Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-20
DEATH OF TWO VOLUNTEERS


Among the letters received yesterday
was one written by Lieut.. webb 10
Lieut.. Grow, II was Indicted On
"iligh Hiil. Overlooking the Water
works" and was undated. tho writer
indicating that h. had lost track 81
time The letter rcadH NJ follows.
Dear Iiouienant-it h Just about
dusk thrco DAYS since the fighting
commenced, ana u rcemH like a month.
! almost feel a. though | had nEod ten
yranl u has an hccn 20 horrible. Now
! VIII ICY aud Riyo an account nf tho
pnft near me. moro thnn that ! can't
tell, Tor don't know any Wiling except
near ms front.
IN the afternoon, Just three days ago
n don't know what the date wnnl. I
was told to Try and locate two cnn-
mons that the Insurgents had planted
near nur camp. while looking Tor them
! Jaw some iuHurErnt r'Uruits and they
were handles They were naked ux.
copi FOR breechrlout, and ring 81
feathers around their heads there were
about iva hundred ~ them. ana they
We're armed with bows and arrows.
was very much surprised. did not
think We would have To- nFht barbar-
lens, They nre supposed to be a tribe
from the north OF the island.
About that night. lunt before We
went Ia he'd We heard a shot, and ~
course We gut ready Tor the worst, Il
came IN tho shape ot volloy, and In.
slide ~ ten minutes the air Was ful OF
hvllcta. hut We were out of camp With
our twn guns In no time, ana into tho
position assigned To- uH, then We
Fthrted to intrcnch ourselves, and la
spite ~ the continued nrc ~ bullets.
We gol a pretty good protection Tor both
NJ our guns by 3 o'clock. Then We
tried 90 sleep q little until daylight.
hut u was not much sleep that We got
An night long Ne would hear the
niggora boiler "Nivn' Viva u.1ug llyrl
Philippines indepcndcHcla' Amofi-
cuuos Mucho Niuiioi' tNtfy hndl. Al
daylight they opened hre and Il was
nturned hy the First Nebraska. which
was about 700 yards IA our hnnt, and
an around Ne. Then I was ori0rai 20
open IRE. l hnd had n place picked out
and | had one gun oprn ir6 on a.
expected 10 ind quite q squad OF mon
! IA "a, ! was not disappointed Tor ~
the shell burst right in tao place. the
/ ulggvfH Just swarmnd out NJ a., tho
other KUN stated 10 nrc on Q church.
| who're they hid some NJ their sharp
| shooters posted. We have since found
| out That Il was hit ok times. and lust
| i1ddled the Inside with pieces.
! About the second round was M
| gun No 2, the gunner waa Corp, Young.
] ana was HlNlnN Nnfnn INSTRUCTIONS
| about the range, whom ping went "a
Mnuscr bullet nnd down went one uf
the cnnnonuors, named Goodman, dead.
shot through tho head, They had mo
more than carried him out when the
gunner Young, clappo1 hli hand Co
hls breast, and ruHpod out Tin shot %
hut he was able 90 walk q tho rear.
but for all that he died several hours
after
Perhaps You think We ana not nav
thom back We Just pumped shrapncl
and shell into Thorn until noon. and /
am sure of thirty good insurrectu,s Ia
the credit " the Third platoon of bal /.
tory 4, Tor that one day.
After we had sholled blockhouse No.
In good shape. the Nchrasknns
| charged ~, ana then they Just drove
them back I'm gu1d shape untu thev
were % mile ana half Ia advance of
our camp.
That night, about o O'Clock. I was ore
dercd out to the advance line again ana
after working AN the night before and
lighting all day, thirty NJ us had ta
pun our guns out that mile and "a half
and the biggest part Of II up hill. Neil.