Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-08
UTAH MIN IN BATTLE.
Captain Richard W. Young Gives ar Account
Of he Manila Fight
STATES VOLUNTEERS DID BRAVE WORK.
spanish Mauscr bullets aud shot aud
shell Did Not Deter Them in
Their Onslaught.


Manila. Like the one published IN the
News" yesterday. II Is full Of Interest
and was written to his wife. II Is 40
follows.
Camt Dewey. near Manila. July a..
1sgs -"Slnre writing you last we have
had some excitement. Thursduy night
along toward morning I was awakened
hy General Grccnc's aide. T.. Schicfiiin.
who handed me a written order from
sha general 10 get two u my guns
ready to 90 up into the trenches az 3
O'Clock the next morning and 90 take
half Of the battery men with me. /
learned frum Mr.. Schienitn that the
Eighteenth Infantry and battalion
of the Colorado boys were to ~ with
ne. We were ready on time. although
the excitement u the order and the
uncertainty OF the object q our visit
prevented my sleeping very much tho
rest OF the night. We put about 90
mon on cacn gun. having previously
put ropes on them. and you would have
laughed 90 see a light battery. usually
the dashlnr arm " the service. ~ ur
a muddy raad with 70 mon pulling Il
laboriouHiy ainnn. when We got M
there We fnund two insurgrnt guns Just
whore great big. old-fashioncd guns
were great big. old-fhshioncd guns
shooting a round cannon bail about six
Inches IN dlnNtter. They put some
ropes on these guns AMI drogred them
back out ~ the enclosure and put our
twn In their places. II made the ma
tives stare 10 see two great big guns
replaced with two much smaller ones.
They ana not understand TINT the mod
rrn rifle cannon Is much superior 10
The old. We had q most uncomfortable
location The natives had been around
thcre for some time and the place
siunk most sickrnlngly. The water
was In every depression II lies about
r. Inches below tn surface and ~
rises Into every hole. The enrthwnrk
We were STATIONED behind was about
70 Zee, thick. and ct the rear was sus.
thlntd by bonIiUo poles sunlecn In the
rrutsi. behind which were placed
pieces ~ wicker work made m bamboo
this held ~ the earth 20 the desired
height. about Xix fnnt-thrhugh Il ail
were twp enhraHurua. narrow behind
and 'rfurdd' out In front 10 the guns
could be trnvoracd around from side
90 side.
''Monday.-Thc nght has occurred.
We occupied our new positions on tho
new lines duE by the Colorado boys
fWo or thrre night since yesterday
morning early Fortunately Captain
GRANTS twu guns were taken forward
yesterday mrrnlnE 60 n position on tho
other side % the church. AL was COM
parativcly quiet yesterday There wprc
n few ahou now and then. when some
of our men unnecessarily exposed thom-
aflvrH. hut thurp wnr u sort ~ calm
shat preceded tho storm ~ last night |
We made some vera comfortable houses |
for tho men around the guns. re-
maincd up there uniil-ibout o'clock /
IN the evening and left Lieutenant ]
Oliibs IN charge fnr the nlRht. tho |
main part ~ the battery and men be- /
lnF In Camp Dewey
AT fit0 lhff night I was awakened |
by the most Internal racket i ever |
heard. There wns an lncenvant roar |
uf small arms. punctutcd with the dls-
charge every second. almost. % some /
heavy cannon. The whole camp was |
lp Immediately. We knew our boys /
were In for II. 10 what extent W. did |
not know nuglcH began 20 sound the |
call to arms. We had our lifnbsir and |
caimonr loaded with shot and shupnri
and the terrible noise OF the baltic con.
WIS beyond ali question the
most informal noise ! ever heard. An |
aide 81 General Green's went through /
our cainp and told ~ to await orders
The infantry fired past and SION chokHd
up the narfvw rpnd Dawn ,hia mad
was u vcfiinhle ruin nf lead Men fell
IN every regiment. The srh beach was
Hwept whit ahrapnsl ana small arms,
We waited IN the lmpenctfahle dark
noes and ruin for ufdDrs. Men soon hc-
gan 90 run through camp, Thsy were
tgrrur.Htrickrn one shout "a, Turn
OUT the guard. Bring an all the ann
munluon' We grahebd him and found
out he md no orders, but was simply
slampeied. Another man came run
Ming down the road. and when halted
by an 0iilccr ana asked where he was
Eulng. said the mr., sergeant had sent
him Cor a drink of water. This was two
aud a hair miles fium the scene Of
Then came tho reports tina. the
Utah hatterleh werc knocked out. wlpod
out, that the trenches had been en-
icicl ny the spanish and an our mon
Killed u WIS most fearful cNpor.
fence, We could not have taken more
up the roads. the Infantry
elogsrd them up and N would have
been suicide 10 take one fair Timber
eheft full " ammunition up through
such fnilade, A mnsle ball would
nave exploded The whole 90 pounds. Br.
Sides, We were under orders To remain
w camp, Anirr two hours % fenfful
Suspense the end came. Then We hur-
flti our ammunition forward, 20 OF tho
noy, taking iwo llmbers for two aud
ehn-hhlt miles through mud u foot
deep They got there safely, and thank
100 found the boys all sound. In my
nAV,,iy Lieutenant Gibbs lsdn Gitch
ON his numb, and Pot Lsaver tSam'a
sonl hid q triiilng abrasion on his abb
e,nsn' caused by Mauasr bullet.
rueh hfrt struck a wheel and danced
n ng!'it'in Into his blue shirt through
e',.' anu then along his stomach and
~. ,l.nk tn stop Inside his Hhlrt-a
49,, nAfilW escape. The infantry ,
ms, Nr.c not no fortunhte-lO. were ,
.'"leu anu iorsy WIRE wounded The fu-
M KY as on The dead were held yesterday
,,,,.A ,seie' ot course, very sad and
''' u0nlhg cereniunleg The wounded
lN ue N tents In camp. and are re-
lnk ihe attention " % the hospital n
~ m'lleal departments.
~. uAttle was as follows: The Tenth
,t, thhlh regiment. or more prop
M ~ battalion Uf Il under command
aions Ut culberiaon. was stationed
So she American trenches ON either
luiitt,' monastery. formerly fine I,
sbeil w, nov riddled. whit bullet and |,
~. is'is.. Back a half mile or SO K
IN, Wy SUPPORTS, consisting Of COM Z
ey, y. lhr Third United States artl. =
M. "nlri with the krag. Joryfensen y
Il !, ~ me way, the Spanish troops Y
M ne much better armed than \,
Ia. Ihey have a Mauser rifle. "A =
nj German make. which ~ one of
"-at rites made. ID IL. however Vi
,B' ~. superior 20 our Krag. Jprgen- ,
Mn esn a'r maHazine guns. hut the !,