Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-11
TWENTIETH KANSAS

or the Springfield IN abort arm work ~
was IAN and frr. load. advance. fan and
fire for nearly 600 yards. and then
brief pause ana "a rattle OF metal nH
nayonota were fixed. Then the bugiou
BOUNDED Charge" ana. with panic
breeding yclls the regiment swept
through o. bamboo thIckct and On up "a
rioap hlll lc1ping OF stumbling over the
bodice % dead or dying Flllnlnaa. rlght
up 90 the intreuchmcnta The hot blood
WINS iu the nects of the knnsanV. ana
nulaIrg Co the notes of "A Hot Time
They had seen thelr dead. and "all h'lf
could not have stopped them as The
crossed the trenches. vacant now, cav.
Coo ihU dying dr ueld. and pursued tns
lying FIllpincs over an elevated plain
who're careful aim could ho taken. Com
pany ". the color company. and Com
pluy ~ were the nwi ln the town ana
hy 600 the stnfa and Stripes were float
lnr from the tnlicst storplc. u was
thtn Den. Macarthur said. N want TO
stop the advance 10 I can eaten Kan
flf.' Government Statistics viii tell 90
the value % that Victory. with iis town
~ 1000 people. railroad machine 9hopa
ana thc rolling u0ck of tho only ran
road ON the leland. History win also trI
how machlniaiH 90 once voluntarily
dropped out of the ranks Iona enough
90 repair the locomotives damaged by
The rebels previous 90 their llght
After the calooncan nrht the lines
were Withdrawn o. half mile and in-
tranchInr to1lT distributed. Tired na
they wers with thoir day'n marching
and nrhtnF the men went chcoruly
90 work diEglnE trenches and building
pIfnpHH NJ fand bags, and that nirht
the regiment lny in lta own bitches ana
lt ala1cd there for The next HlN weeks,
while Preparations for MacArthur'a
movement toward Mnlolos were being
perfected. During an those weeks the
raalmunt was under nrc constantly.
night aud day. The appearance u u
head above the parapcts was the sig
nHl for "a volloy from The Fiilppni sharp.
sh1utcrH concealed ln the iurglea They
had earned hy disastrous experience
the range 90 tho cd black powder
sprlnrnclda carried BY the Kansas boys.
90 they were careful 10 keep beyond ID
and used their amokolers powder. long
range Mauacra ln comparative safoty.
Hut az timoe the hnrasslng IRE was
moro than the temper Of the troops
could stand and on several occasions.
notably February %, 80 81 and p. and
March n and 10. an cnort Ia dialodgc
tho flllpluoa resulted In sharp atlrm-
lshca. In which the regiment Loot NUM-
Der Of men 10 Killed and wounded.
Elliott. of Company u,
In the advance ON Maloioa the iiuo
was rc1rrnurod. The metal Of those
eQth Kansas boys had been tried and 10
had rang true every time The nwk-
ward regiment that a fow months be-
fore had Eat on the fence whiting ami
spinning yarns eorcnely unconscious
that u was incumbent on them 10 spring
to attention and salute their passing Of
nCfrf and brigade cnmmandnra had
proved Just ne nonchalaut when hell
yawncd To- their front The onomy wna
mover IN too great force nor TOO we'll
fortified Tor the kanaana o. charge.
their rifles flashing and hayoucts u.gilt-
ter in the Gun. by the rcnrrnnEement
the kanrara held the center.
Under the cover of darkness. March
%, The lines advanced 10 q short die
tanco from the enemy ontrenched on the
ppusltc bank % the TullAhnn River.
behind O. fringe % bamboo There
again the knnsaus rushed across open