Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-20

fleshy part Of the lcg. hut by this time
we were pouring shtapncl Into the nuts
ON either side ~ the rad and into the
woods on each side. This sort Of thing
kept up for houu until the day.
ilght. Just before daylight
Ind our men taaaiatcd by the
Infantry construct u barrlcnhe across
the rOad with cmbrarures TOT our
guns. I am afraid we killed good
many women and children ns well aH
instirgentn through the necessity Of
protecting ourselves from the IRE from
their huis.
HARRY YOUNG 4 SAMARITAN.
The noise aulctcd down after day
break and with Harry I returned Ia tho
house. ON the road down and not half
n milo from therc we saw FILIPINO
crawling along o vacant lot toward a
side street badly wounded. We went
over and Harry dressed his lex the fell
low crying all the time that he was not
"A soldier. but was an orphan, etc.
while attending 60 him another wretch
crnwlcd out " the building with both
legs nearly shot on. Harry started 10
dress his wounds when We heard
number OF shots Immediately behind Us.
and. IN a few moments some OF our
soldiers from the main street we had
loft shouted for the doctor 90 come
over therc that one OF our boys was
wounded.
ISAAC RUSSELL WOUNDED.
Imagine our surprise to ind that II
was Isaac Russell with n cut In his
head three inches long reaching Into
the skull. inflicted by one OF "a group OF
four or Ave natives who ran out and
attacked him as he was passing along
the street ~ much frcqucntcd, he was
near n wagon belonging 10 the battery
with several men In II. He was on foo,
himself. He claims TO have shot two
of his nranilhntr. Hts wound was not
serious. He was acting nA volunteer
M he ana the Muraer boys also have
| done since this latter trouble. though
all had received their discharges from
the service.
BLocKHousE COMMANDMENT.
After hnsty breakfast ana quick at
| tontion 10 the ordnance and commits
Hary departments and arrangements at
the barracks hurried along with linr-
| ~ 60 Captain Wedgwood. arriving
there In time TO rupcrintend the bonn
bardmcnt OF hiookh0uae No. 4. prcpara-
tory o. the attack OF the South pa-
kptar, prior 10 my going tho Colorado
| ans had taken numbers . ana g, after
very aucccfaful cannonndc By Wedge
woods two guns. the Dnkotns made "A
very pretty advance and charge, ana
cleared out -eorv or two ~ tho
enemy. The Coi0rhdohns buried TWEEN
/ ty-slN az No. o After this Incident was
cloFed 4 hurried around 10 Wehb'H po-
| Hition. a mile and half away on Me-
l.cod'n hill (Sant Mesa. Webb aud
| Wudgcwond were cNtraNuEnntly
praised BY all for excellent work. This
hill commands q superb View OF the
country. and the boys had Hnntchcd
everything around from block house
| No. TO Santn Anna. In this they
were assisted by the gunboat i-asuna'
fitted NJ by Captain Grant In com
mnnd OF Captain Randolph. Naylor
and ten Of our boys being on board and
manning the Gatlinsp.
JOHN youNos DEATH.
when arrived. the gunboat was mr.
ing rapidly into the nclghborlng woods
and towns, The great church ~ iaco
was burning and large buildings In
Santa Ana alFo, Block house No. was
In our Possession. Col Stotsenburg
| (NobD had crossed the bnn Juan del
Monte and WAS making splendid adj
vance up the hill TO the reservoir IN
the face OF heavy IRE. Lieut., Gibbs
| al the bridge below with two Nordnn-
fields (Which | had ordered out 90 re-
inforcc StoiHcnburg carly In the morn
| lngJ was doing heroic service In the
open right along with the Infantry.
| Al Wobba camp we learned that John
Young was wounded. but not seriously.
|
man had been killed about daybrcak
Nelson Margottr took Johns place Ms
| gunner ~ the piece. lie was close by
| both men when they were struck. In
fact, John was shot right behind him,
the bullet passing over NelA's shoulder.
| next visited Gibbs. and then went to
the field hospital to zee how John
Young was getting along. Harry came
| out In a minute and told me John was
dying man, though his lung was not
penetrated, he had received blow on
tho chest with a glanclng bullet which
had rupturcd blood vessel Harry
remained with him and went on. John
died NJ pm; I reported the condition
OF affairs 10 Gen. Macarthur and he At
once ordered me IN 10 see what II was
that Col. Hawkins of the PennAyl-
vnnians wanted IN the way Of artillery
support md 20 caution him 10 keep In
touch with the bnkOtnH ~ his right
our troop had been fired nj from native
huta near the road all burning furious
! ~, making the ride warm one.
A young man named Denn OF A bat
terry. had taken Harry's place with me.
We soon. reached the cross road where
the battle was raging quite sharply,
that In. ahead.
GRANT AND HIS GUNS.
At this time Grant with two guns
was pouring shot Into the liimondO
cemetery and the hills TO the right ~
ID. and critchlow with one gun at Lico
was doing the same for the enemy on
n hill bv another cemetery They had
had a sharp engagement, together with
the Pennsylvania, 10 capturing the
chinese hospital. The road To the lat
ter hospital was extremely lively with
bullets as l passed along To the attack
then In progress by the Montana Third
Infantry, the Pennsylvania and tho
south Dakota regiments on the elevat-
ed ground. This was u very pretty
hattie. the regiments advancing from
the low ground towards the hlHhpr
yround beyond, the roar OF the artillery.
| .ha anal routlnH OF tho Insurgents, the