The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-03
Especial to The Herald From a Staff
CORRESPONDENT

Especial to The Herald From a staff
Correspondent
San Francisco. Cal, Aug. 1.-Two OF
Utah's batterymen were on the hos
pital ship Relief, which arrived here
at O'Clock this morning. They were
u. ]. Davis of battery A and A. John
Bramon of battery B.
Both soldiers have been suffering
from dysenjery. complicated with q
touch of malaria. They looked wan
and thin. but the voyage over has,
they said. improved their condition
considerably. They were much more
fortunate than the great majority of
their fellow passengers and were able
to walk ashore.
The Relief brought a large number
of sick and wounded soldiers. There
were three deaths, Chris Klaus of the
Wyoming regiment, company d, being
one of the victims. He was i'll from
typhoid when the Relief left Manila.
His condition gradually became worse
and he died while the ship was at
Yokohama. Klaus was well known
among the Utah batteries and the
news of his death caused many eX-
pressions of regret.
Captain Frank W Jennings. former
" of battery c, stepped off of the
transport Senator after she got out OF
quarantine this morning. Captain Jen-
nings seems to have gained in flesh
and general health since he went TO
the philippines. He was certainly a
picture of robust manhood when l saw
him on Market street today with Adj
jutant General Burton and Major
Grant.
Captain Jennings Compliments.
Captain Jennings opened a customs
agency when he arrived at Manila last
fall and it is reported did we'll Lieu
tenant Hines says he was constantly
on the fighting line, cheering the Utah
volunteers by precept and example.
CAPTAIN Jennings himself doesn't talk
about that much. He greatly preferred
to speak of the esteem in which the
batteries, a and B, are held by the
Eighth army corps, officers and men.
wherever you go in or near Manila"
said Captain Jennings, the name of
Utahs fighters is known, and favor
ably known. The men We're gentlemen
off the field and soldiers on it. Every
man of the Utah batteries is hero,
and I'm ready to take off my hat TO
the whole command, because l have
personal knowledge of what they did.
Their work was simply marvellous.
when you stop to think that they were
on the firing line almost continuously
from Feb. 10 June 10. 1t seems mir
Hcle that they were not cut or shot 10
pieces. At the clubs of Manila, in the
cafes and wherever Americans are
gathered together, the name of Titan
never fails to arouse complimentary
comment. Utah's all right, they say,
and tell you it made me fsel mighty
proud of my station.
CAPTAIN Jennings leaves for Salt
Lake Thursday night. 1t is possible
that he Will return to Manila later on,
as he thinks there will be some splendid
commercial opportunities in the Phil
ippines after the insurrection is quelled.
At present. he says things generally
are in such d chaotic condition that
<here is little opportunity to do bust
1ess.
Couldn't Spare Major Young.
Captain Jennings saw Major Young
the day he left. The major is in first
class health and was in excellent
spirits over the prospects of a speedy
homecoming. The story how Major
Young was induced TO remain in Ma
Mia has not yet been told. When the
Utah batteries got ready to return to
the United States, Major Young went
to General Otis and told him he sNanted
to come along home with his boys.
But" said otis. Il can't possibly
spare you. Young. ] need you here in
Manila the very worst way"
That's all right" returned Major
Young I appreciate your good wishes,
general but / want 10 go back to my
people"
General Otis protested in most Vigor-
Gus style and finally told Major Young
he could name his own price If he
would stay in Manila as chief justice.
The figure agreed on and endorsed by
the authorities at Washington was
$4,000 per annum. As further induce
lnent, Major Young was granted
leave of absence of sufficient length To
enable him to visit this country. with
the privilege of staying here perma-
nently if he found ii TO be to his ad-
vantage.
Hines Makes a Hit.
Lieutenant Hines was what is known
in battery circles as it today. For
the benefit of the uninitiated it, means
officer of the day. Hines looked gor-
geousiy swell in a speckless blue uni
form with red trimmings and shoulder
straps. He did the honors of the camp
in perfect style, although he allowed
himself TO be captured more than once
something that never happened in the
Philippines. He was a willing captive
however, for his captors were fair wo-
men. and they were not a bit hard on
him.
The thing that attracted the most at
tention in the Utah camp today was a
wooden gun, the property of Major
Grant The queer looking cannon could
hardly have been intended for any
thing more than bluff. 1t bore no evil
dences of ever having been fired, and
the chances are that if it had been it
would have hurt q great many more
F'ilipinos than Americans. The gun con-
sists of log about six inches in diam
eter, with a cast iron tube about the
size of an ordinary gas pipe running
through the center of it. At the back
Is q vent, similar to those on the old
fashioned Misunderstanding cannon long.
since discarded by the United States
army. 1t is mounted on pair of what