The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-27
GALLANTRY OF PRIVATE
SAVES COMRADES LIVES
hneyman at Fort Douglas Turns Runaway
Team Barely In Time.
1t May Cost Him His Life-Two Others Badly Hurt-Thring
Accident at Funston Review

nHE heroic courage Of Private
RidgeWay Haynes of the Twenty
! second battery, that made him
-,F his own life in the very jaws of
,-,,b 10 save his companions. was all
-, prevented the Fort Douglas pa
ID grounds from being converted into
fsd OF death and destruction yes
.rdsy afternoon
The hsroism of the young soldier
-..s5 a whole company of infantry
I'm proba bic death when a runa way
t.ttsrv team ana gun rushed upon
,5sm but ne may lose his own life as
--ssult of bis cuura Ceous action. With
h. skull fractured ne chung to the
.-,s8ened horses until the infantry
rss were safe, but another blow on
M head knocked him to the ground,
-rssra he narrowly escaped being
rushed under the Overturning caisson
,r8 gun. Unconscious. he lay in the
jgst Of the field until carried off by
M hospital corps, the hero of the gar
rison.
Two other men viii be in the hos
nitsl f1r some time beca use they had
tbe courage to stick to their gun until
they we're thrown of. They were PIT
yates G.. T. Burden, who sustained a
broken ankle. and 7. King, who was
Injured internally Both men were
thrown from the gun when it over
turned. and narrowly escaped death.
Privates Pyper and Rush, two more of
he drivers. cOurageously remained by
their horses after they had broken
bose from the wrecked gun, and after
Wild ride OF a mile or more stopped
the team without injury.
The courage displayed by every man
On the gun was an honor to the Amer
ian soldier. II got its recognition from
The thousand or more people who wit
messed IL. not in cheers. for the excite
ment was too great for that. but i'm
praises spoken by every witness IF the
accident.
Never-to-be-forgotten Scene.
The scene upon the field was one
that will never be forgotten by those
Vh0 Witnessed it. For a few moments.
a. the maddened horses rushed head
long through dense cloud of dust
down upon the unprotected infantry
men it looked as if the whole field
would become tangie of plunsing
horses and dying men. Fortunately
he dust was so thick that the real
danger could not be seen by many. A
humber Of women who did see it grew
hstercal, and some of them almost
tainted. The officers who were re-
'leWng the parade were greatly
aaFmed. After the injured had been
removed and the wreckage cleared
away the review proceeded without
further Incident.
me occasion of the review. that re-
sailed 50 disastrously for some. was
ine presence Of General Frederick
funston. in whose honor the whole gar
Iison was called out upon dress parade.
~ 9.SO O'clock Colonel Bubb. Adjutant
BARN and aides rode upon the lower
Parade grounds. followed by the two
batteries in double line. Then the four
companies of infantry marched upor
,ae ueid, followed by the band. which
ooA us stand at the east end of the
"nile the batteries were forming in
Ane ready for the approach of the gen
udl the sN-horse team. that caused
much damage later became unman-
es@ole. and rushed around the field
.etal times before the drivers could
Gins them into line. They were fin
Guy luleted. however, and while the
80. ul PLAYED lively march General
lNS,oh drove upon the field and took
i I.s stand about the center of the north
-.| =, ,he parade grounds. with Colo
90, huo0 and Adjutant Barth. The
Io.l'eIs then executed a right turn into
~ eue odnd at the head. Following
S,.,-- we're me four companies of in
.-1liIy' after which came the TWENTY
second battery. and then the TweIftb
''''eFy' IN double line.
Horses Break Away.
ne me osnd and infantry companies had
'"Itned up the east line and yvera
losSiAg tn review before General Fun
-" Nhen the rear horse of the third
90 VI Nne twenty second battery be-
- 70 Kick, Despite the efforts of
- So gIiVer 10 control him. he kicked the
49, 1,Iee loose from the gun caisson.
1tL started 10 run. In an instant the
r-,- g5 nv horses made a lunge for
linz me heavy gun shot from the
IT, - Sht towards a crowd of people
$1,000 near the car tracks.
- ,ClNey reached the wheeling point i'm
NJ 5'''e OF march they plunged for
ub,.I-, several yards. but suddenly
,r-,,.s.I 10 the left. They We're running
m. a. ~ Nlfttu Lleu. DuL,
-.aSlened by the rattle of the enns
,5.. me band music, they Increased
49,. speed. charging directly for com
h. - - OF the Twelfth infantry. which
a. g ;-sIl Up the rear Of the battalion
Q ~ nero was almost obscured under
~. IlSr cloud of dust. and the din of
NJ ~ moving guns so drowned the noise
~. .', runaway gun that the soldiers
~. '"ed on. unconscious of the death
TSo was Surging down upon them.
ST.. u'iFtIs eNerted superhunan
s,l-ngth 20 stop the horses, bnt fbav
r.ssl Tadiy on. The lead horses
i7s,r.' almost upon the line of marching
,,4 =. ,'2 men Another plunge forward
h. ' L whole line Of men would have
tbs Wv, ". '-d th the feet Of the horses and
?, wheels of the heavy gun.
.. Was at this critical r,ov,en+ +ro.
0'-iaE' of Private Haynes mani