Evening journal., 1901-04-03


Spaniards had built as watch place
for iilibustering expeditions.
With that splendid courage, coolness
and determination. that sublime disre-
gard for danger which makes the
American unique amOns the worlds
fighting men, the cable cutters contin-
ued the search
The trem sndous bombardment from
the ships s.lenced the fire Of the enemy
soon after the first cable was hocked.
Ii was quickly laid icre and AFT of on3
of the launches, and with axes and
saws a section of $50 feet was taken
out
Then for a moment the fire of the
ships slackened. and from the lowland
and the hillsides there came a wither-
ing fire. Down went eight men in the
boats, two of them dead. but there was
no hault in the proceedings.
The Spaniards were damned as all
enemies are when the Americans are
fighting, and another cable was
hooked.
The bcmbardment was renewed as
vigorously as before, and out of that
cable was taken 80 feet, while bullets
perforated the boats and hisssd vicious
lily overhead.
After this ancter cable was severed
and General Blanco was closed out
from the world of affairs beyond Cuba
Somebody had somewhere said that
our navy was untried. These men
worked three hours on the threshold of
death without flinching They amazed
the world and wrote a record for the
veteran navies" to take shot at
For what he did at Cienfuegos Chad
wick was promoted and given a medal
He was with the Marblehead at Guam
tanamO, where the marines under Lieu
tenant Colonel Huntington landed and
named their camp in homer Of Com
mander McCalla and remained with
her until after the surrender Of Santi-
ago, when he was transferred to the
New York, then to the Texas. and from
which ship he was discharged in No
vember, 1899
Three weeks Of shore life proved so
lirksome to Chadwick and thoughts Of
uew adventure so beckoning that early
in the following month he took pas-
sage on the steamship Montauk for
South Africa, where he enlisted i'm a
regiment OF irregulars known as Rob
,ert's Horse.
He was accompanied by a Canadian
scout named Ross. who secured a lieu
tenancy In the same outfit, both being
assigned to troop 3 Of + squadron. and
on Jan. q they started for the rendez-
vous at Ramdam, where a column was
organized for the relief of Kimberley.
From that time until late in the
| Spring he saw service sufficient to sa-
tate his widest long.ngs for adventure.
He took part in the operations which
resulted in the capture OF Cronje. was
Tor more than a week a prisoner Of De-
| Wat's and was with forlorn, isolated
bunch Of troopers under Lieutenant
Ross Of his own troop that was cut to
pieces in the action at DTocnfeldt afa.r
! the relief of Kimberley.
It was in this action, not By any
means severe cne, that he wen The
/ Victoria scarf
2 The Beers had baan harassing Kim.
Iberley with a big gun posed on one OF
the mountains to the southeast y x
day after the arrival Of the relief col
umn Roberts Horse was a unit in tn,
force that went out to dislodge tn
I Beers from the eight-mile ridge at
4 DrOOnfeldt and Macfarlanes farm. Tn,
firing line extended the length of tht
fridge.
During the action Lieutenant Ross
; with II men. Chadwick being ons O.
2 them, went ahead Of the line to rec
lonnoiter the enemy's position in tn,
: hills, and became isolated and har,
pressed.
After losing six men, Ross called To-
= la volunteer TO take a message back [,
5 the main force, the five untouche.
4 men bang held by frontal and cross
fire in a clump of bushes on the plail
p within 250 yards Of the Boer entrench
ments.
2 Chadwick volunteered and made tn
1 distance back over the open plain un
3 der heavy fire. He bravely saved hi
4 companions, for a battery was rushe
ilinto action, and a cavalry charge dis
a lodged the enemy.
o Chadwick was in the disaster a
Sannas Post, when Broadwood's com
s mand was surprised by heavy gun fir
s at reveille, near Modder ulver, an
e elambushed in a donga on the plain be
&c tween Thabanchu and BloomfonteiI
= while conducting a rear guard action
S This was one of DeWet's clever trick
j. which cost the British 30 officers, 90
d men, 100 wagons and seven guns.
el Roberts Horse which was escortin
Is the batteries Q and u, was SO men {
the bad before the 232 men represen
h ing that regiment with Broadwoc
S, could gallOp to a safe place for ~
le forming.
rel Chadwick was discharged from q
ls British service on the Cd of last Ial
leluary. He reached London at the tin
a. of Vic5oria's funeral. remained the
l- three days and took passage for hon
lie has had a satisfying abundan
r. Of fighting, marching. cable cuttin
vi and for a while, at least, ne will d
o. vote his time to duties likely to be a
We signed him at the navy yard II
be medal is carefully guarded i'm a leath
he lbOx, and the scarf for which passe
he ger on the Afric was willing to ri
by 50 500 he keeps i'm a sill1en bag ma
EN- by a woman passenger on the san
ll- ship who was glad that it was won
.Ot Ian American.
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HIS Elbow Injured
Ds Thomas Flannigan the We,l-knCn