Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-12

DESERET EVENING
was battery n OF the Third heavy
United States nrtlliery which had been
30 the Preside In Frisco. They were
also outposts that night. and were
probably one and half miles In our
rear when the flrht began
They were nii armed az infantry.
with the KraiF-Jorasnacn ,ail heavy
litillefy nre first sent into the field ns
Infantry and as soon no they reached
our entertainments they know their
business They Jumped 10 the top and
sheet u flame" they pumped away.
They commenced firing without orders
nd
PLUGGED THE DoNs RIGHT.
a few minutes after battery X Of
The same artillery che Third came up
ma did likewise. The men were all
mixed up aud the officers had time
20 get their respective commands to-
Fethcr ''Rattery V men here" ono
would shout and Battery ~ men
here" nnothcri but the mon only
YELLED Here" and Kept pumping their
nnfasinca. The ofilcefs oven hid 10
irnE ihcm from the summit ~ The en-
icnchment Finally all tho men or
e.
ma Just nj this time IRE was poured
IN on our rear Two volioys were
lred. We're we attacked In rear. or
hah tho insurgents come up 60 help
~ nr TO hclp the snaninrds. we Won
hercd. However Il turned out 90 be
lniy the First California who had got.
zen INTO nur old ontronchmsnt. and
inlH,ook ~ for the Spanish. They ala
1 hhrm' having hrcd hlrh. and came
IHIINIa 49, HfaI.
tn.il blaineleea. ns Il was pitch dark
tfcnchment.
hMuLATEp iuGiif.ANnr rs.
no sum u ~. mere handful Of
Americans held 1000 spanlards AL bsy
ipr Two hours ana ten ininutes. dat.
iety ~ came up about 1850 ann f,Vhtt
i iiil ! say about cmulating the gorlbns.
iiil crawfordD pennayivania admit
iHat tns utah artillery saved them, the
Entertainments and All. or course thia
ms IA absurd. but Utah and penpsvi.
Nania dld save the day for fhe nlebti.
ihe Ienih Pennsylvania b1ya arr iihat
stuH'' They fought like veterans nv
-isp an the nflnE had ceased. oxcepi
nov ana then some rharp-ahooter wonid
is, ~ plaster w. The fght was our.
LII "s ives stiii there.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
We lost about ten killed and twenty
Neuuued. Ihe spAniards must have
ivst av' Qr 900, ana many more wound.
"a, as they had no cover, having iSft
crouf "N'"'
You may Imagine how hard Il WA FOR
endorsements 90 reach u. A Hraliing
~ j. ~ name for Il. ~ was fnur.
II0i,ItvIA several were wounded aud some
KILLED. The rapld.nrc guns wen fnrn",i
pn the road simply Tor that purn5sSN
V Wnhck our rclnf0rcnmcnin. Tho mon
VINO ifhNely came 20 our ala are ~.
a'.flnE of the utmost praise.
ammunition for the Tenth pannsyt.
'ehla ma our batteries arrived shortly
St.t IN. hfHt achievements f.lrut
u our rcllofs.
THINGS SEEN on THE SIDE.
10th gunners. varian and Itne,,s
Mtle stripped 10 the waist thruurhoui
the enlargement. aud b0ih ,ySr. .i,,na,
ieiuy 70 drop from exhaustion. ghort.
" before tho heavy hiring mad reasel
NAFlhh dropped, worn out. ana 49,
wv platt' ~ was hot work. The haaf
Wa "a intense and the smoke stifilnE.
nc htst or our men saw drop ware
/ JuHi on The right OF Knoaaa'a rup 'rbr.,,
tcu ln a bunch. one Killed ana 10
wounded. Immediately after. w1nt
| htVuhd TO 20 the left OF Varlan's ,u,
down N'' 'uhphhE
When the men from Batteries II npa
N came up and were nomewhat
one OF their Officers rfnbbsd a IN,
nom one Of his men. Jumped clear on
lop OF inc cmbankment, and emptind
nIat the gun ana then his reveiv.r
Jumped down ana yrllcd-'srhat'a the
way 10 90 u boys. ain low"
one or the men In battery * was
nWuek IN the foot BY a rifle nail Iust "a
they were starting 20 our relief, hui no
.Nie.el 10 80 back. saying that u was
rest ''
Another 81 the battery was aiming
hls hrelg-iogenscn Just on the left Of
NaHans gun, whom he was shot boz
tween the eyes. His KUN dropped on
lhe outside Of the entrouchmputa.
while he came tumbling down dead.
HOSPITAL CORPS ROASTED.
Tue men ~ the Tenth Pennsylyania
Who were out as plcketa. or outplsta.
ana were making their way back 10
our entertainments, were caught BE-.
tween .wo fires, and no doubt one or
two may have been shot hy their own
mon one OF them told me he laid la
ditch Tor over an hour before h.
could gft TO uH, The dead and wounded
IN this small party were rescued By
their own men who hravoiy went OUT
under IRE and brought their comradel
IN, What was thc matter with tn hos.
pltnl corpa1 you may here ask yourself.
All the time che dead ana dying were
lying around, the dying groanlnF ana
the less MORALLY wounded slowly
bleeding 10 death, the noble Rcd Gross
men were either qunklng In their boots
under some trees or back In chmn
asleep, can positively swear 10 this
and n any Of these high salnrled army
surgeons 90 say there were hospital
men there, | can only say that over 900
men can testify the same ~ !, one
thing that puts my mind az ease and
should youra, II that my wv. O.
llampton) was on duty AT camp thai
nlght and could not leave. Just about
$50 a. m. Cwu hours after the nr.ng
WIS oven these noble horocl' began
doing their work of mercy, I ann not
roasting the hospital corps collectively,
but individually. There were certain
NJ them who should have been there
who were not. They had a would.ba
hospital down along tho beach. and
even whom they took the men down
, there. after they had summed up cou.
rage enough TO 20 and get them after
the nrlng had ceased, they had no ap-
: unraftH 10 work with. Coming down