The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23

full surgical operations ahead Of them
were laughing about it,
Continuing his description of the bat
tie, he says:
After we had swept the field to the
river and cleared it all out, even tc
burning most Of the houses, there was
| the largest church of Santa Ana which
was said to be full of insurgents. Al
ter the experience Of the early morning
at the Pace church, the major decided
to search it. It was ticklish business,
| and must result in the death of some.
He did not want to name the ones &c
go, SO he called on volunteers for
dangerous mission. give you my wcrd
that every man of them stepped out and
offered his services. All clamored tC
go. He finally toled off so many men
from the head Of each company and
sent them, and the rest had To be sat
isfed.
THE Second Battalion, undec Major
McConville. was ordered to cross the
bridge over the lagoon and deploy t.
the left and advance. Companies B, c
and G composed the battalion. They
were met by a fearful fire. There were
more of the enemy in their front than
ON the right side of the road, and they
were better entrenched and We're be-
tween the fire from our boys and the
captured They made a desperate fight
and the mystery remains unsGlVei why
all our men were not killed. As t WAS.
we are today mourning the less of Ma
jor McConNille and six OF oIr brave
Idaho boys, and we have some twenty
five wounded, more or less seriously.
MAJOR MCONvILLES DEATH.
mo drawer man ever lived or died
than aio,, Ma('Onvi1le When no was
SHOT he had just fired a muskeu Which
had dropped from the hand of fatally
wounded soldier before he discharged
it. and at the same moment a ballet
pierced his breast and another his
shoulder. He fell, and Adjutant Roos.
who was fighting in the line With Z
company, and the captain &C Is COM
pany ran to him and did UP bis wounds
and carried him off the 'ielG. I net
them carrying him to the rear, ana
when he saw me his face lighted up
and he said, with a smile: 1T was
glorious. The Idaho boys are covering
themselves with glory He never
thought, apparently, of his own fatal
wounds.
After the battle I went back 20 the
field hospital to see him and got there
just in time to see him pass away. His
son, Harry, was by his side, clasping
passed away. He was made a briga-
der general before he died, in -ecog-
milton of his bravery.
The impetuosity of the charge drove
the rebels pell nell and soon they We're
huddled together in grove of ba-
nanas ON the bank of the river. They
were panic-strickes. and many Of them
jumped into the Pasig river and at
tempted to save themselves by swim
ming across. But the Idaho rabbit
hunters were on the bank above them,
and none reached the other side. There
was some beautiful target practice
there and some good practice. It was
guessing distances. and where the dis
lance was guessed right and The boys
could shoot, the target would disap-
pear beneath the water. 1t was grand,
but horrible.
when the rebels saw what befeal
those that. jumped into the river, it
rather discouraged them, AMI they ran
up a white flag and about 200 of them
surrendered, and that closed rhe fight
ing for the day. The sharpshooters con-
tinued to send an occasional shot into !
our boys from the native shacks of the
town. and finally an order was received
TO burn them"