Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-08-18
TRAGIC END.
Story of the Death of Two Scouts Who
Led the Picked North
Dakotans.

a dramatic story of the Philippine
campaign. With a strange ending, is
told by Major Grant Of the Utah artil-
lery, to whom it was related by Gen.
eral Lawton. 1t is Il story Of the
achievements of Young's scouts, under
their volunteer leader, a civilian, who
went to Manila lust to help out the
boys" AS Major Grant sat i'll Law
tons headuarters. near Canadaba,
General I.awton referred to the cam
paign then in progress to the north
and east OF Manila, and said:
THE work of my men during this
campaign has been simply wonderful,
anu much OF its success is due to the
gallant work of the scouts. Soon
after leaving Malolos | entered the
enemy's country, and was greatly an
nOyed by their sharpshOOters. One
morning had ordered a halt to make
Il reconnaissance. Sitting on a log
some distance to the front of where
my staff and | We're. ! saw IL man in
civilian dress. coolly watching opera
lions.
II asked who he was. and one of nv
staff officers replied that he did not
know. but that he had seen him on
the firing line many times. and, al
though lie had been frequently ordered
to the ear he had diSobeyed the order,
The officer added: lie has been n
t%inucuSly in front of our lines under
tire. but the men can't keen him
away
Nov. if there's anything that
Anglers me it's to see Il brave man en-
pose himself. SO l ordered the
stranger sent to ME. He approached,
and l was much taken with his an.
pehrance. l said: who are YOU,
II what are you doing out here:'
III replied: 4 am an American
citizen. My name is Young. / have
been Il scout in the Indian campaigns
of Montana and the Dakotas, and |
thought Id come out here to try and
help out the boys a littlc.'
ii recalled his name as II of the
men who had done gallant service
against the redskins. l asked him if
he could pick twenty-five men like
himself from the North Dakota regi-
ment. He said he could. and l at
once appointed him chief of scouts,
He accepted. and next day was ready
for business. During the campaign
these men did gallant service. They
would leave the camp with only rifles,
cantcens. and ammunition. and be
gone sometimes four days.
O the way to San Ysidro the en-
envy had crossed the river on our APP
proach. and set fire to the bridge.
Then Young'S scouts showed their
mettle. The brave fellows waded
into the water on either side of the
bridge, and. using the campaign hats,
dipped up the water and pu, out the
fire on the bridge. Young and a man
named Harrington. his lieutenant,
armed only with %revOlverS. stood III
plain sight on the bridge covering
their men. When Il Filipino raised
his head above the trenches Il revolver
bullet ended his career.
1.-The brave officers held the bridge
amid a storm Of bullets till finally
Young fell, shot through the knee
Harrington ran to the wounded leader
and. with Il pistol in each hand. stool
over the fallen man. shooting at tho
Filipinos who tried to pick him off
He held his position till the soldiers
came ana carried Young to the rear
and later sent him to Manila hospital
Our men crossed the bridge and drove
out the rebels.
"A few days later Harrington tool
his men to the front. and after Il hare
march stopped for supper at : o'clock
He sat down, leaned against Il banl
of earth. and waited for the mess call
He did not respond when the cal
came, so his men went to look fol-
him. They found him leaning back
his head resting on his breast. with !;
rifle lying by his side-a corpse. He
had fallen asleep and a stray bullcI
passed through his neck. killing him
Next morning | sent this persona
message to Young, III the Manila hos
pital: Harrington died at ) O'Clock
last night \ few hours later l re
ceived from the chief surgeon in tn,
hospital this dispatch: Young dice
at ) O'Clock last night
$50 the two brave men had closet
their last campaign at almost thu
same moment. Too high praise can
not be given these brave heroes ant
the little band of fearless scouts"