Arizona republican., 1899-06-07
A FERROUS JOB
A Phoenix Operator Restored Com-
 muniCafion at Manila.

ErneLt Dc2ier arrived from San
 Francisco yesterday, where he is an
 operator for the Western Unicn, and
 operator at the Western Union office
 here. MT. Dozier was formerly a SOL
 5:er at Manila ard takes this trip in
 the hCpos of improving his health, i'm
 paired by e malarial fever contracted
 in the Philippines.
 E4T. Dozier is one Of the 122 soldiers
 of the 200, 900 who served in the Phil
 ipp;res fwho has received a certifGate
 for bravery. signed by President Me
 Kinley, and it is likely that he will
 be voted medal of hcnor at the next session of congress. He served under
 Generals Grcene, Merritt and Otis successively, acting as private oD
 orator. It was while he was with General Greene that he distinguished
 himself in the battle of the 18th of August" the second great land battle before Manila.
 The battle was waging fiercely about
 7:30 that evening, and General Greene'S camp, called Camp Dewey was situated about a mile and Q. half bac1. from the firing line. The camp and trenches were connected by large insulated telegraph wire. Mir Dczier was sending and receiving rush dispa' ches The sound of bat tie and the rapid flashes Of cannon and small arms made the strain even more tense for the men on General Greene's staff than those on the firing line. Suddenly a shell burst between the camT, and the trenches, and from that time no more dispatches were received from the other end. Mir. DOZier mod estly tells the rest of the story:
 General Greene, who had been sit ting next to me, get alarmed. He commenced to walk nervOusly up and down. I thought just as he did that the shell had cut the wire, so I told the general I was willing to try to fix it. I got a lineman's glove to protect the palm of my hand an1 started to trace along the wire. It was very dark that night and I remember well how I ran into several ponds of water and walked into mud up to my knees, So it took me quite awhile 10 get to the end. And that funny feel ing came oyer me, too You see, all the bullets which went ever the trenches landed toward the camp. Those Mausers were whistling all around and the sound reminded me Of 9 coCk-StOve rolling d9wn a hill. When I got to the enh Of the wire I was about 200 yards from the trenches and I managed to get these ends put | together pretty quickly, because 1 l didn't feel like staying long. But I | had to Scrape off the insulation so as 10 keep the bare ends from touching ! the ground. It took a long time to | ind 9 forked stick tc hold it up.
 ''I had carried an instrument with | me because I didn't know but what | he operator had been killed and his | instrument broken. But when I got | 0 the trenches he was all right. They | lad been 11ooting so much ammuni- ion that they were about out. I tele- ;Iaphed fer O,00O rounds Soon after he Spanish made a charge and 1 could zee those regulars rising up in the renches and shooting shot after shc1. The SPaniardS couldn't make it and hey were moved down.
 Mir. DOzier was cOmpimented for his by General Greene and rec nm eDdatiOns for his appointment as ieutenant were sent / through the lany channels, but he was discharged l efore a commission was issued. His ct Vas not Cnly a brave one, but of XtTone importance. The men strung ut for over a mile would have been I d serious position if there had not cen means of sending for the needed 
 There was nothing I did that ight," s1:d MT DOzier, which any the bcys would not have done, and i hey would have been glad of the op- l 0rcunity to help their record along. Ou see. I was right with General reene and had the chance" q