The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-20

our way The enemy was shooting mighty close
too. The trenches we're awfully hard TO pick up
although we were only about $50 yards away
They were on a hill and had carried their dirt
away
THE battalIons made slow progress on the
TANKS on account OF the thick underbrush. The
enomy had an immensely strong natural position
and had they had a few machine guns and some
barbed wire they could not have been rooted out
without great loss OF life.
"A call went up for hospital apprentice, as
Corporal Frazee had been shot In the head He
had been working hard getting his gun pointed ON
the enemy and had just succeeded.
"'You are right on them now give them itsP
were the last words he said
Ellis pointer also shot In the head and two
others were wounded In the arm. corporal In
the Thirteenth company shot twice while
operating Benet-Mercier. He refused TO leave
his gun and had TO be carried away, struggling to
get back into the tight
while this was going on our other guns be-
gan 10 come up one at n time and we obtained
fire superiority the enemy, who shot very
wildly from now This last Is an after Judg-
ment. At the time they seemed to be Just miss
ing me, | don't know how the other men felt
but expected to be shot any minute and Just
wanted TO do as much damage possible TO the
enemy before eashlng In. Several members OF
our platoon did cool and credtable work I'm chang.
Ing cartridge extractors and repairing jams UNI
der fire.
I'VE faced the enemy MS much as possible while
repairing the guns, as we had horror of being
shot In the back
zone OF the sweetest sounds I ever heard was
The cheering OF the infantry battalion as II charged
me right flank trenches OF the enemy. Gunnery
Sergeant Ralph was among the first of these. He
had pistol fight with the rebel general In com
mand. Ralph and some other man with rife
hit him ut about the time. Result-exit
general.
ave moved up to the trenches after the battle
and reformed getting equipment together.
Corporal Frazee died after being hit and
was buried within few feet OF the place where
no had fought we'll The enemy lost very
heavily and II santo Domingo was not an island
some OF those birds would be running yet"
Mai. Gen J. Fnnklln Bell, now In command
OF the eastern department with headquarters on
Governors island, won tho medal in the Philip
pines As colonel Of the Thlrty-sxth infantry he
was proceeding along the san Antonio Porac road
to head on band Of insurgents who had attacked
the Ninth infantry at Guagua and Santa Rita.
Colonel Bell. mounted. was riding near the head
OF the advance party and had with him Lieut.
Col William n. Grove, Major Strauh, two mount
ed orderes and about twelve scouts on foot
Just at dawn the party was nred upon from
what seemed fairly large body OF insurgents
hidden In the brush The American FIRE dlslodged
the enemy, about of them running down the
road around bend. The scouts pursued them
but Colonel Rel at once that the men, with
their heavy equipment were being easily outdls-
tanced by the lightly clad Filipinos and he dashed
after them on hts horse.
Before Major Straub or the two mounted order
Hes knew what he doing. Colonel Rel wns
far down the road In the midst Of seven strug.
gling insurgents, firing with his revolver and
slushing about with his saher.
The mounted men gRlloped 70 his assistance
and the Infantry supported him as best they could
with rifle FIRE although Il was almost impossible
to shoot 81 tangled up were the insurgents and
Coloue, Bell,
The officer would have been perfectly Justified
In remaining with his troops even behind them
and merely directing the dislodging assault and
for charging atoDc and driving into the Jungle al
least seven Finrluos, with two officers among
them. the Medal 81 Honor was awarded n him
Two ~ the few medals awarded IN the war
against Spain went 20 second class fireman and
a ccpperSmith on board the hattleshlp Iowa.
While the vessel was cruising In Cuban waters
July N ISIS at about seven o'clock In the morn.
Ing mnnholr gaSkst blew out In one ~ the
boilers IN nrv NON No .
Under 10 pounds pressure live steam rosred
out into the nom and boiling water swaShe,I
around the floor.
In the adjoining compartment we're Robert
Penn. second class fireman. and F. n Keefer A
coppersnith. Hearing the Wild roar 81 the e.
Gaping steam they dashed to the door OF Ore
RON No. .
~ The men who had heen working there blinded
by the escaping steam, foundering in the scald.
Ing water, had been ~ overcome that they could
not get ont. one 81 the coal pasSers had already
sunk Co his knees and dropping forward
In a matter ~ seconds he would have toppled
into the water aud been boiled TO death
Undaunted by the terrifying roar Of the steam