Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-23

BOYS coAiPLfNENTEp.
General wheaton spoke to me IN very
flattcrng terms Of the excellent SER
vice rendered BY Corporal Harvey
Dlusenbcrry, Battery u. Utah
mont who were with Hotchklss
revolving cannon brought from Calico
can 20 Mnl1l0a In company with the
Twenty u. 8. Infantry. also OF
the valuable service rendered by Lieut..
Geo, A. seaman and his platoon at the
Gen. Hale described the services ROM
dcrcd by Lieut. H. G. Nnylora platoon
near san Funclsco del Monte March
2ith nH very crodltablc and effective.
There were but three casualties dur
Ing the month. one serious and two
iight wounds IN battery 10. Utah artll-
lcry, "a remarkably low percentage Ia
View Of the frequent and close expo
sure N the CannOuccrH. Total rounds
fired during the month approximately
1000.
OFFICERS COMMENDED.
II desire 10 record my Judgment that
the services OF Lleuta. Criichlpw and
Fleming and NJ Ensign Davis. who
were under my personal observation.
have been marked by professional skiu
Judgment and bravery OF the highest
order. that the services Of the other
officers N the command have been OF u
similar character. appears certain In
Wow Of the inttrrlnE tributes from
commanding and other officers who
have served with them, The men uf
the several dCtuchmonfs almost with
out exception. have performed their
duties ably chccriully, ana unnlnch-
lngly'
FROM LIEUT. cRITcHLow.
Following Major Young's report ~
the report OF Lieutenant Critchlow.
commanding battery %. Dated April
9Th. lit reports the locations and Uper-
ntlonH 81 the various attachments u
HE battery from February l2th TO
March iiHt. more particularly uf that
platoon composed ~ sections two ana
three, which for the greater time were
under hlH immediate command, tie
says that un Feb. 18th detachment
with three two guns under Major r. \.
Grant was stationed at II Iona
church cemetery another was at Calou-
can under Lieut.. Seaman, another ut
| tho water works near MarIqulna under
/ Lieut. Gibbs. and one az the store block
| house near La Lama under Lieut.,
/ Gibbs. another detachment was Hcrv-
Ing the United States gunbOlt Lngunn
/ dc Bay. From Feb. 18th nothing worthy
/ ~ record trauHplrgd until tho 18TH "
| March when Major Grant was ordered
| TO take command Of the Laguna bri-
! gudp. and Lieut., CritChluw was placed
| In charge of the battery.
! From this time until the 2ist or
March a few shots were hrcd dally 20
| silence the enemies firu annoying bat
| terry u outpostH and 10 prevent con-
/ Htructlon of the enemies fnrtlhcntluus.
/ ON the 23rd N February Lieut. Gibbs
/ says. made" an attack, advancing 60 a
! position 100 yards from our
line, and pouring ~ very warm
| tho battery was attacked In q similar
manner. the enemies FIRE being cvi-
dcucod by the occurrence of three cas-
| unltloH IN tho Immediate Vicinity OF the
| guns. on the 25th " March, a platoon
/ consisting N thirty-fuur men followed
! by "a platoon uf tho Sixth United states
| artillery under Lieut. Fleming started
| on the campaign, which resulted In the
| capture Of Malolos March 3lst. The
firing began at o'clock
IN THE MORNING.
the Infantry FIRST engaged the enemy
the artillery following nt q few hundred
yards under the command OF the chlei
OF artillery After considerable Trims
the enemy was Hilcnced and the trench
cr vacated these trenches were ~ feet
Ia thickness. aud most skilfully siiuat'
ed. one OF Lieut. Crltchlow's guns was
ordered forward and advanced 20 q
position 1876 yards from the cnemies
trenches. aud IN advance OF the Fourth
cavalry detachment The boys were
screened from the enemy by thin
hedge. under "A searching tire from tho
enemy In which the detachment mirnc'
ulously escaped Injury, the Utah boys
nrod four shrapnel ana two shells Int
the enemies works. ana within a Tow
minutes afterwards the Flllpinos wert
entirely dslodged. The platoon then
went into camp on the right bank Of tho
| river.
March goth. camp was broken ana IA,
platoon proceeded along the Mellntg
rond parallel 90 the Tulinhun river
They came into action at . o'clock IN
the afternoon about miles north OF
Mclintu. The enemy was found 10 bt
In strong force cntrcuchod ON either
side NJ the railroad. LOO yards from
I.euit Critchlow's detachment. Lieut.
Fleming was 800 yards In the rear, The
firing from the Utah boys developed
VIGOROUS RESPONSE.
from the enemy, whose accuracy wa
demonstrated by number of casual
ties IN the front ana rear. Lieut.
| Critchlaws platoon fired HiNtcert
shells and six shrnpnel The enemy
was again routed and platoon went Int
camp,
a. 6:l5 ON the morning Of March 21th
camp was broke and the platoon pro
ccedod north 90 Meyncauyan. whorl
several hours delay was experienced
The platoon was halted shortly after
wards ON the Marilao road, as the In
fnntry a fow hundred yards beyon'
had encountered a strong IRE from IN
enemy who were entrenched ON IN
right bank of the Marllao river. Tn
Utah boys advanced and with the sup
perth Of the Twentieth Kansas en-
gagged the enemy putting "a number %
shells directly into their trenches.
white nag was Immediately raised, an,
90 Insurgents were captured, with thei
arms. The next engagement " Lieut.
Crltchlow'H platoon was about o'clocl
b. M March goth, ana once more th
enemy was silenced, The following
morning considerable diinoulty was ex
perienced IN sending the news acroa
Tho river and at 9 o'clock the mex
morning Lieut.. Crtchlow'a platoon anl
that Of Lieut.. Fleming opened IRE Of
the enemy'H works near MalOlos Malo
los was entered by the Utah boys ahou
ten o'clock on the morning OF Marol
3ist and their
GUNS WERE PLACED
In the plaza Eforc. tho hall Of congres
OF the inHurgent government The non