The Jasper news., 1917-08-30


which he and his immediate command
were assigned became disabled at the
mouth of the Manlmani river west of
Bahia Honda. Cuba. Behind the rocks
and In the thlckets on the shore were
scores of Spanish soldiers. The deck
OF the transport was being swept by
Mauser bullets from the rifles Of the
hidden foe. Mechanical communities
tion between the engine room and the
pilot house Of the transport was out
of service and 1t was necessary to
transmit orders by messengers.
Because of his place on the boat
Heard did not know that two Of his
men had been shot in quick success
sion while performing the duty Of or
der bearing. When he heard of 1t he'
said: II will ask no more Of my men
to expose themselves. Give me your
orders"
For twenty minutes he carried the
messages along the deck, though Maui
ser bullets cut his blouse and splin-
tered the ratings and the boats upper
works all about him. Every step of
his way was marked out by shots, yet
he came through unscathed. He wears
the medal given For Valor."
When President Wilson recently pro-
NOTED some colonies to be brigadier
generals of regulars one of those nd
vanced was Col. Joseph 7. Dickman,
cavalry officer, now in command at
Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont. 1t prob
ably Is not poor guessing to place Dick
man rs one of the brlgadiers who will
| be given the command Of a division
of the new National army. He Is q
sturdy soldier of high record, stu
dent and fighter.
For army boards appointed for inves-
| tigation and notwithstanding pur-
poses Dickman always has been ia
vorite choice. He looks like soldier
and he has proved on many field
that he has the soldier instinct. There
Is feeling here that one day he Will
be heard from in France.
1t was Dickman who In 1902 with a
small detachment fought, defeated and
captured the bandit chiefs, Benavides
and Gonzales, with many followers, In
the chaparral country in Texas. He
distinguished himself at the battle of
San Juan and Inter was chief of staff
to General Chaffee, going with his chief
to the relief of the beleaguered ones
at Picking. He was in the thick Of the
fighting at the Pa-ta-chao temples near
the Forbidden city.
| Colonel Grote Hutcheson of the cav
airy Is likely to have brigadier gen.
erals command in the new army, 1t
was into Hutcheson's arms as he stood
under fire on the walls of the Forbid
den, city In 1000 that Captain Reilly,
his comrade, fell dead. At that time
Hutchinson was an aide to General
Chaffee. With his chief and with
Reilly he stood on n wall where the
Fourteenth regiment had planted its
flag. A detachment of Chinese marked
the three and shower Of shot splat-
tered about them. They stood UNI
harmed. Another shower and the gal
liant Reilly, who, conquering all OBJ
stacles, had fought his battery to the
front, fell dead into the arms Of Hut
cheson.
Col. L. w. V. Kennon of the infantry
almost unQuestionably will have a bri-
gade and possibly division command
In the new army. Kennon served for
Q, long time on General Crooks staff
in the Indian wars of the West. He
went to the Philippines early in the
war game and he did not leave until
he had played his hand for six years
1t was this army officer who, al,
though attached to the infantry, was
given the engineers task Of building
the Benguet road In the Philippine
islands. 1t was the most difficult en-.
cheering job ever undertaken in the
islands. Kennon, although a junior
officer of the army, had commanded a
brigade In the northern campaign Of
General Lawton. He brought to the
work Of road building nearly two thou
sand members of the tribes In whose
country he had been campaigning
The battles with them over, he asked