Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-17
BATTERY "A" VOLUNTEER
terrible Shock 10 Ms Father a, Msfeur When
Informed by The News"
THE MOTHER FRUSTRATED.


AZ las, the Identity OF the brave Utah
.crEcant who was killed on the ii,h
inst. has been made known. The IN
formation nrst reached this city this
morning In the form Of the following
brs-- special to the News" from Its
correspondent at Washington
"otls reports Sergeant Ford a. Fish
~. battery a. Utah artillery. Killed
May 18th"
Later the Associated Press dispatches
confirmed the correctness OF the
News special. The sad tidinEs OF the
young soldiers death threw n cloud
OF sorrow over his many friends who
heard II while his own family were
overwhelmed with brief. The dead
volunteer IL the sou the cx-county Au-
dltor I. NJ. Fisher. now employed by
the Daisy Mining company at Mcrcur.
a representative OF the News" had the
unpleasant task OF communicating TO
him the frs, Information OF his sons
death. Mr.. Fisher had been Hpnrr
slye for several days past and when the
News" called him W by telephone and
inquired
30 you know. Mr. Fisher. why we
have sent for your" iIc replied. II
am afraid do-It Is one Of my boys"
1T TO-" was tho reply.
which onef''
Ford" was the answer.
"oh my Godi DO my folks know OF
~"
'Your brother. Dr. Fisher. has been
appraised 81 IT.
Then suppose the rcat Of the folks
know Of II also"
Continuing Mr. Fisher exclaimed.
poor boy. poor boy" and he was doing
no well. too. and had been recommend
ed for a cominlon by Major Young.
Ny son George H.. his brother. II a mn-
rlcian. buEier In the same company.
cannot tell you more at this time.
And with that the gricf-utrickcn father
turned away from the phone. while his
robs could be distinctly heard coming
over the wire.
MOTHER N FRUSTRATED
DR.. Fisher stated this afternoon that
the young mans mother was complete
~ Frustrated by the news ~ her sons
death and that he would have TO hasten
10 her bedside at once Tho deceased
was % years Of age. nvc feet, eleven
inches In height aud Of me physical
proportions Ito was born In Delaware
and was a civil engineer by profession.
lie was graduate Of the Salt Lake
city High School and viii be remem.
bcrcd ~ one OF the best football play
.ru Of that inutituion's team at the time
he was connected with II. Some time
prior to enllstlnE he had been attend
ing the University Of Washington and
had good prospects before him when
the war broke out between this country
and Spain.
MS LAST LETTER.
His father received an interesting
letter from him a few days ago under
date of March ~. In II he said;
Things are quiet our way Just now
but they are having hard nEht over
around Understandable capitol
forty u our boys were killed and ono
hundred and eighty wounded In fieht
the other day. A fow men wounded
In night the other day. few men
wounded lately. but that Is all We
have four guns out here. two Of those
we brought from Salt Lake and two
2. spanish guns. The big guns are
Just the thing. We have four horses
for each gun although they are small.
they drag those guns very well. We
had one light that feel good about.
was sent cut IN charge Of one sun To
Join a battalion OF infantry who were
be.ng forced back from their position
We had to go about a mile over rice
zelda before we could get position "a
set into action and we went ON a gall
LOG IN plain Wow. We were nred on
from three sides and II was the hottest
Hhrmish. l have ever been In or seen
We dashed right up 20 the front and
went into action. fred a few shots
hitehed up. galloped ahead again and
80 on until we came 10 cut In the
road. Just as we came In sight W.
saw
THE INFANTRY RUNNING
out Of this cut We run our gun ~
the road without any of the infantry
support and started In. Every time W.
fred the nlgscrs would turn loose We
laid face downward until a luil came
Then We wonld jump up and siv'
II to them again. We made II too no
with shrapnel and they pulled out AMI
We followed them. The Infantry cam
up and In a half an hour we had then
running poll nell. A. they ran w
threw shrnpnel into them as far as VI
could see-the lnfantry-after being re
inforced by whole regiment strncl
out and followed the enemy for thre