The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-19

men in the organization under my
command. The amount of labor done
by the men dragging guns and con-
structing earthworks has been prodi-
gious. and it has always been done
cheerfully.
"All have been fearless. Compelled
to advance along open roads, usually
in plain view of the enemy, without
the opportunity of concealment, they
have unshirkingly served their guns.
II has, too, been a feature of these
operations that in every advance the
gunners have gone forward practically
on the line of skirmishers. Their will
lingness TO work and their intrepidity
have not been more conspicuous that
the skill with which they have handled
their guns and their accuracy of aim"
After the fall of CalOocan, fighting in
the neighborhoOd continued at inter-
walls for several weeks. On the 25th
of March when General McArthur's
advance from De La LONE church be-
gan, two Utah guns each drawn by
four American mules, took their posi-
ton in the column behind the skirmish
line. To the right of De La Lone two
more guns followed up on a sunken
road far ahead of the skirmish line
and got into the insurgent lines and
opened fire before the dusky foes knew
what was coming. To the left of the
work.
At Close Quarters.
The artillery part of McArthur's col
umn wash composed of Utah Volun-
teers, the Sixth United States artillery
and a Colts automatic gun. all under
command ON Major Young. These guns
did their share of the work in the adj
vance to Malolos and later at San Fer
nando. II is safe to say that never be-
fore have field guns been stationed as
close To the enemy's trenches and
worked by the advancing army, as the
Utah guns were at the Tuliajan river
on the evening of the 25th. and a few
days later al the Marilao river. AT
the former the guns got within about
seventy-five yards and opened fire on
the trenches on the opposite side of the
stream. AT the Marilao river the enemy
was only forty yards away on the op-
posite bank of the stream and the two
guns wer pushed right up into the
open.
On the way to Malolos the guns were
engaged two or three times and were
pulled by the men across railroad
bridges while the mules swan across
the river. in order to get at the enemy
When the advance started from Malo-
los two more guns of the Utah artil-
lery We're added to the advancing col
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General Lawton's expedition to San Isl
dro. This gun, under the command of
Sergeant Anderson of battery b. held a
most important place in LawtOns lines
and its commander distinguished him
self
Advance From Malolos to Calumpit.
The advance on Calumpit was made
under the most Instantaneous cir
cumstances. The tactics of the Fill
pinos displayed a knowledge of war
fare hitherto unsupported and their
breastworks, with which the whole
country was honeycombed. showed
marvellous engineering skill.
The Americans had expected that
Aguinaldo's army would make its last
stand at Malolos. but it was found that
he was defending Calumpit most aner-
getically. Here, for the first time the !
Filipinos employed artillery. They
brought two guns into action in the |
trenches before the town. firing modern !
sharpnel which burst over the heads of |
resumed on the morning of the 9th. |
the Bagbag bridge having been dis !
abled the day before and repaired dur |
ing the night. General Wheaton's l
brigade advanced in extended order |
with the Kansas regiment to the west !
of the railroad and the Montana regi- |
ment to the east of it. and took IN /
position covering one and one-half !
miles on the south bank of the Rio |
Grande. The Utah battery was ordered
into position in the center of the |
Kansas regiment to silence the rebel |
guns.
When Major General Macarthur COM |
menced his advance, the Utah battery I