The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16
DjSKY SAN JUAN VETERANS.
Continued from ras. One.

the Cuban campaign In the detachment.
OF the los men and officers. thirteen were
in the fighting line at Santiago. Five Of
these viii carry scars TO their graves az
mementoss OF their ngat with the span
iards IN the tropics.
Augustus Snowten. private. was wound
ed in the right arm and again In the
right leg on that day when the Stars and
Stripes were borne TO the top OF the San
Juan hill IN the face OF a deadly IRE
from the Spanish trenches Snowten has
been q soldier almost a quarter Of q
century, having enlisted In Tennessee In
1915
We were detailed a. reserves when the
fight began said Snowten. Then, you
remember. the Seventy-nrst New York
regiment refused to advance. 1t Is not
for me to say what was the trouble with
them-tha:'s all been printed Anyhow.
just as the fight got hottest. we were
ordered 10 take the firing line. We had
the center-the Twenty-fourth coiored
troops I mean--and We were in the fight
TO q Hnish
1T was L. o'clock when Company c got
into the fight. We formed into the line
by marching over the Seventy.Hrst. which
lay down In the grass. hugging the ground.
An hour afterward. Mauser went through
my right arm. / bound up the cut and
pressed forward. At o'clock that after
right leg. Then / quit. I got out OF the
hospital In the following October in New
York.
No. 7 didn't get on top the hill. but
was within 800 yards Of the block house.
John johnson. tall. we'll formed and
swarthy, has a scar four inches long on
the right side Of his head. 1t Is a fur
row ploughed by Spanish bullet On his
cheek is a scar where another leaden pellet
struck him. passing out under the skin OF
his neck. He was a private In Company
n. OF the Twenty-fourth on that never to-
be-forsotten day.
AlmOat Thirty Years Of Service.
Another Of the veterans Is Edwin Board
ingnammer. trumpeter Of Company l..
He was in that charse up the San Juan
heights "Sergt. Franklin, Of my company.
was the first man to reach the summit"
he said proudly. Then he waved the
flag and yelled: Come on. boysr and We
come
BoardinEhammer enlisted in 1910 from
Tennessee. In another year he will he en-
titled to be retired on full pay. with ra-
tons. allowance for subsistence, etc,
thrown In. 1t will amount to $50 or $40 per
month.
Company l. Is already we'll known on
account Of Its discinline and the pride its
members have in their appearance. This
Ialter tralt was Illustrated yesterday. n
copper colored trooper stood with arms
akinbo in the center Of an admiring
throny Some one asked to zee hts bay
onet. which. with hard wood handle like
a bow's-knife. hung at his side.
Carefully the private drew forth the
blade. which shone respondent in the sum
light.
The inquisitive hystander carefully felt
Its edge. "Better'n a razor. amt .t?' he
Inquired.
"Youse Just bet" came the reply There
was not speck OF rust as big as a pin
point on the blade.
The private carefully wiped the blade on
his coat and then returned It to It's scab-
bard.
We've got ter go through Inspection
he explained. land you kin lust bet there's
no flies on us Them white boys-they
haint so kerful as We be. But, say. I
spec we'll he RUSTY enun when we git
back from 'Laska."
VIII DO Garrison Duty.
Company I. will do garrison duty In
Alrska. Capt Hovey with ffty-fve men
Will be stationed at Dyea. and Lisut. jerks.
with forty-nine men will have his head
quarters az Wrangel Twenty-Five tons OF
ammunition and subsistence supplies were
put aboard the Humboldt Yesterday.
The men We're CHARTERED IN the hold.
where hunks had been erected for their
accommodation. They hreakfasted yester-
day IN tho road hetUean Portland and this