The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-01

the best in evidence. He growls at
his food, even when better than he
was accustomed to at home. He
growla when It comes time to so to
bed at night aud again at reveille. On
the march he growls when ordered TO
put on his acconiremenis and get
ready to move, and have even heard
him qrowl when ordered TO take them
OF again. All his downsittings and
uprisings are accompanied by COM
ments upon the reason why. In all
my observation Of him / am free to
say that the only time when / have
seen him move with alacriiy and in
apparent mental accord with the au-
thority directing the movement is on
the firing line when the order comes
10 advance. That seems 70 be the
one particular thing that best snits
everybody. An complaints and
criticisms are hushed when there is a
chance TO get at the enemy, aud the
greatest difficulty the army has Is 70
keep men away from the front who DO
not belong there.
At an other times, wherever group
Of men is found, there also is found a
debating society, and the very air is
impregnated with military wisdom.
There a not q soldier ~ the ranks
who Is not prepared at any time 10
give the commanding General advice,
aud If one wants to learn an about
what never happened. an be needs 70
10 IS 70 walk about the camp aud bear
the gossip and the hops that 90
from man lo man aud group % group
But Il is about the courage. the forii-
tade, the seli.sacriiice, aud the ten
dernoss u feeling one to another dis
played on the battlefield aud in the
field hospitals ihat A want 20 write,
and / wish conld write i in letters
Of gold. Incidents II the battle d
Malabon bring these characterisiics
ont with the brilliancy of an electric
light
Bumors and camp stories I wIil not
repeat, though ihey Me many, aud
most d them doubtless founded on
actual occurrences, but 7 win write
only Of what ! aau and know The
names OF some OF these heroes J know.
bat because Of the many heroic deeds
Of others whose names are unknown
and who are entitled 20 as fan need
of praise as those whose acts come
under my own observation. wiz give
no names, aud let the credit 60 % the
American soldier as q b hOle. for in an
army Of heroes 30 one should be sin-
gled ont for special nfaise.
AS the troops jumped over their
broastWorks and charged against the
magnificent doienccs Of Malabon. q
sergeant who bad become famous ia
bis regiment 81 a chronic gl0ulcr re-
ceiycd q severe wound Two 81 bis
comrades stopped 30 help him, and
bound up bis wound uiih a hrst.aii
package. The sergeant grievei %
being hit a0 soon, aud begged the
men t0 hold him up long enough 90
give him just one shot al the enemy,
aud as they we're Ia the rear Of our
own line this could not he DONE So.
telling him 10 lie siill until the hos
pital corps reached him e take him 20
ihe rear, they haslened 90 70 over
take the advancing line Fifteen
minutes later the hospital men came
upon him. and found him crawling
slowly towards the front. dragging his
gun with him. determined to get that
oLs shot before his strength gave out
They pui him on a litter. 10 spite Of
his protests. aud carried bin back 90
the feld hospital. and ia a few hours
Ne died, stiil mourning his failure 60
10 The work he had waited 40 long 20
90. His company had been on special
duty until that day. aud iAis was his
1fsi fight
Not iar from him a man ol another
company was shot through tho breast
When those beside him stopped %
give him attention he objected and
said be vas al right and ior them %
20 on and keep up the dehi ln
spite 81 this they Damaged his wound
and helped him little 70 The rear,
bnt he protested that ho could 60
alone. aud finally they left him aud
hnsiened back 20 the firing line He
was cnly 4 boy 81 twenty. and had
been ioked ~ bis comrades many
times about cold feet. hut nov they
knew better de struggled along a
little farther aud came upon man
wounded IN the lex. aud when found
by the hospital corps he was doing
the best hc coul3 io bind up the other
mans wound Don't mind nae. he
said 10 thnse who found him. bni
take my gun aud belt and help lich
those towards behind thc trenches in
front" But they dii mind him
They placed him tenderly On a
slfelcher and carried him 30 ihe rear.
bat before they reached the field
hospital the youne hero was dead
On The extreme lelt nn officer with
twenty men advanced dip road COW
cred by heavy intrenchmcnts from
which 4 flank Gre vas being poured
upon she line storming the breast
works in front This Ere was an
suefed b This little band until three
III them we're killed and Eve wound
0ed. For hall an hour they stayed
there. drawing this ere away from the
nnIn line. until. with the loss Of those