The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-22
D BLACK DEVILS
r1ox VOLUNTEERS TEACH
'!s!.i ururrsOs ART or War.
,6>rfstfe Letters FroD Yoeng
& ,sneeers IT santa ASS Give De-
-. q the Great Batfle-PTasse
4rosps From High Quarters.

-. 1vseps From High Quarters.
1hes details Of the vziorous condue,
81 =. washington volunteers In the PHI
z.ssss re contained IN a number OF sob
s2.~J t<fers received In Seattle and given
& - PM -fnseIigencer FOR publication
3s.<.e1ey. The Washington boys agree in
6SSr1ue thai they have az last obtained
- ~ hoped for upon ensistiEG-acsuai
:sssus n the battlefield. But the lust for
Ixun46r IL still in their veins. and they
s,a - ii; express q desire 10 show the
s66k 1<ysIsr that the Americans are Of
81 1rrent nber from the Spanish. II that
- - not Thoroughly impressed upon
Se rnIpinos in the battle which commenc-
~ = Febrsary and ended In q glorious
ptorr Tor the Americans.
(k Characteristic soldiers letter II one
1lf1e By George II. Herman. OF Conn
- D. Firss Washington volunteers. from
S.afe Ana, under date Of February TO- He
~ h part:
= suppose ali kinds OF run,0rs are feat
- around about our being wiped on the
= q the earth bat we viii teach those
l6fhens how TO fight before We are
) $3.50 with them. Our regiment and the
$50 regiment and four guns from the
Griemth artillery licked $500 rebels q
e111unny made a charge with sixty men
! ernink about 500 natives In trenches Mt
- fee. above the level of the ground.
- hrose them across the river. There
- several Englishmen living 1T Santa
A. md they saw the natives retreat
~ oaid it sas n right. They ran tn
kesu6 over women. children and old men
80 3ere In the road. The SIKH artIiIery
- - taesr heels. and sheiied them ev-
~ dep they took. guess shey thought
~ aeyii was after Them.
Dewey Gave Them Hades.
Dewey gave them hadas. He shelled
III whenever he saw a Niger. We lost
- heaviest Of any volunteer regiment.
NJ Fourteenth infantry Was under Gen.
Anderson. He was walking up and down
, the road and every other word he said
= wtshed he had the Washington fegi
mt with him. Gen. King commanded
- bStgads we were In. The California
a1lment was ordered 10 charge and re-
nd Gen. King t.ien wanted TO advance
MI OF the Idaho and the WASHINGTON to-
Qfher. not 10 charge. bur 10 erawl up. He
jnse the signal 10 advance. Ave started
~ gave yell ard were gone He tried
3s:op US hut could NOT Then he took his
Il or and yelled 90 IL. you devils
1--WE drove them for three miles, About
r. OF IN charged into 5000 nlggers. They
X ratified and started Ia run like hpek
4 sheep. The artillery took the road and
6sushtered them.
There IL no doubt OF our officers being
y good AZ any regular army OF
1ers. WheE We were In the trenches
hey were walking benind us ard
|nlling rs not to expose our
Ietyes When we were afraid TO slick our
Asads out of the trenches they were walk
hk I'D and Down behind us. and when we
harged they were In fron, and the first
nss to be in the insurgent trenches.
THE insurgents said wa aid not fight
air. thar we should net have been allowed
D charge on them ard drive them out Of
heir trenches. The spaniards never did
hat They fired on them AZ night and re-
rea,ed the next day.
7"rhey don't 'savyey' the American way
Il Fighting. bat they win before We get
through with them. The Englishmen and
nilors came out on the lire and whenever
man dropped they jumped I'm his place.
,aok his rifle and started 10 fight. But the
5srnans were mute
srrmtse for the Hawthorn battery.
Robert Robertson, Jr., Of Company II,
3fs. Washington volunteers. writes home
lengthy account of the battle. pralsing
Without reserve the work az the Hawthorn
ht.sry and the First wasfHngfon. His
bitter tx dated Manila. Feb. 70. and In rart
= az follows.
I II suppose by this time YOU have heard
n our little scrap In which the First Wash
hgson and the Hawthorn battery were the
chief actors could not begin 10 tell al.
hat happened: will have 30 wait until
lxt home
sAhout II. M. Feb 4. the insurgents at
hacked the Nessraska outpost Oh Our left
eefoss The river about mile away. there
va heavy firing fnr about halt an hotsf
Men everything was quiet ussti1 7,sa Tire
sexs morning, when we saw rrowt at
tsmps.ng 10 cross the bridge. Our sentrifs
we're called H. and 10 cool and s'eady
susce Col. whoiley gave the command on
he ieft wing IRE three seiieys. commence
ting You should have heard The noise.
WAS up In the block house. and we iia
~ ssop firing tili daylight We worked
sr safs iii they got 80 hot thai we could
Vt week them We iid terrible execution:
sas IKE AN even Lieut. tiorsaley had
samnana 81 III. Fy morning the floor
sas covered with empty SHELLS.
al daylight the Hawthorn battery. with
fsr mountain guns took position At the
srdge and opened eur way Teen the ar
ssr came - advance. Cot Wholley Raj
- horse shot frcm under him, but he
vailed the creek ard went on ahead The
Naassr bullets came like saaiistoaes, 1ssek
va fast. bat nothing dauutsd, the boys
hsred aheaa. and swept everything hsfors
Meus. Capt Fertson was III command Of
teeus eighty men ever 90 ear left, and he
espsarei a strong fors on = knoll where
nsse were about lsA gharpssooters. In this
Pace about fafty natives were Killed, SOME
s-fv sskcn prisoners, and most ~ them re-
esastd 10 the river. threw in their guns
ana then Jumped ia The river Is swift.
Nj very faa reached the shose-
Aansiea ny the Springficlds.
n was a aofrit.e sight - sea how the
A'iyes were hst. The Springfield buffet
ssrs hole ~ Big as YOUR fist. Their less
as terrible. an5 quite a number We're
ssarea oar quarters were attacked Al
- rsiaea sni che battery mad 10 tear
avn hix stano church where sharp
ne0ters wers dging oa Tie Red Gross and
~ aniccg~ quarters