The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-10
CAPTAIN LEONARD FACED DEATH
TWICE.
He dragged a Wounded officer Nearly
Half Mile over Battle Field-was in
Turn Saved.


States Marine Corps, whose heroic con-
duct at the battle of Tien Tsin would
have won him the Victoria Cross had
| be been in the English army, is a pas
| senger on the City of Picking en- route
to his home in Washington, d. c. AS
the result of his bravery on the terrible
/ day of July 18TH he won a captains
commission but nearly lost his life. He
| sacrificed his left arm in an attempt
to help the Ninth Regiment during the
| attack which resulted in the death of
Colonel Liscum. With Captain Leonard
| is Sergeant J. NJ Adams of the Marine
Corps. Adams also comes home q hero
for he did for Captain Leonard exactly
what the brave officer did for another
officer-rescue him when wounded, in
the face of a CALLING fire from the Chi
nese Adams was specially detailed by
his commander to accompany Leonard
home and he is watching the handsome
| young companion as carefully as If the
captain were a child. Between these
men, one wearing shoulder straps and
the other only non-commissioned chew
rons, has sprung up a friendship which
will go with them to their graves.
''At the outbreak of the trouble in
China" said Captain Leonard 81 was
! first lieutenant and l asked Admiral
Remey to be allowed to go in response
I to Admiral Kempf's dispatch for help.
| In company with Lieutenant jolly and
| 80 marines we started and reached
Taku ths-da following the capture of
| the forts. On the next day 100 more
marines arrived making our force
| about 100 in all. The fighting became
| so severe at Tien Tsin and the demand
so urgent for reinforcements that it
| was decided that every effort must be
made to relieve the foreign settlement.
Accordingly our marines with 400 Rus
slams started toward the town. We
| realized that it was an inadequate force
but we decided that the only proper
course was to risk being cut to pieces
for the town must be succored. There
! were hordes of Chinese opposed to us
| and finally at one of the arsenals near
Tien Tsin they repulsed us. We had
to retreat hurriedly marching and
| fighting 35 miles in one day. On this
| occasion l was recommended for hav-
| ing helped to carry a wounded man
along with us. He was a private named
Carter. The Russians were ahead Of
us and our men would have to wait un-
! til we could catch up with them. Final
| ly we reached Ching Along Lang were
we were we We're reinforced and then
we marched up and took the town.
! I'VE got there before the return of
Admiral Seymour's relief column and
| went out and relieved him after he had
| taken the big arsenal For several days
we remained inactive but finally the
! commanders decided that the only prac-
| ticable course was to attack the walled
| city. The Chinese were constantly
shelling us in the foreign settlement
Accordingly in the early morning of the
| 18th we advanced to attack the walled
| city. The American marines and Ninth
Regiment held the flank of the general
attack while the Russians were advan-
| cling from the northern side.
| THE Chinese tried a flank attack on
| 1af htIf
captain, took force and repulsed them
| infiicting heavy loss. He was badly
wounded in the thigh and Colonel
Meade the commander of our forces
realized that Butler ought to be moved
for if the enemy came up and drove his
force back he could not be gotten away
| The commander would not order any
body to move Butler for the shell fire
was too terrific. 1 volunteered to take
| Butler back and accompanied by Ser
geant Sutton went over to him. We had
to go fully 1900 yards to get behind the
mud wall to a place of safety out of
range of the Chinese bullets and to
make matters worse we had to drag
Butler ell this distance. The country
was badly cut up with grave mounds
and irTigating bitches and we would
make rushes from one of these to an
other The Chinese soon caught on to
what we were trying to do and they
Wdlleu anu Ifleu 10 snip us. Inc Dul-
let's struck around us every time we
showed ourselves. We would let But
Ter rest in a ditch and then rush ahead
with him. Finally we got back to a
place of safety.
THE doctor wanted me to remain
back but news came of a heavy attack
on the Ninth Regiment and went for
| ward with company of marines which
| was dispatched to their help. We had
to advance by rushes and when almost
under cover of a hut I was struck In
the left arm by a Mannlicher bullet
shattering the bone. The officers saw I
would die If I was not taken back Inn
mediately, so Sergeant Adams and Cor
poral Adriance helped me along. We
had to go 1900 yards and we again en-
countered the bullets of the Chinese
sharpshooters. After a frightful ex-
perieuce we managed to reach a place
of safety behind the mud wall"
Captain Leonard's life was dispaired
of for weeks but his wonderful vitality
which enabled him to retreat from the
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