Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
ECHOES or THE LATE WAN.

He was a retired soldier who had seen
trouble at Santiago and Montauk. and was
plodding weariiy to his home In Texas,
somewhat the worse Of the trip. Like The
wandering Moor, the natives loved him for
the dangers he had passed, and Insisted on
lubricatins his Joints at every Joint on the
way. When he reached q Missouri town
and q Missouri Judge he was not entirely
sober, but his load was considerably re-
duced.
Aren't you one OF the famous Rough
Riders?" asked the Judge after he had
talked to him very plainly, watching him
narrowly the meanwhile.
The prisoner held up his hand warningly.
Don't give 1t away, judge" he said,
looking around in alarm.
what do you mean?" responded the as
tonished Judge.
"Just what ay. Judge" repeated the
prisoner, bending over so as to get as near
as possible. Don't give II away. thought
had concealed my identity from the public
gaze" And he looked down over himself,
half in pride, half In shame.
This was too much for the Judge, and,
bringing the prisoner nearer, SO he couli
tell his story conHdentially, SO to speak. he
told him to proceed.
"well, you see, 1t was this away, Judge"
said the prisoner with Texas accent,
when was mustered out and begin to see
what the great American people thought OF
us felers that At into the Spaniards at San
tiago I seen that II ! didn't do something In
self defense purity soon was goin' to be run
for ofice by the party that got to me hrst,
er that I was goin' to have the face kissed
II - Il xv1t1 Ar
and concluded I'd list git low-down. COM
mon drunk and stay that away till could
Kit to a safe place in Texas. I've escaped UP
to date, and II you'll not say word. Judge,
but list shove me along west, I reckon I'll
git back homo in fair enough shape, all
things considered. What do you say, Judge;
is 1t a go?"
It was indeed, and the Judge instructed
police officer to keep an eye on the distin-
guished prisoner and see that he was put
on the next train pointing Its cowcatcher
toward the southwest corner Of the great re-
public.
The practice Of Hobsonizing heroes Of the
war does not meet with much favor outside
the fortunate few. While objection is made
to the epidemic Of osculation, sentiment as
far as 1t can be measured Is not averse to
a moderate amount Of the article, provided
taste and discrimination are exercised. Hob
son was limited In his choice, while Deig-
nan, his associate In fame, was obliged to
throw UP his hands and take what came.
The most favored Of the lot was Rear Ad-
miral Schley, who visited his old home at
Frederick, Nd, and was cordially received.
The gay old hero Of Santiago was not pre-
pared for the welcome he received, but he
surrendered for the first time in his career.
How many blooming, cherry lips smote his
cheeks Is not known. Numbers do not
count. 1t Is quality and that was satisfac-
tory in the highest degree. for the blum
sea dog lived his young days over again and
enjoyed 1t immensely. The man who would
not or could not is not worth living. de-
scripton Of the Frederick smack, given by
local chronicler. 10 enough to awaken
jealousy In the left. "A Frederick county
kiss" says a veracious scribe, rs q violet
dipped sunstroke, and during its operation
rich golden haze fr1s the Landscape ana
smiling fairies ascend and descend IN PINK
balloons, II adds length to life and glory
to living" Admiral schley's health, 1t is
surperfuous to add. was greatly improved by
his visit to his boyhood home.
Harry r. Montgomery Of the Thirteenth
Minnesota, who was reported wounded In
a street fight with the natives In Manila,
was reared and educated at Macon, MO.
He wasfa stenosraphef at st. Paul when
the war began and was ono Of tho nrst
to enlist In . letter to his uncle at Ma
con, Mont tgomery tells Of his experience In
the capture Of Manila, August 13. particu-
larly how the first battle feels to fel-
low" He says: Saturday. August 1s,
was a day I shall never forget In my life.
At 1 in the morning we were ordered out
on double time, and commenced our marrh
toward Manila, this time to take the city
or die. We got to the front about snd
lay down behind our first entrenchments
about half an hour. Then We were given
orders to Forward! double time.' and up
the hill we went. All the time we could
hear heavy firing ahead OF us, and hlso
the booming Of Dewey's guns from the sea.
II was about 10 when he commenced the
bonn bardment, and 1t continued for an hour.
My, how the cannons did roar! You could
hear the shells screaming as they hew
through the air Just like we have read
about. Occasionally there was dull sound
that told us they had struck something.
We ran up the road about three-quarters OF
a mile. Then we reached an open space
where there was burning arsenal the Span
iards had fred as they retreated. the ain
from the exploding shells and cartrid"os w''
awful, but We found out afterward that 1t
was nothing to be compared TO what "as 10
follow. We got under cover until the ex-
plosions from the arsenal had somewhat
abated, and then went ahead at double time
again. Very soon we came to church and
a lot Of native huts, and from every window
and crevice deadly hail of bullets met U.S.
"Just then an awful sight met my eyes.
Just in front Of me bugler, man named
Patterson, fell, shot through and through.
OF course was somewhat scared-he was SO
close. He died almost instantly. Then we
came up opposite the church where the
Astor battery had two guns planted and
was shelling the Spanish works. We were
given the right oblique' until we were partly
sheltered by a stone wall. In the meantime
the Astor boys ran their guns about twenty
five yards further up the road and our
colonel gave the order for Company to
support them. The first four ran straight up
to the guns and the rest Of US got orders to
deploy as skrmshers. The Spanish fire was
getting heavier and heavier as they COM
menced to turn their machine guns loose on
us. Just then Sergeant Crimmens OF the
Astor battery fell and a half minute late
r,t.n HoImaa under In that