Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-31
SIXTEENTH IN THE FIGHT.
a Corporal Return, and Tells Of The Part That
Regiment Played.
Colonel rhcater. lilo says. Was Regular
iiorsc An Through the
tight.

Andrew Krctchmeior corporal In
company c Of the sixteenth. returned
TO For, sherman Today otter having
received a wound from Mansef bullet
which would have killed any ordinary
man. says correspondent, OF the spo-
kane sp0kesman-R Review. Though his
rlght arm Is In a sling and siiii otuses
him considerable pain. yet his jovhi
German nature asserts i.self In hi de-
Hcrlp,lons of his participation In the
fight
u wasn't scared at all. bu, my legs
were liolie shaky sevcrai dimes and
] expect a good many OF the boys had
the same complaint. u wasn't 90 bad
when We were moving. but Tor about
20 minutes at one time we had to lis
r,lll In the open and wax. and She bull
lets playing n regu,ir tune the whole
time Just over our heads. Tho
Mausers would x, alp. zip. zip. and she
thrapnel would Ro ping. ping. ping,
unlesa some poor chap would get IN thu
way, when II was easy 90 tell thtt
somebody was hit from the chuck
when They struck fcsh and bone. How
I - many fNtI kut AnlfhhA cans uk-
ure Ow. Tor u was ~ perfect hell from
thc time We got within range uniil we
| Eos shot down. or got % TIE top. Well,
as ! rild. my legs got pretty Timber
when I saw the boys getting 10 on both
sides " me. but I got down on my
hanus and knees and managed 90 koep
W With the company.
WHAT CAPTAIN ALLEN DID.
"one thlnE shat kept oui nerve ~
was the bravery OF our ofiiccrs and g..
| peclaily Captain Allen Of our company
Fightl Well, didn't he. thought Why
| you would have thought ne Wa OF
parade 90 have seen him there. and mol
q hoy waa shot down but he was IN,
nrfi @ notice !. ana give directions soi
assisting him 90 che rear II The pool
chap had any chance OF living. Oui
company under the influence Of such d
Elllani Leader was the IRE 90 react
The fring line, whore the sixth hae
halted and were awaiting our support
JuF, az we reached thcm the cnemy'l
IRE from rifle ana machine guns be,
came hell i,Hclf and a number Of then
were wavcrlng ana giving back whsf
che caVialn jumped ins1 their midst
sword IN hand, and by his cOOlnrni
avericd whns might have been "a panic
You ought 20 have heard him talk {.
those follows. steady. boys he yelled
don't disgrace the regulars by retreat,
Ing from any white livered Hpanlartl
stand up. d-n you, and take YOU
medicine like men. 50 help me. God
III make a skinner o. the firrt on,
that turns his back Aud he meant 10
too, and u seemed 10 etlffon all oui
backs and trembling knees 90 watch
him.
COLONEL THpAKER's BRAVERY
Colonel Thcaker. too. was n regular
horse all through the nght and Wal
right In tho fronl row all the time.
remember once while the flght wal
hottest and our entire line had haitcs
for moment. he showed Up Just Il
front OF uh anal called out. What com
pany ID thiaT Company G. war lhl
answer. You are the company l an
looking for. keep a moving. he said
and VIZ moved and kept moving. Jus
~ tho deviiinh harbed wire trap thci
liked for IA l F1t Il ana was smashe,
down about the same Au II | had rui
against n locomotive. The last thin
I remember was captain Allen open
Ing my hayersnck and taking out som
Letters az he said. Poor deVii. he 20
u sure Some Of The boys took me q
the rear and the next thing I know
was In theN h0Fpi'al. The bullet IA,
struck me IN the riFht shoulder. Eiint
tcfing my arm. passed through M
right lung and came o,it al mo emai
OF my back. I rplt blood and was com
pleteiy paraiyEcd for several weeks
hut fnaily pulled through and II tn
chance ever comes my way am read
TO take another crack at the Span
I