Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-26

,,,os ,a4er the whole line was ablaze
,,Sfb The frc Of musketry.
nash-was Il llghfmng7 No. The
- M thunder " pleasant but the
,,sr N an eight inch can you fmhg-
IL thirty foot steel rail- coming
through the air al Thc rate Of 1850 feet
nor second and making about twenty
million rcvolutlons per minuie'nud then
ar,in imagine that rail- striking about
IN feet away on the top OF "a breasi-
work and hllng your eyes fun of mud2
~ il A hard matter 90 describe fhe
s,und while ln mid air and the light
Inc of shell. but the above viii give
yru an idea OF high lie in tho Philip
,ires Tho shells were failing thick and
sasf tho very earth beneath our shoe
io,tber trcmhlod az II IN contact with
a mighty crater. the smoke was grow
| a., deneri every rccoud. our little Inc
,,.s,ent looking muzzie l1adatH look a
/ i,nrinriv through the cfnhrasurHa Thoy
/ were growing impatient ns Wcil AS the
boya Who manned thcm. The time went
| hoayliy until the command came 90
/ ,,,,er dre Every man stepped into the
/ harness with the air " "a veteran. as
/ epoi and composed as 10 on drcss paf-
| ada Every man meant go nrh' til tho
/ iast drop 81 blood ceased 20 hyw ln bis
veins.
! BcnnHylNanln uV1af hlA blH k"Arl"NN
| state" can well be proud N nor Eal-
| iant regiment. one glance down the line
! ~ intronchfncnte WIS a spectacle never
! 4, be forgotten. IL was one long stream
I ~ are sinking deep IN our breast
/ works and tearing massive holes came
l Inc shells and sold shot from the en-.
/ rfnv Through the cmbrlHurca came
l dine Nauscrs as thick as bees ln hive,
/ but not a man nlnchcd.
/ While In the hottest VI the fght the
I SON on our cmbrasurc was carried away
D bv the a1iid shot. We cleared that cm-
| braruro under a shower % lead With
out losing man. 10 was miracle.
and 1 sometimes think that the Nor
mons have charmed lives ~ she hour
I VI combat. the enemy had lcft thclr In-
ircnchmcnis and were advancing On us.
Thrv came 90 close i1 giving uH hand
I H. hand rkirmlrh mat some % our boys
] claimed they could hear enough Span
/ In to last chem q lifetime. Eyrry man
On our left vas down 10 bis lass r0uud
u ammunition. orders came down the
l line 10 nN hlynuetH ana De lu readiness
| 10 rcpuiao charge We were nEhilnE
| row 70 hold our ground. no. % drive
/ tham back. Here 81 Whpru the 'ttnh
/ Light Artillery" won Tor she baby
State" Of America q golden cr3wn-for
every raw recruit that ieft her fertile
coll fought like an Old soldier Veterans
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shclr children. The boys showed ihcii
saying qualities and while the iniau-
try on our loft was uuiet ana Watkins
for the charge, our little guns wuru Do
Ing thclr deadly work swinging he's
murzlc from one eide N The cmbraaur'
20 the other We Hcut our c1mplm nii
10 tho men that we had come or flr Oh
see. In the form " Hhripnol and porous
ron shells. itr.pnfagomlnia and ann
munition came, but % battle was won
firc1ka % light Zoo The cal, warned
W that DAY was fast TrTuIloh.nU. and
% was a welcoming ght Cor tn boys
drenchpd and chilled aH .hcy were. sci
thcy Hi0od hy their gums ready 90 ro'
FpOnl no q moments notice, hut nll
} mlduirht friends lay low IN thclr blood
! stained trenches.
From this slime on. Manila was prlc,
Ideally ours. and when ON IN ilih u
August We made tho combined ulva
and land ursault on she defense the cn
my held out but nifty minutgA
. n was a grand sight whom she Colo
fadn regiment went over our cnttorch
b mtnta and advanced on Manila. thef
J within thirty minutes "Old Glory" wa
! waving in ihe noon bioezea over thl
. "Old Fort"
4 am proud 70 be one Of tho army VIII
, have NOT como as dcHp1llcrH nud upprva
/ a1ra. but a. the Instruments OF ntronl
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beneficial and which has declared iiEHi
. in thls way the champion % those 0p
Z pressed BY spanish mlHrule.
! Nov that q n over. we are anNlou
, 90 receive word TO come homo. so n
r ! have been very fortunate. having nd
. Yanccl ~ the rank % flrrt sergeant j
+ place Of Louis u. EDDY, who hold m
: position when we left Utah. TIL
, makes me the highest n1n-commla
1 aioued officer 10 nay battery.
3. | had hoped 90 be able % say at nj
I time that all were well and happy: bu
4 on the 2iih Of last month Corporal Wu
% q. Anderson, who waa detailed az Ca
: VIE while on duty In trying 90 stop
y quarrel between one ~ our boys tNh
: was killed. ana some natives. was rhl
= through the brrlHi, causing a yer
Q painful and dangerous wound. ~ thl
. writing, surprising 90 an he ia I'm
proving very slowly, and Il ia our grca,
Get hope that no VIII recover.
The rrst % the college l.1ya are dllu
well, especially Corporal Robert So,
wnrt. who now ranks ~ sergeant.
Asking 90 be- kindly remembered :
my Logan friends, . am,
Res cctfully,
H. n HINES.
| I'lrat Sergeant nnftury GA W Tffah Al