The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1898, Page 2

(%] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1898. / | Popell, right leg. i s S . S S | Daniel O’Neil, back; W. E. Schmidt, J. J. Winkler, left arm. 1 CAPTAIN REINHOLD RICHTER. The Commander of Company I, First California, Seriously Wounded at Malate. the list of those seriously wounded at Malate, near Manila, appears the me of Captain Reinhold Ri First California Regiment | of Volunteers. He is a ma | Guard of California for nin nd leutenant Januz e in the N to the rank n Richter born ites in 1876 and has father of two children. and Octavia streets. Capt n Richter is popular with the all who know him. of military expe Artillery, July 8, 1889, was app e, having served in the Na- | vears. He enlisted in Battery C of the | inted corporal February 13, 1890, wa 1891, and first lieutenant June 27, 1892. he had served for five years in the rgeant. forty-one years ago. He came to the Francisco since 18%0. He is married proprietor of a grocery store at Page | men of his company and as a citizen he attacked the American vere enfllading a and the Spanish to car right flank. The Third Artille ing as infantry, reinforced them saved the position. eral Greene called Camp Dewey to and dispatched the California olorado regiments to the assist- Our losses the numbers our act- and arm: and ance of those under fire. heavy, considering were engaged. Ten were killed and forty- teers, shot in groin. six wounded. It is reported the Span- SERGEANT ALVA WALTER, ish also lost heavily, but the correct Company D, Tenth Pennsylvania | figure unobtainable. Volunteers, wounded in chest and The ywing were killed: leg. CORPORAL WALTER E. R. RICHTER, Company I, First { BROWN, Company D, Tenth Penn- sylvania Volunteers. PRIVATE JOHN BRADY JR, Company I, Tenth Pennsylvania Vol- unteers. PRIVATE JESSE NOSS, Company E, Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. PRIVATE WILLIAM STILL- WAGON, Company E, Tenth Penn- sylvania Volunteers. PRIVATE JACOB HULL, Com- pany E, Tenth Pennsylvania Volun- teers. PRIVATE WILLIAM E. BRIN- TON, Company E, Tenth Pennsyl- vania Volunteers. PRIVATE ELI DAWSON, Battery K, Third Artillery. FIRST SERGEANT MAURICE JUSTH, First California Volunteers. PRIVATE J. A. McELRATH, Battery H, Third Artillery. PRIVATE WINFIELD A.| SCHNEIDER, Company E, Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, succumbed | to his wounds on August 2. | d’l‘he following were seriously wound- ed: VICTOR H. HOLMES, Company K, Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, shot in chest. FIRST SERGEANT ULSH, Com- pany C, Tenth Pennsylvania Volun- California Volunteers, shot in head. | C. J. EDWARDS, Company A, | First California Volunteers, shot in| left shoulder. | CHARLES WINFIELD, Battery} H, Third Artillery, wounded in neck. The following were slightly wounded: | In Company A, Tenth Pennsyl-| vania Volunteers—A. R. Johnson, | Harvey Funkchauser, Earl Shaw, lat- ter in left arm. In the Tenth Pennsylvania Vol- unteer Regiment, Company D—Cor- | poral Harry L. Bishop, left arm; Al-| bert R. London, right hand; Matthew | J. Welsh, right hand; Charles W.| Wallace, leg; Corporai H. E. Crom- | well, leg and arm; George Calhoun, | arm; Charles E. Maloy, right arm; | Alvin Snyder, left hand; Lieutenant | | A. J. Buttermore, forehead. PRIVATE C. @ San Francisco Boy of Company @, First California, Who Was Seriously Wounded. MONG those reported as seriously jards at Maiate is C. J. Edwards of San Francisco. Company A of the First Regiment of California Volunteers. He is a painter, ig 27 years old, and Is married. His wife, since his departure, has lived at the home of her father, Mr. Burns, at 124 Hawthorne street. Private Edwards has e mother living J. EDWARDS. wounded in the fight with the Span- He is a private of in this city. In Company B, Tenth Pennsyl- vania Volunteers—Captain J. A. Lar, scalp; C. H. Ernenheiser, right hand and arm; Howard Miner, left hand; S D. Dobbs, left arm; Sergeant N. J. Hurs, scalp; George Wastaboug, left shoulder. In Company F, Tenth Pennsyl- vania Volunteers—Walter J. Schied- ier. In Company I, Tenth Pennsyl- varia Volunteers—Corporal A. V. In Company K, Tenth Pennsyl- vania Volunteers—C. S. Carter, right s‘de, Albert Hunnell, right hand. In the First California Regiment— Ccmpany B, A. K. Royers, shot| through the right hand, right ear| and breast by the same bullet. In Company J, First Culifornia Vclunteers—Charles Stuart, right hand; H. C. Paysot, right thigh;! arm; Robert Nicholson, right shoul- der; Musician Ernest Townsend, back. i In Utah Volunteers, Battery B— | In Third Artillery, Battery A— Robert L. Officer, left shoulder. In Third Artillery, Battery H-— Philip Sauer, left 1eg; Henry 8. | Stockfleth, back; Captain Hobbs, left | thigh. FIRST VOLUNTEER WOUNDED AT MANILA Private William Sterling of the First Nebraska Struck by a Spanish Bullet. Bpecfal cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 18, by James Gor- don Bennett. BY SOL. N. SHERIDAN. CAMP DEWEY, July 30 (via Hong- kong, Aug. 9).—The first American shots were fired at Manila to-day. Yesterday the first American was wounded by a Spanish bullet. Private William Sterling, of Company K, First Nebraska Volunteers, while on out- post duty ‘on the Pasay road was slightly wounded in the left arm by a spent Mauser bullet. General Greene to-day advanced his trenches eighty yards into the suburbs of Malate, throwing the insurgénts to the right inland toward Pasay. From the beach to Pasay the country is covered by the guns of the Utah battery to a dis- tance of three miles from the walled | city. While the Utah men under Captains | Grant and Young were constructing earhworks and placing their guns in position, Nebraska sharpshooters in the second story of a deserted Euro- | pean house within the American line opened fire on the Spaniards, who,were showing in the open between the trenches. I believe no Spaniards were hit. The earthworks before Malate Tt el s ity i A Gallant Officer of the Third United States Artillery, Wounded in the Battle Near Manila. APTAIN CHARLES W. HOBBS of Battery K, Third Artillery, whose name appears in the list of wounded in the fight of July 31 at Malate, near Manila, was well known in San Francisco, having been stationed at Alca- traz Island for quite a long period. Captain Hobbs has a brilliant record. He was born in New York in 1842, and at the age of 20, in 1862, was appointed a second lieutenant in the One Hun- dred and Thirteenth New York Infantry, being transferred a few months later to the Seventh New York Artillery. In July, 1863, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant; in November, 1864, he was made captain; in March, 1865, he rose to the rank of major, and was mustered out of the volunteer service in July, 1865. Captain Hobbs was breveted lieutenant colonel of New York volunteers for gallant and meritorfous services during the war; brevet first lieutenant of the TUnited States army for gallantry on the fleld of battle at Spottsylvania, and bre- vet captain for similar conduct at the battle of Cold Harbor, where his left hand was shot off, there remaining but one finger, and he was also wounded in one of his legs. Upon recovery from these wounds he rejoined his regiment and engaged in the siege of Petersburg. He also filled several important staff positions. Captain Hobbs entered the regular army service as a second lieutenant in the Third Artillery, in September, 1867. He was promoted to first lleutenant in 1875, and was made captain In 1896. He is an honor graduate of the Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, class of 137L | | served the double purpose of displacing | the insurgents, who no longer are con- | sidered trustworthy by the military authorities, and also of controlling the | southern approach to the city to pre- \\_ \ ‘,/’/ | vent the escape of the Spanish when | the fleet bombards and the troops at- | tack from San Pedro, Malate and Man- | duyalayon. It is considered probable | that a small section of the Third Bri- | gade will land on the northern side for | a similar purpose. Al this is in the | event that Captain General Augusti re- | fuses to surrender. Two privates of Company L of the First California Regiment were cap- tured by four of Aguinaldo’s soldiers armed with rifles, under command of Colonel Arrivaldo of Aguinaldo’s staff, to-day, while felling timber. Colonel Smith, with General Greene's authori- zation, promptly dispatched thirty armed men, who released the Ameri- cans and marched the natives to headquarters. The Astor Battery has not been sent to the front, being held in reserve for the assault. s A AT = 0; 0| = RSO AMERICANS PLAY CARDS UNDER SPANISH FIRE Act in the Face of the Enemy Like High-Spirited Youths on a Picnic. LONDON, Aug. 10.—The correspond- ent of the Times at Cavite, under date of August 1st, says: Yesterday I visit- ed Camp Dewey and the American in- trenchments before Malate. Captain Grant and Captain Young of the Utah Artillery, were busily throwing up ad- vanced earthworks for guns, under pro- tection of the Nebraska volunteers. | From the upper floor of an European house, forming an alignment with the | earthworks, I was observing the Span- ish positions, when a Nebraska sharp- shooter beside me fired the first shot discharged by the Americans upon the | Spaniards, who were crouching in the | torward trench. This was contrary to General Mer- ritt’s orders. He had forbidden an ag- SRR S 12} KA OEH % E SERGEANT MAURICE JUSTH. A San Francisco Member of the First California Regi- ment, Killed in the Fight Near Manila. IRST SERGEANT MAURICE JUSTH of Company A, Captain Conley, of the First Regiment of California Volunteer Infantry, killed in the fight at Malate, near Manila, on the night of July 31, was a resident of San Fran- For five years he had been employed as a salesman In the estab- , 2 Battery born in Bohemia twenty-six years ago, but had clgeo. lishment of Meyerstein & C faithful employe. He was lived in San Francisco nearly all his life, a mere child. He has an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. ‘Wieser, also of the First California Regiment, is his cousin. Young Justh had served in the California National Guard for nine years, and He was mustered into the volunteer ser- on April 1, 13¢5, was made sergeant. vice as first sergeant. I 2 08 I s e 2 S ey His parents are at present visiting thelr old home in Bohemia. 08 gressive attitude unless the Spaniards advanced. o 2 The insurgents, now in force on land on the right of the American lines, also opened fire. The Spanjards replied briskly with quick-firing guns and rifles, but their shooting was high and their shots fell a half mile beyond the intrenchments, where a colored volun- teer picket was hit by a Mauser bullet. Personally, I was not impressed by the nonchalant demeanor of the Amer- icans in the fighting line. They were like high-spirited youths on a picnic. ‘Whole groups lying in the second line were playing cards. Had the Span- iards, who were unaccountably non-ag- gressive during the American landing and advance, dropped shrapnel from the Malate forts, they would have wrought terrible havoe, one house forming a conspicuous mark being within easy gun range. street, and was a popular and his parents coming here when he was Wieser, living in this city. Emile GENERAL GREENE PRAISES HIS MEN jards. Not an inch of ground was vania and Utah Artillery, stationed mendation.” §28e3edegoRegugegegagaegegagetnl MANILA BAY, Aug. 4, via Hongkong, Aug. 9.—General Greene has issued this address to the troops: “The brigadier general commanding desires to thank the troops engaged last night for the gallantry and skill displayed by them in repelling such a vigorous attack by largely superior forces of Span- “A battalion of the Third Artillery and First Regiment, Califor- nia Volunteer Infantry, moved forward to their support through a galling fire with the utmost intrepidity. ness shown by all in the engagement is worthy of the highest com- 3-3-2-2-3-2-3-3-3-3-F-3-3-2-F-1-3-3-3-F-F-3-3-3-F-3-3 -3 -3 -3-3 -3 o] California Postmasters. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The appoint- ment by the President of the following postmasters was made to-day: California —Madera, C. D. P: H et arsons; Sonora, C. C. ADVERTISEMENTS. Warm Weather Wealkmness is quickly overcome by the toning and blood enriching qualities of Hood's Sarsaparilla. This great medicine cures that tired feeling almost as quickly as the sun dispels the morn- ing mist. It also cures pimples, boils, salt Theum, scrofula and all other trou- bles originating in bad, impure blood. Hood’s *%ariia Is America’'s Greatest Medicine. §1; six for $5. Hood's Pills cure biliousness;indigestion. “‘Camp Dewey, Near Manila. yielded by the Tenth Penasyl- in the trenches. The courage and steadi- 0308 308 308 08 308 308 308 400 00 06 0 0 O COAMO TAKEN AFTER A BATTLE LASTING @N HOUR Five Spanish Officers and Nine Men Killed and Six Ameri- cans Wounded. COAMA, Porto Rico, Aug. 9, via| The Spanish loss has not yet basn St. Croix.—Coamo w- captured this | learned. Several wounded Spaniards morning after an hour’s fight. The | were seen. Spaniards retreated to Aibonito. The | Companies A and C of the Fourth commandant and four other officers | Ohio ran into a Spanish force where the and nine men were killed. The Ameri- | road makes two short turns. The Span- can loss was six wounded, all belonging | iards lay in ambush at the first turn. to the Sixteenth Pennsylvania. | They were driven out of this position Acting under orders, Brigade Com- | by the Americans after a sharp fight, mander Ernst, with the Sixteenth | but were able to hold the second turn Regiment, moved out from his camp | until reinforcements arrived. on Descalbros River last night after The strength of the Spanish position dark. Colonel Hulings took his men | was such that it is a wonder that the to the left through the fields and woods | two companies which ran into the am- to avold discovery by the Spaniards and | bush were not wiped out. Colonel Coit's this morning found himself a mile and | men took the first Spanish position a quarter beyond the town, in a fine | from a superior force of the enemy and position, commanding the Spaniard's road of escape to Aibonito. There he waited for developments in front. These came in the shape of a forward | movement at dawn of the Second and | Third Wisconsin troops, Troops C of New York and Captain Avelerson's | battery of the Fourth Regular Artil- lery. The fun began in earnest when:the | battery unlimbered in an open field to | the right of the road, commanding a blockhouse 1500 yards away on another road leading into Coamo. Several times reconnoitering parties have been fired upon from this blockhouse and the in- tention was to destroy it. The firing began at 8 o’clock from four guns. The blockhouse replied | with Mausers. The range, however, | was so great that no damage was done and the firing quickly ceased. In a few minutes the blockHouse was in flames. The battery then limbered up and took a more advanced position on the hill commanding the town. Troop C was sent around to flank the town on the right, while the Second Wisconsin or the left of the main road and tbe 7Third Wisconsin on the right moved with the skirmishers ahead directly on the town. The bridge over Coamo hav- ing been destroyed by the Spaniards some days ago it was impossible fer wagons or horses to cross that stream at that place, but fords were found and everything advanced. During this time heavy firing was heard behind the town. It was known then that the Sixteenth Pennsylvania was engaged with the fleeing Spaniards. Colanel Hulings having placed his men in the best position, was biding his time. He heard the firing of artillery, and within twenty minutes the Span- jards came flying down the road. Colonel Biddle of General Wilson’s staff and Lieutenant Lester Simos ad- vanced toward the road. The enemy saw the Americans and opened fire on them. This began the engagement, which was kept up for twenty minutes, when 200 Spaniards surrendered. About 150 escaped. None of the Sixteenth Regiment vol- unteers were killed. The following were wounded: Vincent Jolly, Com- pany F, shot in the arm; Frank Whit- lock, Company C, shot in the thigh; Clyde Frank, Company C, shot in the leg; Corporal Vaines, Company D, slightly wounded; Private Lupold, | Company I, shot in the arm; Corporal Barnes, Company E, shot in the breast, dangerous. The Spanish officers killed were: Major Rafael Yalloseas, comandante; Captain Jose Sanchez, Captain Ecoule and Captain Sante Lopez. A0 OHIO VOLUNTEERS RUN INTO SPANISH AMBUSH Fight Their Way Forward and Take the Enemy’s Position, With the Loss of But Five Wounded. GUAYAMA, Porto Rico, Aug. 8.—In a fight five miles beyond this city this afternoon five of the Fourth Ohio Vol- unteers were wounded. The names of the wounded are: Private Edgington, Company A, shot in the thigh; Private Haines, Company C, shot in the shoul- der and cheek; Private Snell, Company C, shot in the knee; Corporal Thomip- son, Company K, shot in the wrist; Fri- vate Biglow, Company K, shot in the foot. All of the Americans will recover. held their ground until more troops could come up. The Spaniards were intrenched on one side behind a blockhouse and on ihe other behind earthworks located on top of a hill. Nothing but a shallow ditch on the left side of the road had saved the American troops, for that the fire had been blistering hot there was shown by the trees, leaves and boughs which had been torn away by Spanish shot. The first shell from the dynamite gun landed at one side of the blockhouse and exploded with a terrific roar. The Spaniards were thrown into a panic and fled from the hill. The shell tore a hole in the ground for a distance of fifty feet. NO MORE TROOPS FOR GENERAL MILES Dispatch of Reinforcements Stopped in Accordance With His Report. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The Secre- tary of War has stopped the dispatch of further reinforcements to Port> Rico. General Miles reported by cable this morning that the force at his com- mand was ample for the purpose of completing the conquest of the island. This leaves all of General Wade's pro- visional corps of eighteen regiments still in the United States. It is believed that all of General Wilson’s division, except the Third Kentucky and Fifth Tllinois, has already sailed, and they will be allowed to proceed. These two regiments are at Newport News and | wiil be detained there until the deperi- | ment has arranged for their further de- tail. CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS HOLD THE TRENCHES Fighting by the Side of the Colorad- ans, They Repel an Attack by Spaniards. BY SOL N. SHERIDAN. Speclal Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gor- don Bennett. CAMP DEWEY, Aug. 2 (via Hons- kong, Aug. 9).—The Spaniards renewed the assault on the intrenchments last night. The works were held by the | Third Battalion of Californians and | the Colorado Regiment. There was heavy cannonading at intervals. An | attempt was made to turn the Ameri- cans’ right where the trenches are now protected. Private Fred Springstead of Company D, Colorado, was killed, and Private Edward Zachary of Com- pany G, Colorado, wounded in the thigh. Private Fred H. Fleld of Com- pany F, California, was wounded in the shoulder. The wounds of both men are slight. THEIR RESIGNATIONS PROMPTLY ACCEPTED Officers of the Sixth Massachusetts, at Porto Rico, Excused From Further Duty. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The Presi- dent has accepted the resignations of Colonel Charles F. Woodward, Lieuten- ant Colonel George H. Chaffin, Major George H. Taylor and Captain U. A. Goodell, all of the Sixth Massachusetts, now on duty in Porto Rico, They have been discharged from further service. 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