Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-02

In Ensign Standley. When the ship
reached the port, it was found that the
imprisoned garrison was far back from
the shore and out of sight Ensign
Standley and Quartermaster Lysa ght
volunteered TO land and reconnoiter
toward the town. Clambering UP n
steep mountain side, the scouts came
to tree tall enough to give a view of
Baler and its surroundings. Standley
directed Lysaght TO stay on the ground
and at the first sign of danger to run
for the shore. He himself climbed the
tree, relying upon its thick branches
for screen. Lysaght said lie would
never have deserted his officer, but he
was not brought to a test. Standley
stayed in the tree until he had sketch
ed the whole position, the fortress and
roads, and this led to the release of %
brave Spanish boys who had held their
little fort against the insurgents for
more than year.
A brace of stories of heroism would
be incomplete without a flag CAPTURE
episode. The army paper. America.
published at Manila, says that one of
the pluckiest deeds in the campaign
was that performed by Sergeant Glenn
ent Z. Jones of the Third battalion,
tennessee volunteers. This is the sto-
~ as told on the spot: ''The sight Of
Filipino standard within 800 yards of
the Tennessee outpost, near .Iaro. graf
oil sla of nr.nr,riptV
and he determined to capture the
Haunting emblem. So he slipped be
tween the outposts and crossed the
river into the enemy's country.
Incredible as it appears, the SER
geant traversed unharmed large
tract of open ricefields within full view
of the armed natives. When he ar
rived within grasping distance Of the
flag. he made a reach for it, simply
stupefying for the time the Filipinos,
who were panic stricken over his sud-
den appearance. He uproOted the flag
staff and, shouldering it, started back
to his post, the target all the way of
Mauser bullets, which the natives sent
after him as parting salutes. Unscath-
ed, he waded the river and. only the
worse for exposure to the burning sun,
arrived with his trophy. which now
adorns the First Tennessee barracks"
The Dakotan before mentioned. who
won his commission under fire, is John
G. Holman of Company c, First South
Dakota. The gallant deed was one of
the incidents of the advance on Ma
rilao, March &c. The Dakotans found
the natives intrenched along the river
beyond the railroad. The river was
too formidable to wade, and the enemy
poured a steady fire upon the Ameri-
can line. The colonel thought it un-
safe to cross the bridge with troops,
especially as the Filipinos had set it
ON fire at the farther end. While the
officers were discussing whether TO try
to save the structure or let it burn
Holman cried, "Il go over and put
out tine fire." at the same time DASH
ing across the long bridge.
Comrades looked on and even some
of the officers cried, Come backw but |
he got across safely and put out the
flames before they had made great |
headway. Then, instead of retreating, |
he coolly turned on the Filipinos, who
were but a few yards away, and open
ed fire with his repeating rifle. In
spired by Holman's example. the regi-
ment made San Juan rush for it, |
crossed the bridge and put the insur-
gents to rout.
General Lawton, who is himself a |
prince among scouts, took in hand the
matter of scouting as soon as he got |
the bearings of the lines around Ma
Mia. One day he saw citizen coolly |
exposing himself out on the firing
line and ON inquiry found that the |
reckless fellow was an old plainsman
by the name of Young. When Young |
explained his presence in the Philip |
pines by saying. Just thought I'd |
come and help the boys out a little"
Lawton knew his man and made him
chief of scouts. The members of the |
band were selected from the North |
Dakota regiment This is Lawton's |
own story of the first noted exploit |
of Young and his lieutenant, Harring- |
ton:
During the campaign" said the