The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-09
Lieuf. DoFr Executes the Command,
Bat Leads Hts Aen Through Pon-
Aacaa TswaFA Fnco>Company 4
Suspects the Approach Of Eilipt-
nes and n~Gtn. Shoosing-TPen~A.
erous Natives Also Take Hand.
-Tro1hle EaAea Before Anyene
IN Hart DoTr Pue uaaer Aesooo.
Special Correspondents.
With washington Volunteers.
In the Trenches.

In the TrrncasA
San Feiro Mseati. April s. sxe.
The iong expected transport Morgan
City. which arrived Mares = brought MAJ
Canton. ex-adiutans general os tire state
Of Washington. MAJ Canton proceeded
promptly to regimenssi headquarters ard
reported 20 Cob wAeliey FER auty. MAJ.
Canton Is now in command on the firing
line. Saturday Capt. Adams was taken
sick and went into the city. and Maj. Cam
ton was assigned TO ais command OF Cnn-
paniss l. and Fl in the trenches and Cem-
panies X and n OF the reserve
Fife Orders = Dew Hunt.
Second Lieut.. Dorr. o: Company =. has
been under arrest over some mtsunder-
standing ia regard 10 some matters ~
Santa Ana. where Lieut.. Col. Fife il In
command For the first two er three days
after the beginning OF hoxsiisties ther~
was considerable string inside our lines by
men shooting a; pigs, chickens and aogs.
So many false alarms were caused by this
firing that an order was ucdsfrom afys-
Sion headquarters sorasddinx IL under So
we're penalties. When Col. Fife was placed
In command NJ Santa Ana there w<r~ .
great many stray dogs around. some cz
them crippled. and all Of them of the W.
rIety which loves % howl by night. dis
tnrhsag she rest OF she nessaaoshsod- On
February . Cai Fife ssnt out the xaara
and all other available men around Santa
Ana with orders to form a skirnish line
and round UP the dogs and hill them
Dorr Does Too Mach sAeessag.
Lieut. Derr. being ths officer In com
nand OF the guard. went In command OF
the iise. Ia the absence Of specific inssruc-
giens ia regard 10 shooting. the men used
their rifles 10 Kill the dogs. The line did
not stop a; Santa Ana, bat went on
through Paniacan and into paco. driving
all stray dogs before IL ard firing at
them whenever an opportunity offered. As
this firing lire approached Pace. Com
pany heard the firing. fen in. ran to the
edge Of town. and hearing the arsng WITH
cut seeing who was doing IL. Immediately
supposed that Il was hesur done by the
insurgents who rad broken through the
iiaes So they fred about forty shots to-
ward the firing before II WAS discovered
that the hattie was between bodies Of our
own men. n Is matter for sincere con-
graduation that no one was killed -
or wounded In the skirmssh-
Rebel sympasAis~r. Opea CO.
Al the same t!rue several insurgent SYM
ra;hixers In the nsighhorhooa. thinking
there was an uprising secured rsfea they
had concealed and began firing upon
Company A. TIE company turned out in
pursuit but only succeeded In capturing
ere against whom evidence couid be So
cured.
Ger. Anderson came by while the firing
was going on. ard hrdinx how IL sesan
called upon Lieut.. Col. Fife for All ex-
PLANTATION. Nhen the explanation was
Submitted Gen Anderson placed Lieut..
parr an3er arress- To prevent such ms
understandings as have arisen ia the stxtn
sren previous arrests in the regiment II
naixhs be well 10 state that CSi Fife Ard
Iseut. DorF have always been on the usost
cordial ssrns. ard coI whoiBey has no
connection vita the affair whasnver
Lieut.. porr vas feisases without trial
and returned 70 sfaty. TIE facts concern
Ing the arrssE aud release are. Of course.
n0s made pssbtse-