The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-25

ant and corporal going the rounds to
post guard and they came to the Ne
braska outpost, advanced toward him
as If to pass through his line. He called
to them to halt, but they disobeyed the
command. Two other commands in the
general order were reSorted to, namely,
call for the corporal of the guard and
fire your gun, both of which he did,
and as result one corporal and a pri-
waite were killed. Like lightning came
the flash along the line, and the 'thun
der of cannon and musketry as 1t broke
on the evening air was something aw-
full.
The last call to quarters had just
sounded and all were reciting their lit
tie prayer when we were called out by
the sound of cannon shots. Prayer was
said and we buckled on our belt haver-
sacks with 200 rounds of ammunition.
and canteens with fresh water, and gun
at hand we started out on a journey,
the result of which we could not tell.
For two miles from quarters to the
scene of action, through hotbed, a
hotbed of insurgents, we marched until
we Joined Captain Hallahan, who had
been doing outpost duty that day, and
| the way he brought his command back
| from outpost duty to the point indicat-
| ed for a stand is one of the surprises of
the scene Of action. he was fired on from
every house and clump of bamboo and
| 1t would almost seem as if every brush
was Mauser rife from the way the
bullets We're flying. However, all ar
| rived uninjured from what seemed to
| be the jaws of death. The enemy was
| under cover and there could not have
been many of them killed, and on our
| side there were only 10.
| DAY dawned and hostilities were re-
| sumed. This was a great change from
the night before, as now the American
craftsmanship began to be felt and
| many were the enemies who met death,
while on our side the loss was slight.
Until noon we had the advantage, and
| the enemy began to yield to superior
| force and retreated. BY 1890 D. m.
| they We're running away through the
| Chinese and japanese cemeteries. They
attempted to make a stand, but We're
| too closely pursued to rally, so were
driven into church and cemetery near
by here. We did not know what was in
store for us. The good book says: Seek
and We shall find We did so, and by
great good luck the block house which
! was directly behind the church was 100
near for them to try and make a stand,
when, as like apples from sack, they
poured from the church and cemetery.
1T was at the Chinese cemetery &C.
CURED what the Sd artillery tell as a
| good joke on Colonel Kessler General
Macarthur said to him: Colonel, your
| regiment should be supporting, and
here you are ahead of the firing line
The colonel replied: Bring the firing
line up to me- He did not stop until
| the enemy were put to flight at a dis
| tance Of two miles, when the American
line was pitched for the night. At this
| point rest was taken until the fellow
| ing Friday, where we were pestered by
shots from rifle, almost double ours
| in range. which gave the. enemy the +
only advantage. Imagine being aroused
| from sleep when the time could have
| been spent dreaming of home and
| friends, to open fire on a foe perhaps a
mile distant, but from the flash of their
guns we could not tell at what distance
| they We're.
| THE time from Sunday until Friday.
February 10, dragged heavily on .ur
| hands. When the noon meal was fin
| ished, all the indications pointed TO ore
| more attack on the enemy, which was
made, and this time when the command
| of forward march was given, it was to
face the enemy for fully one-half lille
under a terrific hail of bullets without
firing a single shot. and an act OF kind
| Providence alone brought us through.
| Lieutenant Colonel Wallace was
wounded at the outset of the days en-
| gagement
The mOnotOny was at last br Ok m
by the enemy being sighted The con-
mand of load and fire was given and
obeyed, a war whoop was given. and
| then double time, quick time, etc. The
| enemy was put to flight and 70" the
| first time were my sympathies aroused
| in their favor. 1t seemed almost tserd-
| ish to see an enemy rise from his hid
| ing place and run away and ut once
perhaps 10 or u Springfields were lev
eled at him. fired and the soul of the
enemy took flight to the great beyond.
I'm this way we forced our way Tor
about three miles, leaving no wounded
all We're dead. When the call to halt
was given and the roll called, d Com
pany had one man who did not answer
the call, Ed Reynolds, who fell with
| broken leg. This ended the two charges
made by the Sth army corp7, which en-
tended the line from eight Mills in
length to %, where it now rests. and
| from which we expect to make an ad-
| vance at any time.
| In our present position we find the
enemy very annoying, firing on us at
all hours of the day and night. The
| Kansas regiment is on our Left. They
are more pestered than we, as the town
of Malabon lies to our left, from which
a constant fire is kept IN. All the boys
| from home are WELL;
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