Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04
HOW PARKER AND HIS GATL|NG6
TURNED THE TIDE OF BATTLE.

reached the top. We stopped. and they
took II up
Judging by the small fatalities u tho
subsequent trench hiring and hy what
saw. a large part OF the spanish losses
was the result " the Gatiiug nrc nc this
time. We had ground out eQ.e'o rounds
In 50 minutes on the firms line those
who could zee to shoot were not nrins
faster than i've or six shots yer minute.
II we say six. then the Gatilng fire was
equal TO that Of 800 men. besides having
the power of perfect concentration.
Each sun was aimed by "a sharpshootcr
all Of the time. In other words. we were
the equivalent ~ any regiment on the
nring line In IRE action. considering
quantity and all our hra was sharp
N r'er fire. not subject 20 nervousness
or fatigue. and with aim not affected by
the personal condition OF the men. In
this ian; u Is not beyond the truth to
state that our hro was equal In ohlclen-
cy at this time md place. to that Of
any brigade on the firing line.
The iudiclouancss Of having husband
ed our ammunition appears from the
fact that We were now able 20 timber
NJ and 20 forward 10 the captured po-
sition Immediately after II was occupied
with sufficient supply TO continue our
IRE ngainst the attempted counter as
sault Perhaps we were not needed.
Perhaps they could have held that hill
without Vs. They were splendid fellows.
those doughboys and yellow legs on that
hill, ana they had the lndomltablo
Rough Riders with them. hut they were
nwfully farrcd out and II was woe
fully thin line that crowned the ton Of
San Juan Hill at i;2lis .. m. whether
they needed ~ or not. nj iigS we were
with them. and within % seconds after
ward We were driving our hail Of Cat
Inns bullets down the other side Of the
hill toward Santiago.
There were many examples u con.
Hpicuous herolam among my men. I will
mention two. one ui the most brilliant
was that Of Corporal Doyle. who went
on nrlng all by himself until he ground
out all the cartridges from the feed
guide. then calmly rcniicd II and 70.
pcated the operation until help arrived
for his gun. II II hard 10 md greater
heroiHm than that, but I think tho coli
orcd sergeant. Graham. surpassed Il "
possible little later. \ battery %
spanish artillery had begun firlnH ~ us
after We occupied the hill. Two inch
shells, among others. had exploded In
our vicinity. and we heard tho Hullcn
boom OF the big cannon third time.
quick as Hash Sergeant Graham
threw himself IN front OF me TO make a
shield Of his own body The she'll OK
plodcd within 90 foct of ~. almost d.
rcctly over the Timber. Could devotion
go TO a higher point than was exhibited
by these two mem recommended them
both for the medal u honor. the highest
decoration that soldier can receive In
our country, ana think they deserved Il
" any men ever did In the world.
A. soon aa the trenches were dug all
the GntlinFs but one were dismounted
and placed In the trenches at she point
nearest 10 the enemy. There were added
10 my battery two Colts automatic rap
/ IA IRE guns, under Sergeant TIFFANY. aa
gallant soldier ns ever drew breath.
and the dynamite gun. under the gnl-
liant and reckless liorTowo Al these
were operated under my orders until
the end N the Siege with great effect.
Feed guides and belts were always full
u cartridges. hand on crank and finger
/ on trigger. day and night. iinrrnwe
went around with short brlcr pipe In
his mouth. loading and firing as coolly
aa II at target practice, lie ala excel.
lent aud effective work too. Whenever
n dynamite shell or a shot from u nold-
] piece caused commotion among the