Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-03

tnFIr cOIOncl, Il one other officer,
and | think, about thirty enlisted men
killed and wounded. | do not know
what the Iowa loss was, Just five
hours from the time we heard the
first shots We heard the artillery. At
about five o'clock our regiment was
ordered out, and we made the march
to Qu&gua, 4 miles, in about an hour.
and camped for the night in the shade
of a great church. This country is
full OF churches, and every one Of
them is used as cover for the enemy's
sharp shOoters.) The next morning
we were aroused long before daylight
and about sunrise the artillery shell
ed the woods across the river, and
about an hour afterwards We went
across the river, sigle file, on a little
bamboo bridge, which, by the way,
vas almost covered with blood where.
the Insurgents had carried their
wounded across the day before. After
crossing the river, the Qumgua, we
executed right front into line Of Skin.
nlishers, and soon after began Il
advance We had probably advanced
three miles when we had a chance to
bag some insurgent officers, but or
dcTs were not to fire, so much to our
disgust we had to let them go. Prob
ably five or six hundred yards fur
Their on some scattering shots came
whistling over us, and someone Saw
some earthworks ahead of us, appar-
emily fill of "niggers," and Our bat
TALON opened up on them. The
''nigs" gave us a volley when we
were close TO their trench, which
killed Corporal Johnson, Of Henry,
Charles Stulz, and old man Bowen.
Well that made us mad, and We pour
ed so much lead yer that breast
work that it was sure death for an
insurgent to stick his head UP. We
advanced to within about twenty feet
Of this trench and the niggers were
sitting behind waiting for rs to run
up on top and then shoot us, but we
fooled then on that. Arthur jacket,
Merit knight, John Peterson, Doersch
and l. ran around the end Of the
trench, and had them flanked. The
first mig that saw us said "Ouch" or
something like that and started TO
run. He turned a somersault and lit
Onshis back riddled with our bullets.
They then commenced to run in
lunches of three or four, and it gave
US a sort of CHASTITY pleasure 10 knock
them over. There were thirty-nine of
the enemy in that trench and WI got
every one. The dead Malays were
through our lines in the garb of
peace, and it must have been a pretty
good object lesson to them, as to
what would happen if they would only
make a stand before us. In this little
affair four Americans were killed
one Il" man and three '.Hp men.
All Of our boys were hit in the alb
domen; Stulz died almost immediate
ly; Johnson lived about half an hour;
poor old Bowen lived several hours
and finally died in awful agony.
There is something strange about the
old mans death. 1t was his first ana
only fight. We used to leave him in.
quarters to look after our stuff, and
to Sc over to the hospital and see
to our sick. He was always very
good Is the sick, and always took
good care OF u property left in his
charge. He died Fighting braYely.
Johnson and stusz. We always con.
sidered among our very best. Stulz
enlisted from Frisco, and used to a..
ford us much pleasure by his singing
It seems almost impossible that that
sweet tenor voice IS flushed ana gone
from u midst forever. He was al
ways willing to do a friend, or d sol
dier a good turn, and was beloved
and. Is meurled by all. In this fight
| had a close call myself. Just after
stiia was shot. and | vas about
thirty feet from ths trench one In
sufgent. holder tlIan the rest stuck
his head up and drew d baad on me.
MY gun happened to be loaded ana
cooked; Ne looked each other il the
eye and I brought my gun up and iet
him have n That niger Went down
aWfuilg quick went aud looked be-
llipd t4e trench afterwards and there
he sol, thu whole top od bis head was
gone and his brain aamos wloie.
iEad fallen out between Its fest. The
maazIe q that Malayss sun locked
Esgsr 70 me than cannon while vi
Waa pointing al me 4 know shot
tNss oi three others hsre, but al TIE
sarue time. Zach ono that Tell #as AfiofI
more thai onoe Tfia took
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