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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1898. VOLUNTEERS AND REGULARS VIED IN BRAVE DEEDS Gallantry of Californians in Their First Battle in the Phil- ippines. How the Night Attack by Spaniards on the! Trenches Before Camp Dewey Was Repu Special Corresportlence of The Call. | BY SOL. N. SHERIDAN. | CAMP DEWEY, Aug. 1.—The man who places his trust in regulars ragher than volunteers shculd have been with alifornia the boys | to enches last ad and iron, | length of the I have cabled you made Calle Re: the 2l one hell. the story of the first battle, the mid- night alarm and the de list which shows how bravely the boys gave iherr | lives for their country. | I was asleep in Colonel Smith’s tent | when the firing began out on the lines. It awakened me, but at first neither the colonel nor any man in camp paid a great deal of heed. There had been firing on the s ry night. fight between | said Colonel | “That is more than z Spaniards and rebels,” Smith. He was was a ly dressed, the whole camp med, be: e the call to arms as it did come, to be greeted with a cheer by the California lads. re midnight the First California under a , had reported to B can w adier Gene and had been or- dered to relieve the menin the trenche hard pr the Infanteria de Ma- rina, the rs of Spain. to report Cali- the honor of go- ing st to the front It was| not time to pick and choose. Lu as with the general command- ing acing reliable men for work at Major Boxton, commanding | Battalion, moved down the 1, with orders to make his| tr at the | commanding the in column ps of the Astor f the Third Artillery to 1ds beyond, where teadily forward, de- i the deep water-holes land through which | d to make their way. ; lion I acompanied Coionel Smith on the hardedt march of two miles from ont. To the bo , full of the a not even the obstacles 11 could make the way 5 1 Major Sime's orders were to advance to the second line of | trenches, 800 yards from the front, and | deploying from the beach to Pasay to e the The Third Battalion, commanded by Captain Cunningham in th of Major Tilden, moved ) s to take position as between Camp Dewey | road. | Callfornians the First | nt moved down across 1s as a second line of reserve, action. Neither, | for that matter, did the Third Califo 2 Batta halfwe Pasd reserve and the within nge of the Span: The First Battalion wé the band boys as ammunition carriers, | although every musician was armed. Right here let me mention the = Hollister, who, with the rest, | the hell of fire at lantry of Band Mast shouldering his m led his men throug the second line of trenct on a quick run and then, getting his right to the front, fought as bravely as any man in the Let me mention likewise you t member of the band, St. - Moore, commonly called the id.” He is a mere lad, and yet, in early gray of the morning I found | him on the firing line, beyond the ches to the right, and although he vas blue with cold and wet, his one regret was that he had not seen a chance to shoot a Spaniard. Joxton carried his men down | ad almost to the second line of | s. Here was where brave Cap- standing up to lead his| crawling through the | shot in the head, a Mauser bullet pulverizing the skull where it struck, glancing. He fell, saying: “I am dead, bo: Leave me,” and lost consclousness. The medieal corps, Dr. McCarthy in | charge, assisted by Dr. P. J. Farrell | and Dr. O'Brien, had come up with the | rest, and had field hospitals established | while the men were advancing. Three times these hospitals were removed to sequre safety, but even in the| farthest removed of them the bullets | tain Richter, men, who were danger zone, wa sung through the sides and thatched | roofs of the native huts selected for the | sick, while the doctors worked on the wounded. At the point where Captain Richter | avas shot most of the casualties to the Californians occurred. Sergeant Justh was killed farther to the front, in the advanced works. He was leading the company, in the line of duty, as a brave man should have been. “I am | gone, boys,” he said, and fell dead, the first Californian to give his life for | liberty in this distant land. The TFirst Battalion reached the trenches almost upon the heels of the regulars of the Heavy Artillery. Col- onel Hawkins’ men, when help ecame, had not more than four rounds of am- | munition to the man remaining. They | had held their groun1 gallantly, but without bullets could not stay the Spanish rushes, althouzh Company D had already done zood work with the bayonet. The “Terrible Tenth” fell back, therefore, and the Califor- nians, rushing forward, divided eart- ridges with them, while Major O’Hara took the exposed position on the left | with one battery, heavler equipped, | The Californians and what was left | of the Pennsylvanians held the center, and the Californians were at the ex- treme left, covering the beach. Still | the battle raged. The Spanish fire, for three hours, did not slacken percep- tibly, and there were forward rushes after the reinforcements came up and after the Utah Battery had secured a | new supply of ammunition, but there | never was a chance for Spanish success after the regulars and the gallant First reached the scene. The battle was won when the fresh troops came up, the battle of the Convent de Scledad, al-| though the Infanteria de Marina died hard. How hard was seen from camp to-day, when all the flags in Manila ‘Wwere at half-mast. z And all this time our allezed allles, the followers of Dictator Aguinaldo, | multiplied indefinitely. Ised. were silent, There were, in fact, no insurgent soldiers in the trenches that night, although General Noreal was supposed tu cover the American right at Pasay. This bears out some of the stories 1 have heard recently, stories of the disaffection of Aguinaldo, and pos- sibly it explains the conduct of the To- gallos, who have apparently lost all their enthusiastic admiratien for their American friends. 1 have heard that Aguinaldo has come to distrust the in- teat of the Americans. The whole world knows Aguinaldo for a purchas- able knave, for sale to the highest bid- der—and not at all ready to bought. The most trying position held by any men in the American army &ll through that dark night was that of Major Sim battalion on the second line of trenches. Exposed to the fire of the whole Spanish force, right in the dan-: ger zone, where the bullets from the Spanish flanking party met the shells | from the Malate battery on cur left and the balls from the Spanish right and center,s his men, up to their waists in water surgent trenches, lying down under avy punishment, compelled to see their comrades shot as thev lay, yet un- able to fire a shot in return lest they shoot their comrades in the advanced trenches by reason of the darkness, the boys of the Second Battalion were as cool under the strain as a battalion of Scotch Presbyterians. They laughed and chatted, but there was about them a grim earnestness which would have boded i1l for Spain if the boys had been given their chance. On the exireme left, close to the beach, where the sheen of the water gave some light, Senior Lieutenant Otto Huber, commanding Company I in the absence of Captain Richter, fired three volleys over the heads of the reg- ulars lying down in the first trench and checked the Spanish advance at that point. Then, when Huber ceased firing, the regulars leaped to their feet and the Spanish line at that point fell back, broken all to pieces. The sad side of war was shown to me, later in the day, when the First California buried poor Maurice Justh and the Pennsylvanians buried their six dead and one of the regulars killed in one large grave. The little mound covering all that is mortal of First Sergeant Justh stands a little to \he right of the others, in the convent yard at Maricaban, under a spreading acacia, and upon the mound each day some comrade pla a small bunch of flowers. Perhaps it v hysteria, pos- gibly the night of exposure in the stay | * collected in the abandoned in- | STATE QUESTIONS ~ TOBE DETERMINED Grave Matters Confront the President. WILL REPLY TO THE CZAR SAMOA AND CANADA NEXT TO BE CONSIDERED. Then Will Come the Closing Up of the Peace Commission and Com- mencement of Work by That Body. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. 4 NEW YORK, Sept. 4—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: Besides instructions to the peace commissioners the President will have several matters to dispose of upon his return. He will have to prepare an instruction to the American Em- bassador at St. Petersburg in reply to the invitation of the Czar to participate In the disarmament conference. While the administration officials with whom I have talked look upon the Czar's proposition as quixotic and not di- | rectly applicable to the United States, | still there is no doubt that the Presi- | dent will find it desirable to approve of the Czar’s plan and to inform him that an American representative will at- tend the conference. A representative will also cofifer with members of the Canadian commission regarding its work and the concessions it will make in return for equally val- uable favors. | The Samoan question, which Ger- many is trying to bring into life again, | will also have to be ccnsidered. It can be stated on excellent authority that Justice White has not officially ac- cepted the appointment as a member of the peace commission. I was told to-day that the question is still open, and this would seem to Indicate there is a chance of Justice White accepting & membership on the commission. It is known, however, that President Mc- | Kinley has several other men in view | in case Justice White’s declination should be final. It is confidently be- lieved by the administration officials now in Washington that the fifth mem- ber of the American commission will be selected in the early part of this week, | &and that the first session of the com- plete commission will be held at th> State Department the latter part of (he week to study the important work be- | fore it and recelve instructions from the President. v CINCINNATL IN - HESTIVE GARB | Multitudes Will Greet trenches and in the mud had produced | a physicdl reaction, vet I know that the tears came to my eyes as the clods fell upon the coffin, and that many were gathered about that lonely grave in a distant land, strong men, who wept freely. Justh was burfed with all military honors, the officers and com- rades gathered about the grave and as the chaplain of the Pennsylvania regi- ment closed the simple service the boys of his company began singing, clear and high, “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” It was the one death coming home to the Californians in the first battle be- fore Manila, although many were close to death. One narrow escane was that | of Lieutenant Tobin, who, going down the Calle Real toward the front, had a shell burst almost directly above his head. Inctdents like this could be It is only nec- essary for each man who took part to tell his story of the battle of the Con- vent de Soledad. The Americans lost in battle nine i dead and forty. wounded. - UNEVENTFUL VOYAGE OF THE MONTEREY | Exceptionally Fine Weather Favored the Monitor in Its Trip Across the Pacific. MANILA Aug. 4.—The United States‘ coast defense vessei Monterey and the collier Brutus arrived here to-day with all well on board, after a long and un- eventful trip, having left San Fran- cisco on June 7 last and San Diego on June 11. The trip was remarkable for nothing save the wonderfully fine weather that both vessels had all the way over with the exception of one gale on July 31. knots the Monterey was towed 3725 knots by the Brutus and two stops were made, one at Honolulu, th2 other at the Island of Guan in the' Marina group. At each of these places the Monterey was coaled, in Honolulu from | the shore and at Guan from the Brutus. As an experiment the trip has proved nothing more than that with phenom- enally fine weather the vessel intended for coast defense may with her own steam and a tow cross the Pacific Ocean. What tale there would have been to tell had much rough weather been encountered is of course another story. There is reason to believe that such a voyage can be made even in heavy weather. And in the Pacific Ocean 1t 1s always possible to choose a route along which favorable weather | will probably be encountered. Lrgiras ENLARGING SANTA FE SHOPS AT ALBUQUERQUE ‘Will Be Expanded Until They Give Employment to Fifteen Hun- dred Men. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Sept. 4.— The Santa e Rallway Company has in- creased tue working force in its shops at this place by the addition of 104 men, making the force now regularly employ- ed here a little over 600. Enlargements and additions In the way of new build- ings and machinery are going on all the time, and the superintendent of construc- tion states tuat he has orders to rush the work of expansion s rapidly as possible until the plant has a capacity for working 1500 men. The company determined some months to concentrate all its buld- ing and repair work at Topeka and Al- buquerque, making the shops at these two places of equal capacity, and both immense establishments. Since that time the force here has been increased from 230 to over 600, and new men are be- ing put on almost daily. £ osd i Coming to Command the Farragut. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Lieutenant Reginald Nicholson, who has been as- signed to command the torpedo boat Far- ragut, s on his way to San Francisco, where the vessel will be placed in com- mission about October 1. the Veterans. | ENCAMPMENT OPENS TO-DAY | HOT WAVE. | Already the Contests for Commander- | in-Chief and the Next Place of Reunion Have Begun. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CINCINNATI, Sept. 4—Over 20,000 excursionists are estimated to have ar- rived here to-day for the thirty-second national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which begins to- morrow. The depots and the streets presented every appearance of the great annual reunion as the excursion- ists arrived and were soon seeing the | sights. None of the posts arrived to-day in | bodies, and yet there were many uni- | forms among the excursionists. Rain in the morning made the day pleasant for the early arrivals in visiting Camp Sherman and other attractions, and | l‘ wave is over so far as this locality is concerned. The arches and other struc- {tures were illuminated again to-night | During this voyage of 7600 | and thousands viewed the decorations. The first parade occurs at 6 o’clock to- morrow morning, when the Naval Vet- erans form to escort Rear Admiral Daniel F. Kelly and staff from the de- | pot to the naval headquarters. The local posts and others will form a pro- cession at the depot when Commander- in-Chief Gobin and staff arrive at 10:45 a. m. to-morrow and escort them to their headquarters. The loca' posts and naval veterans will be engnged all day to-morrow. Owing to his work in connection with the Ohio special (hospital train) Gov- ernor Bushnell and staff will not arrive until Tuesday evening, and like duties with the sick Michigan soldiers will prevent Governor Pingree and staff from arriving until Wednesday morn- ing. The Governors of all States will be met on their arrival with escorts. The friends of Colcnel Fred D. Shaw of New York, James A. Sexton of Illi- nois and I. E. Mack of Ohio are at work early in the contest for commander in chief, and there is also a contest be- tween Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Denver and other places for 7.3 next national encampment. Asslsptant Secretary/of Agriculture J. H. Brigham is here from Washington to participate in the reunion of his old regiment, as is also Chaplain Couden of the House of Representatives at ‘Washington. s In connection with the encampment there will be an unusually large Labor day-aenonstration here to-mortow; | Postponed on Adount of the War. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—General D. S. Stanley, president of the Society of the Army of 1_e Cumberland, announces that the executive committee of the organiza. tion has decided that the annual meeting which was to have taken place at Detroit on the 2ist inst. will be %oatponed until September, 899, many of the active mem- bers being egaged in the war. o s Miner Blown to Atoms. CARSON, Sept. 4—A fatal accident oc- curred yesterday in the Bliss mine, near Hawthorne. Andrew Andrewal was blown to atoms by a powder explosion. When last,seen he was golng toward several buckets of powder with a box of caps and : t:lv moments later an explosion was ea. there Is every indication that the hot| LAST SAD RITES OVER THE BODY OF A VOLUNTEER Funeral of Captain Richter of the First California Regiment at Camp Dewey. Comrades Weep at the Bier of a Brave Officer Who Fell in the Forefront of the Fight. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BY SOL. N. SHERIDAN, CAMP DEWEY, Philippine Islands, Aug. 5.—One of the saddest yet most impressive functions in the world I have just witnessed. Poor Rhinehold Richter, captain of Company I, First California, died of his wound received in the battle of Sunday night at a lit- tle past 1 ¢’clock yesterday afternoon. The surgeons had been hopeful to the last. He had regained cousciousness after being taken to the hospital, and had expressed anxiety to get back to his company. He wanted, he sald, to get up his company report for the month. He did not know, even then, that the dark waters were closing over | him. His friends were more anxious than himself. On the day before yesterday it be- came apparent that the end was near. He had intervals of delirium and Father McKinnon gave him the last consolations of the church. This was one more touching incident in connec- tion with the death of the brave sol- dier. Captain Richter was born and bred in the Roman Catholic faith. As he grew to manhood he had, like so many men, neglected his religious du- ties. mself to win the wan- k to the faith. It was Richter and set dering one ba nct a task attended with great diffi- | culty. On Saturday night the two had their last discourse upon religious top- ics. On Sunday night Rhinehold Rich- ter was stricken down in battle. It is one of .those strange coincidences, to glve it no other name, which make men of little or no faith come to pause in the attentlon they give solely to affairs of the world. Father McKinnon, himself a good | man, saw the good that was born in | nobler death could man meet than that. Killed in the performance of his duty. His country and his people will not forget those whose greatest sor- row is that he is gone. Now the Monterey has come in, and we look for the forward movement every day. General Anderson has moved hs headquarters across the bay to Camp Dewey from Cavite Arsenal. The troops. from the five transports ylast to come in, who have been lying out in the stream ever since their ar- rival because the weather was too rough to permit landing at Tambo Beach, in front of camp, will be taken | across to Bacor and marched to camp, | and the whole body will assault Manila from San Pedro Macarte and Man- duyalyin, holding the trenches before Malate to protect the camp. The following order, making an | honor of the highest class to a worthy California officer, has been issued from division headquarters: Headquarters Second Division Eighth Army Corps, Cavite Arsenal, Philip- pine Islands, August 3, 1898. Special order No. 2. Lieutenant Colonel Victor D, Duboce, First California Infantry, 1is appofflited acting ordnance officer of the division, and will receive and distribute all ord- nance and ordnance stores for the camps of the command. By order of BRIG. &EN. ANDERS3ON. HENRY P. McCAIN, Acting Adjt. The Astor Battery, because its of- ficers permitted the sea to wet its am- munition, while their personal effects were unloaded from the vessels by the naked men, is rather the laughing stock of the camp. There is good ma- terial there, nevertheless, and the men have reloaded the shells for the wicked little guns. They will give a good ac- count of themselves yvet, when the final assault upon Manila is mads. BAYARD'S CONDITION The bullet that caused Captain IS VERY CRITICAL Richter’s death entered his skull. When SRR picked up, within five minutes of | Former Embassador to England Suf- being wounded, he was in a mori- bund condition. His wound was dressed on the fleld and he was hurried back to the brigade hospital. After the sur- geons trephined and elevated the de- pressed bcme he regained conscious- ness for a few hours, but the injury to the brain was too great and with the symptoms of inflammation uncon- scicusness ensued and death followed three days and a half later. The end came peacefully. Colonel Smith announced to the regiment that the funeral would be held at 10 a. m. to-day, and under the great’ mango tree in front of the headquarters tent Father McKinnon had erected an al- tar—fit altar to the God who created a temple of such beauty. Here with the officers of his regiment grouped about the bier and the brown- clad men of the ranks standing, file | after file, reposed in a coffin of Span- REFRESHING RAIN AITER THE | | comrade dead. ish cedar all that was mortal of the . The ceremony and the funeral ora- tlon delivered by Father McKinnon was most impressive. Those who were nearest to him, those who had known the dead man best, wept as strong men weep, with great sobs that seemed about to wrench their frames apart, and in the eyes of all those present the tears were standing when the utter loneliness of the widow and orphans, who would never see the loved one again, was gently touched upon. After the military mass six com- rades took the coffin upon their should- ers and the whole regiment moved to the plot of ground beside the muddy Pasanaque River, where the Govern- ment has secured ground for a ceme- tery. It is a bit of waste land, not cven a’tree upon it, but the whole place is fragrant with spearmint and there are possibilities that it may be made a place of beauty hereafter. The rain, which has ben falling almost without cessation for days past, heldoff during the ceremony under the mango tree. It came upon us as we marched to the cemetery and ceased again as the first clods fell upon the coffin. The camp has been a camp of sorrow all day. It will be a camp of sorrow for many days, for the memory of the comrade dead will not die, although he is gone. He was a brave man, and he gave his life for his country. No fering From Debility, Aggra- * vated by Extreme Heat. DEDHAM, Mass., Sept. 4. —The condition "of Thomas F. Bayard, former Embas- sador to England, who is at Karlstein, the home of his daughter, Mrs. Warren, was critical to-day. So pronounced has been the change in .ue past two or three days that it was thought the patient could not survive many days. Mr. Bayard came to Xarlstein, the summer homgq of Mr. and Mrs. 8. F. Warren, about three weeks ago. health was not good, and during the first two weeks It did not Improve. A week ago a change came which appeared to be a firaflual breaking up of the system com- ined with kidney trouble. At first it was not thought likely that his case would prove serious, although it was admitted by those in attendance that the end of a reat career was not far off. The extreme eat of the past few days has had a de- F—omng effect upon thé patient, and on r.day anxiety was keenly felt. A sultation of physicians was held. 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D. 1507, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of ' the Etate of California, pursuant to the provisions o1 ‘sectlons 610 and 611 of the Political Code, O ndensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner. ey Amount of capital stock, paid up in sh e ASSETS. tate owned by company. e honds and_mortgages. o banks ... due and accrued on all and loans due and accrued on bonds nterest Irina mortgages Premiums in due course of collection 494,881 10 $7,834,699 12 | 3 45072 - 197,661 31 Total assets ........... mgmuam adjusted and unp: lb‘:::: ln’vrvct!! of adjusts in suspense isted, ng expenses.. 34,502 40 Goose” premiums oniice viaks: o ar or less, ning one ye: 71,559 34 Teinsurance 50 per cent.. Gross premiums on fire risks ing more than one year, 165.80; relnsurance pro rata. Due and accrued for salarie: etc .. All other pany Total labllities . +++.$3,155,699 74 IN ally receivi or fire e 2,720,969 24 jums .. RB(‘:‘:I’:;Ed for interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, loans, and from all other sources ms Recelved for rents Total tncome $3,000,137 84 aid for fire losses (In- Net amount D - cluding $221,937 34, losses of vious years) ... Dividends to stockholders Paid or allowed for commission or brokerage .. Fald for salaries, fees, charges for officers, clerks, et: Fala for State, national and 1 and other Risks and Premiums. |FireRisks./Premiums. Netamount of riskswrit ten during the year. Net amount of risks pired during the yvear.. Net amount in force $415,515,753 83,927,062 25 391,034,987 3,509,843 31 cember 31, 1897 551,153,913 5,140,555 35 ERNEST L. ALLEN, President. W. N. KREMER, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of January, 1898. CHARLES EDGAR MILLS, Commissioner for California in New York. MERCHANTS’ STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— GERMAN ALLIANGE INSURANCE COMPANY F NEW YORK, IN THE STATE OF NEW York, on the 3ist day of December, A. 1597, and for the year ending on that day, made to the Insurance Commissioner of State of California, pursuant to the provisio; of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock, pald up in CABR ras s i 200,000 00 ASSETS Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company. 291,100 00 Cath in banks ............. P R Premiums in due course of collection 19,83 Total assets .......eeceecreersnerencd 46,015 13 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid .........§ 143408, Losses in process of adjustment or in suspense . 631 80 Gross premiums on _fire risks run- ning one year or less, $145,517 reinsuranceé \i0 per cent. Gross premiums on fire risks run- ning more then one year, $34,707 4 reinsurance pro rata. All other demands ag! Total liabilities ....... INCOME. Net cash actually received for fire on bonds, stocks, loans, and from all other sources S 8,438 17 183,575 28 Total income .. EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for fire losses......$ 23,668 67 Paid_or allowed for commission or brokerage ... 45,208 97 Paid for sala charges for officers, clerks, ete... 895,80 Paid for State, Natlonal and lo taxes 4T 0 All oth tures 800 41 Total expenditures ...... $ 75,378 86 Losses incurred during the year....$ 3143 54 i TRisks and Fire Risks. |Premiums, etamount of risks 3 ten during the year...|$ 24,567,407\3 231,371 43 Net amount of risks e: pired during the year..[ 6,467,025| 50,975 33 Net amount in force De-| cember 31, = ls,m,m' 180,224 45 ERNEST L. ALLEN, President. W. N. KREMER, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 224 day of January, 188.° CHARLES EDGAR MILLS, Commissioner for California in New York. GEO. H. TYSON, General Agent, 435 California Street, 8an Francisco, Cal., EXCHANGE BUILDING,