The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-10-07

regiment. On June n the regiment
departed from San Francisco for Ma
Mia, touching at Honolulu. = which
place q stop u two days was granted
and leave OF absence given 70 visit In
and about the city. On July the 9Th
the regiment left Honolulu for Manila
reaching that place Oh July 3ist. Be
fore arriving at Manila Ore broke out
IN the coal bnnkers on the Morgan City
and for I've days burned constantly,
and It was BY dint Of good luck and the
constant working OF the pumps that
the Gre was subdned.
Five days elapsed after reaching Ma
Mia before the idaho reg't. was landed
owing to the scarcity OF cascoes or bar
ges for transferring troops 10 shore
from the ships; bat on Aug. 9th the
troops succeeded In reaching the shore
at The town Of Paranaque, place stu
ated two miles below Camp Dewey and
seven miles below the city OF Manila.
The town Of Paranaqne since that
time became famous Is being the loca-
ton OF a battle ground holly contested.
A weeks rest At camp Dewey was
granted the regiment and on Aug. 18th
IL assisted in the capture Of Manila.
supporting 10 that capture the Utah
artillery.
From the time Of the arrival Of the
American troops In Manila, drilling and
marching was the rule, guard duty was
compulsory as other duty deVolying
upon a soldier as In time Of war. Like
all men who had nothing to do but
drill, drill, drill, camp life became mo-
nOtonOus and not until February 9Th
1899. did any active lighting take place.
In the battle Of Santa Ana, the first Of
the war, Company b bore q conspicu-
Gus part, losing ia the fight three men
in killed, and FIVE wounded, the killed
being James Fraser who enrolled at
Sand Point. Frank Caldwell who en-
rolled at cG0r d'Alene, Geo. w. Hall.
from Sweet. in Ada County, this state
OF the wounded Frank A. Mccall, OF
liathdrum was shot in the arm and side
the ball lodging short distance below
the right shoulder blade. II. B. Jones,
from Harrison was shot In the left arm
the ball still remaining between the
bones Of the fore arm. John Lieutjens
shot ia the instep Of the right foot.
cOmmissary Serg't Ernest Scott, shot
in The left arm. above the elbow,
Seg't VIM. n. Keller. whose wound
WAS slight, was hit in the thigh
At the time Keller was shot Co. Is
WAS making rush from one rice
paddy 10 another nearer the enemy and
a brass ball shot by the enemy 1om a
Remington hit the lock plate of kei.
lea s gun cutting the stock in two, and
the impact OF the ball shivered and
split. the brass. fragments OF which en-.
tered Keiler's thigh and foot. The
shivered brass entering his thigh and
foot made painful wound. II is said
Of Fraser that when he was wounded
he grasped his broken aud shattered
jaw and still kept moving TO the front
until taken forcibiy from the field.
Following the battle Of Santa Ana in
which company d bore conspicuous
part 10y reason of the capture
capture Of the two Krupp guns imme.
diateiy 10 front Of It's position 1t was
moved from santa Ana 10 San Pedro
Macati where It renamed until Feb'y
iEh, when they were moved to Calico
can 10 the support Of the Goth Kansas
and LIST Montana; The 2nd battalion
being the support Of the Montana men,
and the LIST battalion supporting the
kansans. Following the battle OF
Caloocan Co u, was stationed In Ma
Mia assisting the 18th Minnesota regt.
in maintaining order until March 18th
when IL was ordered 10 the South line
with the reminder of the regiment. in
the brigade Of Gen. Ovenshins, Gen.
Anderson Division commander. Dur
ing time which elapsed from March IS
tn July l2, at which latter date the
regiment was returned TO barracks in
Manila until time 10 leave for the
United States. the LIST Idaho was under
fire in the trenches continually and
among the companies Of the regiment
none did their duty more cheerfully
than the members Of company u.
Upon the muster in OF company ID
at Boise City the personnel OF the
commissioned officers was Ldis ID.
Schattner, captain; F.. O. Martinson.
FIRST lieutenant; 10. Barton, second
lieutenant; upon muster out at San
Francisco Sept. 25th, the personnel
was L. q. Martinson, captain: Robert
ID. stanton. first lieutenant; wilcot.
second lieutenant.
During the entire time of service of
Co 3. none died from sickness, the only
loss being those killed at Santa Ana.
OF the entire number composing the
company, 81 men were from kootenai
county and were enlisted from IIarrl.
sou, Sand Point, Rathdrum and Ceur
d'Alene City.
OF Co. u Jos. Stroebel and Herman
Wilde belonged to the sharp shooters in
Lawton's capture OF Santa Cruz, Stro
bel being in command OF the sharp
shooters. Co. b also furnished as
sharpshooters, Jos, Rustemeyer, of
Lewiston; Len Koln, of Grangeville;
II. -. Jones, of Harrison; all of whom
were with Lawton in the Santa Cruz
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