The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

nerve which is the badge of the true
soldier.
A Dakotan of marvellous nerve Is
Private Smith Of Company E, First
South Dakota volunteers. Smith was
marked for a victim of assassination
by the Filipinos while p~atrolling the
most dangerous beat on the line.
Shortly after sunset two natives came
toward him in single file. When chal-
lenged. they answered promptly with
the usual friendly words, ..Buenos
noches, amigo" meaning, "Good even
ing, friend" AS the Filipinos passed
on Smith resumed his walk. but when
turning away he glanced sidelong at
the strangers, q circumstance which
saved his life. The second Filipino in
the file had drawn his machete and
was actually springing forward to cut
down the amiable sentry.
Smith lodged the blow so as to save
his skull, but the keen blade gashed
his cheek from temple to chin. Whirl-
ing upon his enemies, the nervy fellow
shot n through the heart before he
had gone three lengths. The reaction
from this effort, weak as he was from
pain and the loss of blood, caused
Smith to drop to his knees. But he
was not a dead American yet. Reload
ing his rifle. he took careful aim and
brought down the other fleeing native
just on the edge Of a bamboo thicket.
When Smith lay in the hospital. Cen
eral Otis called personally to praise
him for his bravery.
The hot fight at Mariquina found its
hero in the person of an a~id-de-camp
with soldier blood in his veins. This
was Lieutenant John G. Gregg, scion
Of the Pennsylvania family which has
Q fighting record. Young Gregg went
into battle with his chief, General
Hale. His horse was shot under him,
and a. he bent down to unloosen the
saddle a soldier warned him to be on
his guard, for the shot which had hit
his horse came from a sharpshooter in
o tree near by. Instead Of taking to
cover, as most of the men were do
ing, the lieutenant stepped forward,
erect, with glasses in hand. Coolly I'M
casing the glasses, he surveyed the
dangerous tree. A puff of smoke, a
sigh. q quick grip of the hand to the
chest, and an American hero fell dead
on the blood bought soil Of the Phil
ippines.
1t is natural to discriminate in ia
o Of the valor which is displayed for
the rescue of q cOmrade. A deed of
this kind, which would have won the
Victoria cross in the British army, was
performed by Corporal Reno, Fourth
cavalry, in IL of the early skirmishes
with the insurgents. In an ambush
fight n of the troopers named Da-
vicki was wounded and left behind.
The party rushed for shelter, and then
1t was discovered that Davicki could
not move. Reno dashed back under
fire. dismounted and placed his wound
ed mate in the saddle. Holding on by
the stirrup, he galloped the pony a
distance of 800 yards across the deep
stream to the shelter where his COM
panions stood, breathless, at this ex-
hibitiOn of heroism. Reno was a raw
! recruit, but there is something in n
name, for General Jesse Reno was one
Of the most gallant fighters of 1862.
The navy in the Philippines has had
little chance to win glory since the
Spanish feet was destroyed, but the
plight Of the Spanish garrison at Ba-
Ter by the Yorktown developed q hero
in Ensign Standby. When the ship
reached the port, it was found that the
imprisoned garrison was far back from
the shore and out Of sight. Ensign
Standby and Quartermaster Lysaght
volunteered to land and reconnoiter
toward the town. Clambering up n
steep mountain side. the scouts came
to O tree tall enough to give a view of
Baler and its surroundings. STANDBY
directed Lysaght to stay on the ground
and at the first sign of danger to run
for the shore. He himself climbed the
tree. relying upon its thick branches
for q screen. Lysaght said he would
v have deserted his officer, but he
was not brought to q test. STANDBY
stayed in the tree until he had sketch
ed the whole position, the fortress and
roads. and this led to the release Of %
brave Spanish boys who had held their
little fort against the insurgents for
more than q year.
A brace of stories Of heroism would
be incomplete without a flag capture
episode. The army paper, America,
published at Manila, says that one Of
the pluckiest deeds in the campaign
was that performed by Sergeant Glenn
n c. Jones Of the Third battalion,
Tennessee volunteers. This is the sto-