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Appendix D
285
the angle of the jaw, and made its exit through the orbital
cavity, carrying with it a portion of the right eye. On his
back this man bore a tiny white cicatrice, less noticeable
than a vaccination
mark. Barring the loss
of his eye, he offered
no other trace of the
wound than a deep
scarified furrow at the
base of his eyebrow,
where the Mauser had
made its exit.
I had occasion to
witness an illustration
of the Mauser lack
of systemic shock or
" stopping power " in
Las Villas, where,
while retreating from
an infantry column, a
soldier was struck in
the head (at about 500 yards) by a stray shot. He
swerved in his saddle for an instant with an " Ay, mi
madre !" but promptly straightened up and jogged on.
We supposed that the ball had merely passed through his
hat; but, after riding perhaps twenty feet, he collapsed
on the pommel of his saddle and fell between his horse's
feet, dead. The ball had passed directly through his
temples, as two small spots of blood in the short hair on
either side proved, and it must have caused a hemorrhage
of the brain. So far as one could judge, he received less
shock than would have been given by an ordinary twenty-
two short-calibre bullet shot from a Flaubert rifle.
Excepting abdominal wounds, of which the victims either
recovered speedily or died in agony several hours afterwards,
the only case of a really painful wound from a Mauser ball,
A case of perfect recovery.
| Title | Marching with Gomez |
| Creator | Flint, Grover |
| Publisher | Lamson, Wolffe and company |
| Place of Publication | Boston, New York [etc.] |
| Date | 1898 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000334 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Appendix D 285 the angle of the jaw, and made its exit through the orbital cavity, carrying with it a portion of the right eye. On his back this man bore a tiny white cicatrice, less noticeable than a vaccination mark. Barring the loss of his eye, he offered no other trace of the wound than a deep scarified furrow at the base of his eyebrow, where the Mauser had made its exit. I had occasion to witness an illustration of the Mauser lack of systemic shock or " stopping power " in Las Villas, where, while retreating from an infantry column, a soldier was struck in the head (at about 500 yards) by a stray shot. He swerved in his saddle for an instant with an " Ay, mi madre !" but promptly straightened up and jogged on. We supposed that the ball had merely passed through his hat; but, after riding perhaps twenty feet, he collapsed on the pommel of his saddle and fell between his horse's feet, dead. The ball had passed directly through his temples, as two small spots of blood in the short hair on either side proved, and it must have caused a hemorrhage of the brain. So far as one could judge, he received less shock than would have been given by an ordinary twenty- two short-calibre bullet shot from a Flaubert rifle. Excepting abdominal wounds, of which the victims either recovered speedily or died in agony several hours afterwards, the only case of a really painful wound from a Mauser ball, A case of perfect recovery. |
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