Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-01
THE STORY OF SAN JUAN RETOLD
A Personal Account,

tor roforming 1ud r,al. but whrr M
- MAs gAhcd many were ms1ng.
They evlltnty dl ia .xpe.. ua ~
soon. Iher wnf a huge kttie N
muil, aihl,' pFtrlfoi Or their dinner
- few u.ans hnuleH ~ wine tff I'd.
rars In The h''c'th1us. and some ooi,.p.
mcnis. H1d ihe spanisrir boon blf.
ter prepared or ffd H Hr.sna. ahruii
have Hwtlt the entire nrid and nui.
hhtcd everything. hut lhf4f h4iu't
oeeh charged for at lease three years
previous.
Here. 90 eotilc a quuslon ab,u, which
I have heard - much rcgariirr which
co'1rs were nrgi raised on San luan.
I can positively declare th1t She glN-
iccnih u. 8. inflnsey cOors were me
first aDl only coi5rr N re ~ some
time. although many gallant rormenia
were There simultaneous NHh she six.
trorth nri share the h1rdfa equally
With ihtm. notably the Twsuy-furih
u. s.. irfsutry. Whose brave conduct
was second o. none ON the nod and
c1rerihuicd largely to winning thc day
aifl the Sixth ard THrteeri =. q.
Infantry ari a portion Of the seventy
frf 81 \. VCiunterrH.
Although I mentioned che Filrcum.
inrs ~ the manner In which she oh1rrc
was cxocut I across that field. they
fully vincicat1d themselves b. ihe
brief manntr IN which the object was
gained: 'ghc rfd iurifylnE iie means"
one bad feature WIS the ovcr-wruunhi
enthusiasm IN which the supporting
slilrmirh lines woud continue 90 nrc
10 tho extreme danger W the men IN
front. thc Same thing rrcuuinr IN me
trercher afterwards. Men would Oh
shoot. rhom-ionE after claE' nrlng
had r1uried-cluNn'f shut them on
net thing IN. sight anywherc-rc-
cfulta forvcniiy hpe
Ths srlnlards fought wei and
proved themselves excellent shots "a
result rhiwc1 We found many deni
la ihsfr trenches ard scattered round
Mo brow 90 tha hill one Very SORROW
fui Incident was the killing Of Lieut..
Oris ~ the sixth Infantry brave
and raiihnf young ofncur well liked by
an who came IN contact wiih hlm-hy
a wounded spanlard whom Dr. was cn-
deavorlng 90 save.
euri0d by general haadquIr.ofa and
frIm which place all communications
b.twrfn iaa two armies took place. the
rveuly.fourih Infantry being elected
Tor thr post u honor 81 Firfls1nlnE
the same.
N1w our Interests became more
cloaeiy idtniih,d with our own rcgl.
meats and br.radts, over which l wiz
on VI AMNN 30 INNN|H ~. ~ NNNNN "H" N.N"f
That evening We passed up a rtvine
In eticrtlng more suitable pohiilnn
and entrcnching ourselves for the
morrow and there rested some time,
during which one peculiar and Hruc-
some incident occurred. Many of Us
had noticed n stray dead soldier lying
hy the roadrldc. no 90 speak. here We
rested. the men tired ald worn out
fung Themselves down all around the
dead body and when the first sergeant
" the company, IN whose vicinity he
lay. requiring a detail 20 10 back for
bareback and bacon. he gave the body
q vigorous shake with tho rest. al
though himself had previously noticed
him LYNX there. That night found
many OF Us digging cntrenchme. and
tho following morning found un pretty
well situated IN our new position. F.
ing opened up promptly ht daybrcak
and those % uH who had boon In the
trenches during the night rested and
sought shelter behind the trenches.
which proved 20 be n very exposed po-
Hltlon. nut In order IN show how In
different 20 danger. fatigue and ex-
haustion and perhaps n little custom
VIII reduce mana shell bursting
within few yards OF myself killing
three men ana woundlnr seven others,
would not elicit passing notice, al
though men wen known 10 all. The
mon Immediately In the vicinity would
simply remove the dead few yards
away under tree ana the wounded
under another tree for temporary
treatment
The dead Noticed were perfectly
unrccognlsablc nm hour afterwards.
The stencil arising from the unhuried
dead viii he apparent whom Il was
found impossible 10 bury them FOR
three days Another S-inch shell fcll
within q fow fcet u uH and shook tho
the earth. but through some rood for.
tune did not explode. We buried IL.
We attributed the largo nholia g. Ger.
yern'H feet. which was then In the
hnrhor.
Many pecutIar Uounds occurred nj,
Tho first DAVIS dght nron,, ,ho,,, 49,,
tw,, cases where the h,,itst ,,,, e,,,,.,,
In the mouth. ono thro,,sh ,be ch..L
Another curious Incident was
mon rolnF 10 Tho ronr in
their excitement reportod their entire
regiment wlped out That evening
got Permission 10 20 hack down The
road a Few mile. 10 recover M -
gage ana lndlrpensihie rntiona =,
In,,st NJ re,no,,he,,,1 a., y, ~
,yhc, ~. $500 IN, -, "' a, NJ u',
,hsna,at 49, ~, ~ Wy Wrpnfn the
.,,',,'., ~ ~. va, p,N''uH' we lett the
- .''',,Nih h.toh no means OF
.elhE mon completely sur |
d WI uN.nH helpre ana TROOPS he |
,,nu sn.tni therefore they made good |
~ OF thrir tlme ana ga ~ all the |
ia',,'N " they 'unlu' which was cnnHid- |
'rhhlc-eNcn deliberately firing on our |
wounded and hospital corps ana se- |
Getting doctors as good marks. and |
iHlng In addition II the ordinary ,,.,,