The herald., 1917-09-13

which he and his immediate command
were assigned became disabled al the
mouth OF the Manimani river west Of
Bahia Honda. Cuba. Behind the rocks
and In the thiCkets on the shore we're
scores or Spanish soldiers. The deck
or the transport was being swept by
! MduSer bullets from the rifles Of the
hidden foe. Mechanical cOmmunica-
uon between the engine room and the
plot house Of the transport was out
of service and it 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 If or
der hearing. When he heard 0f II ne
said: II will ask no moro Of nv 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 al about him. Every step Of
his way was marked out by shots. Vet
he car1e through rnScathed. He wears
the medal given For Valor'
When President Wilson recently pro-
NOTED some colonies TO he hrigadier
generals Of regulars one Of those adj
vanced was Col. Joseph T. Dickman.
in
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. 1t prob
ably Is not poor guessing TO place Dick
man as one of the brigadiers who will
be given the command OF n division
Of the new National army. He is n
sturdy soldier of high record, stu ,
dent and fighter.
For army boards appointed for inves- :
tigation and misunderstanding pur-
poses Dickman always has been q IA ,
yorite choice. He looks like 4 soldier /
and he has proved on many a field f.
that he has the soldier instinct. There |
is feeling here that one day he will
be heard from in France
1t was Dlckman who In 1892 with a
small detachment fought, defeated and
captured the bandit chiefs Benavides
and Gonzales, with many followers, in
the chaparral country in Texas. He
himself at the battle Of
San Juan and later was chief Of staff
to General Chaffee. going with his chief
to the relief Of the belPaguered ones
nj Picking. He was in the thick Of the
fighting at the Pa-ta-chaO temples near
the Forbidden city.
Colonel GrOtc Hutcheson of the cnv-
airy Is likely to have Il brigadier gen
erals command in the new army. II /
vas into Hutcheson'S arms as he stood {
under fire on the walls of the Forbid '
len city in 1900 that Captain Reilly.
MS cOmrade, fell dead. At that time :
Ilutcheson was an aide to General ,
'haffce. With his chief and with ,
Reilly he stood on a wan where the {
regiment had planted IFS :
lag. A detachment of Chinese marked :
he three and shower of shot splat- :
cred about them. They stood nm s
larmed. Another shower and the gal. q
'.N' ANNiiiS' Nh'' all OI- ! ]
tacles, had fought his battery 10 the
rOnt, fell dead into the arms of Hut >
heSOn. i.
Col. L. W. V. Kennon Of the infantry =
lmost unquestlonably will have n bri- n
ade and possibly n division command r
the new army. Kennon served for q
long time on General Crooks staff n
\ the Indian wars of the West. He :,
'ent to the Philippines early in the h
'ar game and he did not leave until q
e had played his hand for six years. :.
1t was this army officer who, al.
lough attached to the infantry, was
lven the engineers task Of building
le Benguet rNai In the Philipnine n
lands. 1t was the most difficult on h
IneerinS job ever undertaken In the h
bands. Kennon, although q Junior A
hcer of the army, had commanded n "a
-igade in the northern campaign Of n
eneral Lawton. He brought to the Il
ork OF rond building nearly two thou W
md members of the tribes In whose n
'untry he had been campaigning. n
he battles with them over, he asked d: