The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1899, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. (AT CH | OF DEATH NN TERE A, TRENCHEDS e . mor 2t sail that the American Charlestc should ut th Charl m had b nd and the boys from California scon to know its import. The fol- the Charl n signaled to king to stop at the jsland of s not improbable that the Cali- 1d know something of the e the Phillp- - sighted. Charleston ssfoned to seize the La- the Californians might have , June 20 the Peking and its @ The Spanish ns wo we o nes and to fight. ( ort : t Guam. t even know t war with the The warning boom of n's guns he thought was a sa~- returnin new tha to the e reaching anish beach the were ther nia strange selves they repre- pr At State For months after the c Ma th joyed a respite. pitulation of boys from California en- They housed and Ted w had opportunities for amuse- ment and recreation and were free from the disease-breeding influences of the swamp camps. They had perhaps the best quart American troops and they were thankful for the conces- glons given. At this all of the Californians were together. The First Regiment and Batteries A and D of the Heavy Artillery iwere comrades, but it was not to be so for the whole of the ppine campalgn. The War Department was to send the First Reg- iment in one direction and the batteries in another and the two were not again to meet until they did so on the ship were GUARDING THE GOVER S cENERAL'S D&_.&ng Ty, S\ < o = ‘—_-_—‘J,a;é&. 23 DIGGING TRENCHES. <Or DUBOCE WAITING FOR THE FORMAL SURRENDER (DUBOCE HOLDING FIELD GLASS) CFPASIG. war Robert W Joseph M John Ra 1der B S — oA = - GuARD DUTY Fred M rav Twomay, Frank "Jg =3 ¢ wksbery, Hazry h, John A. Van %‘ X Craigh 1 Wet T shard Whitney, Jake C. M. Wood, Joseph I. er, Andrew White, A. Watts, Har- 1 Wi m Willlam Wingfie ry J. Webb Yerger. Affairs progressed quietly the boys of Calif: during the month of August. The routine of camp life was aried as much as possible. but in idl Manning 1 ard ; Catesby ( A. Simmc sergeant; Jac. W. Willlam Water- for CALIFORMNIANS GUARDING TH GATES ©OF OLD MANILA Ruch, ness came thoughts of home. In Sep- tember these thoughts took tangible guarding the important road to the in this town they were forced to hold on, corpor form. The Californians would not let town and arsenal to Santa Ana where their positions by continuous fighting, LR L i September 9 pass without a celebration. General Ricarti had established his and in this, as in everyt Ise, they e o 5o It was “Admission Day,” and most of headquarters. This position, as readily were not found wanting. & srporal the First Regiment of California are understood, was of exceptional fmport- with Ma- ekl Nat ami " was ance and was well guarded by the Fili- S sl rrporal; he - wa thou- Pino troops. During the night the Fili- S Rl w W. C from Calif in a Pinos had 2ned fire on the Americar - Chiid, 0 : Jr., & R Lo e peo- carrying de with their bullets. Th: e poral; Tra corpor: Few of those that honored the Americans were forbidden to advance S ok Privates—Willi . George H. gay ever thou in their most vagrant and were forced to remain in their a Brewer, AL imagination that some day they would trenches as targets of their = :s. Bacolod on the northwest coast of the Brar W. I . celebrate the admission of California In the morning the word to attack Duboce Ere ]!;"\]\"‘:"‘k“., oh0 jnto the American Union within the S nd ihe Armevicane meedcd T \alls of old Manila. The exerc t00k no second command. After the bloody er Colonel Bowlin, Gustave F Lee row, Roy A. Brousse John Dplace under the direction of the 1 engagement of the morning Santa Ana itary Governor T oraTias ield, Kiug Sons of the Golden West in the had fallen and the fighti pinos which lidden, Peter W. Gorman, Lo -";‘hn pino theater. were shot to death, drown cap- by his appoint Ll On October 4 the first regim tured. In that battle the ( general. na Ulysses 8. rage of the re Jlayed a distinguished part, as at resistance, but detall. n for individ Scores of conquered and led to estd oppor- ewhere ties w in robed in white trous nd men were blouses and white helmets Michael J. Halleran, James > 2 tur ce ». Dearberg, Simon H ham o 2 Hagsler e e Henry Herbert, Sl Lo Adelbert Do creditable and striking appears of heroism, and they were accepted. for which he was award ”“:hq Basr oty '”‘““r‘n“:: quine, John H. Doyle, Abel Davis, Be Still true to the traditions £ home the Day after day they were forced to pointment of civil ( e Tronaereon Wililawm B H Ky e Draver; \\(m:»rvui Dean. Albert M. First Regimcnt on November 24 ob- tle, and always emerged from the con- island. Hunt, James Hurley, Sam Jen: miston, James 2 served Thanksgiving day, being enter- flict with victory. On Februs 7 the On July 1 there w Je 3uford Johnson, Richard M,‘W« A tained by the troops from Minnesota. town of Pasig, the last refuge of the that poss = T e o Christmas and New Year's day came Filipinos, who had fled from Santa Ana, the conflict Priva Thomas J e and were duly honored. The Spanish su lered to Colonel Duboce. The killed. He was the entire regiment occupled the town and Thomas Lawler, John L. Lesch, Chancel- Green y il 3 war was over. There seemed then no fornians to fall a ath cost ti lor H. Lidell, James Littlejohn, Charles Gustave, Bernard Goodwin, William; indication of strife with the Filipinos. Waited patiently for developments from patives was little.more Luntigeehione Leo yedobn "{,’*‘””"- R. Gerdes, Albert W will, Robert O, rhe Peace Commission was busily at headquarters. Rl o R :\11_{:;\31?.!'\\'1\’5;:?)~ ..\1e_\‘v.~r_ .;‘:ém:m}:m_ ““"fiillllrl.lf‘“ {"fx.(,{p.srxx:rl:rA?;-::Ti‘m‘ .41.‘r- work and there was nothing to suggest ~On February 13 the regiment was had been the ¢ll, Thomas Moore, David F. Morris, Dan- ‘Jr;.';;w's Hawkins, Thomas J. Hul, ‘,;fj‘m’:r that affairs in lh}:vl')u!m)mys would withdrawn to the little town of San Pe- and the: we fel C urphy, W. McAfee, John B, Hew Mark A Is, Benjamin not be satis ..unvr_xl) and quickly set- dro Macati. On the 15th of February be ord McCloskey, McLaughlin, James jiorner, B. Howard, Ge 5 tle The Americans and Filipinos they were acain sent on the march to man e McDonald, Eugene O. Meyer, George Hunt, Pe \. Hunter, Henry F. Juq. were allies and all was moving smooth- clear the insurgents out of the district vs of Cali- Miner, Chester G. Moore, Charles 8. Mur- son, William R. Jackson, Menzo Kavill, ly. But now and again there was the adjacent to Manila. This was done fornia were soon on boar A stop was phy, James Nagle, James W. Newton, Walter J. Kennedy, Edwin E. Kittredge, expression of an undercurrent of Fili- with a will and the regiment only suf- made at Manila <nd the two batteri John 8. O'Brien, Dennis O'Mara, Edward with their M. O'Brien, Chester C. Pedlar, John W. - Perry, Frank F. Phillips, Warren M. Phil- ,H. C. Pollock, Frederick H. Pope, Arthur Pose, Gustave Peterman, Arthur M. Pointon, Otto A. Poulsen, Emile Rals- ton, Theodore Reinbard, John Revuoids, Daniel Kollar, Charles Lingo, Arthur Lo- gan, Bonnle R. Lindley, Adolph E. D, Lance, Francis H. Lea, Gideon T. Leigh- ton, Willlam H. Long, Samuel C. Leake, Leroy F. Lowante, Charles Lorentz, John F. McArthur, Danlel R. McDonald, 2d- ward J. McDonald, Richard A. McGrath, were placed The fered in the w - of five men. After this campaign the Californians re- turned to San Pedro Macati and re- mained there until the orders came for the ) start for a new fleld and 1.ew scenes of war. While the troops were pino bitterness. The clash came on February 5. 1899. The Californians formed part of Gen- eral King’s brigade In the trenches east of Manila. In front of the American troops the Filipinos were intrenched nd bat 1d, tre 11 that had pass memory of war and triumph and death.