Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-11

to kill him. but | could not do that. and I
laid beside him for awhile and talked with
him.
Later on | rolled down into the bushes
and then heard voices. l called out and
a negro soldier came to me. | was never
so glad to see anyone In my life. The SOL
der gave me some whisky and carried me
to Schenck's troops, who brought me here.
Two Of our party died that day and an
other a few days later"
How Lieutenant Schenck WHs Killed.
Lieutenant Schenck, who led the assault
on Mount Arayat, was afterward killed in
the neighborhood OF Subig while scouting
in advance OF the telegraph corps. The
wire had been cut at a stream and Schenck
and his men had started to ford the
stream when the Fllipinos shot at them
from the bamboos, killing Lieutenant
Schenck and three p~rivates and wounding
FIVE others. One of the wounded men es-
capped by hiding in the bushes. He says
he saw the Filipinos go to our men lying
on the ground and lift their eyelids to see
II they were dead. One man cut a string
from around the lieutenants neck. to which
was tied a cross and a medallion. He put
both in his pocket and went away. That
medallion contained the pictures OF
Schenck's wife and baby. He had been
married just before he went to the phil
ippines and he had never seen his little
baby, whose picture was In the medallion.
The stories Of soldiers whose lives have
been saved by carrying Bibles in their left-
breast pockets are numerous. The bullet
OF the enemy strikes them just over the
heart, but always lodges somewhere be-
tween Genesis and Revelations.
There was one soldier in the Philippines
IL - alFAW HnnI tho
p bullet stopping at the ace OF spades, and
I another curiously enough owes his present
= existence to a plug of tobacco, The latter
Z was a sergeant of the Fortieth infantry. II
I was at the battle Of San Miguel. The sol
' dlers were attacked by Filipinos with bolos
D and this sergeant received a terrible bio"
4 on the head. He had, however, a thicE
. plug of tobacco inside his hat. The bolC
a cut clean through the plug and just grazet
0 the skin. Had it not been that the plug wal
e thick and the tobacco tough the man would
I surely have been killed.
There are numerous instances OF nerve
A shown by our troops. | heard OF them a
every post. Every regiment has produced
them by the score. One soldier. Tor In
stance. was shot through the lungs, ant
y when brought to the surgeon he was a
% once told that death was sure and tina
% nothing could be done. Said the surgeon
" who examined him.
" 81 am very sorry for you, my boy. io
/ have hut a few moments to live. what ar
IT your last wishes?"
IT - want a smoke" was the reply. "Giv
- me a cigarette"
One was given him. He smoked It TO tn
n end and dropped dead with the stun In hi
lis mouth.
ms Little War of His own.
10
ie The Filipinos do not know what 10 maxi
81 Of our soldiers, Their method 81 warfaI
no has been to fight and run, but the AmeI
NJ lean soldier & es right On. Some or OF
en- men are ready to attack a who're army alon
on and this is especially so Of those wi
ed are addicted to liquor. Near Caloocan Oh
III, soldier got en- a jag and started out FRO
his regiment to charge a camp OF insu
for g,nts. He left the camp whtStlins Marc
III ing Through Georgia" and sat down with
| Il ing distance Of the Filipino sentineIs a,
| shot at them until he had emptied }
cartridge belt
IN In the meantime the officers OF his res
sed meut could not locate the firing. Th
vas we're about TO send out a scouting par
her when the man came hack st'gg' ring a !
cut tie, but whistling See the Conqueri
I A Hero Comes" He was put in the qua
ua | ouse thirty days for his temerity.