The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-24
WHEEIINa DAILY INTEIIIGENcER TUESDAY, JULY

feel. Then Colonel Liscum dashed for
ward. IN the center OF the current he
stepped upon rolling stone and was
carried rapidly down. The men about
him forgot themselves, the bullets
about them, forgot everything save that
their colonel was In danger. Almost
severely the old soldier was seized by
HIS men and placed once more upon
his feetr Then the Ninthichecred. That
cheer took the nerve OF the enemy, and
gave access to the trenches. EacH
rebel seemed to think, Us the yelis
went UP TO high heaven, that the
Americans had taken some part Of the
trenches remote from his own position
and those Tagul soldiers. who remem-
bered that they had guns in their
hands, dropped them promptly, All you
could hear. was the whirring of brown
legs. After that the American soldiers
filed into the deserted shacks OF Bam-
BAN, lighted cigarettes and talked
over the fight while the company cooks
got, dinner.
In this interval the correspondents
hunted up Colonel Lscum, and that
morning in Bambam learned that he
was not only a splendid, soldier, whose
rank came from the callous OF many
wars, but that he was also nm ideal
gentleman, who could dispense bacon
and hard tuck to hungry, press men
with princely courtesy. 81 1t was d
great.thing to see his blue eyes light up
with the nre.o enthusiasm when he
talked about his men,, and these men
Of his were in every thought. He
laughed carelessly about his adventure
of the morning, but looked silent and
thoughtful moment afterwards. The
words which he uttered that day: point
ing out OF the window OF his quarters
toward the soldiers In the streets, re-.
CURED with lstrunge force now:
NJ hope" said 'hes that those boya
forget such methods as they used this
morning II they ever get really up
against 1t. The American soldier In
this service Is worthy of a better foe,
but It wouldn't do for him to walk up
on live trench II there were real SOL
ders inside. These, men wouldn't be
there now II they had met this morn.
ing such fellows Us we fought In the
Civil war. 1t would have been fanati.
cIsm to use such tactics rs we, used
this morning in the other rebellion"
His Estimate of His Men.
The colonel described the way his
men go Into fight in tho following
way:
"They like nothing better than u
chance to charge rebel trench, and
they prefer open ground. While the
men do not draw unnecessary fire, !
have never seen a single member OF
the Ninth hesitate. You saw this
morning what utter Indifference they
displayed to the fire in front. It would
not be well for them to remember and
repeat such tactics II they ever get In
TO real battle"
Colonel Llscum paused rehectively
while we who listened were lost in ad :,
miration. The old colonel was SO SOL
dierly. SO handsome, so filed with en-
thuslasm when he talked about his
men. one could tell now how the boys in
the river had felt when their leader
was being carried down stream. We
did not wonder they had forgotten
themselves and the fire In front until he
was once more upon his feet. Suddenly
Colonel Llscum stated:
There is something Irresistible in the
way American soldiers do business"
he said. They take matters in their
own hands, charge and cheer. Take oil
there Is to 1t. And they like It i'm
menseiy. They are always good-natur-'
cd for couple OF dnys after fight"
And Just now the eyes OF the world
are straining to learn how these same
fellows who took the trenches ut Bam-
BAN under Liscum last November, act
ed in the terrible crush of numbers at
T!cn Tsin. And when the story Of that
fight comes home It will be found that
the men Of the Ninth acted like Amcri-
cans and. soldiers. all. and old Colonel
f'scum was with his BELOVED. boys.
where he has always been. = .t,s
One little Incident will show !, the
kindness OF the fallen infantry leaders,
vast heart, Speaking OF the Philippine
fights the colonel said:
This service over here Is pathetic
ally one-sided. Come with me. and L
will show you the sort OF soldiers we're
busy with now"
He led the why TO whnre cot con-,
tanning q wounded Filipino prisoner.
was placed. The inserrecto was hardly.
more than boy. Bloody bnndages.
about his waist told OF wound in the:
abdomen. The prisoner watched every.
movement OF the colonel with :srcat
black staring eyes. There. vas the nm
uttcrable horror of death In thoBe cy2s.
Tho Mistrusting Filipinos.
He thinks l am going to kill him."
| Colonel Llscum said, sa1ly. HE would
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