The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-20
Surrounded by Ills staff Officers
He Falls Among His Pro-
tected Troopers.
GRIEF OF THE COMMAND
Dead Body Of the General Carried
Into the Rebel Town on the
Shoulders Of the Nictori-
Gus Soldiers.
ous SoIdierN

MANILA. D,s 70 -Genrru Law,uu
l,f home Monday usht having re-
turned from his northern up rauans
saturday to lolI an expedition
through the MAr,qulna ydl.y which
has b,sm AZ irsurs,nts stronghold
throughout tnc war
Tho valley has s-ycrd times been IN.
,ad.d but mover held by lhe Am-r-
,..nr Gcucyal Gcronlm, WAS sup.
p,~.d Go have thrre the largest or
geulkcd Corcr North " Muiila and
General Ous wished &. gr1,ou Mar
Iluina
The night Was one Of ,he wors u
thr v.asDn Terrific run mad begun
and Is sull continuing.
Accompanied by his su,n and troop
T. Fourth cavalry. G,nruu lAwun sc,
out 80 o'clock In advarc' nf The main
lprD, consisting NJ the Eleventh cav
airs and one battalion ,aca 4 III
Twentieth and Twenty .vrHh iu-
Mu,ry which starred ,r1m L. Iona
40 midnight
Win d small escort hc led thr way
through tu almoat pathlys, cuultiy
% distance u 70 mikes ,vcr bills and
through cane br-tk and deer mul, IN,
htr..t ]lmbing rocks ard sliding
down hlll nct)ro daybrtak the c'm-
muud had reached the hod II ,hg al
loy
san Matcu Mas attacked at S o'clock
uud thr,,c hours night ,nsued. This
resulted IN hut few casualties ,u tn
American sids apart from the death
ut General Lslwton. but the attack Wa
dlnl,ult Dycau~' OF The natural Ictcnsc
ot the town.
General Lawtou was walking along
the firing line wtlhing u'rrc hundred
yards OF u small shorpshootcrs trench,
conspicuous In the biz white helmet
he always woV and q light yellow
rain coat
lie w,s also easily distinguished by-
cause OF his commanding stature.
Sharpshoo. 'I1s direoted sevctul close
shots which clipped thu grass nearby.
His stan officers called General Law
tons attention 10 the danger he was
In. hut he Only laughed with HIS usual
contempt ror bullets, suddenly he
cXrlnlmcd Il am shot" clrnch,d his
hands in desperate eroct To stand
erect and fell into the arms VI n stan
o1lcer.
OrdeIlics rush'd across the neld fnr
the surgeons who dashed up immed-
Ntely but their efforts We've useless.
The body was taken to u clump ot
bushes and laid on stretchtr the
familiar white helmet covering the
face Of the dead general, Almost at
this moment the cheers of the Am-l1-
can troops rushing into san MatNo
were mingled with the rifle volleys
After the fight nix stalwart cavalry
men forded the river to the town,
carrying the litter on their shoulders,
the staff preceding with colors and a
cavalry escort following,
The troops filed bareheaded throught
the building where the body was laid
and many tear fell from the eyes Of
men who had followed he intcrpId
Lawton. The ntire command was
stricken with grief, as though each
man had suffered a personal loss,
owing to the condition of the coun-
try, which Is implssible SO far as We
hclcs are concerned, The rmeins
could not be brought to Manila today,
Mrs, Lawton and children are living
IN Il government residence formerly oc-
cupied by a Spanish general.
SAN Mateo hes between a high
mountain behind and bread shallow
stlNam In front, with wide sand bars
which the insurgent trenches and
buildings command. The Americans
we're compelled to ford the river under
fire. It was while they were lying IN
nice fields and volleying across pre-
pamtory to passing the stream that
General Lawton was shot An except
the officers were behind cover a staff
otIlcer was wounded about the same
time and one other officer and seven
men were wounded. After three hours
shooting, the Filplnos were dispersed