Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-05-22
LINING UP AT FL CisEY.

drod and Fifteenth New York vOluu-
teers aud was with Ames in the desper.
ate battle Of Fort Fisher, commented
ono ba, ,alion at FL Caney, and the regi
ment was commanded by Major Conrad.
who later diod Of fever. There were
seven companies OF the Eighth in the
fight, numbering $50 men. Tho rcgi.
mont got within range Of the Spanish
sharpshootcrs ut about 8 O'Clock. While
advancing toward field adjoining tho
road leading to El Caney il formed in
line aud charged forward toward the
hlookhousos ut III Canoy village, When
within 800 yards of the blockhouSCs, tho
regiment found rise OF ground which
served rs shelter, and there Il remained
until o'clock, The losses ot the Iopi,
mOnt began when the sharpshOoterS
opened ON II and continued during its
advance to the shultur and while lying
thCro, Quo NGlUu wounded, @ Iavu kill
ed aud 80 wounded were tho total cas-.
nalticS
On tho limo with tho TwCnty,Sccond
aud Eighth regulars was the only yolun.
tccr organization engaged ut III Canoy,
the Second Massachusetts, u militia
regiment with u history In war aud In
ponce, Tho commander - tho Second
Massachusetts,, Colonel IL. Il. Clarke, IL
splendid type of u militia soldier IIo
hnd no war experience before no went
10 Cuhn. Lieutenant Colonel Shumway
aud Major Whipplo were both war vet.
Grams, Tho strength Of tho regiment at
III Cnncy was 0B6 mon, but two com.
pnnics wcro detached ~ u reserve Tho
Second was armed with the smoking
Springfield rifle aud naturally drew tho
fire Of tho Spnninrds, Lieutenant Fipld
aud Captain Warner woro killed aud
Captain lInpgood seriously wounded
Total loss, 40 killed and wounded,
General Ludlow was personally oon.
spicuous along his limo all day, wearing
n white straw hat. His horse was shot
under him curly IN the fight Tho gon
oral snid that he had to hold In his men
instond Of encouraging them. There was
no flinching nor crouching, Tho work
OF tho brigade was rather negative than
positive, because, while 10 advanced well
In tho front In order to get cover from
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timos answer tho Spanish fire, for fear
Of shooting into Chaiioo's mon, who had
tho chief role In tho battle and woro
pressing up closer and closer TO tho
Spanish works on tho north and cast.
Tho interval between Ludlow's and
Cbnifoo's brigados was filled about noon
by tho Second brigade Of tho division,
commanded just ut that timo by Lieu.
tenant Colonel A. 3. Daggett of tho
Twenty fifth United States (colorcd).
Colonel Daggett was q soldier Ia tho
civil war In tho Fifth Maine, ono Of tho
hard lighting regiments Of tho Army OF
the Potomac. Ilo has recently been pro
noted to brigadicr general for fkilIfuliy
handling the brigade during crisis
July /.
At III Cancy tho Second brigade con.
sisted Of the First, Fourth aud Twenty.
fifth regulars Tho First was detached
to guard tho roads In tho rear Of tho
division and also to support capron'a
battery. About / ] o'clock Colonel Dag.
gett was ordered to lead tho Fourth
and Twenty.hf TO position south Of
tho fort, where thoro was gap Of
threo.fourtbs Of u milo. The stone fort
against which Capron's guns bad been
laundering was pointed out TO Daggett
IN the objective Of his brigade. The
trenches around tho fort were very
heavy. extending on three sides. These
trenches as we'll M tho smokoless pow.
der were something new to tho Amori.
cans Tho Spanish trench IN about 30
yards In length, just wide enough for
men to stand In In line, and deep enough
to cover the body up 10 tho shoulders.
The soil taken out Of tho trench ~
spread over the ground, and II its color
IL not like that Of the earth II Nv GOV.
cred with brush or leaves or sod. Nv that
from distance an enemy cannot zee
the trenches except when they arc occu.
pied by men Tho men keep out Of sight
except when they rise to fro. There are
no exits from the trenches. Mon are
put into them 10 fight aud repulso the
enemy or DO killed In the ditch.
Tho SpaDisrds had no siSirmishers MOI
outposts Mt III CaDey, but woro ready
with their blind trenches, loopholod
fortresses, sm0keloss powder and barbed
wire fences 10 slaughter tho Americans
ut close quarters.
The Twenty-6fth regiment being d.
roctly opposite tho fort, Colonel Dagget
led II forward across stream feet
wide and foot deep. Tho men found
some cover under tho high bank, bu
beyond the bank the ground was open
Across that ground tho colored troop
advanced by rnshcs--tbat ~ to say
they rushed In groups Of platoons from
cover to cover. by successive PUSHES o
40 or 90 yards tho limo steadily nd
yancod. On in second advance from III,
bank tho regiment met with its hoayies
loss. Vollcys were poured into II iron
tho stone fort, from tho village AMI