The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15

|, May 1871. No charts of the Ping Yang
river existing, boats were sent ahead to
make soundings, assurances meanwhile
being sent to the Korean government of
the peaceful character of their mission.
| Nevertheless, they were fired upon by
the Korean forts. Admiral Rodgers at
I once decided to resent the insult by re-
ducing the Notifications. An expedition
was organized including two of the
smaller steamers and a landing sparty,
the latter under the command of the cap
tain of the Benicia, Commander, now
Rear-Admiral, Lewis A. Kimberly, with
Lieutenant-C Schley as adju-
tant. Upon Schley fell the entire organ
ization of the column, which included
over seevn hundred seamen and marines
and several pieces of field artillery.
The difficulties of getting ashore and
of traversing the country were extreme.
The men were compelled to struggle
through deep morass and dense Jungles,
and to drag their pieces through ravines
almost impossible with fallen timber
AS the minor Qualifications were encoun-
tered, they were. carried, the Koreans
steadily retreating until the force reached
position before the principal. citadel
where the enemy had evidently deter
mined to make final stand. Our men
We're now masked by a low hill, on the
other side of which a deep ravine, some
eighty feet in descent, separated them
from a sharp and much higher decliVity,
on the summit of which rose the para
pet of the fort. The artillery was posted
to command road and a bridge over
which the Koreans, if dislodged, would
have to retreat.
To the sailors the scene in the early
morning was strange one, and not al
together inspiring. Behind them lay the
obstacles Surmounted with so much diff
fculty and inSurmountable if a rout oc-
CURED. Before them they saw the saw
| age warriors lining the parapet and
chanting a weird sort of battle song
which to superstitious Jack suggested
| league with the devil. The crucial test
of Schley's plans was now to be made.
About noon the order to charge was CIV
! en-, and the men rushed over the pro-
tecting hilltop. In front of all ran Lieut..
Hugh Mckee, cheering on his company.
Immediately after him was Schley.
Down they went to the bottom of the
ravine, and then up the slope, which aft
forded absolutely no cover, amid hail
of bullets and stones from the fort.
Mckee, maintaining his lead, reached
| the foot of the parapet first, and was
scrambling up the face, when Schley
overlook him, only to. be knocked down
| by a heavy stone striking him square
| ly on the body Fortunately no bones
| were OIOh6iI, anu, WILL vel IIC4e III SdL LII
remaining he managed to get up the wall
| just as Mckee, who had reached the
! top lurched forward. Schley caught
him, and then saw advancing the great
body of Koreans, firing their guns and
/ shouting. An instant later a big saw
| age rushed upon them with his spear.
Mckee was then clinging to Schley's left
! side, so that he could not draw his cut
lass, but the effort to do so displaced
his body enough to spoil the Koreans
| aim, for his spear passed under Sch1ey's
| arm, pinning his sleeve to his coat.
| Schley grasped the weapon with one
hand, extricated his pistol with the other,
| and fired it full in the face of the assail-
ant whose body went rolling down the
| slope.
The storming column had now come
up, and our men were pouring into the
works from all sides. The lighting was
hand-to-hand and Schley was in the
thick of it. The Koreans would neither
take nor give quarter. Finally they ran
for their avenue of escape, only to be,
moved down by canister from the how
itzer battery-and the day was won
The part Schley bore in this is a mat
ter of official record, and. Commander
Kimberly, in his report. thus deals with
him:
'"The citadel was captured; but dearly
so. as the gallant and brave Mckaa,
! the first to enter over the parapet fell
mortally wounded, with two wounds.
Lieutenant Commander Schley was the
next officer in the fort and killed the
Korean who wounded Mckee To
Lieutenant Commander Schley belongs
the credit of organizing the expedition
and carrying out the several details
which went far to prevent confusion and
induce success. His arrangement of the
boats, his superintendent of the va
rious. labors on shore in destroying the
guns and forts, encourag ing the men, ard
setting them a brave exare0le in being