The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29

Look at those beautiful men,
Colonel Liscum never uttered words
more significant Of his personality than
these. 1t was one of the big days for
American arms in North Central Luzon
last November Every officer, correspond
ent and soldier had been looking forward
to a grand time at Tarlac This town was
fifteen miles beyond the point where l
nrSt saw Colonel L1Scum- Iarlac was the
reputed stronghold OF indefinite JhOus-
ands. AguinaIdo was SAID TO be there,
and 1t dld not seem possible that the Fill
plno a0VenIurer could escape Three di-
visions from three different points had
Tarlac for an objective point. General
Wheeler, with a couple of regiments, was
pushing down the Dagupan end of the
trail, while General Macarthur and Gen
eral Wheeler were forcing their Wav
nOrthward through rain, steam and faith
Omless mud. General LawtOn and Gen
eral Young were coming down from the
northwest and destroying the killing mo-
nOtOny OF daWn-tO-dark marches through
the medium OF an occasional brush with
the rebels.
A bunch of OrrespOndents-JOhn T Nc
CutcheOn Of the Chicago Record, John +.
Bass OF the New YORK Herald and my
self, says VIII Lexington Comfort in the
Kansas City Star-Were riding with the
| Ninth infantry, Colonel Liscum'S regi-
ment. Ahead was the Bambam river,
and on the opposite side was the town
! bearing the same name. The Ninth eX-
pected a fight at Bambam. Under Lis
cum, the regiment was racing toward
Tarlac, got the hrst hOnors IN the eX-
pGCIsd capture OF the notorious rebel The
rOadbed sinks into a narrow pass just be
! fore reaching the Bambam river As the
vanguard swung through this detlie hiring
! began upon the opposite shore 1t was
wonderful TO see the transformation IN
| the sweating, muddy lntantrymen, thrill
/ ing 10 hear the commands OF the officers
and the mutterings OF the men There was
/ no cUrsing, no tagging IN the lines now.
Here was lOnged-IOr recreation colonel
/ Liscum stood upon the bank directing MS
men, stood straight up and minded the
| bullets as much as II they were paper
wads. The fellows in dirty brown can
vas who had been curSing the sky and
the trail and at each other a moment be
| fore, were in harness now Eacn look
/ his proper place IN the deploys; eacn
struck at the heart OF the matter, not
with the logged cOnVentiOnalIty OF a ma
chine but with an unerrlnS and lndlNid-
ual symmetry which showed brains and
| nerves and fighting bottom. 1t was stand
| ing there under ire that Colonel LiScUm
was heard TO say: LOOK at those Desiu-
| tiful men!'
Liscum's Ninth Infantry
There was a strange beauty in this
| thread of wet brown sklrmishers IN front
/ The boys played low, joked with the lei
| lows nearest them and laughed and ad-
| vanceG-meanWhile the reDeIS IN tnE
] y
| ing wicked volleys at the white men, VINO
| bucked the swift current belt nSn, Aileu
| krag magazines, with loaded, dripping
! shells and neared the SNayIng white
1 cloud OF smoke across when SnONeu
! where the trenches We're The thoughts
which prompted the words OF the leader
| that moment came to all OF US VINO were
| waachins-a thought that these fellows
| frorn the states would SJrike and strike
| and strike again until there was a giving
| away in front But they only had 70
| strike once al Bambam-
| The Mausers glanced screaming from
the stream and made holes IN the ssti lI. II
! the bamboo thickeJs on the opposite snore
! and in the soldiers DucKlng the currehI
| OF the river. couple OF men were Cd
/ ried down stream; their heads We're IN
! der most Of the time. Lieutenant DAVIS
of Colonel Bells regiment, tel dead IN the
! river shot in a place Where ne ulo HO'
! feel Then Colonel Liscum oaSheu I0I
| ward. In the center or the current ne
! stepped upon rolling stone anu We - -;
/ ried raDidlv down. The men ABOUT AIIA
| forgot themselves, the bullets ABOUT them,
/ forgot everything save that their coIohSi
| was in danger. Almost severely InS Ol5
| soldier was seized by his men anu P Sc9-S
( once more upOn his feet linen the NlLII
/ cheered That cheer took the nerve ol
| the enemy and gave access 10 lIthCATS'
/ Each rebel seemed TO think, as the yelLS
/ went up TO high heaven, that lhe AiIieI-
! leans had taken some part OF the lEtIChes
{ remote from mis- own position ana lI3oSe
, Tagal soldiers. who remembered that they
| had guns in their hands, dropped them
| promptly All you could near WIS tIe
/ whirring of brown legs AFTER IIlaI me
! american soldiers filed into the deserted
I shacks of Bambam. lighted cigarettes and
talked over the fight, while the company
cooks got dinner
! In this interval the correspondents
| hunted up Colonel Liscum, End that
! morning in Bambam ] learned that he
was not only a splendid soldier. whose
1 rank came from the callous OF many
| wars. but that he was also an ideal gen
tleman who could dispense bacon and
| bareback 10 hungry press men with
/ princely courtesy. IT was a great thing
/ to see his blue eyes light up with the fire
/ of enthusiasm when ne talked about his
men. and these men Of his were In every
/ thought He laughed carelessly about
his adventure of the morning, but looked