Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-27
Tim III CANEY CHARGE
"HOw IS The SIXTEENTH INFANTRY p"
"Good. what There :. Left Of It-Thcrc's
Fifteen Men Left cut Of My
Company"


W Cancy. tho "Balaclaya of cuba"
lie gives the following graphic nc-
count
When the afternoon camel i9st
exact count of timc-ihars was still a
tumble ~ volicyne over ny canoy.
hut In front our mon were away ont
" sight behind a Hdra far ahead. uo-
yund thcre arose lonr rtccplah accent
crowned by the blockhousa upon whl.h
the artillery had opened ntc ln the
morning
suddenly. as We looked through onr
glnsHer, we saw little black ant eco
scrambllnr uuicily ur the hnl. mud uH
inch 90 two behind him mrrui line
~ other little ants. Hud then another
lln' ~ ants nt another part uf the hHi.
ana then another. Until % sr med ns
" somebody had duH stick into a
80 at ants nest down ln thc VALLEY.
and 90 the ants were HDumhiinr away
up hIll Then the vollHy hiring BEGAN
ten Times more furluuaiy than before
from the right beyond the top ~ the
fIdr. burst upon tho ants terrific urs
90 HholiH. from the hlnrhh1uar in front
of Thorn machine guns sounded their
continuous rattle. hut ths ants
fn,pt up the hill. They seemed O. ~
90 thin out 10 they wont forward. "a
was Incredible but % was mand. Tile
boy were sturming che hlL Tho milf
tnty authorities wcro most rurprIHlu.
Thuy wHru not surprised ut thsrf ruirn.
hld athletic daredevil III QUIZ doing
H. iiut that u military tummH,dpr
should have allowed o. fuftinrd Hnd ON.
tronChtd position 60 o. uranIifd VS. an
Infantry charge NJ the side of anr
expos q hill swept hy tUfrlhls artu.
lcry nrH. frightened thsm. not 30 much
~ To- audnoity nH hy iu t0ruhls cost
ln human llfo.
As they noarod tn Ton the dlHerent
lines came nearer Together. one mo-
mont thay wont n little more slowly;
faW me ants como nrfHmhlluE down the
wont on nrain faster than ever. and
then 40 of ~ shifting there ON the top
nf the battery cried with excitement.
For The ants werc FrrHmhlinr an
around The hiorkhouHH ON the r.drr.
and iu "a moment or Two wH saw them
inside o. llut th.m our hearts awcllcd
up 60 our threats. Tor n fearful IRE came
from somewhere 60 The right OF 10 and
somewhere TO tho loft ~ o. Then We
saw the ants cam Hcflwhinr down the
Nil again. They had taken n position
which they had not thH force 90 hold.
hut n moment or two and up they
Hrramblfd 1nlln. moru ~ th0m, and
more quickly than before. ana up the
other face ~ the hin 60 ih' lefi went
other lines. and the ridga whsilkrn. an1
Z ihH hlUckhnuHe was ours, ana the
| trenches We're full of dead SnanilrdH.
~ was a grand achI.yem nt-fpr the
] soldiers who shared llHihH rfnfmlug
/ uf the Hill leading up from the San
juan river in the ridge hrfnrr the main
fort. We could Ten s1 much AZ $3.50
yarit nut We airU know that Il had
| cost them dear.
Later on we know only too won how
/ heavy the cost war. A. 1 was trying to
make myself comfortable for the night
| In sonic meadow rflHH ns wet with tho
/ dew nH N ihrrt had been u thunder
storm, ! saw man / knew In the
! Sixteenth, who had come back from
| the front ON some GRAND.
'How's tho Sixteenth asked
him.
"'dood. what's iefi OF a. he said;
there's nftcon men lcft out N my COM
pany-nftcon olt N a hurdred.'
I'VE have fought great battle. hut
We have not taken SantnFn yet"
"iut hCHlirH thf wagons there came
along from M front men borne on hand
lliiers. some lying face downward.
WrIthlng at Intervals IN awful couvul-
aIous, others lying moiionles- ON the
placed over their faces Tor shade. And
| there also cHmH men, dozens OF them
ufuuf. painfully lNuplng with one arm
thrown over ihr shoulder ~ q cnmrade
and the other Hm helploHfly dangling.
How much further 60 the hospital,
neighbour ihry would derpaifnFly ask.
"'Only O quarter OF a mile Or 20.
neighbour I would answer. nn1. with a
smile ~ hope ui the thought that after
an they would o. able 90 achieve the
Journey. they would hnhhle along,
"iut thr ammunition wagons and
the tow ambulance wagons MA not
carry chem aIl HHr hlhhling down the
steep bank from The hospital came
hlndaged MN on foot They sat
down Cor awhile 40 the bank ls FAR as
they could go from the tumble Of
mules and WAGONS In the lans. and then
setting .helr IUIH toward Sihnney they
commenced walk n. Thoy were
the men who's INJURIES were too Hlight
Tor wagon noe 90 De- given them.
There was u.' enough wagon accom-
mldatlln Tor che men whose wounds
rendered % on halplaaily PROSTATE. 80
let IN. m. % $500 had mere arm aud
shoulder wounds, simply nash wounds.
or only one injured leg or flui. wulk 10.
slhlnsy was 1uly eight miles away.
"True. % wlH q felrfully bad rull.
but ihrn ihG plain fact was chat thsrs
was not enough WILSON'S Tor an. ana @
WIS bDttHr f1r .hHEc men 90 ha ut ths
pasi hospital. md better that they
should mas" room ut the division hos.
ptal. evan % thOy had 90 make inc
journey 900 f"Ia
There W1H me man on ,ho road
whose lrft fIIt was heavily hlndnrcI
and drawn uu '1m the ground. 10
had provided 10 with a cor. of
rough Cru.Hh made NJ the flrgri limb
af Il tree. which h' hal padded with q
bundle of cl..l.H VITA fha analalnch
VI ihIf and HIw stick ne was pad
ding br.skly along when overlook
"'whsr, i.J hoy get YOU nelghbarr
ION, durn ,h.'r ullnH.' NJ said I'm
sho cheerful way turning to mo
with a sm.i. Gh#y gnt me twice
splinter of HHil IN the foot. and n
bullet thuurH .h' car ~ the same l6g
when was 1..ag carried back from
the nrlnF lln.
- sharpa HrT
"'The fellow Was an IN a tree
",And yHu'r walking back 90
~.haney. Wlu there room Tor YOU ID
rldfT 1 expected an angry outhurIt
on Indignation IH reply 90 this question.
But 1 was mistaken In a plain, mat
ter-hf-flrt WIy 3" said;
"'GutsG rHD They wanted an tha
riding room rr worse cases o. mlne.
mine, Thluk G1d, my sw1 wounds are
h.th lu thH HHWH l.F, So I can WAX
qult, good and apfy, They told mo Id
81 better 0n down 40 the llndln' ydn-
der. so ! g'' 'h." eru'ehes ana made
S.Ani how are you getting alang? /