The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-06


wanted to get home but not. however,
| until we had played the last act of the
Marahui dramas"
General Wood appreciated this feel
ing, and he was anxious to retain
| Colonel Sweets fine regiment in Min
! danao until the Sultan of Taraca was
/ brought to his senses. His intention
was to use the Twenty-eighth and the
| Twenty-third. He made the usual
| formal request by wire A negative
| answer was the result,
To return to Keithley his comrades
did all they could to lessen the pain
of his wounds. All the seant comforts
that post hospital could afford a
dying man were his. His trunk,
head, and all of his limbs were a mass
of horrible wounds. One bolo point
had penetrated his groin. He was
cheerful to the end, gamely meeting
death. He survived until four o'clock
on the day after his gallant struggle,
and although his sufferings must have
been unspeakable, he never uttered
groan.
The four victims of the nocturnal
fight We're buried with all the honors
soldiers can give their heroic dead.
DEATH AND BETRAYAL OF PRI-
VATE BRENNAN.
In contrast with this striking picture
of gallantry on the field of battle is
the story of the death of Private Mar
tin Brennan. of Troop A, Fourteenth
Cavalry.
Brennan was with two men of his
troop on one of the Jolo skirmishing
expeditions. The three became de-
tached from the main force through
some unexplained cause, and they were
soon the targets of a. Moro party.
Brennan was wounded in the head,
but not mortally, or even seriously.
His comrades, so it is said, dropped
their carbines without firing a shot
and fled. A native woman disem-
bowelled the unconscious Brennan.
Men of K company of the Twenty
eighth witnessed this spectacle from
a distance. They were too far off
to do the rescue work which the
wounded mans trooper comrades were
too coldfooted to perform. They
did what they could, however. I'm
able to save, they avenged. Two
dozen Krags sent the messages of
death whistling through the air, and
the she-f1end rolled over, dead. pierced
by many bullets.
DARING LIEUTENANT COLLINS.
But heroic deeds 100 many to be all
recorded here were done in the noun
tains of Jolo.
For example, when a strongly en-
trenched party of Moros were shipping
a skirmishing score of Colonel Sweets
boys in khaki, First Lieutenant Col
Inns showed the swine-ha ters what an
American officer can do in the DEATH |
daring line. The Moros aimed badly, |
as rule, but the shooting that was |
coming from this particular fort was |
getting too close to the mark to be |
altogether pleasant. Collins stole |
round a sheltering boulder, fired his |
revolver, a shot came in response, /
the lieutenant played the wounded |
man, uttered cry, as II in pain, and |
quick as thought was on the wall of /
the fort, peppering the Moros who had |
rashly exposed themselves. The
were in the hands of the
party in less time than it
takes to count ten.
INVENTIVE AND WOOD.
The officers and men of the Twenty
eighth have nothing but golden words
-CI w MANY AOlQSTS VI |
commissions and humber soldiers were
asked what they thought of Wood as
4 leader in actual warfare. Not one
spoke in a disparaging way The
general opinion may be summed up
n the following words, spoken by an
'fffcer who has seen much active SER
ice:
Wood has plenty of grit and horse
ense. He has the brain power which
makes the successful leader, and he
g full of pluck
You will never find him with the
'aggage train when there is fighting
n in front. If there is anything do
ng, you may be sure that he is in
t: and while he is brave, he is not /,
eckless. He deserves his two stars
ever a man did"
He is popular with the Twenty
ighth?"
You just bet your life he is