Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-25
Turn the Ga,Iings on Them" the
Command Of Captain Grant.
now SANTA CRUZ FELL.
The sueee..f.i Expedition ofthc La-
suus a. ffay ON the f'asig River
special Mention for Gran.

Don C. Musscf'a paper. Freedom.
which arrived by mail today from San
Francisco. brought interesting ncwa
from tho Philippines. II gives a de-
tailed account Of Capt ornnts cxpcdi-
lion on the upper pasiE river with the
Laruna Dc bay, II says also that he
Il made the subject OF special mention
Tor the good work In bringing the cx-
petition through tho dlnicult channel
and handling the men generally. The
attack upon Santa cruz was very Wig
orous and the city came quickly under
the stars md Stripes.
~ the main fsh,ing line was closing
IN On the city from the south. the
fquAdrun % Fourth cavalry had land
Cd Just at break OF day ON a naked
point Of land which projected Into the
iake directly In front of the town. The
gunboat ocate protected their right
Hank. white their left rested under the
suns u The LaEuna Dc nay. lnaur-
gents had very utrong entertainments
Al this point. An omlnoua silence per-
vaded everything and not a shot was
hfcd a. tho boys of the Fourth slowly
and cautiously advanced. Lieut.. Webb
% the ocntc discovered a skirmlsh line
u about nfty natives crossing an
opening. evidently with the Intention
u nanklnE our troops. lie opened up
on them with his revolving iiotchkina
and Gntilngn and literally tore the Hue
o. plrcca. AZ the same time the insur-
Frntn commenced heavy fuallndc
along the entire length ~ the breast.
works aud the boys of the Fourth got
veritabic baptism out on that open
neld.
CAPTAIN GRANTS COMMAND.
Turn the EatllnEs on the devils"
fald Capt. Grant. don't let them shoot
down our boys without replying" And
the WhirtilnE balls from the EatiinEa
a. snyder fed thum bird seed. a. he
sxprfred u. bcgnn onnlsding the
trenches, Occaaionaliy Scrgt. McGnnn
dropped q hot nhrnpnel over among
them just to keep thingH golnR.
The boys ot the FOURTH made some
gallant rurhcr and Whenever that thin
blue line moved forward the boys ON
the Tuuboatn would split their throata
therfuT. And who can help II when
they 80 men brave death In a manner
that would take the breath away from
the Atalca ~ Old.
the fact that the inHurgenta were ar
Ing high. some OF their shots struck a
quarter % u nAln out on the lake, al
though from the way dust was hying
quite "a rpnukilnE was dropping under
the noses u the trooper,
AZ last the emmy He'd, leaving their
dead hohiud them, Up through the
town they strung IN long lines. The
boys ou the nrht had swung around
by THIS time and crowded the nylng
lnhuucnm olt upon an gp'n meadow
about a mile Ions and half milo wide
The infantry mcrrcd from the shadow
u The woods close on the heels ~ tho
fualtlvca. The Eunbuain Snplndan ana
iaFuua de- LAY stood close In 10 tho
shore and the lnrurrocton were caught
To- a cross Gre from the gunboatH on the
other. They wcfe literally cut 10 pieces
and the neld waa atrcwn with their
dying ANA dead
out on tho edge Of the plain they
made their last stand about n group
N huts, and u was bravvly done, fomo
N our mon ACTUALLY thought they We're
American soldlcrr from the way they
rallied and dropped on thcir Knees 10
IRE, aud here one Of company as boys
" the Fourteenth, received q mortal
wound IN the head. The stand made
by the natives did not last for long ard
they gradually faded from view ana
disappeared down IN the tall swamp
Frsas that fringcd the lake, ana es-
hi the dust al this point. Had the
right wing ~ the land forces swung
around few moments sooner, quite a
number ~ prisoners would have been
captured. They were delayed somewhat
BY the
FIRE FnoM THE ouNBoArs.
and two shells from the six Founders on
the NaplndAn actually passed over
l.awton's head as tue line was adj
Vanccing.
About one thousand Filipino manned
the breaatworka about Santa cruz. al
though la that district there are alto
Ecther about twenty-five hundred ma
Part of the crack Twelfth regiment
took part IN the nght ana among the
dead with them were found some ~
tho famous red pants soldier Altoge-
Their they werr a nno looking ana fnely
Uniformed body or natives. Their losses
we're about ono hundred ana nfy IN
Killed ana wounded. Fifteen were tax
en- prisoners.
Immediately following the battle tho
lnsurKent wounded were carried 70 IN,
hospital whore their wounds received
every attention. Monday night thirty
two ~ their wounded were loaded ON
board fcnacn, and sent 10 the First re-
serve hospital. A soldier from the
fourteenth. who was taken with small
lNA az SANTA tfuai WIS ulh' h'nN ha'h.
Two ~ the innurgent wounded died
on the road down. They were n hor-
ribly mnngied and shot up lot Of men.
and one glance into that bloody cnHco
would turn almost any man Into a hrm
believer In arbitration.
General King who was taken w. ana
was not able 10 take communal during
Monday mornings operations ALEC came
back on the OeHtc'
The Americans had the slight loss
Of one man Killed and three wounded
A DIFFICULTY TRIP,
A Freedom representative took a
trip up the river 10 the lake last week
on the gunboat LaFnnn dc hay, and
reports very successful trip Tho
river IN very winding ana "a succession
" winding turns. and only the closest
attention on the part Of Captain Grant
Who understands the channel ~ the
river like book ana n thorough
pilot, prevented the boat from going
aground mare than once, especially
as the river was al least a foot lower
than II has been before this year. No
person who has not made the trip can
understand the difficulties OF bringing
boat a. large and heavily loaded as