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departed for Manila, where they ar
rived safely.
Batteries A and 3 reached Honolulu
June a, and Manila July Il. They were
debarked in safety although with some
difficulty and tool. up their station in
I Camp Dewey.
Manila on July Il. 1888, Of their expert
ences before landing said:
! The fourth day Of Utah's warriors
presence in a hostile port is drawing
to a close and it finds them still on the
boats, While Captain Young and Cap
tain Grant are ashore selecting camp
ground for the batteries.
1T is altogether probable that a
landing Will be made, not at CaVite.
but al Manila. where the fighting Will
be done. There are 1000 regular Span
ism troops and 5.000 volunteers in the
city, which is surrounded by insur-
gents. To judge all the troops by the
barge loads of prisoners which cross
the bay every morning on their way 10
Cavite they must he Il sorry lot. They
are small and puny and the natives
declare that they can't hit a target at
twenty-five yards, as they never aim
when firing.
Fighting goes on every night in the
city. 1t is a thrilling sight TO sit on
the hurricane deck of the Colon and see
the Spanish shells bursting in midair
and watch the clouds Of smoke arise.
All the vessels of the fleet concentrate
their search lights where the firing is
the thickest. which greatly increases
the beautiful effect. The Boston lies
off the shore near Manila. just where
we shall land. The Petrol lies at the
mouth of a little river in which are
two Spanish torpedo boats. Her
searchlights are kept going necessarily
all night to prevent their escape. The
Raleigh, Concord, Baltimore and OlyuI-
pia in a semi circle, stretching from
Cavite to Manila.
Dewey's Victory.
Everywhere are evidences of Dew
ey's victory. a small tug boat runs
alongside the Colon each evening to an
nounce the pass word. She has half of
one mast missing and crew of Span
ish prisoners are busy rebuilding the
deck. which was completely blown
away.
one of the greatest sights imagin-
able is row boat used by the Cali
fornia boys to visit among the fleet. It
is literally patched sieve. There is
not a spot in her four inches square
not pierced by a bullet hole. Her in
terror is dyed red with Spanish blood.
The boys raised her from the Bottom
of the bay and covered 'er outside
with zinc, so as to make her service
able.
This mornine the men of the pla-
ICONS of Lieutenants Webb and Nay
Tor formed a boating party and rowed
out into the graveyard where lies the
Spanish fleet. Sergeant Fisher, Wells
and Corporal Kneass boarded the wreck
of the Reina Christina and pronounced
it pepper box, riddled from stem to
stern. They also boarded the Olympia
and Raleigh, where they were shown
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Fighting About Malate Gives Men
Baptism of Fire.

Lob bASAA "a - ~ -
The real beginning of the war so far
as the Utah batteries are concerned
was the battle that occurred near Ma
! late on the night of July 81, 1898. In this
/ encounter the volunteers are said to
| have fought like veterans. and to have
met the attack, which was Il midnight
one, like men accustomed to being sur
! prised by an enemy. Sunday WAS the
] insurgent feast day, and their left flank
| withdrew, leaving the American right
| flank exposed. Two guns from each of
| the Utah batteries and companies y
and E of the Tenth Pennsylvania We're
ordered to reinforce the right flank.
| near Malate fort. In the midst of a
raging typhoon, with a tremendous
downpour of rain, the enemy's force,
estimated at 5000 men, attempted to
surprise the camp. The picketS were
driven in and the trenches assaulted.
The Utah batterymen, under Captain
Young, covered themselves with glory.
The men pulled their guns through mud
axle deep. Two guns We're ordered
sent around on the flank and poured in
a destructive fire. The enemy was re-
pulsed and retreated in disorder. The
infantry had exhausted its ammunition
and did not follow
Although not an inch of ground was
lost, the scenes in the trenches were
frightful. AS the lightning flashed the
dead and wounded could be seen lying
in blood red water, but neither the rag
ing of the elements nor their fear of
the insurgents could ring Il cry from the
wounded. They encouraged their COM
rades To fight. and handed over their
cartridge belts.
During the night the Spanish scouts
were seen carrying off the dead and
wounded of the enemy. The American
dead were buried next day in the con-
vent OF Maracaban.
on the night of Aug. ! the fighting
was renewed. but the enemy had re-
ceived a lesson and made the attack
at long range with heavy artillery. The
Utah battery. together with the First
Colorado. was in this fight also, but
again our boys We're fortunate and
sustained no losses Of any kind.
a correspondent of the London
Times, located at Cavite with General
Greene's brigade. cabled his paper. I'M
der date of Aug. 5:
"A heavy monsoon has been blowing
since Sunday. and deluges of rain have
greatly increased the difficulty of land
ing and moving the United States
troops. and multiplied the discomforts
in camp. which were already almost
uncomfortable.
LAS 1 anticipated. General Greene's
brigade is the focus of the active land
campaign. Already the troops are in
constant and close touch with the enc
my. On Friday morning a battalion.
consisting of the First Colorado. under
Lieutenant Colonel Mccoy. with four
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Conduct Was Crsditable.


OF the fight in general he wrote:
Several hours before the operations
of the day were intended 10 commence.
there was considerable desultory firing
from the Spanish line. both of cannon
and small arms. provoked. no doubt.
by Filipino soldiers, who insisted upon
maintaining a general fusilade along
their lines. with which the American
line connected, Just east of the PasiG
road. The fire was not returned by orr
troops. and when the formation of tie
day was commenced things at the front
were comparatively quiet By o clock
the position was occupied, about 9;35
the naval attack commenced. and some
twenty minutes thereafter the gun Of
battery s. Utah artillery, opened on
block house fourteen. the guns of the
Astor battery having engaged an op-
posing battery some minutes after the
opening of the naval attack. There was
no reply from the block house or con-
tiguOus lines, either by guns or small
arms. The OPPOSITION 10 the Astor
fire. however. WIS quite energetic; but
after spirited contest the opposition,
consisting. probably, of two pieces, was
silenced-
This contest was the only notable
feature of the first stage of the action,
and was especially creditable to the
organizations engaged. The position
selected by Lieutenant Mdrcn, dtISr
careful personal reconnaissance. was,
perhaps. the only one possible in the
vicinity. and il was occupied with
great skill. and held with ccmmendahle
firmness. the battery losing three men
wounded. one of whom has since died.
Death of Two Men
After escaping the danger 10 which
they were exposed at Malate two of the
Utah volunteers met their death by an
accident before the close of August.
George II. Hudson of Mercur and VIII
liam O. Anderson of Logan were the
first victims of the insurgents. and they
were not permitted To engage in an
omen fight for their lives. The two men
and a corporal had been sent on an err
rand lust after their arrival at CaVite-
They were passing through the streets
when Private Hudson accidentally dis
charged his revolver. The natives be-
came alarmed and at once began firing
right and left. Dismounted cavalry
were sent to Quell the disturbance, but
the action was misunderstood by the
natives who INDUCED in a general
shooting match. Aguinaldo said that
he regretted the action of his men and
promised to punish the offenders.
Both young men enlisted in battery
= under Captain Grant and before their
departure were very enthusiastic for
the start to be made towards the front.
Private Hudson. who had been at work
at Mercur. was a native of Oregon.
He was the son of Dr.. and Mrs. NJ.
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how the big guns work by courteous

how the big guns work by courteous
tars.
ION the latter ship they met Ensign
Pearson. He is the very ideal of gall
liant youthfulness and conversed with
the boys very freely.
There is another Salt Laker on the
Raleigh. a 'Bish' Cooper. well known
among the newsboys there q few years
ago. He recognized many old friends
among the visitors.
Appearance Of Natives.
a. peculiar people are these natives.
They are small, but sinewy and grace
ful. They surround the boats in large
numbers. selling fruits to the soldiers.
OF course. they don't speak English and
tho times they have to make themselves
understood, Corporal Backman prides
himself on being an expert at Spanish
and accordingly volunteered to be in
terpreter for the crowd. He accord
ingly spoke string of Spanish to the
natives. who said at the conclusion:
NO talllie Americans-wantee banano2'
SO attempts at Spanish We're aban
doned.
"One Of the natives tried to sell some
gin and the boat was ordered to be
seized Accordingly small boat
manned by six of the sturdiest sailors
aboard set out in pursuit of the ma
tiVes, and strange as ii may seen, those
two little natives. with their crude pad
dies, completely distanced their civilized
pursuers and easily escaped.
"They fairly adore an American. and
when a big one comes ashore q group
gather around him. feeling him eau
tiously ana then eXclaiming 'grande
Americana heap good Americana,
and in evidence of their good will they
will give him ANYTHING he demands
from among their personal belongings.
One of the boys has procured a hideous
native throat cutter in a bamboo
case. which he exhibits to- the crowd
The health continues excellent. One
man, Corporal Smith, was removed to
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General MacArthur's Praise.

The Utah gun on the road fired
fourteen shots at block house fourteen.
with good effect. as was subsequently
ascertained upon inspection of the
work. Lieutenant Grow and the de
tachment deserve great credit for the
commendable manner in which the
piece was served and pulled through
the mud. without the assistance Of
horses.
Some time about II o'clock concen-
trated infantry fire was heard in front
of the Second brigade. and not long
thereafter an exultant shout indicated
substantial success for our arms on the
left. 1t was. therefore, assumed that
the enemy had been so shaken as to
q serious disadvantage TO our troops
AT about 1870 O'Clock a United
States flag was placed upon block house
fourteen. thus concluding the second
stage of the action without opposition
and without loss.
The general advance was soon re-
sumed. the Thirteenth Minnesota lead
ing, with company * as advance
guard then the AstOr battery. the
battalion of the Twenty-third infantry.
the battalion Of the Fourteenth in
fantry and the North Dakota regiment
following in the order named
AT a point Just south of SingalOng.
a block house was found burning.
causing d continuous explosion OF
small arms ammunition, which, together
with a scattered fire from the enemy
retarded the advance for time. All
difficulties were soon over. however. in
Guiding the Passage of the AstOr bat
terry. by the efforts of Lieutenant
March and his men, assisted by the in
fantry of the Minnesota regiment, over
the gun emplacement which INSTRUCTED
the rad
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AT CAMP KENT.
New Soldiers Mastering the Art of
War

Camp was pitched on the following
day on beautiful site lust under the
bluff Oh which Fort Douglas is located.
i was called Camp Kent in honor of
the gallant colonel of the Twenty
fourth who was later promoted TO the
rank OF major general of volunteers
and retired as a brigadier general. The
work of drilling at once began in earn
est. Many of the officers were as new
at soldering" as the men but all went
about the duty before them with zeal
that made il possible for them to earn
the laurels the future had in store
The days were full of activity and
in their tents at night the tired men
lay awake to talk hopefully of coming
battles and the glory all desired to
achieve. Meanwhile there were various
rumors as TO the destination of the
batteries. An early report had it that
they would go To Chickamauga where
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said the boys had the hardest part of
the fight from start 10 finish and that
they had always been relied upon in
any emergency.
Especially did ne eXtOl them for their
bravery on the night of the first battle.
when they were compelled to haul their
guns across the country by hand, with
the mud eight inches deep, and the rain
pouring down and the enemy pouring
hot shot from MauserS and field pieces
right into their ranks. He says the
guns are all marked up where they
have been hit by the shells and shot of
the Spaniards, and spoke of one gun
which had the sights shot off in the
engagement. He said as one of the
gunners was aiming the piece a shot
came along and struck the sight, Slanc-
ing down the side of the gun. the gun
ner being saved only because the shot
struck a little projection on the side OF
the gun and glanced off 10 one side.
The Utah boys saved the day more
than once during the battles of Manila,
and the general said they behaved like
regulars; knew not what fear was. and
that their gunnery was superb. They
are the bravest of the brave and Utah
has right to be proud of them.
, The only member OF the Utah bat
teries injured at Malate was Joseph
Winkler who before his departure for
the Philippines resided at j and Third
streets and was employed by Klenke
& Co. The young man was only slight
~ wounded in the arm and very soon
recovered. He enlisted in battery Il
with Captain Grant and is about
twenty three years of age.
Battle of Manila.
Captain Grant wrote that the battle
Of Manila began at $3.50 o'clock on the
morning of Aug. l3. The troops, with
Utah in the van entered the city the
same afternoon. During the battle
three of the Utah guns were stationed
on the left, and one on the extreme
right. Lieutenant Grow was detailed
with his section to General McArthur'S
division where his work was accorded
the highest of praise by his chief.
Every member of both batteries did
his full duty that day. They never
hesitated a moment during the con-
that attracted admiring comment on all
sides. Best of all. in spite OF their ex-
posed positions, not a man of either
on this occasion Captains Young and
Grant We're brevetted majors.
General Macarthur, in his report made
to the department at Washington,
under date of Oct. ., commends the
work OF the Utah batteries at Manila
in most hattering terms. General Mac
Arthur commanded the First brigade.
Second division. Eighth army corps
which included the Utah batteries on
the day of the battle of Manila. and
his report contains some interesting de
tails OF the fight. OF the Utah men he
saws.
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guns Of the Utah battery, commanded
by Captain Young, grandson of the
Mormon prophet, occupied the line fifty
yards in advance of the insurgents, be-
tween the beach and Gale Real. and
1900 yards from a formidable earth
work situated at the southern end of
Malate, the foreign residential quarter
OF Manila"
An Englishman's Compliment.
Two days before the same correspcn-
dent had cabled:
Yesterday l visited Camp Dewey
and the American entertainments before
Malate. Captain Grant and Captain
Young of the Utah artillery were busily
throwing up advance earthworkS for
guns, under protection of the Nebraska
volunteers. From the upper floor of a
European house. forming an alignment
with the earthworl1s, l was observing
the Spanish positions. when a Nebras
ka sharpshooter al the side of me fired
the first shot fired by the Americans
upon the Spaniards, who were crouch
ing in the forward trench.
That was contrary to General Mer
ritt's order. He had forbidden an ag-
gressive attitude unless the Spaniards
advanced. The insurgents, now in
force inland on the right of the Arneri-
can lines, also opened fire. but their
half a mile beyond the entertainments,
where a colored volunteer picket was
hit by d Mauser bullet.
Personally / was impressed by the
nonchalant demeanor of the Americans
in the fighting line. They were like
high spirited youths on picnic. while
groups lying in the second line were
playing cards. Had the Spaniards.
who were unaccountably non-aggres-
siVe during the American landing and
advance. dropped shrapnel from the
Malate forts. they would have wrought
terrible havoc. one house forming Il
conspicuous mark. being within easy
range
Thanked By General Greene.
General Greene thanked his men af-
ter the battle in the following address:
Camp Dewey, Near Manila-The
brigadier general commanding desires
to thank the troops engaged last night
for gallantry and skill displayed by
them in repelling such vigorous at
tack by largely superior forces Of
Spaniards.
Not an inch of ground was yielded
by the Tenth Pennsylvania infantry
and Utah artillery stationed in the
trenches.
a battalion of the Third artillery
and First regiment California infantry
moved forward to their support
through CALLING fire with the utmost
intrepicity- The courage and steadi-
ness shown by all in the engagement is
worthy of the highest commendation.'
When passing through Ogden on his
way TO Washington in September. Gen
eral Greene had more very compliment
AIRY things to say of Utah's sons.
He was Very loud in his praise of the
work of the Utah batteries. and Cap
tains Grant and Young were especially
complimented by him. The general
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so many regiments of the volunteer
army had already been modified.
Finally came the definite announce
ment that the boys would be sent to
the Philippines and il caused joy in the
hearts OF every man in the commands.
on the night Of May i a magnificent
demonstration was given in the
Theatre IL honor Of the soldiers. The
big building was packed 10 the utmost
limit OF its capacity ard patriotism was
worked up 10 a fever heat The same
day the ladies OF the CieOfan presented
both batteries with guidonS which
they carried away with them to the
Wa-.
Finally, after much uncertainty and
many conflicting orders Captain Young
received q message from the War de-
partment instTuctinS him to start with
the batteries for San Francisco May
20. That was 4 day long to he re-
membered by the people of Salt Lake
and by those from surrounding towns
who came in to bio the boys godspeed.
The city was fairly mad with en-
thusiasm.
The volunteers marched between
walls OF wildly cheering humanity
throughout their journey TO the Eio
Grande Western depot. All classes and
conditions of people We'd with each
other in giving the volunteers a fare
wen worthy Of themselves and CT the
state they so ably represented. The
trains departed about noon. speeded on
their way by a last Volley of cheers
and good wishes.
The batteries arrived in San Fran
cisco May -, having made the trip
with only one casualty. OF this Pri-
waite Ackaret Of ogden was the victim
While, waving flag from car window
his arm came in contact with a mail
post and was broken. He was placed
in hospital when the volunteers went
into camp al the Preside and recovered
without trouble. At the coast metropo-
lis the boys were given Il royal recer-
ton. Women Of the Red Cross society
saw TO ii that they had all of the nee
essaries and many of the luxuries of
life
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FIRST TASTE OF WAR.

the. hospital yesterday. He had
slightly sprained leg"
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Start For Manila.

After an uneventful stay of several
weeks at the Preside, during which.
however. hours daily Of hard drilling
were experienced. orders came to take
transports for Manila. The Utahns
boarded ships June il and sailed on the
day following. They were divided, part
going on the Colon and the remainder
on the Zealandia.
Lieutenant Wedgwood, with Ser
geants Fehr and Brown were left be-
hind with orders to return to Utah for
additional recruits. They reached here
June Is and opened offices. Again the
response was ready and rapid. Within
d few days ali that were desired We're
secured. June %, the recruiting officers
with log men left over the Rio Grande
Western for San Francisco. They We're
given a most enthusiastic farewell.
Large crowds assembled on the streets
to cheer them and at the depot to say
goodby. They reached San Francisco
without incident and soon afterward
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rHE sAusAGE M DEAD.

JOLIET. H.. July 27.-Adolph l..
Luetgert. the wealthy Chicago sausage
maker, who was serving a life sentence
in the penitentary here for the murder
of his wife, was found dead in his cell
today. Drs. Werner and O Malley held
a post mortem examination. DR.. o NAL
ley found that the heart was surround
ed by a great mass of fat and that it
was really surprising, considering the
condition of the heart. that death had
not come long before this.
The trial of Duetgert in Chicago at
tracted wide attention and was one of
the most sensational in the history of
the state. Luetgert was charged with
having murdered his wife in the base
ment of his factory and cooked the body
in vat. The prosecution had but q
few small bones and two rings as evil
dence that their theory was correct, but
secured a conviction and life sentence
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SUGAR AND COFFEE.

NEW YORK, July 31.-Coffee-Op-
lions closed steady, unchanged to /
point lower. Sales, 2250O bags. includ-
ing: September 40; October 40; No
vember so. Spot Coffee-Hio, duh and
easy; Mild dull, no market.
Sugar-Raw, firm, held higher, good
demand; fair refining, 3 15-16c; centri-
fugal 96 degrees test, 41&c; mOlasses SUI
gar 3 l3-16c; refined firm but quiet.
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BLACK PLAGUE.

BOMBAY, July 31.-At Poonah, CAPT
tai of the district of that name in this
Presidency, there have been fifty-nine
cases of plague and tlfty-siX deaths
from that disease in ftfty-eight hours.
At the cantonment in the city $40 cases
of plague and 26l deaths have been re-
ported. Several fresh cases have oc-
Cured among the Europeans. The
meteorological conditions indicate the
close of the monsoon and the PROJECTS
are OminOuS.
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TRUSTEES MEET.


Reports From Treasurer and Secretary
SHOW Business in Good shape-Talk
of improvements.
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George W. Smith. secretary.
Henry Waterhouse, treasurer
NJ. =. Robinson. auditor.
Executive Committee f. \. SChae-
fer. A 5. Cleghorn, f.. f. Bishop, NJ. +.
Robinson and George w. Smith.
DR.. G. r. Wood was elected surgeon
and DR.. G. =. Cooper physician of the
hospital.
The affairs OF the hospital were shown
TO be in the best shape, though there
has been in the past year an unusual
strain upon the accommodations at the
Ulace However, everything has been
most excellentIy managed and within a
reasonable expenditure. There was
some talk among members of improve
ments, but no action was taken.
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The trustees of the Queens Hospital
held their quarterly am semi-annual
meeting in the rooms of the Chamber
If Commerce this morning. There was
very nearly a full attendance.
The first business was the reading of
reports. There We're reports from the
secretary. treasurer and physician of
he hospital. all of which, however were
read at the general meeting i'm July.
Election of officers resulted as fol-
l.AA-..
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