Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-27
THE WORK OF LIEUT.. CROCKETT.
An Interesting Account Of An Exploit Which
Wen Him Praise.


states Volunteer Infantry. has returned
from it's long. hard campaign in the Phil.
inpinc Islands it Is interesting TO not ,
that one of the officers to win IaurcIs
| there was Maine mai, with when An
eusta people are well COMMUNICATIONS
Henry q. Crockett of Auburn. who has
been newly commissioned for further SER
vice with the regulars. Lieut.. Croctcr
was formerly captain of Companv u NJ
the End Regiment Of the National CHAR,
of Maine and was made "A licutenaut f.,
, the 18th Voitn ecrs. This regiment wb,,,,
is made up wholly of New tInylnnd h,va
ana has many from Maine in its RANK.
has seen hard service and won moro fay
oraolc comments than almost any other
regiment in the service. and the work NJ
Lieut.. crockett has been csprcjaIl,,
praised bo,l on the field and in hia dutics
as judge of the summary and infcrior
courts of Iloiio e following is n, ,
count of one of his military cxpcriencos
in the Philippines:
I There was some reason to believe that
the famous, not to say infamous Ouin
Tin Sails, could he rounded up. but moro
troops were necessary to accomplish Tho
OBJECT. Word had been sent to Ilci,o. and
then it came company's turn TO have a
finger in the pie.
ABOUT ~ men. under command of Lieut.
crockett, received hurry orders and one
daF : Iauons 20 proceed to Dumancas a
small lnrcha and light draft st.otn
iauhch were FINISHED Tor TRANSPORTATION
hth tht command reached the mout ii
- Inc l'tmdnEiS river ii was found that
i i,i' NakicS had tried 10 block the mouth
IL
dcStr"Ycd before the ioats could Proceed
ana IN inc moan time the men were ex-
nnscd to fire from the Kakics en-
.iei!cicd up Inc river few mon were
semi up the banks Of the river. and soon
put the enemy to flight After "A while
n" obstruction wa removed and Inc
steam launch puifcd her way up the
crooked and shallow channel She WIS;
successful in going through tho plo"m
nut when she tried To push her way
through e sand bar she was stuck. 4
N"iIcN from the port side showed that the
enemy knew her position. but a few vol
!tNS from the men on the lorcha dslOdgc,l
them.
= Lieut.. Crockett visited his oltposts
about every ha hour. Aboup 3 % clock
in the morning n had Just left one sen
try and had not gone more than ii dozen
feet when the sentry fired his rifle They
heard fail rot far away. toward whore
II was suspected me insurgents might be
located. II was Il kakiak who had tried
10 creep up on the outpost He arose
and the sentry fired again. but the native
was lucky and escaped. The lieutenant
went forward 10 examine the immediate
vicinity. but could discover nothing
Just before dayhreak they tried again
| tn get tho boat off the sand bar but thu
| attempt WAS unsuccessful. y nttlc later
| while visiting the most distant outpost
| Lieut. Crockett noticed number Of ma
| tiNcs moving from point about 80 yards
beyond his outpost to some woods oppo-
| site his centre. \ fcw minutes later IL
! nntlCru of them missing from tho
woods to his right The enemy Were
completely surprised at the reception that
awaited them. and after suffering some
loss they rctr"ated.
1t was question. and j serious ques-
. ton. how to communicate with me gar
rison in Dumangas. hut after considerable
mauoeuVrinE small detachment made
the connection just as the force in town
: was Startin. out for its days hike. Th'
plans were but slightly changed. and
Capt. Tutherly requested Lieut.. Crockett
to search certain part of the territory
on the island of Sapao. while he with his
men were to push further down toward
the coast.
| II was necessary to leave q guard witt
the boats. and then Lieut.. Crockett fount
himself with six men in small boat
/ looking for traces Of the enemy along the
banks of small stream, tributary tC
the larger one where the other boats Were
located. The little party had gone som,
considerable distance when a trail wa:
noticed leading from the bank of tn.
stream. tne man was leIt Win tile Dpd1
and the others pushed on and followed
the trail. They had not proceeded NOR,
than 5na yards when they came upor
what afterward proved to be the strong
hold of QuinIin Sails. Further investisa
ton showed that the occupants had dis
appeared in Il hurry.
Lieut.. Crockett found several valuable
papers. and at once began the deStruc
ton of the stronghold. Fire made quicl
work of the buildings. and then the lieu
tenant started to acquaint Capt. Tuth
erly with the events of the morning
Capt. Tutherly was found. and the rca
work Of the day was practically com
plcted Some more hiking was done. bi
il amounted TO but little. In Sails quar-
tiers they found all sorts OF munitions o
war.
The +, company men had another sever
time IN getting out of the river. Ii to"i
considerable hard work and time to &c
the launch off the sand bar, and whci
they arrived at the mouth Of the river l
was found that the kakiakS had i'm
proved the harricade. so there was an
other hard time to get that down, par
of the time under fire of tho enemy. con
ceaIcd at such a distance that IL was I'M
possible to send a party to diSi"dGc them
The work was finally accomplished, now
ever. and the party returned 10 iio'i
without a single casu;1ty, ana conSiu'r
ably clltcd that they mad found what =
many troops had hikcd around l)lmai
cas 20 lind, the headquarters oil telinu
sails.