Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-23

IiNINNhNu 20 SECOND NNNlNNhNtN mNlNu
glrl De- 100 command of o. section c0ntin-
u1usiy ANA ala most satisfactory SER
Vice
Following Lieut.. critchlow's report ia
another from second Lieut. Adrian {.
Fleming boo charge of Platoon light bait
tory %, Sixth artillery. lie gives %
rIphlU account vi The part taken By
hts platoon iu the campaign tlkon
against the Filipino inturgents during
the part uf the month February, ana
Che month uf March. ls9J he cone
ciudos by HuyinE that tho volunteers
never lack ynergy. checrfulneas aud
nrhtIug quultltH. The mon whom
Lieutenant Fleming says he would
gladly mention ana be- but know their
unmcH, voluntarily exposed themselves
in some NJ the most dangerous places.
I can say De concludes, that under
fire they have proved
BRAVE AND WORTHY
soldiers The next report is from Gle
Land Davis. ensign uf o.. 3. navy. He
gives un account VI the march 20 Ma
iulaa and lts subsequent occupation ny
o.. b. troops. He speaks highly NJ the
value Co 10 regiment NJ such guns
possessed by the Utah boys. Next
comics a report from captain Edgar A.
Wcdrrwoud submitting u report ~ the
operations u the 82 guns. two Norden-
fields. pumping station, and two sat
ling guns stationed az Dcpualtu.
ON the 3tat uf March, one Nurden-
fcldt run took pnrt IN the dcmonairn-
ton un Marlqulnu and up the san Ma
too valley Descriptions Of numerous
rarrmenta were Given aud the cfcc-
uvcucHa OF tho Nordenfcldt KUN " also
pointed out. The report ut Lieut.
gs1rge W. Gibbs follows. ma
be- gives tho number Of op-
orutl0na In which the guns under hia
command took part since fcn. lnlh
NJ DIT .UaHHWUHUmmN VIVA tho .aUl
OF Feb. 90 the lot of the pepuai9,
whore eighteen HhrnpnolH were htrd
nt the rutrrntinE Insurgents. ON inc
gtth OF February Lieut. Gibbs platoon
proceeded to the CoFHuck puHth, lp-
Gated ON the Mnriuuinu road, ut day
Urbt tho enemy advanced. when the
platoon opened fire, causing the IN.
aurrpntr 10 retire. This was repeated
on the Goth ana 9th ON March SIN one
or the o. guns went 90 the 1uipnhtn on
the Mariquinn road under command OF
Sergeant Ford Fisher The two Nord'n'
faidt guns aheilod the city of MARI
uuInn. nriuu in uli 900 shells. ON March
5th. by order of Major milford. Lieut.
Gibbs moved two Nurdonfoldu 10 "a
position with orders to
INTERCEPT AND FIRE
upon any insurgents that might Boz seen
boo "a, vicinity About TO o'clock h, m,
Lieut.. Gibbs says We discovered line
meters To- our right. and We nrcd four
shells and two Hhrapnol into them
causing them tn cease firing ana retire.
About 4 o'clock Of the same day We re-.
turned tu camp, when large bodies NJ
insurgents were seen moving ln the
valley. hy direction NJ Major milford,
We opened nru ON them expanding ad
shells and causing them 90 dlspcrso.
The next engagement was by order
N Con. Wheaton, which took place az
t.ii u. M. March 21thi the platoon
opening nrc with three 12 guns and one
80 morton upon the insurgents works.
a rapid IRE was knut up unth ihe
troops advanced and charged the
enemy The platoon continued 90 nfH
ON insurgents on the road leading Into
Malnbun during the day expanding
ninCty.nlno shells and HhrupngL Con.
cluiiug Lieut. Gibbs says. In nll the
operations stated in tho foregoing re-
port / would not do Justice a. the
command NJ I ala not commend tho
faithful EFFORT o. OH officers. uuu.cum-
miasloncd officers and members ~ bnt-
teri,s and ". who have been associate
ed with me IN tho ncld.'
LIEUT. NAYLoR.
The next report h. from Second Lieut..
Raymond e.. Nuylor. lie submits the
record " events which have occurred
az camp WearyHumo. whore he was IN
tnlis manu- or lNN ENNoNN llANNNu or NAAr
tory ~. Consisting Of thirty privntc1,
three CurpOrnH ana one sergeant.
Manning two Maxim NOrdunfclut guns.
Lieut. MAYOR was with Major Grant on
board the boat i.lEunn dc BAY, but
was relieved from duty on March iHt
Nud assumed command uf the Second
platoon March 3ri, relieving First Ser
geuut Frank y. Hines from March 10Th
Go Goth. the platoon urrl nu the onrmyH
works. trenches. etc, The men who nc-
cumpHnlUl LlHut Nuylur h. says. could
not be- rNcoilel Tor brave slldirrly cun-
duct. one prisoner was taken ON March
2ith and 10 on March 4ilh, BY a squad
0f men under command % Corporal
OUGHT
LIEUT. HINES.
Thon follows tho report Of Second
Lieut.. Frank r. Hines, battery 49, The
report ~ dated in field near Culoocun,
April ana Lieut.. Hines under 3rd Il
March took command of tho first SEE.
ton of battery g. with one 32 nold
piece stationed IN front OF battery II,
Third u. =, artillery, Just 90 The right
~ Coloocan. About o'clock In the
afternoon uf March ~ the Insurgents
nrrd two shots into Lieut. lllncnH line,
tho IRE was returned with Interest anal
shortly after tho enemy ceased firing
altogether ON March 18Th and lGtA
four rounds were fired az Insurgents
WORKING ON ANNII tNhfNNINiNNNNHr ON
both occasions thyy were forced 10 leave
their work unfinished, ON the 2ith Of
March during tho advance 30 1MpuCnu
the platoon only succeeded 100 nrlug two
shots, when u was ordered 90 cease Hs
the troops were advancing go rapidly
from tho right, uH 90 make 10 danger
uus TO shell longer, Since then the de-
tarhmynt has NOT taken any part ln
engagements with insurgents and 90
April end, held the same position uH
lt had ut the commencement of the
month.
LIEUTENANT SEAMAN.
The last report o. from Second Lieut.
Geo. a. Seaman, dated Manila April
an isNl. i.luot seaman furnishes n
report uf hiH work from March 25th 20
tho 21th, during which be- was IN come
maul uf first section of Battery A and
the am section 0f Battery 10. tie was
given command OF guns under Lieut.
Gibbs ut Fort Macarthur, who was ore
darpd by Con. Wheaton 90 send two
gums hy rail 90 the firing line about
one and uuo-hulf miles north. The
order suys Lieut.. seaman. "cumo
about 10 a. m March aith. and inside
OF uu hour We had gone into action ON
the llno We SHIELDED trpucho9 ut ranges
from 800 90 1900 yards. firing % shots
We succeeded lu running the insurgents
from one strong trench ana Hllenclng
them lu the other. Just no evening
Parker i Han acting gunner Battery
%. was shot 200 Chg thigh tho bono being