Nervy Dennis Donahue

Dennis Donahne, the Evening News correspondent with the Miohigan boys before Santiago, is an oíd U. of M. gradúate and for some time studied Iaw in tbe üffioe of John F. Lawrenoe, of this city. He was a fine sketch artist even in those oíd days and thia has flnally caused him to drift into nespaper work. His inany old friends here some of whom have been oaricatnred by his pen, will appreciate the following from a New York dispatoh, tbe Frank Rawson, who gives tbe information having been wonnded by a fragment of the same shell which wonnded Don A. Stark. Tal!, husky Frank RawsoD, with his Jeft arm heavily bandaged, wreatbed his face in smiles at the visit of The News correspondent, becanse it gave him an opportonity of pnblioly expressng his gratitnde to Donahne. the News correspondent on the battlefield. "That boy Donabue is as neivy as they make 'em," said Rawson. "We tried to persuade bim not to go into the firing line, wbere bis dnty as correspondent did not cali bim, bnt be oalmly bnckled on a cartridge belt, pioked np a rifle, and walked into danger with the rest of ug. I'll never iorget the service be did for me when I feil. Rigtt in the midst of a heavy Spanish lire, be oame over to where I lay witb my arin all crnshed and, with the aid of Chaplain Sage, belped me to the rear, out oí danger. Then he stayed witb me while the sorgeons rlressed my woands and cheered me up . i . ... ... i with his visita tmHl we starfed north on tbe Olivette. While he stood over me on the battlefield nader tbe protection of the rook, Spanish bnllete spattered against it. He's a eandy lad and no mistake. " Donahne himself gives this account of the way in which they fonnd 8tark and their experiences before they got tbe wonnried in a place of safety : Co. L had advanced beyond the water tank and had just been ordered to fali in wfaen a sbell ezploded, killing Soabrigbt and Franklin, and wounding Rawson, Curts and Stark. Lieut. O'Reilly Atkinson, of Co. L, called on me tbe nigbt before at Col. Boynton's beadqnarters and asked me to go into Cu. Ij, bnt I did not do so for the son tbat I was not near tbem vhen they feil in on the marob. Following Co. L, Gen.Dnffield.Capt. Wilcox, Fitzgibbon and I left tbe tank and advanoed np the traoks toward Aguadores, and booq carne npon tbe dead and wonnded Jying upon tbe traok. Stark begged of us to bind np the stnmp of his arm, and Gren. Dnffield aeked Fitzgibbon aod me to look after tbem while he went on. Fitz aud I did what we could, bnt we were interrnpted by shell and ballets, a whole volley coming down the track. We were in a tight place. It was like a bowling alley; high rocks alongsidethe track which we conld not olirub, and we were compelled to get into the crags until the flring oeased. A shell struck in the sand not more than 20 feet froia me, but fortnnately did not explode. It threw cobble stones and sand over me - and bnllets, fling! bling! striking on the rails and box cars made oor stay in the alley very unpleasant. We finally soudded along the rocks back to the tank, where we fonnd a snrgeon, and then went baok to the injared boys. The warghip in the harbor began ponring in shells on Aguadores and we heard no more bullets or shells in tbat vicinity. Fitz and I had left onr traps at the tank to help carry the wounded down to the hospital car and when I went baok to tbe tank for my gun and cartridge belt a shell burst there, injuring members of Oo. K. I Capt. Joseph Walsh, of Co. P, stood 1 out on the track and his eompany was 1 in a bnsh in the ditch near by. Sergt. Daniel W. Smith, Co. M, was yelling tu Walsh to glso get in the bushes, as the enemy had their gons leveled on the track. I heard Smitb yelling and we al] got down in tbe bushes and crawled back to the cars. Qetting back to the cars was as tight a place as a body of men could be placed in. There was tío way of responding with our rifles. With the eneruy up on the bil], in rifle pits and plain sigbt of our boys they plngged away and bullets feil fast on the rock s, trees and railroad. Fortuntely most of them went over our heads. When the engine puffed back towards our permanent camp with two dead and a numb r of wounded, there wre sad expressions on the boys' faces and they realized folly that tbey had been in their first battle. The wounded were brou.ht to tbe división hospital at Siboney and were looked after carefnlly by Drs. Nancrede and Vanghan.