The evening times., 1900-09-07

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept Tho his
tory of the struggles Of the American sell
| diers in the TE.!.2PiRes is best told in
the private .-.,rs of the participants
These throw 5. lights on the different
| campai gns wkish are exceedingly interest
ing. One of the capable officers in the
Philippines is First Lieut.. John c. Green
await, of ChambersbGrg, who is an assist
ant surgeon of the Thirty-third Regiment
of Volunteers, of which Major P. c.
Marchs battalion is a part. In a letter
received by Major H. c. GreenawaIt of
the State Treasury Department. who is
Lieutenant GTeenawaIt's father, the
Chambershurg soldier gives a graphic ac-
count OF the remarkable chase of MaTch's
battalion after Aguinaldo and intimates
strongly that the Filipino leader was
killed in the pursuit.
Lieutenant Greenawalt served in Cuba
with the Fifth Immune Regiment and
when the regiment was mustered cut at
Camp Meade he was reappointed and as
signed to Major John A Logans battalion
Of the Thirty-third a San Antonio. Lieu
tenant Greenawalt was the first to reach
Major Logan's side when he fell and min
istered to his comfort until he died few
minutes later.
Major March commanded the Second
Battalion aud in his official report of the
operations in the field referred to the
splendid medical services Of Dr. Green
await" The letters received by his ia
thsr and Jacob Heyser, of the Department
Of Public Instruction, are r-ritten from
Camden. where the Thrift IL rd is now
c+o nd mid recovering fPAm a
nest arduous and remarkable campaign.
In his letter TO Mr.. Heyser Lieutenant
GretnaWalt says:
1T has been my privilege TO serve with
a regiment which in many respects has
had 4 phenomenal record. The Second Bat
talon. led by Major March. and TO which
vas assigned, has on three occasions over
taken AguinaIdo, fought him for many
miles, killing and capturing his men and
horses, and although We did not capture
the elusive Emilio. we gave him run for
his money We captured his counselor,
General ncepcion; his personal staff. and
his harem. We killed the only Filipino
general who lost his life in action, Gregario
del Pillar, and liberated Lieutenant Gill /
mere and his party, as vel! as 80 Spanish
prisoners. These triumphs did not come
without some sacrifices
Logan gave up his life while leading the
advance at San Jacinto. can still see him
as We DdEEnSu out OF San L dblGu on IlG
morning of November II. Logan had been
complaining that he had not been given an
opportunity, while March with the Second
Battalion had for two consecutive days
been Wading in mud and water to the
waist and fairly pulverizing the enemy.
'On this particular day Colonel Hare
assigned Logan to the front, and how
delighted he was We had gone about
four milcs when a furious fire opened
upon the advance. Soon the order came
for March and his tried battalion to hurry
10 the front. and when We came up amid
a shower of popping Mausers, there was
Logan lying in the road with a group OF
dead and wounded about him betokening
the thick of the fight
Lieutenant GTenawalt's letter 10 his
father gives a most interesting account
OF the three expeditions of the battalion
in pursuit of Aguinaldo and OF the gen |
eral campaign in which the battalion |
with which he is serving made such !
record. He tells the story of the marches |
through mud and water waist deep. OF !
the skirmishes and the loss of many /
brave men. the long march to join Gen |
eral Young and his four troops of cav |
airy, the dying horses and exhausted /
men, climbing high mountains and ford |
ing swift stFea ms. the Ranking OF Agui- |
naIdo's bodyguard under General Pillar. /
and the death of that officer.
OF the last chase he says: We now
realized that we had a stern chase
through an unknown country and with |
the odds much in favor of Aguinaldo On
the evening of the second day We struck
the rear guard of the insUrrectcs. killed
some. and took some prisoners. We +
pushed on and soon had another engage
ment with main body. killing great
many and capturing q number Of horses,
In this fight an officer was seen riding a
grey horse Every krag was turned upon
him and he fell, his horse running into
the American lines. He was equipped
with a Mcclellan saddle and strapped to
it was a leather case containing the pri-
vate and public correspondence Of Agui-
naldo.
I'VE examined the spot where the off
Ger fell. hut found only a bloody hat and
some stains upon the grass. From the
prisoners we learned that AguinaIdo was
with the party and rode a grey horse but
our failure 10 find the body leaves his
death only a matter of conjecture"
Lieutenant Greenawait says the running
fight was kept up for a hundred miles
farther and then all trace of the flying
insurgents was lost.