The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-01

uei vi usli, anu across marshes, ldSooii
dry barrancaS and running streams of
varying degrees of depth.
The river Tuliahan was passed by
| the Sd artillery and the Goth Kansas of
my brigade while the day was young.
and by the LIST Montana later on. The
enemy's center had been pierced"
And then?'
The victorious march continued
! right along day after day until Malolos
| was reached. The rivers We're crossed
| by the infantry either by fordins,
swimming or on improvised RATS or
temporary bridges. The artillery and
| supply trains crossed the streams on
! the iron railway bridges. which the
| enemy could not burn and had been
| unable to blow up for want of time. be-
cause the burning parties had been
| chased off too promptly by our intrepid
| advance guard. Besides the streams
! lagoons and marshes that had to be
| crossed or thanked, the horny bamboo
| thickets, dense banana forests and diff
| ficult stretches of tangled brush must
| be penetrated and cleared under fire.
| Our ever-advancing line took trenches,
swept over earthworks, carried fortified
places and contributed continuously to
the eclat of the conflict, but not to say
| the gaiety of the nations while over
all was heard the dreadful crash of our
infantry fire and the fearsOme roar of
ing did restrain the magnificent ardor
of our magnificent men.
AT MalOloS itself there was only fee
Bile resistance by the enemy. whose
warriors had by that time grown dis
couraged and become demoraliZed by
their repeated and unvarying defeats
and had proved themselves the premier
sprinters of our new colonial possess
SiOns.
Just before we entered Aguinaldo's
abandoned capital it was fired. as all
the towns ahd been fired, by the rear
guard of the retreating enemy. My
brigade marched in on the side where
the government palace is located, and
by the time the advance had reached
the public square the big building and
scores of smaller ones were enveloped
in flames, and too far gone to- be saved.
This was shortly before 10 o'clock in
the forenoon. BY that hour our stand
ard, with the stars and stripes in the
lead. were flying from improvised bam-
boo flagstaffs erected on the public
square and answering to the fervid
tropic breeze and the shouts of our vic
torious soldiers. The beating sun and
the burning buildings made the very
air pulsate with heat.
THE second brigade marched in al
most simultaneously, entering on the
opposite side of the city, east of the
!
retarded slightly by the greater resist
ance of the enemy in that direction.
THE casualties in my brigade dur
ing the weeks operations aggregated
1876 in killed and wounded
And that is the way in which Ma
! lolos was taken?'
Patriots for Profit.
| Yes: so it fell. The Tagalo dictator
| who, with his coterie of associated pa
! triots for profit, had been doing so
much loud ditch-shouting, had escaped
his American pursuers
Il wish to she understood as desiring
| to give full credit, impartialiy, to all
| the organizations and all the troops
| that took part in the brilliant and sue
| cessful campaign which in a single
| week gave the United States possession
of the rebel capital and l cannot hope
| to do them complete justice in this
short talk. If l have spoken more par
| ticularly of the brigade that l had the
| honor to command, it's work, it's
| achievements and it's battle roll, l will
be pardoned, because to have done 50
is but natural; since 1 am better quail
! fed to speak for my own immediate
| command than for troops with which,
necessarily, I did not come in such close
| contact"
You must appreciate the fact that
| your DflSaQe was composed OF Sucn
good men and officers?"
L do. fully. The conduct of the
troops in the campaign was distin-
guished for cheerful endurance, su-
bordination. discipline, steadiness and
| quick intelligence, and by the most
| splendid ardor in the supreme hour of
conflict. Nothing save the orders.
| death or severe wounds could keep
them back from the firing line. and
| II, nf n,,iA t,l
loins could Withstand their impetuous
onsets along and across the rough
edge of battle.
| My regimental commanders? l am
| glad you asked about them. / could
not help but acquire respect, admira-
! ton and affection for every one of
them. They are all men of standing
| in their respective homes and officers
| of established high character in the
| army. Colonel Kessler of Montana is
veteran of the war of the union, a
careful and intelligent commander and
big business man Of Butte. Colonel
Hawkins of Pennsylvania formerly i'll
my brigade) is also a veteran, white
headed and vigorous; he had for %
years commanded the 10th regiment of
the Pennsylvania National guard, and
| is now a state senator-elect. Colonel
! Funston of Kansas is younger (and
smaller), but is a soldier of many and
| varied experiences in different lands
/ and has Spanish lead in his body, so
| he is man fond of daring adventure
| and loves to lead his men into the
| thickest of the fight. Major Kobbe,
commanding the two battalions of the
| Sd United States artillery fooD is an
| educated and accomplished officer of
| long experience: veteran of the big
war, a courteous and kindly gentleman
| and superb soldier.
you may we'll say that I could at
ford to place high confidence in such
true men and tried regimental COM
manders when leading such soldiers as
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