The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04

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Lovers of the national game vii, be in
ierested in the following reference in
letter from Lieut.. Palmer u. Sheldon. OF
the First regiment. South Dakota veaun-
teers. with MacArihur'x brigade In the
Philippines. 10 q game OF baseball Played
while bullets from the rifles OF the insur-
| gents were whtstling over and about them
the frs; instance on record where the
national game was played to the accom-
paniment Of Nauses bullets:
Everything has been quiet along the
front. but some Of the regiments have had
little skirmish now and then. Our orders
are not TO are unless attacked. and IL Is
hard on the boys to keep from starting
when they see the enemy only SO CT 500
yards away. They tthe insurKeatsl
shoot high which Is good thing for u.s.
II has rained or and on the last three
days. not hard. but enough 80 as to make
walking difficult. Our company played =
| game ct ball the other day with the COM
pany on our right. Company G. and bea,
them II to !. This Is right on the firing
line. and I could not help thinking how
funny II was 20 play ball when every once
in q while a bullet could be heard whistling
over our heads. The Mauser bullet has an
ugly. mean sound-someshing I viii never
forget II live to get home."-St Louis
Globe-Democrat
Shot Through, bat Plueky.
Charley Reynolds relates the following
instance of good Kansas nerve: The ar.
ing pin Of my rife broke and started to
the rear 10 get another gun. About nifty
feet behind cur line came acroes one OF
Company Fs men lying on the edge Of the
road, shot through the shoulder. We ex-
changed guns and started back. The
last heard Of that man was his cheering
That appeared nervy to me. lying In the
road helpless. giving his ride TO COM
rade. and then yelling TO the boys to 60
ahead."-Kansas City Journal.
WV
4 "H0t Foot for Your Llfe.o
Here Is ono Of q thousand cases Of In.
dividuai daring which took place in a re-
cent skirmish several miles hack from The
bag. The enemy was somewhere In the
| hills. Lieut.. Boyd. OF the Fourth United
| states cavalry. received orders TO pick a
squad OF men and go out to place the reb-
els. He picked thirty men from ono OF tho
troops and three non commissioned OFF,
| GERS. In the detachment there was raw
youngster whose name was Reno. also an.
| other private named Davicki.
The OUTFIT had planned scout OF several
days. and carried hundred rounds OF
carbne ammunition and q score OF six-
shooter cartridges apiece. The third After.
noon out the squad was riding cautiously
| was on the left and wooded hills rose to
the right. The cavalry headquarters were
SIX miles away. The troopers were riding
| through rainstorTn This waa an old
story FOR the veterans in Manila.
| All ~ once ragged volley screamed
down upon them from the hills They had
crept within range OF a rebel hand The
cavairymen were disconcertcd, FOR not a
rebel could be seen. They had been
marching In column Of twos
Twos-3eft about.'' shouted Lieut.
Boyd. The command was obeyed.
Trot! called the lieutenant. He acted
wisely In leaving the open space. not
knowing tho strength OF the party IN the
| hills.
| "Galiop!" was the next order. The men
| were now In full and graceful dash for
the strearn The forward set Of twos was
already hitting the ford. Private Winter
was riding In the rear set with the young
ing in the saddle. having received =
wound somewhere in the body. The
| whisufng OF deadly Mausers was In thc
air. There was only one man In the set
just forward OF Reno and tho wounded
! trooper.
Reno checked his horse and looked
back. Through the rain a hundred yards
away he saw Private Davicki tiisentanr-
iirE his limbs from his fallen troop horse.
| wheeled his animal and raced back
through the storm Of rain and lead.
Davicki WAS iimpinG toward him nov
ind the wet turf around him was pune.
tured with bullet holes The air was full
| Of others. Reno reached the wounded
| man. dismounted and pushed Davicki up
| into the saddle.
Then he fffmly grasped the tail OF the
| troop horse with one hand and smartiy
slapped the animals tanks with tho 9TH
ar Tho rest OF the squad. now out Of
| range. waited for Reno and the wounded
man to come up.
THAT was a hot foot for your life..
| gasped the young trooper as he rexa!ned
| the detachment
And so II was. Not ono man In fiftv
| could have done II and come out alive =
Philadelphia Times
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Called Gea. Otis "Para.~
A Kansas soldier writing home relates
the following Incident:
Gen Otis came along. and once when
the boys hsa ceased firing for a minute
he said: Well. boys. how are you COM
Ing on Only few OF the boys knew
him. and one OF them said. All rf~ht
pard: how's yourseif'y' Another Of the
boys that knew Gen Otis told him TO
shut up that the man was Gen Otis.
The general overheard him and said,
| That's all right. pard is az good az gem
| cral tonight. Troy Times.
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OieA Like Heroes.
John r. Bass writes from Manila that
the men fell, not as the pictures show.
throwing ap their hands and cintching al
their Threats, but sank In limp heap
to- the ground. One. Lieut., Mitchell. of
the Fourteenth infantry, paused and ex-
claimed. Never mind me. go aheadr'
and sank down. He was mortally hurt
~
QueeR Ammanitioa.
~ CaIoean the rebels had mounted two
nonstreus nauxxle loading guns captured in
former times from the Spanixa They at
tempted to FIRE one Of these. with airesui
results The Americans collected The re-
sna;nx Of twenty rebels killed by the ex-
psaxion OF the gun. The Insurgents had
not the courage to Are the remaining can.
non. which was loaded AMI primed when
cziocan was captured. The natives had