The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05

or April s, lSe the WasAinsto1s in adj
Van>e eleaTsns he enemy cat 81 their am
bushes n the iITsisS.
The attack On Santa Graz WAS made az
cay break. April ~ Mai We!seEhurgtT and
his SAArfsao0serS isa3iu& the advance.
They n1os 81 directly against the town. sap
ported by the sunccA;s ~ q nejkaeo,ing
lasoSn. They cleared ,as trenches. rs aSa-
a. ana lei the advance uron The >ity. cap
t3rlug IL Military tScllsian> Who VIZ
messed the advance and the ofiic.a! dis
patches said. Ne better exposition II eN-
tended order tacucs was ever given nan
tAat displayed ~ ire fNrst Was7lUgte1;.'
The battle of PangssnShan ana Pate fol-
lowed in me or,.ey named. Gen. Law ton
keeping The " &SaGGgGo in the advance 40
saarpShoo;ers and "a lead tae assaults Up
ou the enemy. During tAe nsn1 Ak Fang
sanghan seventy s.lsEpshootsrs tron our
regiment. under Lieut. southern. perform
en- = daring itaL \ company 81 he North
Nakotas Mere cur of ~ he rebels from
tHe main body and surrounded. seeing
insurEvnts and broke taeir lines. allowing
the 04aotss IL escape. Lieut. southern
was badly wounded IN The charge. Iaese
battles en4t4 I~twton 5 campaign
once more the '"TcrrorS pf the Fighting
FEST" ~ the shar1Shootors We're nick
named, returned 10 their command.
The regiment Mas very tired. II had
fought every day from February 10 ApGa
=, 1879. and sometimes Two ana even tnfeo
battles on the same day. IL had marched
hundreds of miles through swanps and
thickeIS. forded rivers. climbed hills and
had never lost a battle or even been
Checked in their advances.
About this time Gen. Charles King Was
taken III ana had 10 resign command Of
;he brigade. lie named Col Whoiley 20 be
his SUCCESSOR and recommended thai he Ia
given the brevel Of brfgadier general Of
volunteers fox ga.iantry in action and for
the able manner III which he handled his
command. Col Whoiley was appointed,
/; WAS decided - rest UP the brigade ana
they We're transferred IL he firing iine on
the southeast. wherr they remained Idle
until JGly 4, when the First Washington
was ordered once more 10 Pasiz river TO
re;ake the towns they had once captured.
the natives having rtoccupted them COL.
Whciiey. with two hattailons OF Washing
tons and MAJ. Weiseaourgers ShaFpshoo1-
cTs took the south bank u the river. Gen.
Hail and the rest of the brigade taking the
inertia bank.
Calnta was first assaulted ana captured.
The insurgents losing heavily. Morong
came next ana fci only after = desperate
resist auce. Jhe natives being slaughtered
by the hundreds The regiment took Cal
amha ana then Went back 20 camp.
Fly this time a sufficient number OF regu-
lars had arrived to allow the volunteers TO
be mustered uut and all the regiments
we're ciamoring 10 60 home. The general
officers wanted the Washington boys TO
stay until the regulars got broken In, ana
the boys were asked what they wanted TO
do. The answer was characteristic; stay
and fight as long as Uncle Sam needs US.
Finally IL was decided to let the Fighting
First SO home.
MANY az the boys declared their intention
OF Joining other regiments and remaining
in Manila, and. in fact. more than 100 did