Show S 11 J i i S e P If r re l. l VV l J u G S IN NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION What They Lack iu in Number However Is IsS S Made Up in Experience and Ability to Make I IG II I G Good od S BLUEFIELDS Nicaragua Nicara ua Dec 23 25 via yia New Orleans La J Tan Jan 1 Of I.-Of Of real Americans there hae ha been a handful in inthe the ranks of th Iho tho provisional so so far farI farand farand and these have acquitted tb themselves res I with credit Many in the fight light havo claimed American citizenship for the protection it affords but investigation has that this claim is too loo remote to be l seriously riO e considered So far as present ascertained there were hut but six six- x who came from t the he United States to lo for the purpose of aiding t ti the ci revolt a against Zelaya These were Lees of New Orleans Matthew Matthew Mat Mat- thew Finne Finnegan au of Denver a Philippine y veteran C G. G J R. of Texas and also lato of the Philippines lat Pat Dolan Doan who hailed many years Jears 3 ago 0 from Phil Craven a R trick pistol shot who for or fifteen years was a demonstrator demonstrator demon demon- for ono one of the tho worlds world's best known arms urns manufactories and Gabriel Gab Gab- ab- ab rid riel Conrad of Now New Iberia La who has bas a medal for aidi aiding 1 the tho Jn English against the Boers and who before that chased the It Apache id I id with the thc western regulars l some ti twelve elve or fifteen years ears agoTo ago o a I ITo ITo I To these thEs may be bo James said paid t to have hayo been en a a. member of the tho Panama c constabulary n tabular and amI the tho only f foreigner wounded tat lit and James Jamrs Edwards an American who has has' been so lon long in Central America a that 11 ho lie pronounces the letl letter r A A as though thought it wore were short O 0 the tho cam fam being leing distinguishing hin mark in in tho the various van van- vari yui- ous mis methods of handling tho the English language on this coast Bransfield Wounded Bransfield is is of the opinion that he lie hewan was wan shot first by br exiled natives amongst his own men amen but at t tho the hospital established es ci ta by Captain Shipley Wh where re was lu successfully eared cared for it is believed from front the thc nature of his wounds that he was in iii the lion line of a small email caliber automatic Three flesh tiesh wounds all close together tog in in his ri right leg Ic seemingly indicate that he hc stood 1 in tIme inthe the line Hoe of the guns gun's sweep and l received re ye- three o bullets before tho the sweep o of tho the gun passed him nl lI His II idea ide-a is i hO however vcr that fht he was shot chot from behind an and that th fh other ther two tv wounds n were Wera re received curiously C in the thesa sa le place from Zela However that may Dav be beo he now has the best cot lIt cotin cotin lItin in th the tho h hospital pital and by ly lying on his left side hide is n ohio lo to fo play pla- endless II solitaire te with a n. pack of cards furnished h- h by Fin Fin- nega a. a la 1 the hI combat at of nf the tho armies seems have to ha have been proportionately to the tho men engaged n one of tho tim mO mum mosi 1 bloody in history squads squad of or l ti ge 7 I FEW FEY AMERICANS Continued from pa page pago 1 met Jnet eak each oth other r without engaging in Bransfield Dransfield for instance was passed bya by a 3 a number of who seemed content content con con- tent to spare his life seeing that he was incapacitated Dami Darai agua Bransfield whoso whose wounds made him feverish for fox water to one o of the Para ono ouo para pars ono Duo peso It said the who wanted the money for the food it would buy The peso was not forthcoming and neither was waa tho the water as a consequence but it is to be bo noted that the did not rob rab the helpless man who was completely at his mercy Story of Finnegan As for Finne Finnegan an ho lIe has been in the Philippines Small blue Small blue eyes that show how keenness of sight a short cropped partly gray moustache shoulders like a wrestler and a mouth mouth mout that is is' gri except when he smiles that's smiles that's F Fl gan Ian His story is simple II IIa II ed a rifle with some flit fifty nati natty o height It h Itei eight ei ht miles of knee deep deep ci e c h bushes Aver ov r fallen trees V them flea bitten ant bitten mosquito bitten o an and d tired 0 only of toa to o jn toisa misSi i ss the battle ba The he native mistook guide guide guide guide- mistook a creek running into th the Sequin river I for one oue running into luto tho the Nico a very easy error to fall faU into and missed the fight which was along the Mico When nig night t fell in retracing their steps Finnegan and the others became separated in the jungle The Tho Denver ad adventurer however r. r captured a an who Vho in im his starving was Whoa Who l be and made guide glad t to e a prisoner a of o him hint hack back to tho the base with Rama nama The Tho is a good Estrada man now and ind Finnegan has promised to get him hima himI a I job iob They are the best of or friends Graven is prematurely grays but his eye is an anachronism It is young and shoots shoots' sparks As a pistol salesman salesman salesman sales sales- man for years it was his business to show what could be done with the tho short arm ann from shooting off the ashes of a cigar to doing other tricks common to gl he Jle uses ses abig shooter that was more common a generation gen a ago o than now Cravens Craven's Troubles He was given charge of a rapid firer but being unable to keep the bearers of the various parts barrel tripod and cartridges anywhere near each other he gave up the artillery job iob and went to work with his pistol 1 It is related to his credit that although he handled this arm with an expertness seldom seen he never killed his man Most of them he shot in trigger hand as as ge gen gen- that was all that was visible above the cover My life work has bas been the han han- said Craven before of pistols going to the front I can I can do all the tricks ricks tricks but I dont don't believe too much 1 in myself at them A mans man's arm and eye are good frith ith a target but shooting at ata ata ata a man hran who is gunning for you is is a different dif dif- different ferent thing thing- I dont don't want to kill any any- b ady but I 1 do want to help these peo- peo pl pW lV because I think they need it If I prove rove true to target form I wont won't have to o kill These poor Indians that Zelaya Ze- Ze lays laya aya has sent out only want peace they hey are forked forced into the the fight and I I dont don't want to take their the 1 lives Ze Zo- Zelaya laya aya personally would be a different matter Craven does not use the trigger of his lis pistol but shoots on the draw from his lis hip by snapping back the hammer This a accounts for his use ISO of the old style gun the big hammer of which lends ends itself to the manipulation Why Dolan Came Lees i an Dolan Dolan cami came cam dow Lees because he h lie saw a ch cha ee b fender unde a anew anew new government go of working out a a amin min in fug ng claim and Dolan cowboy ex-cowboy anc and sailor ex-sailor because nothing better was engaging his attention at the time Lees and Dolan became separated during dur dur- ing ng the fight ll ht Dolan attached himself to o Craven en with wh whom m he stayed through thick and thin while Lees felin fellin fell fel fellin in with w nat natives nates es firing niB ins rifle with an accuracy taught him years ago at ago at the University of Alabama at which school he lie was captain of his company oJ of cadets Conrad and Fowler are two of the I most soldierly figures who joined the Estrada forces Both Doth had seen fighting in the Philippines and went into the brush without illusions Both were in charge of quick of quick and according to General Chamorro handled bandIed them with a askill askill askill skill which went far in attaining the victory In this connection it may be bo stat stated d that accor according ling to Dr Pub Puh surgeon surgeon sur sur- geon of tho U. U S S. S S. S Des Moines practically practically practically every wound dressed in the American hospital among the first batch of wounded brought here was the result of automatic gun fire Conrad however had another distinction distinction tion and a better one for it was he who acted as General Chamorro's messenger to General Mena who is admitted everywhere to have turned impending defeat into victory for the provision provision- also ale Conrad Does Garcia Act As has been cabled and as is now conceded by br Estrada Chamorro Fornas orns Diaz and others the fighting of December 20 and 21 had bad been unde wide The had been driven into into- their mein entrenchments at Recreo Recreo Re Re- creo on the Rio Uio Mico- Mico where their re rev resistance was of a desperation scarcely justified by their cause as ar viewed on the tho east coast However they were batting in self defense which probably explains that Mena known otherwise as Montana Tigre mountain lion with men had been sent from i a point down clown the tho Kama Rama Ir river Driver er to cut off of retreat to the west As planned on the first day he captured l Tatumbla hiland hill hil hilland hilland and the the- telegraph station there On the next day of the battle however he encountered roads or the lack o of them which had not been counted on His Ilis arrival in l the rear r ar of Recreo therefore therefore there there- fore was delayed and the other gen gen- I I rals outnumbered were merely able to hold their own Find Mena and tell him we wo are arc beaten unless he can get here hero within two hours hairs lIe He cant can't be more more- than a amile amile amile mile or two in the bush now sai said General Chamorro to Conrad In some som someway someway way Conrad forced his way through the tho jungle with its bogs and tou tough h in interlaced interlaced vines and trees His message threw Mena and his men into a frenzy of energy Brush which had been deemed necessary for the to cut were ignored the ignored the men simply swarmed l over them Not even waist wais deep bog halted them They were nearly exhausted exhaust hI and perspiring perspiring from every pore when the sight of Recreo lent them fresh energy The They gave ta vent to their Viva Estrada and sweeping up the hills and from th the thicket came the answering cry of th the theother theother other companies This assault quickly brou brought bt the battle to a close Find Find- Finding fug ing in themselves es surrounded Gonzales Gonzale and his men surrendered Chamorro left the boat at Bluefields Bluefield today with his arm about Conrads Conrad's broad shoulders and later told th the story Surgeon Pugh's Pughs Adventure Surgeon oD Pugh of the Des Moines wa was also in in the limelight for a short period pe PI pernod nod yesterday having bavin been heen challenge challenged to a 11 duel by a local Spanish ph n. ici The Spaniard Who had been heen celebrating the victory rather freely passed passer tn the guard on duty at the tho hospital and ant began began be be- gan aan conversing with patients whom Dr Pugh desired to remain undisturbed un Pu Pugh h did not know the visitors visitor's identity identity iden iden- and requested him to keep quiet hut hut- p sa ne' ne r v t te rl the oth others other's r i I language language the intruder continued talk talk- in ng log whereupon Dr Pugh gently but firmly ejected elected him from the te hospital Later Pugh was waited on by the Spaniards Spaniard's seconds who formally proposed proposed pro posed a duel Pu Push Pugh h. h still ignorant of the he offended man mans man's s identity declared that hat he was busy operating at the time but ut that when he had concluded he hc would take great pleasure in knocking knock knock- ing ng ing the Spaniards Spaniard's head off Today the matter was cleared up bythe by bythe the he Spaniard apologizing Dr Pugh's Pughs Pu h s 's conduct throughout the incident is admitted ad to have bave been exemplary he having laving shown self restraint and anCl the gentleness with which he ejected the intruder probably prevented the death of several patients to whom excitement excitement excite excite- ment might have proven fatal Without exception the Americans mentioned in this dispatch declare that the he Nicaraguans have in them the making mak- mak ing of soldiers the peers of any They can ean live on almost nothing and they can ean carry the burdens of a Chinese coolie through a country which would pUt he average c coolie hardy though he helson lson of Commission An And they do not hot hand combat li 1 at hand to Greater discipline in in concerted movements movements move move- ments and rifle practice are all thatis that thatis is s needed As it is they are prone tc to and consequently bad shooting To the fact that most of oi the he firing was done at close range when they hey ran into each other in the brush is ig s due the large largo number of casualties now reported reported dead and an equal equa num number ber wounded on both sides |