The Washington herald., 1907-01-20

and yet this terrible old creature had
been run out OF the country by his wife
and It was only now that war was on
that be ventured back Very shortly
after this the old lady was murdered
and the Emperor Of KOrea's father lived
thereafter his murderous way in peace.
From Seoul I went back TO the Balti-
more, and we went over TO Chefoo. where,
on November q. we heard that Port Ar
thur had fallen. so we sailed over the
Gulf of Pechili and anchored three miles
from Port Arthur. and / went ashore IN
a whaleboat with three naval officers TO
ask Gen Oyama's permission to look
about the place. The fort was taken
good deal easier in those days than it was
recently.
From Port Arthur the Baltimore went
back to Japan. and at Nagasaki we found
a telegram ordering the marines to duty
at Tientsin. When we got 10 ChefoO we
took merchant steamer which landed us
at Talu Bar, and I took my marines the
rest Of the way by rail As soon as, we
were well within view Of the forts the
Chinese garrison turned out, manned the
guns, and we thought we were in for trou-
be, but. fortunately, they let US pass.
Curiosity gathered a motley crowd Of
dirty natives. coolies. and so on, about US,
and, surrounded by crowd Of over 800. it
became necessary TO place the men with
their backs 10 a wall and to put in front
sentinels TO keep of the press. Afterward,
Col DENLY. the American Minister, feel
ing that as all the other ministers had
aids, he ought 10 have one too. was ap-
pointed TO serve in that capacity. and as
such I attended when the Emperor of
China for the first time in his history gave
audience to foreign ministers.
He was a delicate looking man, refined
and able-looking for Chinese. He had
never seen foreigners before, and yet as
he received US his face was absolutely i'm
passive He must have had much curl
osity, perhaps some surprise, but If so, he
never showed It. but remained cold and
calm and dignifed."
After this service Capt Elliott returned
70 the United States where he remained
on shore duty until the war with Spain
broke out in 1895. with the first marine
battalion he went to Cuba, commanding
Company c, and on June Il he was sent
with detachment Of two companies of
the battalion and fifty Cubans. for the
purpose Of destroying a well at Cuzco,
about six miles from the camp at Guam
tanamo Bay. This small force met at
tackled, and defeated a body Of about 500
Spaniards. and accomplished the destruc-
ton of the we'll It was the Sixty-fourth
Barcelona Regiment that the marines at
tackled. and in the fight three marines
were killed and five wounded. The Span
iards lost thirty-nine men and officers
killed, and eighteen captured. Next day
the marines gathered up over sixty Span
ish rifles on the field. This engagement
ended all annoyance from the enemy at
Guantanamo OF this engagement Lieut. 4
Col Huntingdon reported: Capt. Ell
liOtt's cool advance up a rocky, steep
mountain path under fire for twenty min
utes. without being able to return il, and
the gallantry and skill displayed by him
throughout this affair were essential to
the great success attained by the expedi-
ton. and are worthy of and I earnestly
recommend that he be advanced one |
grade" It was during this action that
Stephen Crane, the well-known corre-
spondent. acted as aid to Capt Elliott
and carried messages under fire to the
different company commanders When the !
battalion returned TO this country It went
into camp at Portsmouth, n. H.. and here
Capt. Elliott was advanced three num-
bers for eminent and conspicuous con-
duct in battle"
Capt. Elliott remained in this country |
on various duties until he was sent to the /
Philippines with the rank Of major. He
came back with the rank of lieutenant /
colonel. While there and in command Of |
a force Of $50 marines. Lieut.. Col. Elliott !
attacked the insurgents intrenched in and
around the town Of Novaleta, dislodging /
them and capturing the town. The rs- |