The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-07

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The first action of the battery-the cam
paign against Manila which began July
81 1905 found Hines the first sergeant of
his battery In the bOmbardment Of Ma
Mia on Aug IS he was. in command, OF
one piece of artillery and was eompii
mented for the manner in which it was
After the fall of the city Hines and a
companion found time during the dreary
hours of garrison duty 10 establish the
tEst EnSiish-speakiug newspaper pub
ifShed on the archipelago. The paper was
called Freedom. and some five years later
was renamed the Manila Times.
When the Utah batteries were Gems 3li-
dated as a battalion under Major L. A
Grant. Captain Hines received a commis-
sion as second lieutenant and battalion
aojUtant; this was on March ". 1885, when
Hines was but 10 years old, and gave him.
the additional distinction of being the
youngest artillery officer in the Eighth
army corps. He participated in the fol-
lowing battles, engagements skirmisbes
and expeditions. as taken from the rec
ords; Battles Of Mslate. July 81 and Aug.
]. 1855; fall of Manila. Aug. Is. 1888 SKIM
ish with insurgents on outpost near La
Iona, Feb. 4, 1899. skirmish during ad-
vance to La Iona and battle of La Iona,
Feb ), 1895 engagements near caloOcan,
Feb and 9; bombardnlent of Calooean.
Feb. 10; skirmish at La Iona, Feb. %
and March II; capture of Baelor. Guagne
and Samoan, May Z to 8; engagements
and capture of San Luis, May 1l TO n:
capture OF Cauliaba, MAY IS; third and
June fs and q. 1899 He also served as
second in command of the United States
gunboat Laguna de Bay during the Pas
sig ana Rio Grande river expeditions.
Hines passed through all this service I'M
scathed and was mustered out with the
Utah battalion at San Francisco on Aug.
Is. 1893. Returning to his home he was
married to Miss Nellie Vier and settled
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lure Of the martial life was on him and
within two years he had secured a COM
mission as second lieutenant, having ap-
piled in person to President Mckinley He
was assigned TO the coast artillery corps
Of the regular army and took station at
the Preside in California whence he had
sailed away an eager boy few years
before.
Within a brief space of time his friends
learned of his well rewarded services to
the state OF his residence In an official
letter from Governor Pardee, in which he
expressed appreciation of Hines services
in instructing officers and men of the
First battalion of artillery, y. G. g, at the
Notifications. MAY Is to 81, inclusive, 1903 F"
The same year Hines was transferred to
Fortress Monroe to take the course at
the artillery school and here he was grad
uated among the first five officers. and
won the title of honor graduate in 1904
When it is known that Of the fifty officers
in the school over half were already grad
yates of West Point, Il may be seen what
kind Of proposition the young man was
up against
Since he has been on regular duty in
the army. Hines record has been one TO be
proud of in many respects. While at
Jackson barracks, Ga, he wrote an essay,
afterwards delivered as q lecture before
his brother officers on 1.-THE Value Of q
Study of Electricity to Artillery Officers.
and was paid the high compliment OF hay-
ing 1t requested fer publication and pub
lished by the war department IN us artii-
iery journal.
It was while stationed at this post that
the following reports were given OF his
work.
BriSadier General Jesse A. Lee. United
States army. commanding the department
of Texas. under date Of July Is. 1893. saws.
First Lieutenant Frank T. Hines. srtii-
leTy corps. district artillery engineer Off
Ger. etc, IS highly commended for his abii-
ity and efficiency by both General Hobbs
and Major Bailey, in which commentator
the department commander fully coneurs
Under date of Feb. :. 1906, the inspector
generals office issued the following ex
tract Of the report of Major Blockson. as
sistant inspector general; First Lieuten-
ant Frank T. Hines is at present district
adjutant. artillery district engineer and !
ordnance officer, post adjutant recruiting
officer and eOmmissaTy-
Il was thrown into intimate contact /
with him at post and subposts and became
well acquainted with his arduous work.
he IS vel worthy OF commentator TOT
special ability in the line Of electrical en-
gineering and for excellent performance
of multifarious staff duties"
In 1907 Captain Hines was transferred to
Fort Wadsworth. y. Y. assigned as artil-
iery engineer and placed in charge or the
mine fields protecting the inner entrance
to the port OF New York Probably no
higher tribute could be paid to the pro-
fessfonsl attachments Of the young artii-
1erist just reaching his 30th year. than
assigning to him the heavy responsibilities /
attending the position Of mine commander
at the most important point an the Allan
tic seaboard.