The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-12
SMALL LIST OF CASUALTIES
TWO MEN WE'RE WOUNDED AND
THREE DIED or DISEASE.
Discharges Before the Company Re-
turned Home-Comp1ete Roster Of
the Gallant Organization.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.


rated with patriotic colors. a triumphal
arch was erected in the public square. and
thousands OF people from Clinton and ad-
joining counties were present TO shout the
praises of the gallant young men who have
been doing valiant service for their country
in the islands of the sea.
1t was the intention TO hold the reception
on the arrival home OF Company i. last
Friday, but the plans were interfered with
by the delay OF their commander. Capt. d.
F. Allen. who. found It impossible TO dis
pose of his governmental duties and reach
home until yesterday morning.
The programme OF the day consisted OF q
parade. dinner and speech-making. The pa
rade. led by Captain Allen and Company /.
and participated I'm by the G.. A. r.. Span
ish-American War Veterans. the Boys
Loyal League and the secret societies Of
at IL o'clock and paraded the principal
streets Of the city. Then came the ban
quoting of the soldiers and distinguished
guests, under tents ARRANGED on the court
house lawn. This was followed by speech
making, Judge j. V. Kent delivering the
address of welcome, Captain Allen respond
by members of the company. Governor
Durbin, on account of illness, was repre-
sented by Attorney General Taylor. who
made a brief speech in laudation OF the sol
diers. Representative Lands followed with
one OF his characteristic speeches. Talks
were made by Captain Hart. Judge Howard.
Capt j. l.. Anderson, John 3. Ston and
others. Col. d. A. Coulter was master OF
ceremonies.
Clinton county has the distinction of be-
ing the only county in the United States TO
contribute a whole company 10 the Philip
pine service. About two hundred men were
recruited at this place. Capt. j. l.. Ander-
son, another Frankfort man, commanded
Company c, of the Forty-fourth Volun-
teers, and won fame as a fighter.
TREACHERoUS FOES.
Captain Allen. in responding TO the adj
dress of welcome, paid a glowing tribute
to his men, both as fighters and for obedi-
ence to army discipline. One of the strik-
ing parts OF Captain Aliens speech was
directed to the civil war veterans. He said,
in part:
Il want to speak for a moment OF the war
of the rebellion. and 10 the men who fought
from 1861 TO 1866. AS one of them. / want
TO say to you that you do not understand
the situation that confronted us. / thought
and you thought that when we would get
line across the island and comb those mis-
cradle wretches into the sea You can't
comb anything over there. You can't comb
those fellows because you can't. catch
them. They are a miserable lot. of MUIR
derers and assassins. They are men who
delight TO murder. and they will not stand
up and fight. either. The proposition was
tAt ti4AcitAt 0lAa gOA VI
would expect. Here would be a pitfall
fixed for US and covered over so in
geniously that a man couldn't discover IL.
and at the bottom of IL would be placed
sharpened pieces of bamboo. sharp as pieces
of steel, and into them you would plunge.
Traps with poisoned arrows were rugged
depths of the jungles. AS the troops would
march along they would stumble against
the trigger and discharge the missile. The
bolomen would march In their bare feet.
nnfcQloCC O. cats and annrnnRh fInhanrI
These men were all the time surrounded
by such dangers as these. They marched
over the wind-swept mountains and through
dismal gullies. where the sunlight never
pierced. All these things these men en-
dured without a murmur. and they stand
to-day the peer of any company Of men
who ever marched beneath a rifles weight
While the company saw the hardest OF
service. ii is a remarkable fact that all
but three returned to their homes. these
three dying OF fever, and not from wounds
These were George Herman Walter.
Thomas NJ. Brock and William Albitz. Two
were wounded. These were William d.
Hoover and Noah T.. Wingate. both shot
in the skirmish at Bolacaboc. on March IS.
of last year.
OF the entire company. ten were dis
charged previous 10 the expiration OF the
term Of enlistment. because Of some in
jury sustained or disability resulting from
disease contracted while I'm the service.
They returned at odd times. most of them
coming home during the past few months.
Their names are Arch Evans. Dick Bolt.
Willard Beachtel William Moler. Charles
Kicker. Charles ~Steimbaugh. Everett Pat
ton. all of this county; Charles Ingle
and Harry Blazer. OF Kokomo. and Roy
Petty. Of Indianapolis.
Among the guests from out Of the city
were Representative Lands. OF Delphi; At
torney General Taylor and Auditor OF State
John B. Stoll. of South Bend; Judge Mel
son. of L~ogansport: Mayor Gilmore. of
Charlottesville A. O. Reser and D. 5.
Storms, of Lafayette; Judge Neal. David
Sherick and Ralph Kane. of Noblesvilie.
COMPANY ROSTER.
With few exceptions the returning SOL
dfers speak in the highest terms OF the
riches of the islands. The roster of the
company follows:
DAVID +. ALLEN. captain
JOHN Z. MORRIS. first lieutenant.
ELLIS. second lieutenant
-Noncommissioned Officers
Sergeants-F,rst. Albert T. White: Q. NJ.
Charles r. Thompson: Charles w. Eris-
man. Earl r. Heimberger, George D..
Long. Thomas p. Smock.
r. Sayler. William c. Squier. William O..
Entrekin. CharlesNC. Malicoat. Forest NJ.
Bolt. Wilbert Cornelison. Robert r. Mat
Tx. Edward w. Ellis. Dick T.. Blinn.
Joseph j. Wise. Claude Denton.
Artisans and Files
Artihcer-James NJ. Mccall.
Cooks-Albert 7. Knott. Francis B. KNAPP
peIptIRcT.
Musicians-csmmarn D. Cooper. General
Privates1wmam s. Albitz. Samuel b.
Alley. Lee o. Baker, Willard j. Beachtel.
James p. Beisel. Charles s. Benjamin.
Harry l.. Alazer. Lee A. Brinson. Thomas
NJ. Brock. WILDER V. Brown. oscar O.
Burns. William p. Carr. Elmer ". Cash.
John d. Clark. Jason w. Clark, Samuel
Deem. Samuel II. Douglass. Joseph j. En-
mons. John a. Evans. James j. Fisher.
Louis II. Forsythe. Albert j. Gallaher.
George w. Gish, Felix Con-. Ora Good.
Hayse Harris. Ruby r. Hawk. Loire A.
Hendrix. William ID. Hoover (wounded az
Balacaboc. March Is. 1907. Robert A. HUFF
lard A. Jones. William III. kellogg. Samuel
kirkwood. jr.. Carl j. Kern. Harvey ~.
Lipp. Fred G. Logan. John I. Loveless. Ray
McKinsey. Clarence j. McCarty. James A.
McMasters, franklin r. McVey. Squire A.
McVey. Gideon II. Madison. Omer Mitchell.
Charles T.. Miller. William A. Moler. James
II. Murray. James y. Murray. Fred Need.
John q. Nef. George NJ. <eidlinger. Homer
r Patterson. Everett w. Patton. Dallas
Il. Pence. Roy Petty. Elmer Ping. Frank
l.. Prall. william Presley. Charles Kicker.
Simon f. Routh. Smith c. salmon. Ellis
A. Squier. James r. Scott. Fred A. Spray.
tor b. Stinson. Robert l. shackleford,
]. Taylor. Homer S. VOLS. William II. Wal
tiers. John Weinhardt. Orviile r. Whit
comb. William Arnet. Jesse z Wilson.
Noah f. Wingate. Walter Wolf. beryl r.
Wonders, Henry Yoxtheimer.