Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-19
SOUTH DAK0TA'S
SPLENDID RECORD
Volunteers From That State Took a
Leading Part in the Campaign
in the Philippines,
SACRIFICED So OF HER SONS
Ten Officer Az. ing the D~cal.-Sixty.
mine WUuadcd, Including II
OEiCcrs--i,osttr Or the
Dead Heroes.

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Washington syeciAl 10 the Yankton
Press aud Dakotan: or the record, of
'hn Volunteer organizations which
served in the Philippines none are
more interesting than those OF the
First Sen'h 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 at the
regiment II occupies til first place
among the orsAniIat;o:s Of heroes
e n 10 the or rent. Up 10 and includ-
imp the 9Th day of this month the l'st
of dead numbers 80, including 10 ollis
GERS, while the list OF wounded NUM-
hers 50, including 10 officers.
No volunteer regiment that "a led
Gor the Philippines viii return home
with 4 brighter record than the Fl ut
South Dakota volunteer infantry.
From the time il arrived at Manila,
about September !. 1898, the organiIa-
ton was looked upon both 10y the com
handing generals in the field and the
officials here as one Of the most re l.
able ard courageous i'm TIE islands. II
has participated in probably more bat
Ties than any other volunteer organ
i%aation. making Il magnificent record
i'm each, calling fo-th the just recogni-
ton of it's valorous services in the
reports of commanding generals.
The following is a compete list of
the dead thus far reported 10 and
recorded in the war department:
Samuel c. Frazee. private. Company
J., January 10, 1899. cerebro spinal
meningitis. San Francisco.
l.. \. Roberts, private. Company +.
September Q, 1895. typhoid fever, San
Francisco.
Judson p. Wickham, private, Com
pany +. September Q, 1898, typhoid
fever, San Francisco.
Leon Hull, private. Company ID. July
"a 1898. pneumonia, San Francisco.
j. Goddard, musician. Company ~,
June II. 1898. pneumonia, Sioux Falls,
6. II.
John Dale. private. Company II. July
2S, 1895, accidental gunshot wound.
Newell f.. jerks, private. Company
l., July 20, 1898, pneumonia. Rio de ia
Metro.
Frank $. Dpnison. private. Company
r, October Il. 1898. typhoid fever. San
Francisco.
Joseph W.. Whitman. WAGNER. Com
pany NJ, August 26, 1898, acute tnbercu-
loss. Cavite, j. |.
Martin c. Mortenson, private, Com
panY +. September p, 1898, puerpural
Cavite. u. ].
Edward Mancher, private. Company
September s, 1898, acute ty%phoditiS.
,a va :. arsss-s.,. y-s,y.,s, ssmpssy
Royal ". Smith, corporal, Company
j., October 90. 1898, smallpox, Manila.
Roy w. Slower, sergeant major, hos
pital corps service. October 21, 1898,
acute diarrhoea, Manila.
A. O. Eidsner. private, Company ID.
November 3, 1898, typhoid fever, Ma
Mia.
Jay A. Smith, private, Company G.,
November IA, 1898. malarial fever, Ma
Mia.
Irving j. Willett, musician. Company
+. November 80. 1898. dysentery, Ma
Mia.
Otto ]. Berg, private. Company +,
January p, 1899, diphtheria. Manila.
Ray p. Anderson, private, Company
Il. November ., 1898, Smallpox. Manila.
James NJ. Clark, private, Company
Is. November 25, 1898, dysentery, Ma
Mia.
James i. Link, private, Company I,
December /, 1898, ~dysentery, Manila.
John j. Mahoney, private, Company
X, December l, ] 1898, typhoid fever, Ma
Mia.
Olayur 7. Fellard, private. Company
NJ, February 3, 1899. v~ariola, Manila.
Fred +. Green, private. Company !,
February 5, 1899, killed in action, Ma
Mia.
William c. Tower. private. Company
I. February 5, 1899, killed in action,
Manila.
Horace j. McCracken. private, Com
pany II, February ), 1890, killed in ac-
ton, Manila.
Victor +. Schofield, private, Com
pany /, February 4, 1899, variola, Ma
Mia.
Edwin 4. Harting. first lieutenant,
Company A, February IA, 1899,
drowned, Pasig.
Wilson NJ. Osborn, corporal, Com
pany F, February Is, 1899, v~ariola, Ma
Mia.
Oscar Felker, private, Company c,
February %, 1899, killed in action,
Caloocan, p. j.
William b. Smith, sergeant, Com
pany NJ, February %, 1899, killed in
action, C~aloocan, T.. L.
Horace G.. McCordic, private. Com
pany +, March 90. 1899, ~variola, Ma
Mia.
Jonas III. Lien, first lieutenant, adj
%jutant, March %, 1899, killed in ac-
ton, Manila.
James w. Nelson, private, Company
ID, March %, 1899, killed in action. Ma
Mia.
Mathew n. Ryan, private, Company
ID, March 81, 1899, killed i'm action, Ma
Mia.
Lewis Chase, private, Company ID,
March 81, 1899. killed in action, Ma |
Mia.
Harry Il. Keogh, private, Company |
Il, March 81, 1899, killed i'm action, Ma |
Mia.
Sidney +. Morrison. Company Z.
second lieutenant, March 81, 1899. |
killed in action, Manila.
Peter Ryan, private, Company T.,
March 81, 1899, killed in action, Ma
Mia.
Frank a. Schroeder, private, Com
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