The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01

Joe wilson's division and was in sew
eral engagements, the most important
of which was that at Coamo Aug. g.
when about 262 Spanish prisoners were
captured. The Spanish loss in killed
and wounded was 40 and the American
loss five.
son the morning of Aug. - we were
formed to attack the Spanish at All
bonata,' said Lieutenant Green yes
terday to some friends, when a dis
patch from General Miles arrived tell
| ing of the armistice and ordering fight
| ing to cease. 1t would have been
| hot fight, for there were 5000 Span
| iards heavily entrenched in front of
us. They had practically all the Span
| ish light artillery on the island. We
| had two batteries of light artillery and
| 1000 men, We would have attacked
| before had two dynamite guns we ex-
| pected arrived. We We're waiting for
| them when the order from General
| Miles came.
I'VE left Ponce Sept. /, arriving at
New York Sept. I. We were mustered
| out In Wisconsin Nov. TO-
| There will be, it is expected, a Mon
| tana atmosphere in the saith which
| Lieutenant Green is aiding in recruit
| ing, for a strong effort will be made
| to get men from this state.
| 1t is distinctly a Western regiment
| from its officers down, although some
| talk of political preferment has been
| raised over the appointment of Joseph
| Wheeler, jr., son of the famous Gem
eral Joe Wheeler. This Is entirely err
| roneous, declares Lieutenant Green.
| Major Wheeler is one of the brightest
| artillery officers in the army, with his
| fathers best qualities. He served dur
| ing the campaign in Cuba and rem
| dered efficient service. Since the close
| of the war in the island he has suffered
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| has been instructor in mathematics at
| West Point. He was graduate of
| the class of 1895 of the military acad-
| envy In Cuba he saw staff duty.
| As to the five field officers, Colonel
| Kennon, Lieutenant Colonel Robert 5.
| Howe, Major William A. skunk, Ma
| jor j. A. Penn, Major Joseph Wheeler,
! jr., and Captain Newbill, they are all
| graduates of the United States mill
| tary academy. Majors Skunk and
Penn are also graduates of the school
| for officers at Fort Leavenworth, Kas
| Colonel Kennon, during his Is years
| service with the line, has shown him
self one Of the most active, energetic
| and efficient officers. For several years
| he served on the staff of the late Ma
| jor General George Crook and has
| seen much active service in the West.
Recently he has been doing duty as
| assistant adjutant general in Cuba and
|
| time. Physically Colonel Kennon is
| one of the best specimens of manhood
| in the army, thorough soldier and
one of wide Western experience.
The II years of service of Lieutenant
| Colonel Howe have been spent In ac-
| tive duty with his regiment. He has
| participated in every engagement and
fight into which the army has been
| called since he entered the service, eX-
cept in the Philippines, and he hopes
to land at Manila with the 34th before
many months go by. He wears the
| badge dearest to the heart of every
| true American soldier, Uncle Sans
medal of honor presented for distin-
| guished bravery in action in the Sioux
| campaign of 1890-91. He bore a con-
| spicuous part in the attack of the 9Th
cavalry, his regiment.
During the Cuban campaign, while
acting as adjutant general of volun-
| teers, he rendered most gallant and
distinguished services and was highly
commended for his conduct at San
Juan. Colonel Howe is a son-in-law
of Major General Hamilton 8. Haw-
| kins, now retired, who took a promi-
nent part in the action at San, Juan
| 1t is probable Mrs. Howe will spend
a month with him at Fort Logan be-
fore he sails for the Philippines.
| Colonel Howe at the time of his Sc
| lection as lieutenant colonel of the
| 34th was senior instructor of cavalry
tactics at the United States military
| academy. He has served with the 9Th
cavalry in New Mexico and throughout
| the West.
| Major Skunk has seen 20 years serv-
| ice with the Sth cavalry and whoever
| has followed the record of that splendid
| regiment knows what that means. He
is regarded" said fellow officer, las
| one of the brainiest and brightest Off
| GERS in the service He 10 an honor
| graduate of the Fort Leanvenworth
| school for officers and was instructor in
| the art and science of war for several
| years. The major is native of In
diana, but his long service on the plains
entities him to be considered a thor
| oughly Western man."
Major Julius A. Penn, the second
major in the regiment, has spent IL
years of the Is that have elapsed since
he graduated from the military acad-
envy on duty west of the Missouri river
His first service was at Fort Stanton
N. M, in the 18th infantry, where he
| spent two years.
In the fall of 1886 he was in tempo
| rary command of a troop of the 9Th
| cavalry and participated in pursuit of
| a party of Jicarilla Apaches. The fol-
| lowing August he served under Cap
tain George l.. Scott of the 9Th in the
pursuit and capture on the Staked
| Plains of band of Comanche and
| Mescalero Apache Indians, the COM
| mand travelling 26S miles in the seven
days employed in the pursuit and the
| return to the post. The same autumn
| he was again out with Captain Scott in
| the practice maneuvers of that year,
| marching on one occasion ia miles in
| 26 hours and 20 minutes. From New
| Mexico Major Penn went with his regi-
ment to Fort Reno, O. T. In the spring
| of 1889 he was in command of detaeh-
ment of the 5th cavalry and took part
in the exciting times attending the first
opening of Oklahoma for settlement.
From September, 1889, to September,
1891, he was at the infantry and cav
airy school at Fort Leavenworth and
was valedictorian of his class. Joining