Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-13
PINNEY & ROBINSON,

cortIially greeted Should they meet
Major RI-GlWiE, item a N. WI:
ordered back TO h3s regiment ant
paced in ocmcrand OF company X
Later the regiment WAS ordered to tllE
Philippines. \ few months ago he
WIS Is.7elIlo:ed 20 the rank of major. an
honor Iris eon5-ct in The cr:o-i- ha.
fully vin1icatdl and there is NJ
Doubt that he viii cii-nb zi5ea5'-ly a,teh
/ er- on tfle ladder CT 1rf.feery fare
NFaay members Of his recfment arc
/ from New York state and the Water
! town Daily Standard. which has &
/ srecial correspondents in the Philip
pines. devoteS cc'r's' able, SPACE fC
/ the eTF-aCeI-eEl4S IN Wll.@il The regi-
ment has taken part. The c0rreSpon-
/ Dent pays high ttffuT;e 10 Major Bald
! win WHO WIS III command Of that pCr-
/ ton OF the regiment That took Fart in
the battle of San Ferrlrgio and the
! fi2ttiTsg along the ZapC:a river AMI 81
/ Guadalupe. The correspondents tills
describes The fight; ng ait Those pointf.:
The Ninth i-fanry fought AMI
broke t'lle insjTrgenlt's line nj Guada-
iIEpe I4fge. Jlg-ie 10. ut seven 4 m. AMI
at fciIr p. m. when ar!varcin on mar
Las Plus. ait What might he te17l,eI a
very had ford. ran OTTO peiiAcps, a
thousand i-sTrgerrs. The Colorado
volunteers were in the front and tie
insurgents got On their flank AMI in
their rear ami would have wiged then
o'Tt only for HE ilattening eff enc of
the nattaiiCr2s iby- Major Baldwin on Il
run 10 their relief This Ea9lIi0n
cTCSsJI lie ford Indr a teITT,2ia fire
from the Insurgents, but they never
insurgents with a veil We got within
about 400 yards of them and pfIeff ND
? go35ly number Of them On the fed
The artillery got on over the Fize
finally. and drove the insurgents. to-
gether with our fine from the Bamboo
tiliaket about GEO yards to the front
''WTe moved on Pararaque next dlv
and canlpGd at Las F.I3ds June II and
j.. At about n;r5e a. IN. on tlre latter
day Il cctn6inI7al attack began against
Par,anaqUa by tie army and navy.
The navy had for- or five wSrships
and landed marines with machine
ggrs. The Ninth infantry went
against the enIcrench1nenltS ard con-
cea1ad themselves across the river.
There never mas been a 4,lact. as
strongly fortified with e1tre,adtrnents
as this one. The fire was terrible and
We fought there fiSln nC11 U1-IiI seven
F. n. The insurgents used grape on
us AMI their machine guns Under the
personal lead of General Wheaton the
Ninth infantry crossed the deep ard
muddy ca-tll swimming and wading
and getting - quag.r.ra Streams from
which they had to be puzzled out by
Their comrades and getting Gu the
Manila nay shore get across tie ZaGg0fe
river and f1anked the insuIlg =rits. This
I'D not occur until about five D. M.
The fire was so terrific We could not
get to the Pc;rt. We turned their
frlk in fine style anil dove them. but
they stood and Fought desperately
every foot of the ground We cot 80
close ito +tiFesn that one officer Of TIE |
Ninth infantry used his reyOlvar on
them. The Insurgents Were killed by
oar fire when not fifty yards away. |
Fighting in tine bamboo Jungle in !
water and mTSi aad being covered |
= 'ep made It rather difficult for us 10 /
get ct therr. I0g: kIiOy nlost OF cur
men were new from the fairs Of nor:il |
e1'il Naw York and they had been in /
Two fights already ana when they w - /
agIiEst those entertainments and I
chose guns and the ooasted red legged /
trained and discilinEd troops 70 the |
puub2r of about 5000 of the insUrc
+-Ilts, these farm boys fought Wit: a
Valor and Determination that should |
- 'S1H cory and pride forever OF The
p -Hl;ie Of Jefferson and C,Jler counties.
They fought until ofga battalion had
s--'ncely five rounds CT ammunition
lf'dE e bec3Iue dask at seven D. m.
End AT THAI time The INSURGENTS We're
mt over 400 yai-Gcs a'Way Tn,s fi.fat
WIS the biggest "a 4 mCsf stHi,Ig-l-nIy
contested .Nf amy On fIa islaEI 1hIl>. far.
We won't again i :,la best troops OF the
Insurgents. TIE E-aoe We took mad
n7ve:' been taken by the S2aniar:IS. /,
1t always WAS their graveyard ard
loapy 5.aar< 500 tho Fren. :! -wer,e de-
teIed ard ct least 500 ms.n. met DEATH i
= this p1ace.
% fF+5uIgeI'its never stopped after.
7key began their retreat t;T they had l.
got six miles away The tn inches We're
llIed Wi5b their dead. most C,e those
wing there being shot in the head
All over the field thu bodies of the
warriors showed how
'ul' troops had fought IL this days
light there were no vo,Jlrs 5e,ers 4,rt
I'll of the men we1la regular Our
oSses were heavy. but that was told
ong ago
General Dawton was in command of
re whole army. BrigaG:er Gersral
Wheaton II c0mllrand CT the Eltigi1e
md Major Baldwin of the battalion
Al are referred TO as at lie b ad of
i their men in the thi1fze>t OF the
i%iIr.ng. Al GuadaI0I25e Major Paid
wins hose was SLOT frCm under him.
At Zapeta river the commander CT
lie Twonfy'-fiTst regiment m,.gle The
'Pna-.k: Baldwin VIII work the
r. II every ma i XII led
The Manila papers in ccnf11iz nt;ng On 4,
he battle said: ''AIaj0r Baldwin sent ;
MS regiment into a fiery nell without a
Moments hesitation" Mrs Baldwin
n her letter TO Mrs. Dalton while re- I
marking the pride she could not help {
nut take in the valor of her husband,