The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
SONS OF SOLDIERS THESE.
LADS VINO WON THEIR SPURS IN THE
FIGHTING Ar SANTIAGO.
Theodore \. Baldwin. dr.. Went with His
Father and Earned a Commission -Austia
Pardee with His Fathers Comr~dcs-
Gen. Anderson's Son shows His Mettie.

Theodore n. Baldwin, .jr.. Went With His
Father and Earned a Commission -Austa
Pardee with His Fathers Comradcs-
Gen. Anderson's Son shows His Mettie.
When war is on il Is hard to make n stay-at-
home OF "A likely lad who first saw the light Of
day In garrison quarters out on the plains. so
thought Theodore n. Baldwin. ,Jr. when Bald
win. Sr., marshalled his black troopers Of the
Tenth Cavalry AT Tampa and sent the usual
message 10 his wife and son. saving he'd write
home fun particulars OF the fighting in Cuba for
the dclectation of the boy. and n a reward for
having passed nm examination for West Point.
Mothers may imagine tho scene when the lad
declared that he couldn't stay al home. That
mother finally yielded, and Col, Baldwin well
coined the boy at Tampa, and took him along to
Cuba just 10 look on and sec the Spaniards run.
The Tenth reached San Juan River in a strung
out line about II O'Clock on July l.. with the
Colonel's son, in his borrowed and cut down
khaki suit. trudging along at the head Of the
column. At the first wire fence the negroes
attacked the savage barricade with musket
stocks and bare hands. The Colonel's boy had
no musket then. but he pushed and pulled At
the posts and coiled tho parted wires out Of tho
path.
Mauser bullets were flying, even then, along
the San Juan. and suddenly a black trooper
working beside the boy fell dead. At last thu
fence was cleared. the negroes gave a yell
and then dashed into the jungle TO hunt for
SpaniardS. The boy turned for a last glance
at his dead conrade. The mans Krag carbina
lay alongside. The boy seized the rife and
rushed on with the line. at which the negroes
grinned and cheered. giving way to let the boy
soldier reach the front beside his father. when
the troopers halted and fired at the Spanish
trenches on Kettle Hill. the Colonel's boy ham
died his carbine with the best of them: when they
charged and cheered he was No with hefore-
most and stood on the crest whore the Tenth's
nag was planted TO stay. Helikewise heard Col
Leonard Wood praise his fathers regiment for
its gallant work in that charge. Could a soldiers
boy, with hi. blood UP. stop at that while San
Juan ridge lay in front. swarming with Span
iard~H Never: and minglinE his shouts with
the growls Of tn. excited troopers. he rushed
the hill, way 10 the second crest.
~ all seemed a. simpie as n football game
Ia the schoolhov in uniform. but the men and
Officers Of Woods brigade declared that il
was serious business, and that the Colonel's
of that rurnort to President Mckinley, and he
appointed Theodore \. Baldwin. Jr,, Lieuten-
ant IN the Twenty-fonrth Infantry. And this
transformed Schoolbov IL now serving in the
Philiprines. the youngest commissioned OH cer
on, he rolls Of Tie seyeptv-Gr,t New York
stands the name Of Austin Pardee. He Ia the
son of n former onlcer of the Thirteenth In
tantry, who lost his life on the plains. Young
Pardee lived with his mother in New York city
when tho war broke out. and begged 10 he al
lowed TO enlist in the old Thirteenth. 50 as 10 fol-
low the flag Of his father. But his mother OPP
posed il, as he is an only son. and Austin COM
promised by going with the Seventy-frsi.
Now in the miX-up of troops at the crossing
Of San Juan River, the Seventy-tlrst stood still
after coming under fire. and the Thirteenth
passed to the front through its ranks. When
Austin recognized the flag he had seen in baby
hood on the plains. and saw the veteran COM
radeS Of his father around it. he rushed to the
head Of the company his father once COM
wsnded. and asked the Captain to let him
fight there In the ranks
You're the kind we're looking for. Fall in"
War histories tell how the Thirteenth charged
After the battle the Captain sought out bis
volunteer recruit, and asked him If he would
ike TO stay with his fathers old company and
Yes, Captain, I'd like it a" said the boy. But
promised mother that J. would stick by the
sSsii sccr my % sna march Sn. h%'s Kent Nh Ns w II; and 7
TWAS Adiutant Barnum Of the Tenth Cavalry
who told the story Of, Young, Baldwin. Incl
wounded. Tie was asked what his sensations
MY. first sensation was that | had been sud
denly knocked fat, and the NEXT was the sud
den recollection that thrty-six years pre-
yiorsly to a day. or on July ?, 1882, my father
lay on the battlefield nj Malvern Hill. Va, hope
lesslv wounded. as then supposed p"
Then you are the son of Henry A. Barnum?-
Yes " said he. hlushing. but how did Won
CUES that: My name is Malvern Hill Bar
Small wonder that a bov 50 named climbed
to the very crest of san Juan Hi before the
Mauser got him.
The story of the rush Of a handful Of Thir-
teenth men upon the san Juan blockhouss
and the capture of the Spanish flag. all under
written part Of spanish war historI When
Secretary Alrcr visited Camp wikor to inspcc,
sct S waS 10 reS S' s"T the s@ en@tiive .r"" OF iib rs r fFr,
trenth Infantry. los men los out Of an original
muster Of i25.who were able to stand in tho
ranks. Krag-JOrgensen in hand. IA they had
stood in the fighting line az Santiago. That
done he passed down the row Of officers tents
and sat upon ap n%piurncd box b., the side 81
the camp cot where lay the young hero Of that
memorable rush and flag capture He talked
with tho boy a few minute. After tho Secre.
tary had been escorted TO his carriage the
and introduced a visitor To Lieut. Anderson.
say ing: Il hope youll have better luck in
making this boy talk of the battle than did his
last interviewer ~
Well, there isn't really much To tell re-
sponded the fcver-stricknn soldier, shaking IN
his languOr with much effort The Thirteenth
Jared hard in climbing that hill We were the
only troops TO cross the broad, open field In
front Of the fort. and were checked by the awful
Mauser fire, which struck Ms Just short Of the
crest. was in III" front line and when got
lace 10 face with the blockhousr and the Span;
m IHrq, II for IT the ! ca d6Sr. 'u hb3 Any = = a"Gc r" men uit IHn
W. Wv Nh'lH Hh''fAfN - s'fH u III ~ NNN1ht
the sound Of my voice rushed with me, all firing
as We advanced.
When ] got 10 the blOokhouSc saw but one
Spaniard on his legs and he was running to get
away All the rest lay dead or wounded in and
around the trenches. We got the flag down
from the root and while the boys were looking
q II two of those having hold Of il we're hit by
Ma,scrs fired from the trees or the Spanish
second line. The men then said that the flag
was a Jonah and tore il into bits.
Please give the men all the credit for what
was done. They were very brave. The loesca
among their comrades while crossing that open
field spurred them on, A. ! told you all did
was 10 call ont Advance rapidly, and rush for
II, The men did the rest"
I'll print the exact words Won have given
70 me, said the interviewer, and now, TO mako
the story complete. may ] ask your name.
Thomas VI Anderson, Jr."
Why, there's n General by that name nov
fighting Spaniards in the Philippines.
He is my father, sir, said the officer. with
more fire than he had shown before the Secre-
tarv or in telling about the charge No the hill,
Gen. AndersOn's record j. n matter Of his
tory. How about your own"
IN Is nothing. enlisted in 1894 a. private
IN the Fourth Cavalry and served three wears
in the ranks N private, corporal and sergeant
passed two examinations for a commission
and was appointed lust a year ago Second
Lieutenant IN this regiment, That is all there
l. Of 1t up To the charge At San Juan Hill"
As II that were not enough The son
of a Colonel In the Regular army serving thre~
years in the rank, and working M for two eN-
aminationS in order TO keep the family nams
bright on the roll of honor. After all H. n re-
markahl" that there were 70 many young heroes