The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-11
(special Correspondencel


Manila, Philippine Islands, Aug. 81
Once more a steamer turns her nose
homeward from this quaint old ORR
entail town, and she leaves us swelter-
ing under the heat of the tropical sum-
mer. For. clothing we wear the same
blue shirts and trousers we wore on
leaving Utah. However, we are prom
ised lighter clothes in the near future
and these will greatly alleviate the suf-
fering.
The battery recruits are now done
with their handshaking and ere one OF
us indeed. Sergeant Brown, who left
Us two months ago, has now resumed
command of section four, and right
glad are all to see him once more
among us. The recruits do less kicking
than any troops here. The greater and
sublimer principles underlying the dec
lasation of this war, have not been for
gotten and it is quite refreshing TO hear
their stirring remarks of loyalty and
love for the nation in whose service
they volunteered. And now that those
three weeks are over, during which we
never had out clothes off once, never
washed our faces nor saw a looking
glass, never were free from constant
cravings of hunger, and never saw
civilized human being except soldiers,
we, too, can become patriotic again,
and cease forever to. complain, for what
are our few sleepless nights, hungry
StOmachs, and general Door condition.
when compared with the victory won
by our incessant labor and willingness
to live as we did.
That life in trenches is a great store
house from which the boys can draw
thousands of stories; many. are even
now circulating among them Colonel
Smith of the California, told Captain
Young a good one on one of our gun
ners. 1t was during the fight on Aug.
l. He was standing near one of the
guns when a shell from the enemy
struck the ground in front of the can
non and threw up great heap of dirt
in front OF the muZzle, making it i'm
r fire the gun.
The gunner saw the difficulty, said
such words as only soldiers can say
and pointed to Colonel Smith, crying,
here you, man, jump up there and
shovel that dirt out Of the way" The
colonel, whose rank was concealed I'M
der a rain coat, did not move, nor did
be call down the gunner for his impu-
dence. The gunner waited a moment,
then exclaimed you - coward, hold
this AK while 1 do it. The ak was
forced on the colonel, while the gunner
jumped over the protecting trench and
shoveled away the mud. Then as he
came back he asked, where's that
man with the ak? Is the - cur too
scared to hold an AK" The colonel
had moved away to direct the firing on
the flank, returned and handed him the
AK. Then the firing went on as usual.
MADE COFFEE FOR DEWEY.
'Perriot," the famous cook Of the
Alta club, tells a true story. 1t is no
L I. 7
or, rather, Dewey made coffee for him.
When General Greene looked about him
for a cook he singled out PerriOt of
battery A The latter was detached
and went to headquarters. On the
night of the battle he accompanied
General Greene to the front as a body
guard and of course fired his pistol at
the Spaniards. About o'clock in the
morning, when everything was quiet
General Greene called his body guard
to him and told him that large num-
Der of officers would dine with the gen
eral at 8 o'clock, which neceSSitated
Perriot's return to camp. He set out
through the mud and rain, arriving to
find what he called a common looking
seaman" standing by the fire. The fell
low was completely covered up by a
macintosh, so PerIiot concluded he
was some man sent ashore from one
of the warships to get details of the
battle. AS Perry busted himself with
the coffee he told the seaman" about
the battle, and 'joked' with him to
quite IN extent. He Swore as loud and
hard as any dog of the sea, and Perriot
got quite chummy with him. His coffee
being made PerriOt had nothing to do
but stand keep it warm until the gen
erals arrival. He sat down and was
almost asleep on the chair when his
cOmrade of the sea said. I'll keep
your coffee warm, you go to bed. You
need the sleep"
The invitation was accepted, but inn
agine Perriot's surprise when on be-
ing awakened at daylight to serve
he found that the man who
had tended his coffee was no less a
person than the great admiral, who had
come ashore to confer with General
Greene.
Eighteen year-old Will Kneass, who
so bravely and CALAMITY served his gun
that fearful night received quite a
compliment from General Greene for
bravery and GOODNESS. During a lull
in the fighting he noticed a small man
standing behind his gun, and cried:
Hey, there, sir, get away from that
or you'll be shot" The
nan, who was General Greene, came
over 10 the nearly NAKED gunner, SSlzS0
him by the hand and said that he had
been watching his work, and was thor
oughly pleased with it, He also asked
the young man what range he used and
what kind of shells he was firing.
This we'll circulated anecdote on Col
onel Hawkins deserves to be kept along
with the saying of Bob Evans and
other heroes. When the Americans had
shot all their ammunition he ordered
bon n hqN 8 CqT lTcaiv cfo nd
ing near cried out: Hadn't we better
retreat, coloneI?" The answer was one
that sent = thrill to the hearts of all
in hearing distance. NO" he cried,
Not if he'll drops on us"
A TERRIBLE ORDEAL.
All the battalion who were in cana