The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-21

rear of the church and a mud fort away
| to the right. also from the church.
| . AT last, after three downs, we
made a goal for Anaconda and COM
| pany NJ, we being first to arrive a the
| church. General Macarthur made us
| halt or else we would have gone on
| and taken Caloocan While awaiting
| the Utah artillery to come up and take
| position, we lay down behind a dixie
and rested. I went to sleep to the mu-
sic of Mausers and cannonades, and
when it stopped l woke up. Company
M then went down to the left of the
Montana line and slept on road till
morning. when we went back to town
and rested up.
Colonel Kessler came around in the
morning and said: Boys. how would
chicken breakfast go?' That was all
that was needed, and the boys proceed
ed to gather up chickens, ducks, geese
and pigs. When the roll was called
the name Edwards was answered AT
ter pig, sir The next name. On the
same Grand sir but when the name
of O'Connor was called, they all burst
out laughing and cried: He is bring
ing in the pigs
When in town we rested up one day
and night and then relieved the guards
and We're on guard 36 hours in town.
We broke up the habit of the natives
Of firing on us from house tops.
Thursday night we were relieved by
company II and sent to the front again,
where we are now. Friday afternoon
General Macarthur ordered company
NJ to report to Major Bell. U. S. V. en-
gineer. We went about three quarters
of a mile in front of our lines and there
reported to the major. We proceeded
up a little gully and deployed. when
we We're under fire from three sides.
Our company was alone, but the artil-
lery did great work. We were in for
nations not to be seen in drill tactics,
one section facing east. one north and
one platoon south, and from these posi-
tons we gave the natives some hot vol
leyS and then swung around into COM
pany front and charged on the hill TO
Caloocan. Our ammunition gave out.
but we held the ridge till the 3rd artil-
lery charged up through our lines and
onward
I'VE next directed our attention to
hag-rasing. We put up the emblem on
flagstaff in Mr.. Higgins yard. where
he had had an English flag flying. but
which had been shot down by the heavy |
firing of the insurgents, who were try
ing to kill angels, I guess-still, they
aimed at us The flag raised was the
beautiful silk one presented to compa-
ny NJ in Helena by the Anaconda peo-
pie just before we left for San Francis
co. General Macarthur complimented
Captain Hallahan and the company on
the splendid manner in which they did
their work.
We'll. here goes the mail. so that
will have to close. I am all o. K, as
are all the boys. save Campbell, who Is
wounded in two places in the left arm.
and Callahan. who is wounded in the
left side. There are "a killed and
wounded in our regiment to date-three
or four killed and the others wounded
Lieutenant Colonel Wallace and Cap
tain Hill are wounded. Wallace was
shot through the lower left lung. Hill
is doing well.
Our line is now % miles long. The
whole front is nearly covered with en-
trenchments. The fleet is doing good
work. Of course, I am just writing
about company NJ for all one can do on
the field is to follow one company. and
I will leave to others to write for K and
the rest of the. army. The Utah artil-
lery is real gem in the crown of the
volunteers"