The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-05-29

Chest.
advance, resistance in which they
were aided by their batteries, which
commenced vigorous Smelling of the
woods In our immediate vicinity.
This resulted In igniting the brush,
and soon the entire underground was
afiame and slowly but surely consum.
ing the trees surrounding us, making
our position untenable and forcing us
to retreat
Capt Won Haake was the last to
give the command to retreat, which
he did in a cultural, discordant tone,
the result Of wound in the neck
which he had received in a previous
battle. and from the effect Of which
he had but recently recovered.
When he gave the command to re-
treat he stood but a few feet from
me, and scarcely had he uttered the
words when he fell beside me, shot
through the chest. A hasty examina-
ton revealed that his wound was NOR
tai, as he Immediately became uncon-
scious, although breathing heavily.
or course, under ordinary circum-
stances nothing would be done beyond
permitting him to remain where he
fell, but the fire which was now fast
gaining on us made such a thought
agonizing in the extreme, and / de-
termined If possible, to bear him be-
yond the reach of the flames, which
had rendered our situation so alarm
ing that our men became panic
stricken and sought safety in fight.
There remained with me but one com
rade. At this late day am not GER
tain as to who that one was, but |
think Il was w. II. Mowby, of our
company, and II am mistaken | de-
sire to be corrected. We raised the
almost inanimate form and placed 1t
across our rifles. which we carried
"hand-barrow fashion" for some 80
yards through flame and smoke. I'm
der favorable circumstances this would
be accomplished In few seconds, but
II took us fully ten minutes, owing to
the fact that the dense smoke which
surrounded us would not permit us to
see anything, and consequently the
many blind rushes we made against
trees greatly retarded our progress,
and we then discovered that the flames
had so gained on us as to be In our
front as we'll as in our rear.
Our situation now had become most
critical, and warned us plainly that
we must abandon our hapless and
helpless burden In order to save our
own lives, and another hasty examina-
ton showed us that he was still breath
ing heavily, and we hen left him. IN
the hope that life wcild be extinct ere
the flames reached the body.
In abandoning him to his fate we
had previously done all that mortal
could do under such distressing and
alarming conditions, and had nothing
TO blame ourselves for, a statement In
which am sure my comrade, II sun
living, will bear me out should he hap
pen to read these lines.
| had previously noted on entering
the wood from the clearing that we
had advanced about 200 yards at the
time OF retreat, and deductlng the on
yards already covered there relhaiheu
about $50 yards of burning bush
which still separated us from the
clearing. We unstrapped our blankets
from our knapsacks and spread them
over our heads and shoulders to protect
us from the flames, and II took fully
ten minutes in bllndly cropping and
butting against trees to reach the
clearing.
We then rejoined our regiment, and
reported the death Of Count Won
Haake to our company commander
sergt. william Westerhold' VINO now
ever, was too busy to listen 10 th'
narrowing details as inserted mere
and they are now made public Tor the
first time.