Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-19
SOUTH DAKOTkS
SPLENDID RECORD
Volunteers From That State Took q
Leading Part in the Campaign
in the Philippines.
SACRIFICED 50 OF HER SONS
Ten Officers Am ng the Dcah--Sixty.
Mine Wounded, Including ~
Oaiccrs--I,ostrr Of the
Dead Heroes.

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Washington special to the Yankton
Press and Dakotan: OF the record Of
the volunteer organizations which
served in the Philippines none are
more interesting than those or the
First South Dakota volunteer infantry.
This regiment suffered the heaviest IN
killed and wounded of any volunteer
organization sent 10 the far east. II
the killed and wounded can be- taken
as an indication Of the services of the
regiment il occupies the first place
among the organizations OF heroes
sent 10 the orient. Up 10 and includ-
ing the 9Th day Of this month the l'st
of dead numbers 50, Including 10 olli-
GERS. while the list OF wounded num-
bers 60, including l2 officers.
No volunteer regiment that sa led
for the Philippines will return home
with u brighter record than the FL st
| South Dakota volunteer infantry.
From the time il arrived at Manila,
about September /, 1898, the organiZa-
ton was looked upon both 10y the com
handing generals in the field and the
officials here ms one Of the most rel
| able and courageous in the islands. II
| has participated in probably more bat
ties than any other volunteer organ
i~zation, making n magnificent record
in each, calling forth the just recogni-
ton Of it's valorous services in the
reports Of commanding generals.
The following is n complete list OF
the dead thus far reported TO and
recorded in the war department;
Samuel G. Frazee. private. Company
I. January 10, 1899. cerebro spinal
meningitis. San Francisco,
l.. A. Roberts. private, Company +.
September ., 1898, typhoid fever, san
Francisco.
Judson p. Wickham, private, Com
pany +, September o, 1898. typhoid
fever, San Francisco.
Leon Hull. private. Company ID, July
pa. 1898, pneumonia, San Francisco.
j. Goddard, musician, Company ~,
June -, 1898, pneumonia, Sioux Falls,
S. II.
John Dale. private, Company II, July
2S. 1898, accidental gunshot wound.
Newell T.. jerks. private, Company
l., Judy 20 1898, pneumonia, Rio de ia
Metro.
Frank S. Denison, private, Company
y, October II, 1893, typhoid fever, san
Francisco.
Joseph w. Whitman, WAGNER. Com-
pany NJ, August &c, 1898, acute tubcrcu-
LOSS, Cavite. y. |.
Martin &. Mortenson, private, Com
pany Il, September %, 1898, puerpural
fever. Cavitc, i. /.
Edward Mancher, private, Company
T., September s, 1898, acute typhoditis,
Cavite. u. /.
Fred c. G%rccnslit, private, Company
ID. October II, 1903, typhoid fever, Ma
Mia.
ROYAL II. Smith, corporal, Company
", October 9G. lsOs. smallpox. Manila.
Roy w. Slower. sergeant major, hos
pital corps service, October p, 1898,
acute diarrhoen, Manila.
A. O. Eidsncr, private, Company ID,
November 2, 1898, typhoid fever, Ma
Mia.
Jay A. Smith, private, Company G.,
November II, 1898, malarial fever, Ma
Mia.
Irving ]. Willett, musician, Company
+. November 30, 1898, d~yscntcry, Ma
Mia.
Otto j. Berg, private, Company +,
January 81, 1890, diphtheria, Manila.
Ray p. Anderson, private, Company
Il, November 2, 1898, smallpox, Manila.
James NJ. Clark, private, Company
X. November %, 1898, dysentery, Ma
Mia.
James T.. Link, private, Company |,
December 1, 1898, ~dysentery, Manila.
John j. Mahoney, private, Company
X, December /, 1898, typhoid fever, Ma
Mia.
Olayur Il. Fellard, private, Company
NJ, February 3, 1899. variola, Manila.
Fred +. Green, private, Company /,
February 8, 1890, killed in action, Ma
Mia.
William c. Tower, private, Company
I. February 3, 1899, killed in action,
Manila.
Horace ]. McCrackcn, private, Com
pany II, February >, 1899, killed in ac-
ton, Manila.
Victor f. Schofeld, private, Com
pany |, February 4, 1899, variola, Ma
Mia.
Edwin 4. Harting, first lieutenant,
Company A, February H., 1899,
drowned, Pasig.
Wilson NJ. Osborn, corporal, Com
pany +, February Is, 1899, variola, Ma
Mia.
Oscar Felker, private, Company c,
February %, 1899, killed in action,
Caloocan, y. |.
William b. Smith, sergeant. Com
pany NJ. February %, 1899, killed in
action. CalOOcan. l., l.
Horace G.. McCordic, private, Com
+, March %, 1899, variola, Ma
Mia.
Jonas II. Lien, first lieutenant, adj
iutant, March -, 1899, killed in ac-
ton, Manila.
James W.. Nelson. private, Company |
ID, March 81, 1899, killed in action, Ma
Mia.
Mathew n. Ryan, private, Company
ID. March %, 1899, killed in action, Ma
Mia.
Lewis Chase, private, Company d,
March -, 1899, killed in action, Ma
nila.>
Harry Il. Keogh, private, Company
f. March -, 1899, killed in action, Ma
Mia.
Sidney +. Morrison, Company +,
lieutenant, March %, 1899,
killed in action, Manila.
Peter Ryan, private, Company +,
March ~, 1899, killed in action, Ma
Mia.
Frank A.. Schroeder, private, Com '
South Dakota Brcvitics.