Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-16

llght she Spanish couldr't see airy AZ
ference IN the eri.renchmcrt. f1r 10
booked Just the same film thcir SIDE
They didn't know we had the gaps cut
glf u the entrsnchmtnt VT the guns
there either. They thought we had
r1ihlng up there but Infantry. We
Hld our guns ready 10 Dire ca them any
minute. '.he first shot We fired would
DOW away she blind " blmt.l ard o.
iis Work as we'll
The Srinish were figuring on max
inF a charge on our infantry and tax
VIZ our .nirenchmcnts. Tho ncNt frht
the nigM Of the 3ist. !hry made the
DhlrEc. but they dldnt take them. We
uid not expect the attack Tor we were
w. ~ there more for guard than any
.hlnF, tu the camp would NOT be I'm
danger white they were gfsllng ready
ilr the blmh1rdmcnt ANA waiting f1r
tho rest ~ the soldiers 20 get herelrhat
nlEht wc Just had the four rurs up
more and seven men 20 each gun: tW1
"i th' guns belonged 60 battery 49,
snl tWp o. battery ~. Each battery had
l9urieen men up thore go that made
seven men 90 she gun. The ponnsyi-
Na1la Infantry was alHl ur there Win
uH mat uight The Pennsylvania and
We 'Eother made about j01 men.
Everything was very quiet all dty
hhi about . O'Clock Ne g.. some fUra
anu iald them down % iha Sides 10 bur
huhH ana Then Elt some boards aud nut
on TOP N the logs and i1ii d1v1 flr
Steep We were all tired and 10 was not
inns before We were asleep bur tho
infantry had 90 Keep their eyes upsn. 10
vas the first time they had been up
mere and they could stand %. We slept
hh' iIll hnlf-paHt eleven. Then the NJ.
l9ti or rife On g che right of ua woke
w up' Theu three more reports were
htardright from the F1mo place. guess
mat was a up-al fDr them go ttari. f,r
a. i'.n ne those three shots wore nrad.
tnc whole sfuHifh Hnr opened fire Ia ur.
Before dark. the officers gave DE s,r|ei
orders not 90 nre unlers the spanish
l.tt thCr entertainments They IA ri
Close that We could hear ihe click nf
tnrir MAGAZINES A. they worked choir
guns. Thur We opened up on chem. we
shot on arms, heads. legs ana every
thlng else. Thoy went back go their
tnironchmgnts then and started 20 Dol,
their ifg guns on ~. and We hid r1n.
h1i cluluai'ng Tor while. There was
plenty ~ rIlHc around thcfa. jus ns
we started Co nHht 70 stared 90 rain.
hnd ] never fnw % ran % hard in my
fie. ana 10 Kept 10 up nll uirht. 30 that
inud and wnter were ~ o. our knees 40
hl'nE INC line. Every lime the gun
was nfcl u would recnil 10 or ~ fool
and that would make the mu1 ny All
over ~. We were an fslkad ti our
skin. Before the fight ! thought N 1
over r1t Into u battle ! would feel kind
81 ahlky, but never sock any thing =,
cool IN my ne. and / never expected 10
ret org - 10 alive. but I didn't care
snap. ] felt a. though my mo Waa1't
Mgith twp cents Ana I didn't care
whether I got out ~ 20 1r nn'. ua Tong
ne helped td yet a frNspauInria before
ihcy Fnt me. Rut ! dldn. ikn She Hluud
~ ihn spanish cannon balls
when they nut started 10
10 hum over our heads. thry sound al
moufnful The small bullets would
come through those gaps like han.
Every tlmn We nred our gun the Splu.
lsh would llrr az the Hash with iheIr
rifles. ana I know those little bullets
were whlsillng some kind M tune. J.
didn't notice what kind u tune ii wbn
az tho time, I was too busy. but think
now 10 was home sweet home"
The closes, call that had that ]
know of I should say, for a fellow don't
Know how close they are till h. feels or
tlcs them hit. was when We run the
KUN up against the bank ana q BAH hit
iha top ~ the bank about six Inches
from my nose. The mud and sand that
lpW In my face Htunr. Well. I Thought
Tor minute that I was shot and pus
my baud up 10 feel Tor blood but all
that | could md was mud About twh
O'Clock everybody was running out of
ammunition ana ghinEs looked quite
gloomy. The Infantry started 10 nx
bayoneu aud We had our revovors