The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-26
hawk is near. They were plundering
against orders.
ON THE MONTEREY.

! VINO nave descended from the tops o.
the mountains TO the level of the sea
were peering into the muzzles of Biz
Betsy and Alice. the two 12-inch gun!
in the forward turret
Then our unsophisticated youthful
eyes strayed into every nook and cor
ner, observing the hundreds of queer
things. We climbed on the turrets, and
over the 12-inch shells went down into
the engine rooms, and into every par
of the vessel. Everywhere the strictest
discipline was apparent. One poor fell
low, looking more like a ghost than q
man, told me he had just got out of the
brig, o. ships prison, after sen
tence of 80 days. His offense was that
he went to sleep on a pile of canvas ten
feet away from the place he should
| have slept During the 80 days he lay
in the steel CELL six feet by six feet
with only four holes, each an inch
4 square. to admit air and light. His only
food was bread and water.
a long row brought us over to the
| Powerful, with her four smokestacks
and hundreds of sailors. Her captain
| is an Englishman, and his shoulder
straps don't weigh down heavily on
him. He invited us on the quarter
deck, a thing no American would ever
do to men of the ranks. He modestiy
/ informed us that his ship was the
! largest in the world, and that if he had
| 1,150 sailors instead of the $50 he now
! has, he could keep the ship in much
better condition. He detailed a sailor to
show the crowd of US through the ship,
which is a floating city.
VISITED PEARSON.
Aboard the Raleigh She to our eyes
was larger than all the rest Of the
! fleet combined-even including the
English monster. For on the Raleigh is
/ Ensign PearsOn-a Utah man. He is a
| fine looking young officer, with much
more common sense than most young
! officers have. He is proud of his ship,
and says Admiral Dewey confessed that
the Raleigh could sink his fleet with
the exception of the flagship. He point
ed with pride to the newly painted spot
on small boat which indicated where
! the Spanish shell came through, and
| told US that when in action his ship
seemed to be afire, so great was the
! flames from the rapid-fire ''push-the-
button" guns. When we boarded her
he was busy reading a treatise on 'Phe
Raising of Sunken Ships"
WATCH FOR WILLIAMS.
Another good effect of payday was
the presentation to Quartermaster A.
L. Williams of a fine gold watch. Ser
geant Williams took charge of the
kitchen only a few weeks ago, but since
then he has run things so splendidiy
he has merited the love and respect of
all the boys of the command. At re-
treat on Saturday evening Sergeant
Wells presented him with the watch
and on being pressed for responding
speech he mounted table and while
his gray locks fiuttered in the tropi-
cal breeze he delivered himself in a
way that appealed TO the hearts of all
of his listeners He said: when the
call for volunteers came, 1 could not
ask others to go without going myself
SO 1 enlisted. 1 realized that 1 was
getting along on the shady side of life
and could not hope to distinguish my
self like some of the young fellows. But
I thought 1 could maybe help out some
way, and I've tried always to make
life as pleasant as 1 could for the boys,
and my heart has always been and al
ways will be with the boys"
Tonight at retreat an order was read,
stating that at his own request Corpo-
raj Varian was reduced to the ranks
The request is the outgrowth of trouble
over the food question.
Utah's battalion of artillery is now
free and Independent again, after be-
ing under the wing of Captain O'Hara
of the Third regulars for two weeks.
When the order came for Captain
Young to report TO Captain O'Hara all
the men howled loudly, and the Off
GERS We're very busy for a few days
on some scheme or other, which, We
suppose, was the cause of our welcome
release.
MORE SICKNESS.
The hospital ship is at last going
home, carrying four debilitated Utah
men. They are Privates Rowland, Tut
tie, Wagner and Bleuth. Health is not
so good generally as it has been. There
is q gradual weakening of all the men,
due to the fierce heat. If we We're to
attempt another campaign like the one
before Manila, many of US would give
out. The boys gTumbie more about do
ing a ten-minute job than they did then
about working a whole day. Ear
trouble and fever is prevalent. Ser
geant Fisher is ROW in the hospital
with the latter, and Carpenter B. Will
dens is sick in quarters.
Sergeant Allen has been detached to
the ordnance department and will prob
ably never rejoin the command. Cor
poral Ritter performs the duties of SER
geant over the Fifth section
Lieutenant Critchlow was. last even
ing, presented with a handsome ivory
cane by sections and / of battery A.
Although the ivory is three feet long,
it does not show the least curvature of
the tuSks, and is polished beautifully.
on the gold handle is the inscription:
Presented to Lieutenant Critchlow by
sections and 4 of battery b, Utah
volunteer artillery, in memory Of
Aug. l.
On that night the Spaniards made
their second fierce attempt to blow up
our guns. Lieutenant Critchlow was in
command, and returned the Spanish
fire, shot for shot. One shell struck the
muzzle of the gun behind which the
lieutenant was standing. 1t tore off the
sight and exploded just behind, passing
within a foot Of the lieutenant's head.
All who saw him say they never saw a
cooler, Drawer man in the trenches. His
actions have won him the deepest love
and respect of all the men under him.
The work of the four young lieutenants,
Critchlow, Grow, Naylor and Webb,
was truly wonderful and they have
earned the deepest respect of all the
boys.
Charles Mabey has decided to make
the circuit of the giobe, instead of re-
turning to Utah. He will accompany
Messrs. Wells and Ritter, and the trio
are completing the plans for the long
trip. RUSSELL, Battery A.
MAY GAMBLE AT DENVER.