The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
TWO BRAVE MEN.
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One of the most dramatic stories of
the Filipino war was that, told to Ma.
jor Grant of the Utah artillery by Ma,
jor General Lawton in the latter's tent
at the front near Manila, shortly be-
fore Grant left for home. General
Lawton said:
Soon after leaving Malolos / en-
tered the enemy's county and was
greatly annoyed by their sharpshoot-
ers. One morning I had ordered 6. halt
to make a reconnaissance in the front.
Sitting on log some distance to the
front of where my staff and / were
saw a man in civilian dress coolly
watching operations. / asked who he
was and one of my staff officers replied
that he did not know, but that he had
seen him on the firing line many times,
and, although he had been frequently
ordered to the rear, he had disobeyed,
the order. The lieutenant said: He
has been continuously in front of our
lines under fire, but the men can't keep
him away
Il ordered the stranger sent to me
and I said: Who are you and what
are you doing out there?' He replied:
I am an American citizen. My name
lis Young. l have been a. scout in the
Indian campaigns of Montana and the
Dakotas- and / thought I'd come out
/ here, to try and help out the boys a.
Elittle.'
Il recall his name as one of the men
| who had done gallant service against
/ the redskins. 1 asked him if he could
pick twenty-five men like himself
\ from the North Dakota regiment He
said that he could, and l at once ap-
pointed him chief of the scouts at a
salary of $3.50 month. He accepted
and the next day was ready for bust
ness.
ION the way to San Ysidro, the en-
envy had crossed the river on our ap-
proach and fired the bridge. Then,
Young's scouts showed their metal.
The brave fellows waded into the water
on either side of the bridge, and, using
their campaign hats to dip up the
water, they put out the fire on the
bridge, while Young and a man of the
name of Harrington, his lieutenant,
armed only with big army revolvers,
stood in plain sight on the bridge, COW
ering their men. When a Filipino
raised his head above the trenches a
revolver bullet ended his career. The
brave officers held the bridge amid
storm of bullets till finally Young fell,
shot through the knee. Harrington
ran to his wounded leader, and, with
a pistol in each hand, stood over the
fallen man. shooting at the Filipinos,
who tried to pick him off. He held his
position until the soldiers came UP
and carried Young to the rear, and
| later sent him to the Manila hospital.
Our men crossed the bridge and drove
the insurgents out
"a few days later, Harrington took
his men to the front. and, after hard
march. stopped for supper at o'clock
He sat down, leaned against bank
of earth and waited for the mess call.
He did not respond when the call came,
so the men went to look for him. They
found him a corpse, leaning back, his
head resting on his breast, with his
rifle lying by his side. He had fallen
asleep and a stray Mauser bullet had
passed through his neck, killing him.
1.-THE next morning / sent this per-
sonal message to Young in the Manila
hospital: Harrington died at o'clock
last night A few hours later I re-
ceived from the chief surgeon in the
hospital this dispatch: Young died at
5 o'clock last night. So the two brave
men had closed their last campaign at
almost the same moment