Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-01-28
A BRAVE OFFICER
SANDS AMID FLYING BULLETS AND
USES HIS FIELD GLASSES.


emovaI of some of H.- CutieIe-A Brave
Mt Didn't Finch.
cot alongside Of Post was an
oter Seyenty-first hoy. George j.
Hnlon. of Company Il. a fever patient
SO Most impressive. To my notion.
VS. his story Of what happened that
dv of July LIST. when he reached the
To. of San Juan bill.
My company got mixed up" said
Halon in the charge. and | pushed
on with the Thirteenth regulars
Wen we reached the top some OF US
foS shelter in a blockhouSe and began
frlS from there at the opposite hills.
Tire wasn't one of the enemy IN
sl4t. unless You count dead ones. 80
weblazed away al nothing at all for a
vile. But they had uS dead in range.
an it WAS no dream the way their
DUETS played around us.
one of the bravest things l saw in
thswar happened right here. An offi
celcame up-he was a major of regu-
lar, | don't know his regiment-and
he aw we didn't know what 10 aim at
am We're getting a little ratified So
whit did he do but quickly walk out
in .ont of the block house where the
Maser' were coming thickesr and
prceed to study the hills with his
fiei- glasses, just as unconcerned as
yoI please. And every now and then
he would call to US who We're inside;
Ma, fix your sights at eight hundred
yais and sweep the grass off the
ride of the hill OR. again: Men.
| en- see Spaniards over there; try a
thosand-yard range and see if you
ear get some of them. Fire low
nevr saw such nerve as that officer
hac he'd have stirred courage in
annody'
"iidn't he get bit;' asked
IN tell you about rnat in d minute,
out while he was out there. shaking
haus with death. YOU might say. |
was witness TO a little incident in the
blo0house that is worth telling about.
A 1t of us We're in there from differ
ELI regiments. some from the Thir
teenh. some from the Sixteenth. and
som colored boys from the Twenty
fourth We We're all blazing away
tlragh the fir.ng-openings i'll the
wall
".liSt beside me was big Niger
whOdidn't seem more than half inter
estet in what he was doing. / saw
him pull dead SpanIard out of the
door with n liStless movement. and
thenpick up his rife as if he thought
the whole thing a bore. Suddenly a
1ulld came in with ii zip along the UNI
der side of his gunbarrel glanced
against the strap, and took the skin
off ne nigger's knuckles as if they d
been scraped with knife. Asld then
you should have seen e change, He
wasn't scared not Il bit: but he was
mad enough to have charged the whole
Spanish army alone How ne did
swear not loud. just quietly to him
self-and how Ii, did grab his cart
ridges and begin TO shoot,
Speaking OF cartridges, some of the
boys run short because they had
thrown away Il lot i'll their haver
sacks; hut | had put two belHuls in a
pair of socks and pinned them inside
my shirt with safety pins. SO | had
plenty. And | was peppering away
from behind Il brick chimney when one
of the Thirteenth lads called out to
me: Come over here, Seyemy-ene;
I've got fine shot for you
Il looked around and saw him
standing by window that was barred
with iron, but had no sash to it. He
was kneeling on the floor. just showing
his head over the sill and looking
at the Spauish Hne- He was a nice
looking lad not a day over twenty
one. and his face was smooth as a
girls.
All right said l. going over to
him. where's your shot:
- There, said he, pointing TO one o,
The hills; .ooody's fired at that one
vet but I'm sure the dagos ore there
Set your sights at six hundred yards
and Wen try it together
so | fixed my sights and we both
fret out the window with our rifles
restng on the ledge. As | drew back
| ssw there was something queer with
theboy. and noticed a splash of red on
the lobe of his ear. just like a coral
bead
Ibid they wing you?' | asked. and
eve, as l spoke he staggered against
the wall and turned around so that |
say him full in the face. There was a
hob in the other side. just at the
chekbone, that | could nave put my
finer ill., He had been shot clean
Though the head.
'.Poor chap. | said. and lifted him
ovr behind the chimney. where | had
ben. He didn't speak. | left him
tire and went to the door. thinking
tht / might see a Red Cross nurse
sGewhere about. And sure enough.
tire was one bending over a man
{etched on the ground. 1t was the
nior who had been giving US the
alges.
|. Is he hurt bad?' l asked.
1.-THE Red Cross man had the majors
iirt OPEN looking at his wound. He's
lot through the heart he said.
/. Can YOU come In here a minute
then you get through with him?
heres a Thirteenth boy just been
1T
Il i" Hit whereT
:. In the head
:. Hold him by the jowls,' he said.
|Intii | come So | held him by the
owls. and then he spoke for the first
fme. and what he said was this: Say.
| doEe my duty, didn't
p
Il told him he did.
L had my face toward 'em when
hey got one, didn't
Sure you did
:. Well. he went on. quite cheerful
ike. L may get through this. and if |
10 I'll have another crack at 'em. But
f | don't why. l amt got no kick
.omin'. for there'l be others to stay
lere with me-
THAT was the last | saw of him. for
he Red Cross man came in then and |
vent back TO my firing He was a
anne boy. though. wasn't hep
The Queens Health
Every night. in every shin in HeY