The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-14
TO Be BROUGHT HOME
Remains of Private Brannon
to be Inferred In Illinois.
DIED WHILE IN ACTION
Encounter Is Described by
Young Mans Comrades

The remains Of Andrew F. Brannan, tn,
Wichita boy who was killed in action ii
the Philippines. December 81, will b,
brought back to this country and laid t.
rest beside his father ia the cemetery q
Galesburg. H., the for uer home Of tn,
young soldier.
Mr.. J. f. Sherman Of the United
States court is now in communication
with the war department al Washington
relative to the matter and expects TO re-
ceive some Information within the next
Few days.
Brannan's Pa st Life.
Private Andrew Bra.0nan was born
March !, 1882 in Peoria, III. When he was
years old he removed to GaIesburg, HI,
with his parents and thee received MS
education. he rapidly ao vanced III his
studies and for several year ATTENDED The
High school Of that city. The mother Of
Private Brannan, Mrs. DeEtc Troth, came
10 Wichita in August, 1893, TO accept tbe
position Of superintendent Of the Pioneer
Shrt company Young Brennan came
here the following year. He applied 1cr
admission into the army ia OCTOBER, hut
beng minor was told that he must pro
cure his mothers consent before mis-
wishes could be gratided
Mother Gave Her Consent.
The consent Of the parent was obtained
after great deal of persuasion and the
young man enlisted with the expectation
Of being assigned TO The hospital SC. vice
OF the army. BY some msstrnders .41Clny
ne was attached to the Fifteenth infan-
Try The Door mother is prosUrated be
cause Of the misfortune that has befal1en
her son, but there is consolation IN TIE
1act that she stated that her boy died
nghting Ike a true soldier.
Description OF tbs. Battle
The following letter, written TO a friend
OF Mrs. Troth. gives a good descr.Itscn
Of the encounter.
Lumbar, p. T., Jan. 6. 1871.
On the last night Of the old year, the
corporal Of the guard came through the
quarters about 1880 o'clock and told us
that the detail that left here Tor Paete
for our ration of meat had been are6
upon This was as they were returning
10 this place. 1 was not on the deisiI.
but my bunky Sam Nelson, ami also
BrannoD, We're on it with ten othe- men
Well they ran into the insurra lts. about
half way between here and Pace. ard
had a hot fight before reinforcements
could reach them. I woke up just before
the corporal of guard came En-. felt
that something was wrong and GOT 10 IS
soon as he came in, dressed and zot ont
with my gun and belt as .luiex As
could, and was first to fan ia .,i,1 the
advance guard. L think there were fc1,r
Of us in the advance guard with the
corporal i was next to the CORPORAL. who
of course was in front. 1t was a moon
light night and 1 looked for TIE l.sur-
gents TO have a squad laying for as IS we
went I'D the road to where tnev we're
lighting. but we reached the bows an
right just a few minutes after "a detscb-
ment from Paete mad reached them. he
insurgents cleared ont as soon rs we got
there and we did not have 20 FIRE a shot.
Hhey think there were abolt 100 insor-
gents and I tell you those tw,l,e mon
did good fighting to hold chem fl.rtil
feinforcements reached them. The
'niggers' were right down on them. too
We lost one man and had two wounded
and it was poor Brannon who was killed
bad The first man I ran into was my
bunky. Sam. and we cot down side nv
side, ready to fire. but the integers" did
not fire any more asked sam where
Brannon was and he said he did nor
know. bat thought he was around some
place did not get chance TO look for
him then, as I had to go back tovar7s
The front again and we all thoneht he
%
ers. and missed him Tor the FIRST tfma
when we got i'm quarters that night and
thought he was captured. for the next
morning they had men ont I'm the noun
tains from the other company after the
Insurgents. and they found nsir of Loo
glngs and shoes which were Thought IA
be his at first bat were not. So 7 ,.,,osss8
they belonged To the insurgents The Same
day In The afternoon. as some of &c.
men were going back over the same road
on which THE fight took place. they f7,77
poor brannon net far from the read an
the mountain side He stin had his ON.
Rnd belt and had fired seventeen rounds
pf ammunition. We think he exnose5
himself too much. rs he was found on tho
opposite of the road The men who saw
him during The fght said that he fourb+
very bravely. They took him On to rq.-+s
Nnere they buried him for the present
The captain sent word 10 me f., l,,t-
after his things and put them an in his
locker and blanket Tbey were Sem -
Iaete. where the captain IS uith tn, resi-
of company H. win see him abcrt ss,7-
Ing them home when I SO up. IF can
Enclosed is "a lettar from Nr~ Csrt,~
who enlisted at Wchfra and VIA, ,s~,o
BfE the vav with Te--s--,-- IT.