The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-27

at home and perhaps most OF them set.
tied In their former occupations in civil
life. i thought OF sending yea a brief ac-
count Of those in the regular army still
on the firing line. boys from the Four
teenth infantry. Of which large per-
centage are Westinghouse. with the
same spirit and love Of state and country.
The First washingtons made good
record and In reality are highly respected
amongst the other troops. both as gentle
men and az soldiers And for the reason
that they. many times on the south line.
were In close touch with the Fourteenth,
few words from us that are left would
perhaps be appreciated
We have. for the last three weeks, had
| more or less trouble on the south line,
| which caused our recent fighting, that
certainly was for us great victory. but.
| at the same time. cost many brave boys
| their iiveA among them three captains-
| Al linus. where the Fourth infantry Is
! stationed. have the insurgents been es-
| pecially troublesome In cutting the tele-
| graph wires and ffrtng into the outposts
! all along the line.
| serenaaed with MauserS.
Our patrols have often been interrupted
/ by the song of few Mausers whistling
| through the air from across the linus
| rivera music the boys at home are very
well accustomed to hear.
| On Sunday. October !. while the boys
/ at linus were eating their dinner. the
| insurgents commenced firing volieys right
| into their quarters. OF course the dinner
| had 10 be dropped and the boys from the
| Fourteenth with their "Krags" started chas-
| ing them away. AS rule IL does not take
| long TO make them get to their heels on
| the run, but like the monkeys, they soon
| turn II the chase Is stopped
| Fire ON Signal Corps.
| On Monday morning while the insur-
| gent peace delegation were In Manila.
| under flag of truce, the telegraph wires
| were cut below and above Bacoor, and
| signal corps men were sent out TO repair
| the break. While Corp. Gunderson, of
| Company E. signal corps. was repairing
| the broken line, under escort OF a squad
| OF Company z of the Fourteenth, the
| natives opened up a heavy fire from
| across the linus river. one and three
| quarters miles above Bacoor. The cor
| porai was shot through the stomach and
| died soon afterward in the hospital
| The firing opened up In three different
| places along the line at one time and the
| bullets came In showers In the direction
| of our quarters. In a few minutes our
| company. Lieut.. Hanson IN command.
| rushed up the road in aid OF our men, AS
| we reached the bridge above Bacoor the
1
4 ley or two and then made dash forward
| until we reached our men and found two
| wounded. We laid low and fred the best
| we could.
In forty minutes IL was a continual roar
| of musketry as the distance across the
| river was only 100 yards and In some
/ places less Capt. Reilly, commanding
Battery F. Fifth artillery, did some fine
| work with his two field pieces.
Capt. Eldridge's Death.
| few minutes afterwards Company
| H. OF the Fourteenth. came up from Ba-
| coor for reinforcement. Capt. Eidridge in
command and fell In to our left. The
| company came UP In fine manner. and
| the brave captain. who. twenty minutes
| later, was sha. in the breast and soon
/ died from his wound showed GOODNESS
| and courage that inspired every man. A
| Drawer captain never led company and
| re was highly respected amongst his
| men for his interest In all under his
| command. as well as his brother officers.
| The firing was heavy all along the line.
| The Fourth infantry had a hot time all
| around linus and down the road towards
! ys up from Bacoor Towards dusk II
| commenced to quiet down, the insur-
| gents resrcated back in the Jungle again
| towards CavIte yiago.
ON Tuesday morning. October L., a hot
| time was prepared for the insurgents.
| Gen Lawton and staff and Gen. Grant
/ and rtar were both directing the move
| rnents In person. Early In the morning
marines were brought over from Cavi,e,
/ as well as marines and sailors from the
/ flagship Baltimore. and made their landing
1 on the south side Of linus river. where 80
| many Spanish soldiers before have met
| with hot reception.
| Day of Destruction.
| II liz point of land surrounded ON three
| sides ny water. -Four companies or the
| Fourteenth in command Of Col. paggett
| oross@.3 the river farther up. sk,rmish
| line was formed in connection with the
| marines and The insurgents were soon To-
| Gated A brisk firing was going on for
| over ar hour As they r.rreated toward
| their trenches south 81 linus the artillery.
! In command II Capt. Reilly. made some
| counting shots
'eThres companies q The Fourth in
! santry ard one company (G1 II the Fourth
| cavalry we're 20 Our left. and between us
/ the insurgents had a heavy loss IL was
day Of death ara destruction - them
| II il sad 10 see. bus there seems no other
way 10 do. On Wednesday and Thursday
we did not advance ans further, but Sat.
uruay October Z Gen. Sehwsn in com
| raani. started CUT az expedition toward
| San f'ran cixco Do Malabor.
This place had for some tine been some
| what ~ a mystery 20 re. II had been
| run1are6 fer some tire that Aggsnsido had
| force sci; !afrenchsd and in large mum
hers from : bse To 4.s and had quite a
| number u Geld pieces Ths proved all 70
- a fake
Included IN shis expedition were three
companies % ire Fourteenth e. q and c.
! IN charge II Acting MAI. Taylor. captain
! OF Company r: one troop u Fourth eayal-
! rs. unrnoanfed; one tro9p - Third cav
airy mounted this ,roop hsing especially
! IN good trim. as :hey had s1st come f. from
the states en- the transport Warren and
both boys nd horses were the very picture
e.f health. the Fifth artillery. Gre party ot
Capt, Laws scouts, taclG3sas some O.. tie
Macabehes ard tas Thirteenth infantry
! They sanp4a that night between B3aaeay-
an road ard Cayt,@ Sisto
Line Moving Forward.
On Sunday morning October - the col
arm commenced moving forward az ahn9.
o'chsck- The scouts in the leSa ard 50
eank Then Companies r ard g. us ire
Fourteenth: Fourth cavalry, E4sta arsil-
leyy: Company { - ire Fourteenth Ant