The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-10
FIRST SHOT FIRED.
1t Was by an American Sharnshoot-
er, and Contrary to Orders.

er, and Contrary to Orders.
LONDON, Aug. 9.-The correspondent
Of the Times at Cavite under date Of
Aug. l. says:
Y esterday I visited Camp Dewey
and the American entertainments be-
fore Malate. Capt. Grant and Capt
Young, of the Utah artillery, were
busy throwing up advanced earthworks
for guns, under protection of the Ne
braska volunteers. From the upper
| floor of a European house, forming
lisament with the earthwor!ls, I was
observing the Spanish works when
Nebraska sharpshooter beside me fired
the first shot fired by the Americans
on the SpaniardS, who were crouching
| in the brush. This was contrary to
| Gen. Merritt's orders. He had ordered
a waiting attitude unless the Spaniards
| advanced. The insurgents, in force to
| the right of the Americans, at once
! opened fire and the Spaniards replied
| briskly with their Guick-firing guns,
but their aim was high and the shots
fell half a mile beyond the entrench-
ments. where a Colorado volunteer
picket was hit by Mauser bullet.
Personally 1 was impressed by the
| nonehalant demeanor Of the Americans
| in the fighting line. They were like
high-spirited youths on picnic, whole
| groups lying in the second line
playing cards. Had the SpanIards, who
were unaccountably non-aggressive
| during the American landing and adj
vance, dropped shrapnel from Malate
| fort they would have wrought terrible
| havoc, one house forming a conspicuous
| mark. being within easy gun range.
| 1.-THE forming of camp was effected
! without mishap. The American adj
vance occupy houses within the fighting
! line. Gen. Aguinaldo's guerrillas caus-
| ed the Americans considerable trouble.
| While I was in camp information was
| received that a party of California vol
| unteers, engaged in Telling timber, had
| been arrested by the insurgents. Col.
/ Smith, under Gen. Greenes orders, or
| dered an armed detachment to the spot
| which released the Californians and
| brought them into camp. Gen. Greene
| sent a message to Aguinaldo, saying if
| they were further molested he would
disarm the whole Filipinos.
THE third expedition reports that
| Lieut.. Kerr, of the engineers, died dur
| ing the voyage of spinal meningitis.
| There are many new cases of typhoid
| fever and measles.
During a sudden storm the other
| night the City Of Para drifted under
| the gums Of Manila. The Charleston
| rescued her and lowed her to a safe
| anchorage.
"The Spanish have not opened fire
| since Sundays engagement.
can order has been issued creating
a Second division Of the Eighth army
corps, under command of Gen. Ander-
| sen. which will join the forces at Camp
| Dewey. The First brigade, under Gen.
| Macarthur, consists of two battalions of
! the TweEty-second regular infantry;
| one battalion of the Fourteenth infan-
| try, the Thirteenth Minnesota velun-
teers, two battalions each of the First
North Dakota ard First Idaho, one bat
talon of the First Wyoming and the
Astor battery The Second brigade,
| Gen. Greene's, consists OF two battaions
OF the Eighteenth regular infantry, one
| battalion of the Third regular artillery,
acting as infantry; Company A. of the
regular engineers; Batteries A and B.
of the Utah light volunteer artillery.
| the First California volunteer the First
| Colorado volunteers and the First Ne
| braska and Tenth Pennsylvania volun-
teers. The garrison at Cavite consists
of the First Oregon volunteers and 6
detachment Of California heavy artil.
lery."