, 1899-02-09

The press dispatches last night con-
tanned the name of Harry Crumrine of
Laramie, a private of Company F, Wy
oming battalion at Manila, among the
list of wounded. No particulars are
given and it is not known how badly
the boy is wounded or where the affair
occurred, nor do the paid special cor
respondents of the Denver dailies see
any other trops but Colorado and with
them Colorado m first and the
United States boys next.
Harry Crumrine, who is twenty years
old, is the youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Crumrine of Laramie and is well
known in Laramie. He enlisted last
May in the Wyoming battalion and his
companions all say that he would rath-
er fight than eat Private Hudson, who
recently returned from Manila, speaks
in high terms of Crumrine and says
he is a good soldier and is not afraid
of anything. Not long ago he wing
ed" a native who a trying to cross
the line at night while Crumrine was
on picket duty and ON refusing to halt
Crumrine shot HIM in the arm. The
wounded Filipino was taken to the
hospital and had to have his arm am
putated.
Mr.. Crumrine, the father of Harry
Tr,, n,rina uras Saan. today nv Tho Ra-
publican reporter and found that he
knew only the brief mention of his
| son as wounded. At the telegraph Of
flee he was told that it would cost $65
dollars to send a message to Manila
and that they could not guarantee an
answer. Governor Richards will be
asked to secure the information
through Senators Warren and Clark at
Washington. Mrs. Crumrine has taken
worried and is very anxious to know
the truth concerning her sons injury.
If the Wyoming boys were in the
place in the firing line at which the
Denver News and Salt Lake Tribune
puts them. they were in the thickest of
the fight but from private letters re-
ceived here last Monday by relatives
of our boys they may have been sent
to Cavite a month Ago..
The Denver Republican today pub
fishes a special from which the follow
ing is taken:
The American troops are in excellent
spirits and appear to regard their ex-
periences as a picnic rather than a
stern reality. One hurley Coloradoan
who was discussing the capture of the
waterworks, said it reminded him of a
rabbit drive on the Colorado plains.
General Overshine's brigade, the
Fourth cavalry, Fourteenth infantry,
and First Dakota infantry, on the
right, did some accommodating today,
but otherwise have been taking mat
tiers easily.
The First Washington infantry, the
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kotans are strung out from block house
No. II to the old Spanish trenches
southwest of the Malate fort, where
the Fourteenth infantry is quartered.
A few native houses from which
shots have been fired were burned, but
most of the others are either vacant or
marked with white flags.
The enemy is obviously concentrated
at ~Paranaque. General Kings brigade,
which includes the First California in
fantry. First Idaho infantry and First
Wyoming infantry, has been compell-
ed to destroy the villarge of San Pc
dro Macate, as the natives, moving
from house to house, fred from the
windows as the Americans advanced.
The Rocky Mountain News publishes
a special report of Brigadier General
Charles King, the famous soldier 20
elist, in whose brigade the Wyoming
battalion is placed and no mention Is
made of our boys, SO that 1t remains
yet to be shown where the First Wy
oming was during the attack Sunday.
It is impossible to find out Tor cer-