Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-18
BRAVERY OF REGULARS.
Exploits in Philippines Honorsd by
 War Department.

uniform, but there are plenty of
 chances for glory, says the New York
 Times. That is shown in the list re-
 gently published at Washington of the
 certificate of merit granted by the war
 department in the last six months.
 In the long list of those on the na- tion's roll of honor the name of Billy
 Ballou, private of the Fifteenth caval-
 ry, must have place. On Feb. ?, 1904,
 Ballou, who was a member of Troop
 D, with his captain and two other pri-
 yates. was surprised by band of in-
 surgents, who to all appearances just
 popped up out of the ground near the village of Suclatan on the island of Mindanao Before the quartet of regu- lars recovered from their surprise the captain and one of the privates had been killed and the second private se- verely wounded, and Ballou was left alone to make the best fight he could. The records show that he made good one.
 Ballou stood his ground, his faithful
 
 swer to the rifles in the hands of the attacking insurgents. The fight was ten against one, but so deadly was Ballou's fire that the number of his opponents decreased by one every time his rifle snapped, and finally those of the little brown men who were left alive retreated. When re-enforcements arrived they. found Ballou, still on guard, nursing his wounded comrade and ready, should the occasion arise, to fight another battle single handed.
 Travis T. Bryan, sergeant in Con- pany A of the Twenty-second infantry, is another soldier whose name will be remembered by the troops in Minda- nao. Sergeant Bryan won the certifi- cate of merit on Jan. 9 of last year.. garrisoning captured Moro fort on the banks of the Ramien river. On this occasion the Moros made a desperate attempt to recapture the fort, and in the action two of his company officers were wounded and fell in the doorway of the fort. They lay in the direct line of the Moro fire.
 Bryan put himself in front of the worst wounded of the officers, shielding him from fire and in the meantime making it possible for the other officer | to crawl to place of safety. Bryan stood his ground until a rescuing party 1 arrived and when the smoke cleared | away the number of dead Moros in | front of the blockhouse showed what a marksman the sergeant was.
 In the Twenty eighth infantry one of the sergeants of Company in Febru- ary of last year was Bishop L. Nor row. Morrow won his certificate by going to the assistance of wounded who had been attacked by three Moros near Pantar, on the Ilo- yan-Lake Lanao road. Had he been a minute later the comrade would have been killed, but once Bishop got there ne quickly fired three well directed shots. He had no reason to fire a fourth.
 Otto Herter was a private in the hos oital corps, when in an engagement in which the Americans were hard pressed by Ladrones, near Bago-Bun- .ay, in Luzon, he stopped attending dashed to the firing line, grabbed the rife of a wounded soldier md began to shoot. The general order awarding him his certificate of merit iays that he was cool and brave, set-.l ing an excellent example to the other nen in the command"
 John P McSweeney was a member ,f the Fighting Ninth" when he won ,is award. It was ill China. and it near Tientsin. An officer of lis command had been desperately and was lying in an exposed place directly in the line of fire of the Chinese sharpshooters. McSweeney vent to the officers assistance, ban laged his wounds and was dragging Jim to safety when a shot put him out If action.
 In the Forty-third United States vol lnteers there was private named ,chottler-Charley Schottler Schottler vas fighting in Samar. P I. In action le saw a Moro lift a bolo to kill an 'fficer. Running forward. he reached he side of the insurgent in time to d- 'ert the blow. He received it himself. Ie afterward got well. and the cer- ificate of merit was his reward.
 It was at Cabanos. fin Guimiras. P. L. hat George Moreland, private of the fifth infantry. voluntarily took upon imseif the duty of nursing comrade triken with the contagious Asiatic ever. The comrade died and was uried by Moreland. none of the other roops in the meantime having been xposed to the contagion. Moreland aught the fever. but he lives to tell le story.
 Tn February. 1904. one officer and NO privates on duty near Bacoor. P. :. were attacked by fifteen insurgents nd were in desperate straits when ergeant Fred Harrison of the Sixth avalry came up and began to show his i, Ten minutes later the nly insurgents to be seen were those -ho had stood in the line of Hsrrison's TO
 These are only few of the men who ave been awarded the certificate of ierit since Jan. 1. Jesnnesse Glider. Cut on Verbs.