The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-10
BEHAVED Ike HtHUtS
Mon tana's Part N the Battle of
Malolos.
A NEW PAGE OF HISTORY
Thrilling Description OF the r eht Told
by Ono o. the Part;cipants-In-
surgsuts Contested
Every Foot.

One OF the best accounts vet seen
OF the part the Montana soldiers play
ed in the taking Of Maloios is con-
tanned in a letter written by one of
the boys which recently appeared in
the Dillon Tribune. The story of that
days fighting is old now, but as the
account gives a detailed description Of
how the 20 brave fellows who fell that
day received their wounds or were
killed, it will be read with interest by
the friends and relatives who are inn
patiently waiting to welcome the boys
home. The letter reads:
Malolos, April lon the evening of
March "a the order came for the Mon
tana and Kansas regiments to vacate
the trenches, which they have held
since Feb. 10, and move a mile and
half to the right and in front of the
Pennsylvania and South Dakota regi-
ments, these four bodies Of troops,
with the Utah battery. 10 compose
flying briSads to drive the Filipinos
from the trenches directly In front Of
the South Dakota regiment, where
they were fnIrsed in large numbers.
At 3 ,. m, the Oregon regiment quietly
marched into the Kansas intrench-
ments, and the zsd infantry (regulals)
Is silently crept Into the Montanh's
warm nest. Up and away, across the
rice fields in the bright moonlight the
Montana's. brave lads moved in solid
column to the front OF the Paloma
church, where the boys from Pennsyl
vania lay. Close behind came the Kan
sas regiment and the Utah battery, all
anxious to be fret. Here the boys left
their ponchos, blankets and blanket
bags, stripping for the race. An hour
before daylight, with one days ra-
.7c ft-,~, +<N
carry, they rose and drank their cof-
fee--the last cup for some of the
brave lads-and as daylight began to
break the Utah battery played
Wagner" prelude for 20 minusas, and
the curtain rose on new page of
history. AS the battery ceased the
bugles blew the advance, and with
Montana in the very center, where
the mass Of insurgents were the thick
est. Like demons they fought and
charged, with scarcely a breathing
spell for FIVE miles; they rushed up
to and over intrenchments that any
one volunteer regiment could hold
against 5000 troops and slaughter
and tangles OF bamboo that would
prove solid barrier to a Jack rabbit
hunter were as nothing to the boys
in blue and brown. Thousands of
niggers, scattered all through the tan
gle. opposed the advance with Mau-
sers and Remingstons
The first American to fall was brave
joe Beclman OF Company from
Butte, who was kneeling and about
to fire when Remington bullet struck
his gun, cutting off two fingers and,
glancing, entered his mouth going
| entirely through his head. Hurriedly
covering his face from the sun, the
be seen the dead bedies Of the insur-
gents. Steve Stevens Of Company G
fell here with bullet through his
Erein. william Mitsehke of Company
| II went dewn with 4 bullet through
his hips and Erein. Robert Brown OF
Company q was carried past on lit
ter, shot through the side and lungs,
! came George Banks OF Company e,
| shot through the arm, but bound to
walk back 20 that thoss worse off
than he may ride. Around the left
wing the entire line and a squad of
Il men from Company q made sally
up against a blockhouse, which 40 or
so insurgents were holding Without
waver the boys charged on the run
and drove the insurgents out. There
were two men of the squad who came
out unhurt by bullets. Percy Lock
hart, Company G, was stretched out
with a bullet through his brain. Joe
Myers of Company G, with a bullet
through the leg and groin, Conner
Williams of Company G with a bullet
through his arm, which afterward
struck his bunch of keys hanging
around his neck by the string holding
his Identification tag, carrying away
all except the string and the eyelet
of the tax. A diamond ring was in
the lot, but Conner says he doesn't
| ~ 4, I. I. 1Ir ell ync
of the shirt left Lying by Williams
side was Billy McCarty Of Company
| G. shot in the leg "a dangerous woun6.
Hays Axtell of Company G, with three
bullets through his thighs, smiled and
| smoked a cigar. Then came Ed ].
| Gym Of Company I, shot through the
left side. also smoking a cigar: Joe
| the left side OF the neck; James En-
| right Of Company E, through his chest
Then on again in half circle to the
| left the line moves on, the insurgents
| stubbornly contesting every foot OF
| the way, but melting into death and
distance before the terrible rush OF
driven furiously to the front, now re-
turn carrying John H. McQuary. E
| company, shot SO that for weeks he
| will have to maintain in some degree
| the same recumbent position as when
| he was hit. With him Is Lewis Pal
| lath of H company, shot through the
right leg. and F. M. Weaver of I
company. shot in the right forearm.
Thomas Richards of D company, with
a severe wound In the right thigh, and
John p. Robinson of NJ company, shot
through the right forearm. Still swing
Ing toward the left the flying brigade
NOW down and drive everything be-
fore it. Second Lieutenant Miles Kel-
" Of Fl company scents the flavor OF
4 Mauser bullet as It passes, just graz
Ing the upper lip and nose enough to
hruise and bleed him, but 1t can't stop
him. although 1t floors him nat for a
moment, his wound making a total
Of killed and wounded Of 20 for the
day. still the flying brigade presses on
until night falls and the tired boys
drop in punches and wait for hard tack
and canned beef and salmon, for they
have thrown away all superfluors
weight during the day in their mad
fight through the Jungle covering a