The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21

a&r. w"r" assigned to quarters i'm hous qs
lH TN EASTERN rlrI of -" town. about 80
wards from TIE depot. Major ,,ttciI and his
Adiutaut ana the officers Of = and - com
i"'uI'S w"I" assigned III" first building On
IN" Str''t nearest tn" depot. Supper was
soon prepared. ana as soon as .liSpn-a"l
al. officers anu men began to look The field
over u" sec wh.r" they were at" and 10
ascertain the wh"r4tboufe ~ ~, "'fir,u.
me, winch iheN had been informed they
Darkness. however. prevented the location
81 l1y htihS lin" ny the eye, hut AZ 8
d" lock. when taps" had sounded In oar
r,tinr. the >dmt exercises were taken IN nv
thr INSURGENTS in what seemed go h" In 50
clos proximity to- gu. catuu as NOT to be
! conducive /" sound SIr,1 All retired 10
sec how II would feet to slccp without be-
me- rocked 10y tn" waves. who's lullaby
| days.
Quiet had scarcely been secured. when
me Crack 81 a N1user or Remington rifle
| and the whirr Of the butler As 4 PASSED
uu"hstru'trd through tn. air. or It's pc
! Guitar ping when il struck some object. or
nul!''lng. startled them from the first At
tempt al sleep. IhiS nriu% from tn. picket
| lines continued at intervals rhroughout the
il-hi. ana next morning it was found that
III" INSURGENTS "%utiosts and rifle pits At
SnlNr points were within ~ yards. ". ar
rived on th' evening If the 9th. We rested
m camp an next day. watched the move
nleut~ OF the different troops. coming and
going. amt one OF our pUipgstS, gu Yards
from my quarters. II was understood gen
orally among officers and enlisted men that
lh'It NoHil De a Forward movement on the
part 81 our army "n the morning Of No
Vrmbor :. In the evening of NoVawh.- :
! WIZ notified go have my company ready
to 80 on outpost duty at : O'Clock the fol
lowing morning, along with Company H..
and that | would h" expected to hold the
lr" from the railroad bridge. north If town.
west 10 ID" P"TlC road. covering a distance
~ one and a half miles. while company
- held the lin" from the Cathedral south
and east. 10 the railroad bridge. where my
line started.
Getting In line
The companies wcr" ready II the time
named, but remained IN quarters with arms
stacked until about 30 in the morning.
The company was conducted to the line BY
Lieutenant Colonel Strother, who directed
Company { to move west of the railroad
about a quarter of q mile. and await his
return from posting Company Il. Company
{ moved L. the point directed. formed a
lil" 10 the left on the north side ot tire
road as directed. Day was just dawniug
Hisn IN" long lines Of troops came qJictl.
down the road. going east 10 form Il line -.
battle. Tn" Ninth, Twelfth and Seven
i'tnih Unite! states Infantry, veterans Of
many ENGAGEMENTS on this islaud Cumpu-.d
the line, which was dcpiuyiu- tor attack.
Ihey were followed hr a battery OF artil-
lerN Of six pieces. these Wer. followed by
tn" amhulan'" corps. the corps Of surgeons
ana assistants. and about POI ntter-hr4rrrS.
composed Of natives and Cinnamon. A.
lh' column moved silently forward in oac-
di'EC' 70 the whispered command f officers
II presented much ia" same spectacle as
characterized m" movement of lruopS in
t1y War al The Rebellion.
Iher" were those present early this
morning who had Witnessed som. Of tf.esa
movements. At the head Of the hrigad"
rod" General Joe Wheeler. perhaps at"
most famous cavalry officer in tho tpnfeti-
crate Army. who won glory for himself
and Iu<t.r in tn" hatflr of Santiago. cuba (
during the Spanish-AmarIcIn M uhir.
.0mrwhcr" In the waiting line stood gallant I
tiptain GriHStead and captain culver Of
ne IhirtN-StCund Infantry. United States I
y hunters. VINO received their baptism of
frt under sherman in hts Atlanta Campaicn I
ana Thomas 1T C~hickamagga, and were
a.So oiflcers In the SpaHish-Amarican war. !
" hil. the battle line was being formed 2
colonel Str"thcr returned and established
one post about 3o yards west from ~ 4
railroad. another about 20 wards west OF !
TINS one. Lieutenant Wade, IN. w.Il-knoUD !
Ni-s"Hri1n. was placed in charge OF this /
At The cemetery. midway bet waen the
IdSt-i;tm.i post and the P0Tac road. Lieu /
ltlHhi Never, with twenty men. was
posted. lille IT the POrac road Se-cn4nT |
Fred FosSctt was placed in char, win /
twenty men. At The first post next re III
road First SerCsaut Ftuuk HyI., had he,u
mel Strnth"r dire .,'l M to take Cuplni md
~ tins place. rs IL was ncIrrS; the fighting
ilh". although he informed M that there
would T." hShting IL along the from Of nv I
me Of "utroSts. rs tn" Insurgents Dad riia
pits extended along the eastern AMI rorfb
ern limits OF the ciry.
In the meantime. Will. the battle .rra
Htd been forming, Captain .tumhOi! Of tho 1
Thirty-sec"nd Infantry, who went to Puerto
iago ~ c4mfntu4 "t L4ti"ry A, First Mis-
Souil Light ArtiIl-rT, had been placed fu I
m Of an arnur"d car With six uiecas
of artillery. with directions 30 move Up the
railroad track In Crl'r TO bring artillery To
bear upon tn. iESurrent rank. The tnsri--
were very strongly iutrenchrd IN MT
PMS. constructed IL " zig-E1E shape. 10 pre-
on them. BY daNligh. the lin, of aTtaTE
had been compiler. formed. This Wa FOL
lowed by g brief a"rIod Of waiting. when
the command. Forward. march.' rang orf
in the stiffness of tn early morning.
Column Moved Forward.
A. the command the column moved ro--
ward. fnlly expecting at each SteI. ia -
c"lye III" insurgents fire and to charge and
came from tn" line where IN. rhrIU nntat
Of tn" huEl" had fioated out on In. ,,igb,
the night before. and whence had
come the crack of the Maus,r and R.minr-
ton at Intervals during the night. The IN
envy had retreateG. leaving nothing I'm,
heir long line of rifle pits to mark their
presence.
This was the Cummenccmout Of the for
ward movement of the army. which was
,Glllhuru hy our forces. capturing town
after town along the line of the railroads
until the railroad was oEcnrd from yIanii1
10 lagHhrtn. The entire length of the roaI
which Is now held by our forces Whit -
whereabouts of the insIirgrn, arr,- =. -
known. II has either fled Ia the mountains
or p.E2 broken int" small hands. scattered
diiterrnt parts of the island. Whe,bcr
these broken det3Cnmnnts will he ga.bar.I
again in sufficient numbers =, Ia
q ioIbluablc force. or left to roam over N,
country as guerilla bands, cannot vet h.
determined. ~ !"
With the advance Of the firing line rho
OF supplying the army with m
tionS, ammunition ana 8" forth. beranna ~,
factor to the commanders In tEa
lnt-much as a great deal of tra III
road mai been destroyed by Tho gaa;ng
t1eHN.. lut with General Macarthur ami
General W h"elcr no obstacle IS too prrnt q,
urnount ana no difficulty is so complex
mat 4 solution cannot be had. No sonrar
mad the ddNaiiCe or our army reached Nob-
iacat Than orders were given TO gather in
at Angeles all the Carahao within The terl
ritory Just WreSt"d from the enemy
The country abounds with these animals
are the burden bearers us.d b- ~.
To- cultivate the soil and frauspnri
grain and household effects. MANY na-ivas
are IN" owners 81 from seventy-fve to one
hundred OF these animals. and as many
carts Of two wheels 10 which fynn,
one 10 three are haTncSsed by means Of
shafts and ropes. They are hifcneI
the behind the other and in this w:v Eaul
upon these rude carts nearly as much as
the average Missouri farm wagon. When !
these carts are used by the natives for
their family. they are covered with ham /
boo. which protects them from the rain
and sun. III" carahaO IN appearances VERY
much resemble the native cattle of the
West. save their legs are shorter. their
heavier and their long horns turned
toward their shoulders. instead of
pointing forward. They are Slaughtered for
meat and the flesh presents the appearan.e
Of that of the buffalo of the Western Mains
The cows are MIXED and this is drunk ,
freely by the natives and by our soldiers.
Ii is stronger than the milk from the cattle
In the States. / do not think hufter i
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