Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-12

1880 pm. and they kept up this flrlng
until nearly $3.50 am, or nearly three
hours and ten minutes.
AZ soon az they opened IRE. an We
could soc was a sheet OF flame about
eighteen inches wide ana over p mile
! long The Pennsylvania -four companies
under Major CuthbfrHou returned the
| nrr. emit 100 you could hear was inc
| crack Of rifles. commAn ds ~ officers ana
| the songs the balls sarR ~ they came
| w'hivilinr over our hcadA The Two
| companies back In the reserve and the
two companies Of uuip0sts came 90 our
/ assistance Immediately. making nuf
/ force 3 cmpaines ariillefygflrtiihpa
/ force eight compn1lea Infantry $50
artillery. 90 ~ 90 were IN an.
ARTILLERY TAKES PART.
We tarillleryD had been cautioned
/ not 10 IRE unless Absolutely compelled
I 90 DO so. ana we must have stood there
/ Tor nearly half an hour listening 60 all
I the music without takolng any part
I hut flnaiiy the Spanish came - close
We could hear. their MHua
ser's iuhRazinof w0tklnr CThc
MauFsr De- KUN about tho samu ffyir
as The Kr1rr- Jorgenscn) ana We knew
they muft DO nearly on u.s. ~ was then
we received the command 10 '1oad."
ana Immediately after "nre." Tho gun
.N"N HNNNM 80 NINN "NNNNNM WNAN|l MMNN
nrHi threw ~ our masking thiriy-nvr
1r forty fcct luil The afr. This was tho
signal Tor The other three guns ana soon
all four we're prrging away with
schrapnel punched az zero.
WHAT 4 srRApNEL rs
Now word u explanation might
not be amlss here. a phrapnei shell
such ne we use ls about eleven Inches
long and nearly the same diameter o.
| the gun fnccfaalrlyl. I say nearly
ne 20 " not uuiie. 4 band ~ copper
about one hiif of an inch wide *.
tends around tho shell about one ana a
half 0r two inches from she base. This
"a u soft copper ana prevents the shcll
from otherwise tearing or injurlng tht
flning OF the cannon. The shell ~.
SIT ls 81 Iron. hollow. tapcrnF 10 n
point Thickness of shell sides about
fourth 20 one.han inch. Each she'll
contains 2gs balls the size u q good
rifle ball and four ounces OF explosive
20 explode the Same.
The exploding N the sheii n done by
means " a fuse In the top of the shell
running around In a spinal which cS-
tends from top 20 h1t.aml sssg. ;~a
nd q half Inches long the sheil golnr
IN spiral around u. The spiral fuH0
10 protected by u brass cap which ne
around the shell completely enclosing
a. IN this cap are ninety holes pune
turod On oufal which are divided into
nftsnu seconds. Each second IA sub
divided into rixtha Theae holes nrc
punched by means " a small "EurnprH
punch" but a. both our punches broke.
We were forced 10 punch ours with
safety pins. when the hole u punched
II connects the fuse with the four
ounces OF explosive. The fuff u TX.
I H.. AlaaNaNaHM MMI NNhUN tho
/ time al which the fuse ~ punched eN-
pirsa, tho shell expl0doa. We began o.
| punching ours nt une krC1no and from
o 10 6.g. We alternately used the time
limit az the spanish advanced and re-.
| treated.
MANY sPAHtARDs KILLED.
our ars must have put many Of them
/ on fhr 'shum." Many OF the Infantry
| hgys said when We nrcl many men
went az from AMONG ihe Duns' w
aimed high. low. aLd swupi thelr ranks
right ami lefi. Some idaa % ne dann-
gtr our men were To, ana parucullry
| The gunn,rs may Doe formed wh.n you
| take into confederation she fact that
W. wsre placed In the worst p1ss.hl,
| position any nHhi artillery ever had
We were from Is 10 100 yards from
| ehar infantry. according as thcy al.
vlnced or rotrchted. and their rapid
nre guns we're continually pouring u
into ~. 4 perfect rain ~ bullets con-
| tinuaily poured Into Ne from 1880 un-
IN gt1O we hAu nume Old a. a. u. mtr
among the Tenth Penn. ahd thcy al
said the SpanlEh nre was the most -
we're they ever experienced. An opel
space tour feet wide laid open our sur
and through fhls space bullets coniin'
| ually "pinEed" After zach shot oul
guns would fecoll fifteen feet. and chs
gunner. No. l. 2. and . or had 90 ruf
The gun "hy hand 10 the front" back
| Into place. The gun was then awabhed
she shell Inserted ana rammcd Int,
place, the powder (cartrldge) Inserted
The hrcech closed, and the primer IN
serted. before the KUN could be nred
An this tlme we were firoi upon. /
Vas simply hell. Add 20 this the In
dense heat and smoke and the sight o
mon tuppiinE over, dead ana wounded
the Vrlrs, yrlia ana above all IN
| grlnna ~ the wounded, ard you cai
form some idea 81 how We felt w
know they were strong In numbt
chc p1ul and that. We were a mer
handful. but We all fought like dcvlla
and stood ihcm on.
Between ia,a0 "a, m. and 1 a. m. W
were almost uut n ammunition. IN
Infantry had from : 60 0 cartridge
apiece. We had lNarlans' gum fhrr
nharpnei- Kncaas guns two shrapnnl
| nNut fhNlh hNtitiN ~ Nti more tNAI
one Tor each gun. In fact We ha'
reached that awful statc-"ou, Of am
munliion."
GOT REINFORCEMENT.
The Tenth Pennsylvania officers eau
toned their men not 10 Are any mors
, but walt Tor another charge and lha
soak" them. The men all began Tx
Ing bayunu.n, our boys drew their no
Z vnlvrta tlt least muHt ~ thcm ala
hllsd tholr pockets with the SNtr
shells We had $50 apisce) stuck thcl
, knives IN fhoir pants ana waited
, walked Tor whitf I don't know and az
! no. know. knVass was ready 20 unacrc'
the hrcceh- block of his gun. We hh
: an axe 10 knock tho lenver on ouri
Nlne NJ ~ were In tho least ratified.
, our only thought waH--'Whcn are on
. achievements comlngf" We knci
they had heard the terrible lombard
, ment at Camp Dewey, and wondore
, u they were coming. We wondoro
" pewcy'n iloct was not coming up I
our AID. We did not know how /
i conduct retreat I'VE had not "aol
diercd" long enough 60 know that
, ana Just at this point we heard
/ trumpet IN our roar sound "forwar,
march" Then what a cheer went u
from our luaty. Hmoko-nllod lung
They heard Ms az Camp Dewey an
knew we were saved, The nrat relic