East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-10-23

OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOl
ly superior odds, all within the re-
markable time of nine hours.
As we had now placed ourselves II
miles in advance of the enemy We
now enjoyed a good nights rest and
moved out Of Patagonia at 700 a, m.
and marched to the Santa Cruz river
by 12 noon and have been waiting
/ ever since for the enemy to catch up
and give them battle, OF course We
could have marched on into Nogales
but the powers that be decided that
the Santa Cruz river had risen until
we could hardly cross and now the
, enemy are marching upon us and we
are going to wind up our career up
on the border Wy rip roaring night
attack, Some of the companies have
already moved out and our company
has orders TO move out at 6. m.
Decisive Victory Over Enemy.
Nogales, Ariz., Oct 15.-Well we
did it, Our battalion supported by
one battery OF Utah artillery decis-
lively defeated the other two battal-
lions of our regiment along with three
batteries of California artillery and
all of this before 1870 o'clock In the
morning and without even moving
back from our first position.
u happened like this. About I
/ o'clock the night before we received
orders to move back to the foothills
In motor trucks and there take up
positions before dawn so as to be In
waiting for the enemy when they
came up from the lowlands of the
Senorita river. We arrived at the
first plateau about IL o'clock mid
night and went into hivouac under
the protection of some low hills where
the lights and smoke of our fires
could not be seen. Here we dozed
and fro2e around the fires for about
four hours before being ordered on
to our battle positions. However.
myself and squad had a little diver
sion from this by being ordered out
between one and three o'clock to do
combat Reconnaissance but our efforts
We're fruitless as we encountered no
enemy to set our blood flowing more
freely other than an occasional mis-
taken shape OF some rock or cactus
or some peaceful COW disturbed from
her warm slumber In some creek bot,
tom.
Only One Company Lost.
About a. m. we moved on to our
battle front and took up our positions
on the rim of a high plateau over
looking the entire country to the
Senorita river and there laid in wait
for the enemy. Our position COM
manded the only pass into the plateau
by which the enemy could reach our
position without a long detour and
this would have given us the battle
as we had only to check the enemy
and keep them from the Santa Cruz
river until l p. m.
Our artillery was about 200 yards
tC our rear and out of sight of the
enemy yet 1t commanded a complete
control Of the terraine to be observed.
Thus we laid in wait for about an
hour and half. with every man out
Of sight and deployed in battle for
nation and with the machine guns
(three) masked and commanding the
road on either side of its approach to
the plateau. Then as the sun was
coming above the horizon our bat
terry spotted one of their batteries ap-
preaching in march column at 3400
yards range and opened fire. This
battery was ruled out and the battle
was on. During all the battle their
supply train was clearly visible and
within easy effective fire range. The
infantry Immediately began to ad-
vance as skirmisherS but we man.
aged to maintain fire superiority un-
til 1880 o'clock when the umpires de-
cided in our favor and our forces
were withdrawn in victory and our
major had added another victory to
his four others without a defeat and
We had only lost one company at the
very last. when the enemy had adj
vanced until their position was plain.
ly visible at that range.
Second Idaho Crack Militia OF Border.
Assembly was blown and we now
formed into column and marched on
into Nogales, completing the most
momentous march of our maneuvers
on the border as we established a rep
utation for the Second Idaho infantry
that is the talk of the border and has
gained US the respect Of the regular
army officers and the desire by them
to recruit as many Of US as possible
into the regular army
As reward we have been sent as
relief for the regulars on border line
patrol and on Cossack outposts COT
which there are three) and are. start
ing today, doing all the guard duty
at Nogales This takes a complete bat
talllon at a time and thus gives us
"a hours on guard and 4S hours off
guard. But, although we do moi
know for certain, we figure this as
only winding up OF our stay here
as the guards as leaving as fast as II
is possible to get cars.
Our regiment was informed BY
General Plummer On command OF
this dlvislon) that II our colone
would write the war department re-
questing that our regiment be helC