Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-03-30
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS MARCH 80 PAGES

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in time to take part in charge that
drove the natives back about one and
a half miles. Col. Funston personally
led the charge but as be bad advanced
So far ahead Of where he had been or.
dered to 60 and almost got into the
shells Dewey was throwing from the
bay, Gen. Macarthur in charge OF our
division ordered him to fall back l,OUO
yards but the natives there had had
such a good licking that they did not
take advantage Of his falling back and
The next morning when ordered to ad-
vance to where he had stopped the
day before he was met with no resist
ance.
In the charge Sunday one man,
Pratt Of Co. NJ, was killed and up to
Monday morning about eight men
wounded in our regiment. Co. M is
from Salina but ] think Pratt was
from Clay county.
did not get to see any OF Sundays
fight as the major doctor kept me
with him back at the guard house.
After our regiment advanced to
their new position Monday morning
they lay there until Friday afternoon.
Monday and Tuesday some insurgent
sharpshooters who were in trees kept
shooting at the boys but did not hit
any ofthem. Tuesday afternoon Col.
Funston took Companies B, | and c
to clear the woods in front Of our left
wing as that was where most Of the
shots came from. They had hardly
entered the woods until they were
fired upon and, returning the fire,
they had quite little battle, which
lasted for about an hour. In that
charge Lieut.. Afford, first lieutenant
Of Co. B, was shot and killed instantly
and six men wounded, one man after
wards dying from his wounds. Co.
B captured the insurgent flag. 1t is
thought that about fifty natives were
killed. The three companies came
back to their trenches and nothing
more was done until Friday afternoon,
the 10th.
The town Of Caloocan was about
two miles ahead Of us but very few OF
the men knew it. At about 2:45 p.
m. Friday the Charleston and the
Monadnock which were lying just on
our left in the bay commenced she'll
ing Caloocan. The Utah battery also
did some good work from the land.
At 4 p. m. the shelling ceased and the
whole brigade commenced to advance,
Kansas on the extreme left with one
gun Of the Utah battery, then a cou
ple guns OF the Sixth artillery and
then the Montanas on our right. One
battalion Of the Idahos and one Of the
Twenty.third infantry constituted TIT
reserve.
Kansas had to advance the entire
distance to Caloocan through timber
bamboo and swamps, while the Mon
tanas had clear field almost the en-
tire distance and got short distance
ahead of Kansas but we caught up 81
soon as we got past Caloocan where
it was more open.
This was quite fight and lasted
until dark. The lines were about 8
mile beyond Caloocan but the mex
morning we fell back far enough t.
guard Malabon which is about mil'
west and half mile north Of Ca.oo
can.
One Kansas man was killed instant
ly and another died before he got tt
the hospital. The brigade had abou
20 men wounded and three killed
one Kansas man, one Montana maj
and one Hospital Corps, U. S. A. Th
hospital corps man was shot within
10 feet Of our dressing station Will
he and another corps man were carry
ing a wounded captain Of the Mon
tanas in.
| The people in the States may thin
that the men here are almost as cold
blooded as Weyler was, but if the
! were here ! think they would chang
+ their minds. 1t seems hard to kill
wounded man but II he still has hi
gun he will kill you unless you ki
+ him. Most Of our men that hav
| been killed or wounded have bee
shot by wounded men or men in tree'
d Several insurgents who gave then
selves up to one Of our officers, jul