The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

Come on, boys" and they wanted no ser.
ond Invitation. Out into the open they
went, with the Calling throwing bullets
over their heads and the 6-pounder and the
Hotchkiss hurting heavy pieces far into
the trenches. 1t is a long way across
that cornfield, and the corn was not past
the second blowing. The tracks left there
are evidence that there was no hesitancy
in the attack. Col. Funston led them on
fully half mile, when they came right
in the face of a fire directed point-blanl,
at them from the trenches. One man drop
ped out and came back. He had wound
ed hand, and II was useless for the time
being. On the brown regiment went, past
clump of sbamboos, where the Mausers
were biting and whistling. until at last
1t reached the bitches a.ong the railroad
track and dropped into them.
Who goes across with me?" called Col.
Funston, and there was chorus Of
"Herer'
ITS a swim"
1--WE can SWIM" came the answer
But l don't want the regiment just
now, I'll take you all later"
So the colonel picked, out Lieut. Bah of
Company e. Corpl. McNulty of Company
E, First Sergeant Enslow of Company X.
and Privates Weaver, Case and Cooper of
Company K, with Capt. Boltwood Of
Company f. Now it was q case of follow
your leader, and never did a daring spirit
lead his followers into a more dangerous
place. The river, with its broken bridge
was between those men and Filipino
trenches. and out of the portfolios came
the shots. voliey went up from the
edge of the ditch that blew dust from
those ports. and woe TO the dark head
that appeared above. The colonel ran out
onto the bridge and across the tmberless
structure. Behind him were his picked
men.
The missing span was on the enemy's
side, but the boys hoped along and came
10 the end only to see their colonel whip
off his riding boots and jacket and slide
down bamboo pole into the water He
went clear out of sight In that plunge. but
came up, sputtering, within five feet OF the
broken span. This helped him along,
and before the last man was down the
pole Col. Funston had his hands on a long
native canoe In the men clambered. and,
with bullets flying over them in both dr.
rections. padded across.
Squad by squad the Kansans went
across, under cover of their reserve fire,
and when enough were there to make a
company they went up the bank around
the edSc Of the trenches and sent a nnak-
ing ire down along the bamboo embank-
ment The Fhipinos fled toward Gen.
Hale. and the Colorado boys and Col. Fun
ston held the trench--the first man across
the lsiNer Of Quingua and the first man
into the Filipino stronghold.
Where the reserve lay, as this is writ
ten or this 25th day of April the groand
is covered with empty shells, and Capt.
Russell Of the signal corps has his tent
pitched where one firing squad pumped
lead" He has 70 push the shells to one
side 10 make a comfortable place TO spread
his blanket So II is in every depression
along that front and wherever a biz OF
protection offered in the field. In some
places there is trail of shells across that
field Of growing corn
The Filpnos fled and left bomb-proof
retreats which did not show the mark Of
a bullet They fled before those Kansas
boys from trenches which a civilized army
never would have left, and would have
held against a mighty force. But Fill
pines do not tebi that way. They are
building traii OF breasworks far into The
North, and letreat from one 10 the next
as they must.
After all was over and Gen. Hale and