The record-union., 1898-12-11

with one blow. Frenzied with his hatred
of the Spaniards and overjoyed that the
American army was at his back, he
plunged forward, bowling like demon.
AS the line neared the crest an officer
of the cavalry warned Parker that he
was in danger Of shooting his. own men.
Not yet" said Parker. "The range is
too high. I'll stop when they are well
up" Some one in Pafker'sf own regi-
ment, the Thirteenth, signaled him
with white handkerchief whom ID
stop. Likewise Grimes and Parkhurst,
over 1000 yards in the rear, trained
their glasses on the blockhouse, watch
ed the advancing infantry lines, and
just in the nick of time ceased iiring,
for the conclusion of one Of Grimes
shells, which, fell short, stunned and
knocked down Captain Mcfarland OF
the Sixteenth Regiment. The Hotch-
kiss battery, from the same range as
Parker that is. the slope of Kettle
Hill-poured two-inch shell into the
blockhouse over the heads of the charg-
ing infantry.
The men of the Sixth and Sixteenth
aimed for the trenches on the Spanish
right and left of the blockhouse, pull
ing themselves up where the ground
was abrupt by graspipg the thick,
strong grass. UnUer the very crest
they were safe FROM Spa arish fire, but
at the top they encouptered four
strand barbed wire fences, which the
men of the Sixteenth cute through,
using their nlppers. The survivors say
that the trenches were lined with dead
and wounded Spaniards, whom they
had killed by g-Jorgensen fire,
while halted at the embankment far
ther down the field. They say that
Parkers guns did good work, espe-
cially in their moral effect upon the
advancing infantry.
One of the artillery shells had cut
down the Spanish flag, which, the men
of the Sixteenth say, was lying on the
roof when they passed by the block
house, or through it, for Lieutenant
Carey of Company z did pass
Through Ten minutes later he saw
the Thirteenth men taking the flag
from the roof The men of the Six
teenth say that when they opened fire
upon the Spaniards retreating from
the blockhouses and trenches some one
cried out. They're Cubans!'' The fire
was SlOppcd, lOl tllC spanish e.iAi1O1 III
and that worn by some Cubans was
similar; otherwise more Spaniards
could have been captured.
When the Spaniards began running,
Major Auman of the Thirteenth
started ahead shouting: "The Span
iards are running, boys! Forward,
Thirteenth" This speech of Auman's,
it was declared by officers in the bri-
gade, was a general bracer for them
all. Auman was a veteran. In the
firing line of the Thirteenth was a
gallant boy soldier, the son and name
sake Of General T. M Anderson, who
is with the army in the Philippines.
Young Anderson had won his way
from the ranks to a Lieutenancy.
AS the line of the Thirteenth started
forward for that last squirt Anderson
called out to the men nearest him,
Advance rapidly" and with about a
dozen others broke loose from the line
and rushed on to the Spanish ditch
which lay farthest down the slope.
This ditch had been one of the targets
of the Krag -Jorgensens of the Thir-
teenth. Clambering up, Anderson and
his little band moved around the block
house to get within range of the re-
treating Spaniards AS they passed
the blOckhOuSe they saw a Spaniar0 in