Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13

| an hour or two to live / never saw him
| agalh. the order he received from my lips
| on the santa Ana road was his last and 10
| the letter had he striven to obey Il;
| rive insurgents lay dead about the krupp
| IN the middle redoubt where side ny side
| california AND Idaho leaped into the can
| ture. and dozen lay strewn over the feld
| IN front OF where the honored old major
| i it. he hig redoubt on the mound to his
| LETT was Uttered with the bodies of IN. in
| Sufgents. Hermed in between McConyille
| toFts"n and the river and unable IN hcat
nack me uashing charge OF the America
| nos they raised the white flag and then
| shot dead the first soldiers to reach rho
| worh Inc roar of musketry was resumed
| LOT three minutes and followed by scatter
| ing shots the fugitiyes ran f,r ,ba
| stream, hut there was a smile ON NrCor-
| NlHe ErZzied face as they bore him or
| the field. nun VIA
| Carried All BEFORE Them.
| Everything had been swept to the river
| All these redoubts were won. Both the
| hrupps were ours and there were places
| where the Insurgents lay two deem in the
| trenches. As the main line made its grand
| wheel 10 the left and. charging into santa
| Ana from the south. rounded up.' tb. M
| SurEents who stroVc To- escape along tbs
| , DaIN oapjain Cunningham Of the LIST
| auI"fhia caught sight Of A big "casco. or
| barge crammcd with the enemy ..f,,,ii,,,
| over TO the opposite shore
| a. IN less IMAM no time hc had his company
| Iiheh up behind the convent iBcl5s1.r,
I through which they had fought ib.ir yss,
| ana Opened ire In five minutes up went
| me WhIie nag across the stream and urGar
| cover OF the rifles Of a whole hal,aliu, t,,
| lhiS TINE ranged along the bank t-fIrI,,i-,.
| nam went over. found the insurEspI nm
| tam ana hVe tuen dead. several n,orfsljv
! anu seventeen slightly wounded and r-laI,
| the whole detachment prisoners
But while the first brigade had .,r,s..s
! ~ rs pan OF battle without apprscI4bIa
! meek thtTe was some hard work in front
! OF the iiih Infantry trealIlars, ,f p,..-
| SHINES tseCondD brigade farther tn "a.
! IiEhl. Here in the thick woods .he iusur-
| gents had thrown up breaStworks and nos
/ S'sSrl themselves Of block house I4-onre
| occupied 10y our men. but later abandoned
! he'a9se OF The length OF the line ami Tho
small number Of troops TO defend it,
The Filipino Mistake.
Both in front of the first and second brf-
| Sadss. but especially in front Of The first
at Santa Ana bridge, the same condition Of
| aftalrs was found to exist. The insurr.nt
! officers had taught their men 10 hclieyc thar
| The Americans We're towards who dar. NOT
| hsht-Who would probably run if attacked
| and would certainly rec0Il b.fa,a, "a l.r,r
| mined stand. For weeks tho littla sinners
| ofhCers and meu-wouidN come aut on tho
| bridge whet their "bploS" on the stone
| narapet ana dare our seuJries to fight A.
! they drove or rode through our lines and
| our &entrics Saluted the officers as they
| were ordered, the latter often jeercd ana
| taunted them. though they hehaved with
!
! or our Officers. The FilinuOs. seeing and
! hearing all this, We're impatient for ihc al
! tack to begin. believing all Manila would he
| theirs and the Americans even easier VIC
| Tins than the Spaniards. This WAS The .x-
| PLANTATION Of their dash and spirit when as
| sauliing early Sunday morning and Of their
| obstinate defense, for while At least. when
| our lines advanced.
| Now. I can only tell from hearsay Of
| the gallant act Of young officer of the
18th Regulars. but it is the talk or the first
| division and has won him the recommended
| ton Tor the medal Of honor. A battalion OF
| the regiment. checked by the fierce fire
| from the thickets in its front and dis
| pirited by its severe loss in killed and
| wounded. was lying down for shelter. one
| of its best and hrayest officers Lieut. Nj h
| ell. lay dying in the midst II his comrades,
| when Lieut. Perry l.. Miles. Ohio boy.
| only four years out of West Point was sud
| denly called upon to report to his COM
| handing officer. In brief words the bat
| TALON chief gave him orders: That block
| house must be taken at once-and | want
| you to do it Miles is one OF the 'duietest''
| young fellows in the service and he prob
| ably went OFF without word
A Daring Deed.
As the story comes to me. it was decided
| that he should call for volunteers and he
| DID The men looked at the bristling block
| house a few hundred yards away and
| shook their heads. 1t was crammed with
| insurgents, and the only way to reach it
! was straight road, with dense bamboo
| and undeFbruSh Oh each side II WAS a
| lane of death. and the soldiers knew It,
! Only five men responded to the call and
! with these FIVE Miles made his dash Full
| tilt they charged through the storm OF hiss
| ing lead That greeted but could not stop
! them. First one, then another, two Of the
| daring five dropped in their tracks but
| Miles Garted on, and the Filipinos. amazed
| at such dauntless Courage and fearful of
| their fate when the Americanos reached
| the block house. came scurryine down from
| the upper stories. Possibly they We're afraid
| II might be fired and they be burned alive
| Possibly they We're awed by the prospect
| of a hand-to-hand fight with big fellows
| who We're proof against their MauSerS but
| down they came ana out they went-the
| last Filipino rushing from the back door as
| Miles. revolver I'm hand, sprang In at the
| front. Il was desperate chance. and one
| of the hravest. pluckiest things Of the day.
| But here Is another that calls for the
| medal of honor. If l understand il ari ylt.
| The military telegraph line. before the b:.t-
| tie began, extended on our front To block
| house II. close to the Santa Ana bridge
| The officers Of the signal corps followed up
| the movements Of the brigade and stretched
their wires far to the front But the line
| ran through the village Of Paco-a nest of
| insurgents out of uniform, therefore all the
more dangerous. Pace Church was found
to be a stronghold Of the rascals early in
| the day, and dozens Of the villagers houses
| proved to be only lurking places for assas-
| sins in the garb Of peace-the white, every
| day dress Of the Filipino
| Deserves n Medal OF Honor.
| OF course Il was not long before church
| and huts innumerable were in flames and
| the lurking occupants hunted out, but the
| huge stone tower of Pace Church refused
| TO burn, and there, safe sheltered until
could smash ii with artillery and fanatical
| TO the last, party Of perhaps half a dozen
| insurgents kept up inCessant fire on Ameri-
| cans whose duties compelled them TO cross
| Pace bridge on the one line of communion
! ton between Santa Ana and the city. To-
ward IL O'clOck-right al the telegraph pole
| in front Of the church and not 2UD wards
| from 1.-THE wire was clipped. and young
| signal officer. Lieut.. Charles +. Kilbourne,
Jr., springing back to ind the break was
saiuted by voiey. Get away from there,
for Gods sake!" yelled some soldiers. who,
from the shelter Of the village walls We're
trying to aswer the fire from the tower.
Ride for your life, mani shouted some
| horsemen who dashed by at fun speed and
bending low over their pomme's. but XIII
bourne was made of better stuff Swept
away, at first, by the excited rush of the
stampeded riders. he regained control OF
his pony, refined him about rode deliberate