The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-03

said they only retreated because they had
lost their officer, and did not know what
10 do; they wanted some one 20 lead
them. Lent Ord said: General I think
/ had better put these men back in their
position in the lines. and so. with Ord
at their head. they started back again
through the jungle 70 take UP their posi-
ton. AS he turned 10 go ord. who was
Of a most CHEEKY disposition. turned and
said, with a seriousness unusual with
him. And If 7 don't see you again,
general. good-by" At the time. such a
remark coming from Ord's lips struck
Gen. Hawkins as remarkable. and ne had
IL in mind TO order his young lieutenant
to stay; but his sense of duty put a
bride upon his affections. and Ord went
ahead and led the charge up the slopes
OF San Juan with the very same soldiers
who were flying off the field In panic until
he took them in hand"
1t was now that the thoughtfulness Of
Gen. Hawkins in securing his brigade a
nights rest came into play. They formed
into line and We're eager When the line
was nearly formed. Gen. Hawkins. ac-
cOmpanied by Schroeder. his gallant
busler. stepped forward into the open
field. and standing by the wire fence.
surveyed the slopes which he had never
plainly seen before, up which he was now
10 lead his men on their desperate eT-
rand. While engaged in this, he no
ticed half a dozen men crouching for
cover I'm a thicket hard by Suddenly
one Of the men got up and walked away
from che group IN the cover. Those hid
den tried to detaiu him and beg him 10
come back no. I'll be hanged If I DO"
he said, 4 won't lie down when Il gen
cTal ana Il better man than myself is
standing But Hawkins turned around
and saw that the rest had followed the
brave soldiers example Walking over 70
where they stood, he said: our duties
are different here, my men. ! must see
all that / can. and You must be seen as
little as possible. Lie down" Then he
resumed his survey OF the Spanish posi-
tiOns.
Pretty nearly every one knows, now.
about that charge, desperate enough it
was. up the slopes Of San Juan Hill. The
Spaniards fought desperately. but foot by
foot the American troops advanced, and
always ahead Of them moved the tail
figure of the white-haired brigadier gen
eral. passing with his bugler along the
line. Some one has said that it was
magnificent, but il was not war, and that
had it failed it would have been called
quixotic. But it did not fail; platoon after
platoon made it's way upward, ever up
ward; the fire of the Spaniards almost
ceases. then begins again. wild. irregular
and finally dies away in q pitiful pitter-
patter. and the Spaniards suuenly retire
And Ord. that gallant lieutenant whJ.
under the direction of Gen Hawkins. led
the terrible charge, After &c was an over
a wa~ correspondent found the mangled.
writing body of a sergeant on the ground
by the blockhouse 1t was Spaniard,
and the men had beaten him to death with
their gun butts. He had been living
wounded on the edge OF the trench when
Lieut. Ord ran past him, and seeing that
he would be killed by his own men. called
two soldiers and said. Take that Span
lard and carry him behind the bioekhouse.
out Of fire. The SDaniard lsighed, then
pulling a pistol from his pocket. poked
it in the face Of The lieutenant and
fired, killing the brave man who would
have saved his life.
During this battle Gen Hawkins was
slightly wounded in the foot. not enough
to incapacitate him for duty. The attack
on San Juan Hill has been a9tly com
pared to the battle at Alma. before Sebas-
toDoL 1t was one Of the most signal serv-
ices rendered by any branch of the army
during the S0apiSh war and n nror,i