West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-08-25
OUR BRAVE BOYS IN BLUE.
Random Notes And short Stories on
The Spanish-Ameriean War.

The Spanish-Ameriean War.
Lieut.. Robert ID. Kerr, whose
death was reported last week 10y
Gen. Merritt. was appointed from
Greenbnnk, w Va, aud was grad
uated in April SO he aud his class
nigh: participate in the war. Lieut..
Kerr was assigned to the engineer
corps. Two members OF the class
were killed at Santiago.
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In our rcjoIcings over the fact
that only one American WAS killed
IN the naval fight which demolish-
ed the Spanish fleet, at Sintiago
we have given scant thought to-
what that life meant to the family
OF George Henry Ellis, the chief
-yeomln. who was killed on the
Brooklyn. The generosity Of the
men on the ooklyn, who. oHt of
their smdllipiy, have raised 81 900
for Ellis young wife. rather puts
US to shame. Boston Journal.
The soldiers at Camp Atkinson,
having received months
pay last week. many OF them slipped
past the guards and went into town
to have good time. They visited
the saloons and were soon comfort
ably full. Guards were sent out
after them, and several were placed
in the guard house at the camp.
During the night they upset the
guard house, little shell of
building, and csc ,ped, going back
to town, taking with them great
many others.
Detachments of soldiers were
tramplng the streets all day arrest
ing deserters and placing them IN
the city prison. About forty were
imprisoned.
Private Will Il. Palmers. OF the
Rough Riders, writes home to Kan
sas as follows: "When we came
to make the final charge that took
this position. some of the officers
wanted to fall back and leave it IN
possession of the Spaniards, but
Colonel Roosevelt pulled his pistol
and said: You can fall b lck If
you want to. but my men will hold
it till the last man dies We held
it, and did not die, either. / tell
you. Wood aud Roosevelt are proud
OF their regiment. Colonel Roose-
welt says if we knock the bottom
out OF this thing IN time he is going
to take all the Rough Riders that
are alive and able to 60 to the Paris
Exposition in 1900. at his own ex
pense. Our boys are proud OF our
colonel. We fought ninety hours
without sleep or rest"
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Daniel ID wis, of the Sixth United
States Infantry, is at his home in
Allentown. Pa, on furlough. lie
participated in the lighting before
Santiago and among other stories.
relates this instance of the cool dar-
ing of the mem bers of his regiment
3" ] was lying in one Of the
trenches. About eight feet to my
left was French military attache.
In front OF the military attache and
myself Was mem Der Of my COM
pany. DisdainiDg to lie down and
hungry for a smoke, he reached IN.
TO his pocket and took out clay
pipe and some tobacco. lie had
just lighted the pipe and taken n
few whifs when a Mauser bullet
clipped the stem close to his mouth.
Looking down and seeing that the
bowl was not broken and that sufi
cient stem remained TO afford a pur.
chase for his lips, he picked up the
pipe, filed it with tobacco, again
lit il, and proceeded to smoke.
The French attachee's eyes CLEANED
with admiration as be exclaimed
"Wbat stuff are you Americans
made Of, anyhow PIX.
As stephen Crane siys, in his
account If the action at San Juan
on Jolly /, ct wts like Inkermt
where the English fought half