contrast to Lieu I tenant Welch he appears strong and be says he Is feeling well though being be-ing somewhat fatigued from the journey jour-ney His wound is rapidly healing and i will be but a few weeks until he is completely recuperated recuteratCd IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHT Captain D cat PQ1 Tery1 prominent part in the battle be pre Santiago and it was jn the chargeon San Juan fort that he received hi wound His gallant gal-lant company was mong the first to reachthe crest after the Spaniards had started in to desert he block house and other entrenchments arid it was while the enemy vyas retreating that Captain Ducat grabbed a carbine and sent several bullets after the Spaniards Span-iards that he was wounded WAS A FIERCE BATTLE He corroborates all that has been said about the fierceness Of the battle and i commends the members of the Twen tyfourth and other regiments who never for one moment flinched while Spanish bullets were flying as thick as Kansas hailstones The trenches were literally filled with dead and wounded I Dons but not for one moment did the Twentyfourth waver The story of the charge has been toldso often that there is little to add to i The foreign representatives rep-resentatives who were present watchIng watch-ing the maneuvers characterized It a one of the most magnificent assaults I in history and spolt in terms of highest high-est praise of the conduct of the rIcan r-ican forces The splendid results was largely due to the bundling of the men by the captains and Jine officers As onepf these Captain Ducat has won soldiers fame as one of our Countrys bravest HIS ARMY CAREER A short sketch of his life is very interesting in-teresting Captain Arthur C Ducat of the Twentyfourth regulars United States infantry who was so desperately wounded jn Jhe assaut upon Santiago while leading his company in the charge of Friday July 1 is a native of Chicago and in Chicago his boyhood was spent Born at a time to catch the inspiration inspira-tion from the civil war he sought and obtained appointment to the West Point military academy His course here completed Lieutenant Ducat had a varied military experience He has in turn been adjutant quartermaster I and commanding officer has commanded com-manded a post and led troops both of infantry and cavalry as well as served as military instructor in colleges OF FIGHTING STOCK He comes of fighting stock The first Ducat of whom there is record crossed with William the Conqueror and was i assigned an estate in the north of Ireland Ire-land where the family is doubtless represented today General A C Ducat Du-cat father of the captain won his title in the civil war General Ducat died in Chicago in 1896 Captain Ducat then first lieutenant was appointed by the president as milItary itary instructor in the northern Illinois normal school at Dixon Ills following follow-ing Lieutenant A A Augur at this appointment in September 1894 MADE SOLDIERS OF THEM Captain Ducat opened his department depart-ment with an enrollment of 107 men Such was his military enthusiasm and such his magnetic influence among young men that he soon made military I training one of the most popular departments de-partments of the institution He served I as military instructor at this school for two years and no little Is it due to his influence that from a school whose attendance at-tendance is from 700 to 800 students and where but little more than half are men there are now prpbably not fewer than 300 onetime students In the army and navyr Of attendance of thepx sent year 50 left tojoin the army Verily there was no mistake > in the > policy of the I s 3 |