The evening times., 1900-09-11

the wounded, without the loss of an ad-
| ditional man. is worthy of the greatest
! praise ard reward. | have the honor to
| recommend him for medal of honor and
that he be brevetted one grade beyond any
| brevetS already conferred upon him, for
| bravery at TientSin, China, July 13 1900.
Major James Regan, Ninth Infantry,
| was twice seriously wounded iE the arm
| and thighs His conduct and bravery were
| Of the highest order of merit and Thave
| the honor to recommend that he receive q
| medal of honor and be brevetted for gal
| liant services in the battle of Tientsin.
| China, July 13, 1900.
Capt. C. R. Noyes, regimental adiu
| tant Ninth Infantry. was twice wounded,
| in the arm and leg, early in the engage
| ment, yet managed to make his way by
| swimming the canals for nearly two miles
| and crawling back 10 the south gate. /
! have the honor to recommend him for a
| medal of honor and brevet one grade
| above previously conferred upon him for
! bravery in the battle of Tientsin, China
| July Is, 1900.
| Capt. E. V. BookmilIer, Ninth Infan-
! try. Was seriously wounded in the thigh
| early in the morning. I have the honor
| to recommend him for a medal of honor
and brevet of major for bravery in the
| battle of Tientsin. China, July 13, 1900
First Lieut.. L. B. Lawton, battalion
| adjutant, Ninth Infantry, and acting regi-
mental adjutant latter Capt c. r. Noyes
| adjutant Ninth Infantry, was woundedl,
| whose distinguished services in coming
back from the firing line with information
from the regimentaI commander Ninth IN
lantrF to the commanding general of the
british and American forces and return
Ing to his regiment under terrible fire
of shells and bullets. during which he was
again wounded. have been especially men
toned by General Dorwood in his letter
enclosed. ] endorse Major Lees recon-
meEdation that Lieutenant Lawton be
granted medal of honor and be bre-
vetted captain for bravery in the battle
OF TientSin. China. where he was twice
wounded, July I3 19G0''
"A copy of communication from Brig
Cen. \. r. F. Dorward British army, to
the commanding officer of the American
forces in China. regarding the services of
the regiment July Is, 1860. is herewith
transmitted.
A map of the battlefield and positions
o. the Ninth Infantry thereon is also en-
closed CHARLES A COOLIDGE,
'LieutP-lant Colonel Ninth Infantry, Com
manding
The copy of the letter from Brigadier
General DOrward, commanding the Brit
lsh forces, mentioned by Colonel Cool
idge, has already been printed 1t highly
praises the bravery of the Americans
and blaming himself for their position
during the fight.
Captain Noyes' Report.
The report of Captain Noyes follows:
Ninth L. S. Infantry Hospital
"Tientsin Hotel Tientsin, July IS.
Major Jesse NJ Lee, Ninth Infantry:
4 have the honor TO submit brief re-
port OF the orders and operations CT the
regiment up to the time l was disabled
by my second wound. reference being
made TO the operations on July 13 OF the
attack on walled city of Tientsin.
On the morning of the 18th Colonel
Liscum was informed by Colonel N eads
L ) Marine Corps. that the Ninth IN
IantTy would be called upon 10 furnish d
detachment to protect the second bridge
and to prevent a crossing being made
there; h2 was advised 10 call upon the
British neral and obtain exact in-lrut-
ti0ns. Colonel Liscum did so in the
afternoon. He was directed to send geo
men there, at dusk. but 1t was intimatcd
that more important movement IN ;ght
take place, il the plans were completed
He was to be called to a meeting of the
generals and the movement fully ex-
planned He MAS called at about 6 |
O'Clock and attended the meeting alone !
IN the mean time a detachment for the |
bridge vas started out and was met by !
the colonel as he was returning He re
duced the detachment 10 100 men The
detachment consisted of Company \ !
strenSt hened by a number of men from
Company d. First Lieutenant Weeks. |
Eleventh Infantry, was in command and |
Second Lieut. F. r. Brown, Ninth Infan- |
try, attached | had been ordered to !
conduct this detachment to its properI
place. l did so and returLied To the bar |
racks, having been gone about three |
quarters OF an hour. Colonel Liscum had |
N 10
ments for the movement the following
day, and as he did not find occasion TO
ask my advice, he did not when | Ie- /
turned, explain TO me any details of the
movement. except to say that we would |
move out at j 10 n m. and to show me
a paper containing a list of the organi-
cations that would compose our column
the order in which they would march.
and certain other Information, which /
do not exactly recall, but think it pzr-
tanned to the way in which We would
join the column and to a meeting CT the
generals at a designated point. soon after
the movement began
Company E was detailed 10 remaj, at |
the barracks, except twelve men, who
were attached 10 Company D. The com
mand formed a I ,: ID a m, ard was COM |
posed Of Companies 3. c. and D. OF the
First Battalion. under command of
Major Lee, and f, C, and H, of the Sec
Cuu Battalion, buASF command OF Major
Resan, the total strength being Is Off
GERS and 430 men. We Joined the column
according TO orders and marched to the
fields near the west arsenal outside of
the mud wall. The Ninth Infantry was
the last organization in the column
Under a Hot Fire
Column of attack was formed opposite
the gateway, through the mud wall. to the
arsenal. The Ninth Infantry formed Il,
line of skirmishers. with intervals of one
pace, being in rear Of the English naval
brigade. We rested at this point for some
time, while leading organizations were
getting UP to the wall. There was very
slight defence made from the wall, appar,
emily, but in CUR position we were catch
ing a severe Indirect fire and a number OF
casualties occurred. After waiting three
quarters of an hour in this uusition .
stan officer rode TO the commanding officer
Of the English naval brigade and from
him to Colonel Liscum, his words to Colo
mel Liscum. as nearly as 1 can remember
them, were, General Dorward sends his
compliments and says that if you are ha1-
ing casualties here you can advance your
regiment to the mud wall where YOU will
be perfectly protected; you will have In
cross the canal by the causeway sr,
bridge, in front of the gate. and then YOU
VIII move your command TO the left of The
japanese Colonel Liscum made some en-
JUjriRS and ba Il |