Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-29

ended. lie Ia now In N. Lake, ho"ni.
tal IN this city. Talking with hia /
nrother' Capt; jenkins Halncs. who |
was at his bedside he said.
"The cable regarding this affair was
confusing. It spoke Of Lieu Italrss
being struck BY . stray Maussr buiie,
Not serious This was misleading a.
u might lead one to suppose nv b,t-
terry was not In action and that NV
wound was an accident, whereas sev. |
killed '"'
II was sent out In advance along the
san Juan road 20 md a position from
which we could cnfilade the spanlsh
position. from which heavy nro mad
been received, the Spanish vonevs com
inE with remarkable regularity and
precision. on The morning " August
18th Capt. Potts was ordered 10 pro.
coed up the san Juan road with I'VE.
inch guns for the purpose NJ shsiilne
the Spanish trenches nj Asomania.
-Four guns, which Included my
platoon. were moved into position IN 4
Hold nclr ihr san Juan rond NJ q r1nae
y 1000 ylrds. the NTH gun beng sen,
rhrad 100 yards to our right IN The
road.
Just before we came into action "a,
cnfmy opened on us with Infantry vol.
irys and two thrcc-inch iIpwitgara
This hnstcned uH into action. We uirkrd
un the range Immediately erd fii
fniendid pricilcr. The fwh Hnwi'ssri
were soon allcncrd and the snlnlaria
were seen running from their intrrnch.
ments. Then we Nack0na1 our hro
ana shortly after we ara the euomy
took heart and began 20 return. Gen.
Wilson sent mo with n run some dr.
lance M The road IN advance ~ the
nest % trv and en1inde tho enemy. I
proceeded up the road nn horseback
- 81
81 Wise1rsir infantry IN n bend ~ the
road which frrmrd rDvrr from tho
! Spanish fre nirsrd hsvdnd them
and The sun WIS unilmh.rad IN the
rrVt turn IN the rnld Ny men inv
DOWN by Tho rnafHde 20 cscau. the
| spanish vonHyT. which wore corning up
the fond IN our front nnd right Some
vancirr wi'fiia 600 ynrfr IN force aud
ih1f we f,rsi ro' nui o. lose me gun.
"The nring NJ this time wnu very
hcnyy. Tho Nnurors coming IN n storm
with zach voiioy. told the sergeant
we would have n Try NJ them for luck
anyhow. md nH could pee no Snnn-
iieda nearer than 600 or 600 yards. I
/ had him run tho nun out ON the fnnd
/ n little. We had no sooner done this
1 than the fire suddenly IN rr1sod ~
refceiy that the gun could NOT he
served We hauled tho vtin back "a
the noNt turn IN the road whore we
were Joined by the second run. stlll
unable a. DO any great execution ow-
/ inr TO The sheltered uofItlon ~ tho
enemy Tho IRE continued with ncrco-
ness hut from our new position we
BROUGHT n house IN view. I had tho
gun instantly trnlred upon II, NE 7 saw
several SponiardH there outside ~ II
and frlt certain Il was not empty
/ -
III eide. and penetrating burst inside
sending THINGS nyirg. Tho enemy
broke cover and 7 turned 90 the SER
rcnnt. rlylnr; That was a good one
now Fiye them
As turned something struck MI
through the body. I know ! was hnlli
hurt but felt no pain. u was ini'
hcing struck over the shoulder with O
club. passed my hand 20 my side
and brought n away full OF blood Th'
sergeant saw me nrd ran TO my side
They've got me this umc,' I mid, and
he put his arm around me ana Jed M
away and lct me Ne down" The Wal
was ended that day.
New York Aus. 2A-sovcn oilicef'
| and i2S privafrg arrived IN Jersey cts
from Fofn1nd'n1. Fla. today, and wore
~ once Transferred 10 N1ntlut Point
They were attachments on nll the regn
lar army Infantry regiments now u
cuba or Porto iuco.
Sturgeon Lieut.. II. 7 s'.'rncr said h
had ak men seriously no. ~ thete
Lieut.. J. ~. schosfisl Of The rhli In
ilntry WIS down with M .tflIl fever
The detachms nts contained men iron
these regiments; T1.e fimL Second
Third. Fourth, Sixth. seventh. ElEhih
Ninth. Tenth Twelfth rhlrirentl
Fourteenth. Nixieenth Seventeenth
twentieth. Twenly-nrr. Twenty
fourth aud Twenty
CAMP THOMAS ~ HEALTHY,
Washington. Aug. ga few day
ago Secretary Aiger Issued an order &
Gen. II. V, Boynton, now 90 Ctirka
maurR park, h. mako thorough au'
searching Investigation n al the hos
pitfalls IN Camp Thomas AMI 10 rerof
Instantly any lack N attention % M
Inmates, any lnciiiolcncv in INC m'di
cal officers or any need ~ supplies @
whatever Kind. Gen. nlvniuh'H uticu
tlon was directed 10 the aentlllora
charges made by on itr. Tsiry
against the conduct OF the hnrpinin a
Camp Thomas, ana he WA ursti q
mako a promN report u toe exact con
dltlons ns he should f1i them rHnlgh
tho following telegram. unier date -
August ssh, w1H r0CoiYr4 Nv Adii
Gen. Corbln from Gen. noynt0r;
"iiave completed lrvtft'ratlng hoF
pitfalls under sscretafy's ordor. Result
exceedingly favorable IL an eNHfnila
features The fhuta ertctunliy diHpaH
OF an recent sensational adverse rrltl
olsm. Report viii BE- written out 20
morrow"
.. Tho results Of Gen. ncynton'a inves
tlgatlon, a. briefly stated In hla tele
gram. afforded the officials NJ the wa
department great faiisfictlnn. The,
have Implicit coa1lfLce Ia Gen. iioyn
ton, and arr r1tlFlitf that hts inventl
cation has been thpf1uEh and Us re-
suits. ~ he states them, are accurate
A copy Of Don. hrsHinn'a dispatch wa
sent 10 president Mckinley
MOVING PENNsYLvANIANs.
Cincinnati. O., Aug, ss.-Afier III
middle ~ last week GOV, Hastings o
Pennsylvania raised 5000 cash In thir
Is minutes IN Philadelphia 70 equip
: hospital train To bring home the sick o
Pennsylvania regiments from chlcka
manga, a train OF eighteen hospitn
ears was equipped and started 70
Chicknmnura with astounding prompt
ness. Tonight Il arrived, homcwari
, bound. with 81 Pennsylvania soldier
n New lorkrrs, ] ONO ana ! lthod
: Island soldier. and lefi with us over
/, joyed freight an hour later Tor fftiH
burg. 49,.
turn. Gov. Hastings devoted MS per
somni attention TO Az the n"tuls %
r,ti tonight he nled iGl kilograms 4
srisnda ~ soldiers and TO those prepar
: H., f,r tholr reception In Pennsylvania
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