The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-24
THE GALLANT VOLUNTEERS
THEIR COMMANDERS GIVE
MANY COMPLIMENTS.
Major Young Cites Several Individ-
ual Instances of Heroic Work
Speaks of General Wheaton's
Commentator of Corporal Dusen-
berry-Tell of MilitaryActivity.

covering the period from Feb. 10 to
March 81. The reports cover thirty
pages of typewriter manuscript and
were prepared by Sergeant Major Thee.
l.. Center. In a note Sergeant Center
asked that any typographical errors be
overlooked and explained the difficulty
he had in procuring a typewriter with
which to do the work.
Major Young'S report, which was
| first on the list, stated that his force
was composed of battery A (Wedge-
wood), battery B Grant, temporarily
commanded by Lieutenant Critchlow),
one platoon light battery D, Sixth u.
S. artillery lieutenant A. S. Fleming,
U. S. A. commanding), one detachment
of u. S. marine corps Ensign Davis, U.
S. n. commanding).
Other reports were from Captain
| Wedgewood, LieutenantS Gibbs, Critch-
| low, Naylor, Seaman and Hines of the
Utah artillery and Lieutenant Fleming,
Sixth artillery and Ensign Davis.
What Major Young Says.
Major Young says that the reports
of his junior officers cover the ground
more thoroughly than any report he
could make for the reason that they
were in a. better position to observe the
operations. During the time covered
MAJOR 1OuHS SdiO MS personal nedu-
quarters We're at Caloocan, but he fire.
quently visited other detachments
along the line.
The commander spoke of the fact,
frequently noted in the dispatches from
the Philippines, that it was the almost
universal custom to advance the
artillery beyond the infantry skir-
mish lines. Major Young men
toned the peculiar effectiveness
of 9
and gave it as his opinion that much
loss of life could be averted by the
abundant use of field artillery. He
thought a ratio of three guns for each
thousand men would be proper.
Individual Work of His Men.
Speaking of the individual work of
the officers and men of the batteries,
Major Young says:
General Wheaton spoke to me in
very fiattering terms of the excellent
service rendered by Corporal Harvey
!Dusenberry, battery B, Utah
light artillery. and his detach-
ment, who were with a Hotchkiss
revolving canon brought from Calico
can to Malolos in company with the
Twenty u. S. infantry; also of
the valuable services rendered by Lieu
tenant George A. Seaman and his pla-
toon at the railway crossing of the
Tuliahan. General Hale described the
services rendered by Lieutenant r. C.
MAYORS platoon near San Francisco
del Monte March % as very creditable
and effective. There were but three
casualties during the month, one seri-
Gus and two light wounds in battery
B, Utah artillery, a remarkably low
per centage in view of the frequent and
close exposure of the cannoneers. Total
rounds fired during the month approx
mately 1000.
Il desire to record my judgment that
the services of Lieutenants CritchlOw
and Fleming and of Ensign Davis, who
were under my personal observation,
have been marked by professional skill.
Judgment and bravery of the highest
order; that the. services of the other
officers of the command have been of a
similar character appears certain in
view of the hattering tributes from
commanding and other officers who
have served with them. The men Of
the several attachments almost with
out exception, have performed their
duties ably, cheerfully, and unfiinch-
ingly.'
Lieutenant Critchlow's Report.
Lieutenant Chitchlow's report states
that on March II Captain Grant was
assigned to the tin clad gunboat. LO-
guna de Bay and he was placed in
command of battery b. Until March
81 several shots were fired every day
in order TO prevent the enemy from
disturbing the outposts.
The Malolos campaign was started
March %, and the town fell six days
later. The first firing began about
daybreak of March %, the infantry in
this instance, going first and followed
at distance of some 200 yeards by the
artillery. Many shots were exchanged
before the Filipinos ceased firing and
vacated their trenches When this had
BEEN accomplished one of Lieutenant
Critchlow's guns was ordered up to a
point 1875 yards from the enemy and
from there poured in hot fire.
Shielded By Hedge.
The batterymen were shielded in their
advance by a hedge which probably
accounts for the fact that all of them
escaped injury. At 6 o'clock on the
morning of March 26, the Utahns broke
camp and pressed forward on the
Melinto road which parallels the
Tuliahan river. The first engagement
of the day began about o'clock in the
afternoon, two miles north of Meiinto.
Here the Filipinos We're again forced
to retreat and camp was pitched for
the night.
Early the next morning the march to-
ward Meyacanyan was begun. A
skirmish on the Marilas road resulted.
and twenty-five insurgents were cap
tured with some arms and ammunition.
The next engagement, according to the
report, occurred March 90, about
o'clock in the afternoon and again the
insurgents were put to flight. At 6
o'clock on the morning of the 30th,
Lieutenant Critchlow's command and
the detachment under Lieutenant
Fleming opened fire on the enemy's
works near MalOloS.
The town was entered by the Utah
boys at 10 o'clock next morning and
their guns were stationed in the plaza
before the insurgent hall of congress.
In conclusion Lieutenant Critchlow re
fers to the gallantry of his section
chiefs who were Sergeants John A
Anderson and Charles Asplund, Cor
porals Don c. Johnson, NJ. f. Jensen
and Nephi Otteson. Corporal Dusen-
berry's meritorious services with a
Hotchkiss cannon in General Wheaton's
brigade are also mentioned. Lieuten-
ant Naylor was commended for gal
lantry as was Lieutenant F. T. Hines
who was promoted from a sergeantry
March %.
From Other Officers.
The reports of Lieutenant Fleming
and Ensign Davis refer more particul-
arly to their own men but both speak
in highly complimentary terms of the
gallant deeds of the Utah batteries.
port. He had several 3.2 guns, two
Nordenfeldts and two gatlings under
him, his station being at Deposito. He
describes numerous brushes with the
FilipinoS giving credit for bravery to
those in his platoon