The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-14

star, with the American Forces
at Vera Cruz.
Vera Cruz. Mex, April % (by mail
steanler).-The Michigan, in common
with the other battleships of the fleet.
tonight paid her toll of life.
Lhe patriotism which has found its
most recent expression in the demand
that the flag shall be honored was
brought home to the men of the Mich
agan in the death of Chief Gunner's
Mate Boswell under circumstances
winch are typical of the splendid be-
havior of the men of the fleet in the
present circumstances at Vera Cruz.
Boswell, who belonged in the 4th
Company of this ship, went ashore
"hen the Ifichigan battalion vas
landed this afternoon, in the First Com
pany cine artillery company, because
ne was IN general charge of the field
pieces OF the Michigan's battalion. He
was q flrst class man, highly thought Of
by his officers and was about to be
MADE a torpedo gunner'S mate.
when Lieutenant Commander Green
slade. commanding the Michigan's
battalion gave the order to march, as
the men proceeded in good SPIRITS, not
Withstanding the "snipe shooting'' thew
expected from the housetops, trough
Gale Vicario, to Avenida Indepen-
dencia, the principal street Of Vera
cruz. The newspaper correspondents
= llo ANikSlllSau d - been
walking through this street half an
hour before and many other people
We're going to and fro.
Shots From Housetops.
Shots had been fired from the house
tops almost every block or SO as the
Mlchlgan's men came ashore The
artillery company in which Boswell
was located was between two infantry
companies of the Michigan outfit. Be-
cause OF the shots from the housetops
the men marched with eyes on the
buildings through which they passed,
n with rifles raised, t~hreateningly, at
their unseen enemies.
Then came the shot that struck Bos-
well-in the main street of Vera Cruz,
as the men marched to take up their
position In the barracks Of the
Nineteenth federal Mexican infantry.
AS Boswell fell, there was, just for a
second, a glancing at officers by the
men, and the command came to a halt.
Lieutenant Commander Greenslade and
Lieutenant ThomaS got a squad to-
gether in a few minutes to go into the
buildings through which the march had
been made.
Four M~exicans were found and ar
rested in n of the upper stories of one
of the buildings. The battalion had
moved on. The squad followed. An
other squad took BosWells body back
to the landing and from there to the
Solace.
III officers of the M%ichigan's bat
TALON say that as their men realized
that one of their number had been as
sassinated in cold blood, it was touch
and go" for a What they would
DO in that block of the Avenida Inde-
spendencia. True to their teaching,
however, the men of the Michigan, as
have the men of all the battleships,
stood fast, and took no revenge.
Men Ashore at Vera Cruz.
Vera Cruz, Mex, April 23 (by mail
steamer.)-Nine battleships of the At
lantic fleet have each landed approxi-
mately 500 men in this city, making a
total of 1900 of these men, the ships
being the Arkansas, Florida, Utah,
Michigan. New Jersey, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Minnesota and South
Carolina. The Louisiana, the other
battleship here with the fleet, has not
yet landed men and is not expected to
do so. AT his writing she is %coaling,
II is expected to up anchor and
away for Tanpico, to join Admiral
Mayo's forces, which include the tor
pedo boat destroyers sent there yester-
day morning.
In addition to the 200 men above
mentioned, there are men ashore from
the Prairie and Chester of the Atlantic
fleet, an addition of about 600, as well
as 1900 marines under Lieutenant Col
onel Lejeune, which came from the
Hancock INC other similar ships. This
makes a total of 5,1O0 United States
sailors and marines in the expedition
airy force in possession of Vera Cruz to-
day. The gunboat Nashville came In
today. The Solace, hospital ship, ar
rived yesterday. The dead and wounded
are being taken to the latter vessel.
The living, breathing, excited city of
Vera Cruz today deals with the present,
the necessities of the moment, as man
after man is added to the list of those
who have been Observation-Disclosures"
as the sailors and marines call IT. A
few minutes ago Il squad of men from
the Florida set up u machine gun be-
hind a barricade of sacks OF coffee
commandment from the railroad ter
minals and "let fly through a house
in. which they had caught n sharp
shooter who had picked off" one of
their men. There were said TO be
others in the building, and the Florida
men thought the machine gun test a
better one than the so-called acid
test of asking questions. such as where
did YOU get this gun" and what are
you going to do witt this ammunition
Palaver Doesn't Go.
'The .amiso-mic' business, meaning
syam and sre friends" DOESN'T go"