The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-28
THE BOYS AT CAL0OCAN
Interesting Letters From Mon
tana's Fighting Men.
DESCRIBE THE BATTLE
Many of the Letters Are Accompanied
by Diagrams-Chaplain Stulrs
List of Killed and
Wounded.

The mail which arrived from the West
yesterday brought several letters from
the Anaconda fighting men in the Phil
ippines. One of the letters is from
Chaplain Stul and gives the list of
killed and wounded in the Montana reg
iment up to Feb. IS. It is dated at Cal
ocean and gives the following casual
ties. up to 7 o'clock p. M:
Feb. BIN charge on Chinese ceme-
terry where the insurgents were en-
trenched:
E. L. Skinner Company I, wounded
in left thigh, slight.
William Meyersick, Company l. shot
under right ARM bullet ranging down.
ward; died of lockjaw Feb. 12 and
buried in grave marked 3S, Military
cemetery, Feb. 10.
John Sorenson. Company L. shot in
left eye, wound serious, but at this hour
doing nicely and will recover.
Charles Rumels Company H, shot in
right leg, but wound slight
George A. Rowland shot in right ear,
wound slight.
Lester Pierstoff Company c, wound
right thumb, very slight
Percy r. Billiard, Company I. big
toe shot while advancing from tent to
trench, by himself.
Harry Slack, Company B. shot in left
hip, slight.
On Feb. 10-While advancing from
our position at Chinese cemetery to Cal
ocean across a paddy and rice field
]. G. Bullard.a Company A, right lower
jaw, slight.
Capt. w. L. Hill, right thigh, cutting
femoral artery, serious, but not neces-
sarily fatal. Tonight I have just left
him and he is in fine spirits.
Clarence G. Briggs Company F, shot
in neck by sharp shooter, died Feb. IL,
buried Feb. u.
William Borthinck, Company G. shot
near left elbow. but only slight wound
]. j. Campbell. Company NJ right
arm, slight.
Everett Metcalf, Company B. right
arm, slight.
R. B. Wallace, lieutenant colonel. left
side near spine Have just left him and
he is all right. Wound serious, but not
at all fatal. Shot while leading the
center linein attack on Caloocan. Fired
on by sharpshooter. Wallace was par
ticularly brave and absolutely indiffer-
ent as to danger.
Carl Peterson, Company G, right
shoulder, slight.
Fred l.. Hail. Company I, shot in back
Dy SHdrpStlOOlef, uleu WITHIN an uOuT.
His brother George was with him and
deserving the sharpshooter, shot him
dead.
James F. Cravier, Company F, flesh
wound, slight.
Lieut. W. C. Gardenhire, Company F,
right thigh and is still fighting
J. w. Kennedy, right thigh, slight.
D. D. Babcock, Company G, right
ankle, slight.
Seth Dibble, Company A, both legs,
slight.
J. w. Box, Company d, right shoulder,
slight.
e. ]. Reynolds, Company D, groin and
broken arm. All right and will re-
cover.
David Brunnea, near left eye, but
sight all right.
G. w. Boardman, Company A, left
leg, but on duty.
G. w. Loman. Company d, abdomen,
slight flesh wound.
Feb. 11-While at breakfast before
Malabon:
Thomas Malloy. Company X, right
shoulder blade very slight.
Feb. II, at 10 p. M, while Charles
Brietan, Company b. was asleep in
trench was shot through left arm, only
slight.
Montana certainly ought to be proud
of her regiment Regulars speak of
them as regular fighting devils-abso-
lutely unaware of danger, they made
sallant charges 1t is hard to keep them
back.
Fighting is now on again." adds DR..
Stull"
An interesting letter is that written by
Private James A. Callahan of Company
X, of this city Mr.. Callahan writes
from Camp Wallace. Caloocan. under