The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
WAN nomoas ron a MULE.
A Cavalry Captains story Of the Santiago
Trenches.

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Ever rear now an oio army muie
savsu tne nitn army corps q. SAINT
ago.. asked a captain III the 90 caNai-
~. Tnere was a general murmur amohs
the captains AUDITORS NAT sienineu
tnst ne couidnt tel 100 much ABOUT
the wonderful exploit OF the much-ma-
iigned animal, and Win a rev more
puns AT ms cigar ne began:
we mao taken a Juan mn ana our
line holding II was too thin for safety.
thoush the talk ABOUT witndrawlng
came only IRON people VINO gave an
tne oroers put were not at the front.
ihe.e was a ieeiihs OF herNoushess anu
restiessness among the men that dion I
neip me situation. An order TO re-
treat would PROBABLY nave meant a
rientru panic ana all the omcers were
hiied win anxiety n sending BACK
urgent messages that the line should
De held al all nazards, put that rem
iorcements must De pushed forward at
once In q 10 hold the position. This
was the SITUATION when an army mule
began TO get In MS work.
rernaps IL was a snake OF n OF
,nose ~ ANU eiaos .ha. s'aI'eu MN,
~. macy. Mss ne pesan 10 sioh
as .nouen oe.erinined 10 Ievei 'he Mhois
.aIhp. oIash aiter crash souhueu
a.Uuen 'ne eanhp IN III Ien =
einh'y as lamp cnes,s, he,,ies anu az
.outrehnen,s VEN, hyihs III III uIe,-
.o n III" M Iorce ol nIs rdpIu,y WIN
ing neeIs; some recrui. hear py were
n tnroMn mo sonnIusIoh,
enu .nes Iusnsu arout yen,hs am
.ae III ~ ,ul oeihei ma. .ney
oeen suIP,Iseo hhsn. a'.aoA
vi - Spaniarus ~ ,nelr terro, ,h.y
pesdn nrins IN All oirec.ions anu III ~
mhsnu'es ene alouseu orieeIs nsa sne
whoie eannp unueI arn.s II resus ior
~ nioi"en.ains eHpec'eu at'ach
III eouIu ). "%Ne
ue t nole .In'e.s uonliehvins NE
So.n oi ! seenheu piuNi
uen,iaI' anu ia ,uiy conNihceu tnat
neasen INSURED we ac,, lor u span-
az" ~ at.e'p. uipiI snull
,i'ne aL.eiMaiu, pu' ,ne nule hau .hs
Sah"p unuei arns II luhy piePaIeu
ror tne enemy ~ minutes before We
scareu sen'fles caihe tearing ~ Win ,he
1--we ~ iounn W 'hei, surprise anu
10y INA ~ o,,ce,s nau 'he men "eii
IN manu- anu WIN 'heir iaees W the en-
einy.
coming AFTER the defeat or the day
peiore, IL must nave taken all neart
remaining OUT OF the Spaniards TO ma
US All up ana ready TOT them. a storm
Oh ouiiets met the nrst rusn' ana they
were tnrowh pack' utterly deteated n
emoraiizeu. Inc attack was wen
pianheo ana with our men worn out
with their constant ngntihg Tor Gays
ana iack OF sleep. IL would not nave been
uIiicul, 10 start d panic tnal mlent
ave ehueo IN the utter rout OF the
nith army corps once started ho'n-
ing couio nave stopped the demorah-
zauoh' ana win oniy the nairoWest
KIM OF roau on Which 10 retreat III Is
NOT 100 Hiuch 10 say that IL Is more
IMAM propapie NAT the Wnole corps
Wouiu nave peeh crushed ihere were
scores OF us In camp mat nignt after
.ne repuise VI .ne enemy VINO peneNea
iha' Just a > a noch %, geese irisn,eheu
the enemy ana saved ancient rome.
our vicious Ola army mule saNeu 'he
hi,n army coIps.
tnink inns story OF the san Juan
ngnt rs new continued the captain
we earned u aiter the SURRENDER.
Senerai Liha.es was present III person
uulihs our chdise at san juan MS
uispos!,iohs were maue an a~ccordance
WIN 'he pest hIItary science rus
eiovps oceupieu one o. tne strohgest
Pusi'Ions ne couIo posslpiy nave touho
~ orueis were 10 noiu the posltloh
70 uhe last, ana !, was ms 10
s.in ~ On u nanh WIN caVaI,y an,
er we nau adVsneea up tne NIL ana
crush Us ,nen ana ,here. Inc cavalry
was concealeu ma tnick WOOD near
the crest OF the NIL ana we dldn know
~ was .her me pan MAS a
gu. ohe. Linsies hilnseii Natchsu ths
ena.se lroh tnIs pace OF concealheht
AT hrs, ne was oVerJoyeu III the pros
pect, oeIns luiy conNlhceu ina MS
.roops lronI ,neir ~eh',encheu posltiohs
posl'lons souIu nun uoWn anu uemor-
an1 any io,ce sent AGAINST ,nefn, had
ht tOlllilidIutu AMERICAN lTOODS Il tnlUk
ms nu9e MouIu nav peeh sustained
~. hns nrsl surprise anne when ne
saw our men preak from cover ana pe-
81, WI ions' s'esuy strIues, ,heir a"-
iuI .haIse up 10 the crests from Whlch
ueatn IeaIheu OUT III an ulrectiohs LOT
nIcc'ins. Up anu up tney went, cheer-
,hs easeily q, eNety step, heeoIess OF
lhose VINO zen beside them' a reslstless
wave o DIue U Drown. As
9oinuas ,heIn oose irom coVer aho
LoiloWeu those III ADVANCE ana the per-