Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-29

we're made rejecting upon the courage
| " what they daeienatHl as the Cali
fnrnia contingent meaning ih'rchy me
I Nlh Infantry Tho r.r Ii came o. ~.
ears of the young lieutenant. who I'M
mndintoly sought their author ana in
Che presence VI lareo number ~ his
fellow -ohlcors resented The aspetaluna
ln IN most vigorous terms hr'ndIn'
the man 0H % modern Anlnlas, ard also
announcing that Immediately after the
ilehtWhich was slated Tor the folioWiuc
day > would personally make good an
that he thfn said
"Furthermorc. CO the matter Of per.
aunnl courage had h.Un put ln uueH-
i.on. DO announced that ln the nght NJ
ihe following morning hc should wear
DIS fuil Uniform and hr chlu nlad the
author OF the dlpafarlnr remarks 10
du the Hnm That uighi the command
lnr general Hont f0r chile lieutenant and
l1flfm0i him that Ir fh1 charge that
W1a 90 hr m1ds fhH following mornlne
Dr. was going t0 give him the next po-
t'iI1n Co the post uf honor -
'h1t D.. the lrft NJ the line.
hHy e0ili will know that when
only Gee riun1i' nwirr tl the rofnniate.
Irgf Doe. o. occur to yuu that while we
t r'rnfl when th0ra came ring
uullIy exposed with tha right 10 h1p-
20 I.I therefore. Tint Uu the morning M
fhr l1lIr the California Lieutenant,
tuo ip h.i word. appeared In command
of iho l'ft VI the line In fun uniform.
lnl. 1s % was wen known that gucn
1n exposure was TO- court almost ccr-
tain death. not another officer ava go
1rnHTr Notwithstanding the lieutcu-
ANTS emphatic challenge. In thl rtHs
dawn W Tho following hour the tr0luH
lined un ln front OF those terrible OLE
f'ac'es known ss lava h.dH Tho come
mlrd Forward was riven. ana over
thIy won't. nrft ono ana then another.
10 he face nf whitening nrc frum tho
av1rHH behind pii NJ rocks. some Two
and some fully foriY-nVn feet IN height.
iho California lieutenant 10 full Unit
f1.u. no ihr head lf bis company no
Che lrft " the line. The rght was
crushed aud Zen back. hut the ieft. on
Outraged hy lts commanders splendid
example. held liz ground.
a. may be imagined the officor IN
full uniform received the attention or
ivory Mudpc warrior who caught slight
WI him. ana they finally brought him
down with rifle bail thruuEh his thigh.
cutting the tcndunH 90 hia lag Calling
two soldiers. Instead ~ permitting thou
to carry him OF. ns they wished 90 d..
Do placed "a band on the shoulder Of
each. and thus supported be fought uu-
90 by sheer losa nf blood his whole
strength gave way and The soldiers laid
him down until tho fight was an over
His gallant conduct ON this occasion
won for him the undyinr friendship "
The late Major General Crook. 10 whose
department. he was soon after called.
To his own vainr and this friendship the
United States owes 10 that h. D. now
lirir1dicr General Charles =. ERan.
cunmisaary general nf subsistence
"The MnducH touched the button IN
the lava beds of Oregon and President
Mckinley has done thH rrat The same
conduct To- the ButIHh army would have
won the Victoria cross w the Frrucn
army n would hove brought the legion
W honor In the United States army 10
won only the friendship ~ General
crook. and yet we fancy II General
Esun were 20 choose between thom an
Boz would take the latter"