The evening times., 1899-10-27
report. speaks thus of the men under his

report. speaks thus of the men under hi,
command:
cannot close this report without com.
mending, in the highest terms, the beha-
vior Of the marine guard under my COM
mand. who. to a man, acted with the ut
most coolness and intrepidity, particularly
| Sergeants Michael ]. NcNally and Bruno A.
Forsterer, the latter holding the stand al
| the fence till surrounded, and afterward
when he reached the sea, volunteering to
lead the friendly natives into the bush and
protect our flank. The gallantry Of Private
Henry L. Hubert who remained behind al
| the fence until the last, and who was with
Lansdale and Monaghan when they were
both killed, / desire to especially mention.
| His behavior throughout was worthy Of all
praise and honor
"The Secretary of the Navy sent COM
/ mandatory letters to Sergeants Bruno A.
Forsterer and Michael j. McNally, and Pri-
vate Henry l.. Hubert, based upon the
above mentioned report. Admiral Dewey,
in transmitting to the department the re-
port Of Ensign Cleland Davis, United States
Navy, upon his operations with the army
on shore In the Philippines with a detaoh-
ment OF three marines in charge Of Colt s
automatic gun. taken from the guard Of
the Helena, stated:
The crew for the Colts gun consist ed
of Corporal Thompas Francis PrendeTgas 81
and Privates Howard Major Buckley and
Joseph Melvin, U. S. NJ. C. While this
crew was not composed of volunteers, n-ne
being asked for. the men performed their
duty under most trying conditions of war
in the most exemplary manner and deserve
high praise. / hope the department VIII
reward. in a suitable manner, their SER
vices
THE report of Ensign Davis shows that
the Colt gun detachment, consisting of
himself and three marines, was in various
engagements at close range and under
heavy fire, and that the man behaved ad-
mirably."
Presented With Medals.
Marine Corps officers and men have re-
ceved medals as follows:
Medals provided by the joint resolu-
ton of the Senate and House OF Represen-
tatives of the United States. dated June 3,
1899. for all officers and enlisted men of
the Navy and Marine Corps who partici-
pated in the battle of Manila Bay, have
been delivered to Majors o. c. Bergman
and w. p Biddle, Captains T. c. Tread
we'll and r. Mem Dutton U. s. NJ. c., and
lis nom commissioned officers and private;
of the Marine Corps. Capt. Dion Will
Jams, U. s. NJ. c., who also awarded one
of the medals. The Secretary of the Navy
has awarded medals of honor to the fol-
lowing named men of the Marine Corps
for gallantry and heroism in cutting ca
bles off Cierfuegos, Cuba. May II. 1898:
United States steamship Nashville, First
Sergt. Philip Gaughan, Privates Pomeroy
Parker, Frank Hill, Joseph F. Scott. Oscar
w. Field, Joseph ]. Franklin, Michael
Kearney; United States steamship Mar
blehead, Privates Edward Sullivan, Daniel
Campbell, Herman ". Kuchneister. Wal
ter S. West, and James Meredith. The
department has also awarded a medal OF
honor to Sergt. John H. Quick for extra
ordinary heroism and gallantry in time
of action. medal of honor has also been
awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to
Corporal Harry Macneal, on the United
States steamer Brooklyn, for courageous
and gallant action during the engagement
of Santiago, July 8, 1885,"
Corporal ]. E. Cooper was highly COM
pIimented by the commander OF the Brook
lyn for saving a seaman from drowning.
The enlisted men have attained high
standard in practice with the small arms.
During the year 1,7os men were lost
through discharges, deaths, desertions or
retirements and there are now LAP men on
shore duty at stations. 1865 men on ships
and S04 on foreign service.
The Fight at Samoa.
Attached to the report is the report Of
Edwin White, captain, United States navy,
who in speaking of the fight at Samoa,
tells of the death Of Lieutenant Lansdale
and Ensign Monaghan as follows:
Lieutenant Lansdale was wounded below
the knee soon after the Colt was aban-
doned and rendered incapable of marching,
He was assisted-by his men, one of whom.
N. E. Edsall (ordinary seaman). was NOR
tally wounded while doing SO. 1t is not
not clear when Mr.. Lansdale received the
wound in his chest. 1t is in evidence most
clear that when Ensign Monaghan discov-
cred that the lieutenant was wounded he
used his best endeavors to convey him to
the rear, and, seizing rifle from disabled
man, made brave defence, but undoubted-
ly he fell very shortly after joining him,
and the hostile natives, flushed with sue
cess, bore down on our men in his vicinity.
The men were not in sufficient numbers to
hold out any longer, and they were forced
along by fire which 1t was impossible to
withstand. Ensign Monaghan did stand.
He stood by his wounded superior and
friend-one rifle against many, one brave
man against a score of ,savages. He knew
he was doomed. He could not yield. He
died in heroic performance of duty"