The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28

orr wov The enemy was shooting mighty close
too. The trenches were 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
enemy had an immensely strong natural posi'ioh
and had they had few machine guns ana 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. De
had been working hard getting his gun pointed Oh
the enemy and had just succeeded
"You are right on them now; give them hts!
were the last words he said.
"Eis pointer also shot In the head ana TWO
others were wounded in the arm. corporal IN
the Thirteenth company shot twice While
operating a net-Mercier. He refused TO leave
his gun and had to be carried away, struggling 10
get back into the fight.
"While this was going on our other guns De
gan to come up one at a time and we oDtalheu
fire superiority over the enemy, who shot very
wildly from now on This last is an after judg-
ment At the time they seemed to be just MISS
ing me- l don't know how the other men 1elt'
but I expected to be shot any minute ana just
wanted to do as much damage as possible 10 tle
enemy before cashng in. Several members Oh
orr platoon did cool and creditabe work In chang-
der fire.
ave faced the enemy as much as possible while
repairing the guns, as we had horror Oh peihs
shot in the back.
"One of the sweetest sounds ever heard was
the cheering of the infantry battalion as it charged
the right flank trenches of the enemy. Gunnery
Sergeant Ralph was among the first Of these. lie
had a nstol fight with the rebel general in com
mand Ralph and some other man with rifle
hit him at about the same time kesuH--eAi'
general.
1--WE moved up to the trenches after the battle
and reformed. getting equipment together
Corporal Frazee died soon after being hit and
was buried within a few feet Of the place where
he had fought so well. The enemy lost very
heavily. and IL Santo Domingo was not an island
some Of those birds would be running yet"
Mai Gen. J. franklin Bell, now In command
NJ the eastern department, with headquarters on
Governors island won the medal In the Philip
mines As colonel Of the Thirty-sixth infantry he
was proceeding along the San Antonio Porac ROAD
to head off band Of insurgents who had attacked
the Ninth infantry at Guagua and Santa Rita
Colonel Bell mounted, riding near the head
Of the advance party and had with MIN Lieut.
COL William R. Grove, Major Straub, two mount
ed orderlies and about twelve scouts on foot.
Just at dawn the party fired upon from
what seemed fairly large body Of insurgents
hidden in the brush. The American fire dslodgeo
the enemy about seven Of them running down the
road around bend. The scouts pursued them
but Colonel Bell at once that the men, VIII
their heavy equipment, were being easily outds
tanced by the lightly clad Flipinos, ana ne uasne'
after them on his horse.
BEFORE Major Straub or the two mounted order
lies knew what he was doing, Colonel Bell wa
for down the road in the midst Of seven strug
Cling insurgents, firing with his revolver ant
slashng about with his saber.
The mounted galloped to his assistanc
and the infantry supported him as best they coul
with rifle fire, although 1t was almost impossibi
to shoot, so tangled up were the insurgents an
Colonel Bell.
The officer would have been perfectly justine
in remaining with his troops, even behind thel
end merely directing the disodging assault an
Tor charging alone and driving into the jungle 6
least seven Filipinos, with two officers anon
them, the Medal Of Honor was awarded to him.
Two Of the few medals awarded In the We
against Spain went to second class fireman an
coppersmith on board the battleship low
While the vessel was cruising In Cuban water
July 20 $685. at about seven O'Clock in the NOR
ing manhole gasket blew out in one Of II
boilers IN fire room No. 2.
Under 120pounds pressure live steam roart
ont into the room and boiling water swasht
around the floor.
In the adjoining compartment were KOBE
Penn second-class fireman, and P. B. keefer,
. coppersmith Hearing the wild roar OF the
Gaping steam they dashed to the door of Il
room No. 2.
The men who had been working there blind
by the escaping steam, foundering In the seal
ing water had been overcome that they cou
: not get out One Of the coal passers had alrea
sunk to his knees and was dropping forwal
In a matter Of seconds he would have toppl
, into the water and been boiled to death.
2 Undaunted by the terrifying roar Of the stes