Putnam County herald., December 17, 1914, Image 2

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Spring Hill and the Bat
tle of Franklin
As I Saw It
CAPT. JOHN S. QUARLE3
Cheatham's Division in advance, as
I ctw It After a strenuous march,
we thrived at r near Spring Hill
near sunset on the eve. of day of
Nov, 1864. When we arrived we could
bear the enemy passing along the pike
towards Franklin. We were halted.
uenerai uneatnam, ana I suppose
badly torn by the bullets of .the enemy
but K'rk Gibson didn't get a scratch.
Late at night 1 came up with Maj.
Ben Handle and Capt. Sam Fowler. I
aKd tkem if they were wounded, j
capt. Fowler said he was not wouid-
ed but was nearly frozen. He bad a
REMINISCENCES OF THE SPANISH
AMERICAN WAR
By Tillman A. Smith
(Note) Mr. Smith is a caiive of
Overioa county a.id had many friends
blanket around h!m. Tho Federal bul- and relatives in this section. At the
lets had literally stHrped him of his !outfji.ak of tiie SpaiiiuU-Ainei itaii
clothes, but had not touched his skin. ! u-ar ne enUf,.&d ln tno u. s Army anJ
never ven Rndl !nr Cant. Fow-. to the Pillllipine
ler, ..ves at Celina, Texas.
Islands
Uen. F. A.
and pull for all we were worth trying
to beat come other bunch to land. So
eager were we to get into action we
would get out of the boat and wade
ashore. The Gugus had a small fort
with two old cannon which I think
was fired twice before they were eilen
ced by a well directed ehot from the
gunboat Boston. This fort also had a
Phlliplno flag flying, and believe me
there was ome loud cheering and
'happy hearts when a squad of sail
ors from the Boston pulled down that
flag and .hoisted old glory. After all
the troops wore landed and the order
I was stationed at Manila at the forward march given, wo discovered
in front of the enemy and cut them off 7enin? a"d thl F,eder,al8 abandoned Ume ot Phlliplno outbreak on the for once during our filitary career
rrotf anuin. so the remark - was " - " " night of Feb. 4th 1898. I cannot find that the order could not be obeyed,
One John Rain nrtvit nf mv Gen. Carter was mortally wounded words to express my feelings when we as that whole penensula was one sol-
company, remarked, "I can tell you early ln the aotlon' 801118 distance heard the first shot fired and the bug- id mass of flame and smoke. They
why we' aint fighting them. There fr,om tho orks Col. J. H. Anderson ler of twenty-third Infantry sound- might as welt have ordered us to walk
iun t any hill to put the generals ' sV Col I will iur- to nns from the top of the Into Satan's kingdom. But our good
UlilU. ' I . . .
Next Morning one of Capt. Fowler's
men pulled the clothes off of a dead
yankee, bi ought them to Fowler and
he put them on, but he hated, to do it
It was wear Yankee clothes or freeze.
It will be remembered by you men
under the command of Bii
Funston.
In these reminiscences he relates, ln
an interesting vay, many of uis ex
periences among the Philipinoa, and
the Moros of Haiwaii. Mr. Smith
now resides at Jersey City, N, J.
members of his staff were present. ' fhat were in the battle, that we went I
We understood that we were to get into h chw abou 2 ? cIo?k ? tne !
the fight bout 2 o'clock in the morn-
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Perhaps this case may be similar to yonrs
J. Wmteg Tillt ofiBax $73.) ScZjm. CaL. wriUm
Gentlemen: It givtm me much pleamra to be bl
to tend yoa m tettimooial, if by lu reaching soma
offerer your medicine will do aa much for him u they
have for me. At the age of fourteen I waa troubled
mat deal with malaria and biliousness, accompanied
with the worst sort of Urge boils. I was persuaded by
my parents, who have always been strong believers In
Dr. Pierce s remedies, to try the Colder. Medical
DUcwvery. 1 took one bottle and the boils all dis
appeared, but I did not stop atone bottle, I took three
and the malaria all left ma and I have had no more
bpils to this day, thanks to to 'Guluea Aledicat
Discovery for my relief.
FonowTte ftn onerstion for mrmfnAfMm Km '
i ti-yiuied very much with eontipaikn sad I hue been
n T.'r. I'wiro' I'Umuit Pnru-utiva PmttMm mnA th.w h.v
years sire I
trying
no ins or trie croutMeaome gaa ar.l hsrs siMd me in conquer
ing tha whoia trouhl.: thanks urnin for th. PMUm anH
the arfrica 1 have obtained from The Feopis Common Sene
Kedicai Adviaer." baul only tl cants for this 10V page book.
for over forty vears has
been lending its aid to just
such cases as this. In our
possession we have thou
sands of testimonials of like
character.
Perhaps yoa are skeptical,
but isn't it worth at least ,
trial in view of such strong
. testimony? Isn't it reason
able to suppose that if it
has done so much for others
it can do as much for yoa ?
Tour druggist will supply yoa la
Bquid or tablet form, or you can
send SO one-cent stamps for trial
box. Address
Dr. R. V. Pierce, Baft ale. K. Y.
General Cheatham heard the re
mark and emtled.
Wa lflM in tiAnrintr nf ttiA tiITta all
night, and I could see no reason why 1 locut thicket. I will state our regl
wts-i isrnra Innl hatI Va rlAiihln im fa-k CI.
ther state that I was Sr. Capt. of 8th
Tenn. Reg.
As much has been said about the
we should not attack them at any
time during the nigbt.As honor should ,
go to whom honor Is due, I will state '
that one, David Hamlet, a private sol
dier of my. company, was on picket
duty between our line and the pike. .
So In the latter part of the night with-
wall at Fort Santiago. This same bug
ler, whose name was Vans deserted
from Company L 37th US Vat Santa
Cruz and joined the Gugus and was
and fearless Major Cheatham solved
his poitlon of the puzzle by marching
his regiment along the beach in wa
ter waist deep and under fire for two
(
ment was inclined to double up to a
void the thicket, which was cut down.
Lieut. John McHenry and myself,
Ufn-tA f Via a-tv-ilvr vn An ty n-A rrnvMlo-Vi tVta
thicket" in an attempt to kelp the The n- wa called - occupying the most stragetlc point
men rom doubline un. McHenry was ! H o'clock that night and lay along the for our future welfare, that is the
vounded ln the arm. I negleoted to riverf by the bridge of Spain until bridge. The regiment had some pret-
nM 'a with nthaR, th. f ay that our colors were carnea oy a
Hn.WTi thftn rffinrnal t a niiarfaara nor.
rear of the wagon train and guarded ?lan by the name ?f Johnson, who fell i hardtack and at ten
it until after the Franklin nebl which fifteen or twenty feet from the angle , lo OI coneo ana naratacK ana at ten
w-m BMJIS the works. He was wounded in oxiock startel to the front. The regl
wlth his company and ln the fight. tho leg &nd waa unaDle to reacn the hint was irdored to reinforce the
On arriving at a point in sight of jwtor,ks' 80 h Ldug ,bole wIth n'6 First Nebraska regiment tt San Juan
the enemy's works.-we were halted kn.fe and got . into it as best he
ivuiu, ' . ; ' '
Seveial attempts were made to res-j under fire since seven o'clock the
on a bill near a rock fence, and Col.
Anderson, our colonel of the 8th, 16th
and 28th regiment, said, "Boys, you
see what's before you, so, Quarles"
addressing himself to me, "you may
be in command of this thing before
we get through. The remark was
made, "We think we can flv them." or
worrJs to that effect
In the distance I could see, what
seemed to me, three lines of works.
On arriving on the ground we found
the short, or third line was some offi
cer's quarters. The . first ' line was
light earthworks which we supposed
were occupied by the enemy's skir
mishers, but when we got to it with
our skirmishers, we found a -brigade,
which was commanded by an officer,
whom I afterwards learned on meet
ing htm at Sa.amacka, New York, bad
just received his stripes as Brig. Gen.,
and whom I hone is here to testify
to these facts. Our line soon moved
the enemy who fell back to the main
linn, hut thA vnfinir rinaral won vorv
loath to be whipped out by ekirmish-
era, and pleaded with his men to stand
' but they did go.
So the remark was made. "Why
didn't some one shoot that officer?"
The same John Rains, alluded to in
the Spring Hlil affair, readily remark
ed that, "A man that would shoot as
brave a man a that, ought to be shot
himself." A battery was immediate
ly In the rear of the light earthworks
. alluded to.
So one, I. N. Bowman, familiarly
known as "Dock", insisted that our
skirmish i'ne could take the battery.
So, a our skirmish line was ordered
to take this first line and remain there
tintil the main line came up, the1 skir
mish line could not go. But Bowman,
slrafle handed and alone charged the
battery and In front of It and near
r the pike, had his head shot off.
I will say to the credit of the young
officer, that he was the last of his
command to disappear behind the
' works. As the main line was about
thlrv yards more or less in front, we
could see no signs o life, but all at
onoe a line of what we afterwards
learned was the 44th Missouri Infan
try, raised up and flred, we at the
same time firing on them. We con
' tinned our charge ln what might be
-called quick time, loading our guns as
' we advanced. When in a few yards
of the works, the enemy started in re
treat. Id i V shape, seemingly, one
man leading, but they were soon che
ckod. and, met us at the works, where
our bayonets were used for the first
time John W. Dav'e, of Celina, was
fcrraneted through the' collar bone,
kni Wm. A. Coe was slightly wound
ed? in the side. Others were killed,
as it was a rare thing for a man to
be struck by a bayonet and not be kil
led.: '
When the enemy rose up ln front
of us and flred, seemingly, point blank
vaott Iaw wara VHIa nr vmmitw'ajI
Smith Wheeler and Joseph Hamlet
were killed, both being shot In the
head. Bill Buchanan, a mess mate of
mim , was shot through the thigh, and
either died ln prison or was killed on
his return trip going home, after the
j surrender. James Cape was killed
late at night at the works. He was a
member of my company, this making
seven out of my company killed and
v Buchanan mortally wounded, out of
less than twenty men. Jake " and
George Burros brothers, Nick Corley,
. brother of Capt. Corley and Dick
Hawkins, all of Capt. Corley's Com
pany was killed. Hawkins was one
of the men who went over the works
for ammunition. ' The others were kll
ld on the ,workn. Lieut. Lelpsheets,
a Jew, vas Adjt. of the regiment. The
officers of my company 0. 8th Tfcnn.,
who were killed were: 1st. Lieut. Jas.
P. McCue: 2nd LWt Joseph Lelp
sheets; 3rd Lieut. George N. Finley. .
- Lieut." Wm. A. Coe was slightly
wounded with a hayonet and captur
ed. He was a very handsome boy
and the enemy thought he was a girl
or might have killed him. So, late at
nht he made his escape and came
bHck. to us and brought about twenty
pounds of coffee. . -Late
at night our . guns - were so
lerirtod that somt, of them would not
receive a cartridge more than 6 to 10
incnes. joesines we were neariy out
of nmmunltlon. Sueirestlon wasmade
u at some one should go over the
works and get fresh guns and ammo
riMon. Four men voluntopred to go,
who wrre Billy Martin of Lincoln Co ,
1UCK tiawKins ot emua fjo., huh. uriu
pon of Jackson Co.., and one other.
They cut tho cartridge boxes off of
dead ynnkees and carried over lots of
fresh puns. Billy' Martin and Dick
Hawkins were killed while over the
works, and one other hr.d his Clothps"
captured by a company of the 42nd U miles where he found an opening and
S V about eight months afterwarde. chased tho enemy across a river there
ty tough soldiering during their stay
at this place. Took part in some good
scraps one of which was the battle of
Jaro, March 16th when the 18th infan
try lost five killed and thirteen wound
ed. In May one batallion was sent
to Cebu lo re enforce that post July
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cue Johnson and tho flag, but every ! night before (when and where the the 8t was discharged por general
" " Arriving near
don't think anyone was killed in the, tlie bridge but not visible to the ene
my the little steel missiles bsgan hum
ming all sorts of tunes. The regiment
was halted anl while we were lying
along the real our cilonel was carried
ti the rear on a stretcher, dead. We
attempt of rescue.
As I saw 't no works were taken
west of the angle, In the works where
many men on both sides were killed.
Hog Jim West of Jackson county
has a diary of the special events of
the war. His diary says the enemy
charged us at the angle more than 20
times, which accounts for the many
killed at that point.
After the battle was over we found
the dead and wounded In one common len GugufJ mch f reveng
to move the depd that night to get
them off the wounded. In one Instance
we found a man under the dead
who hadn't received a scratch. "I sup
pose he thought he was killed or fear
ed to go back with the charging party.
. One instance I will relate is: When
we first got to the works an officer
Jumped up on the works with a drill
sword in his hand. A big Yankee
lunged at him with his bayonet and j
at the same time the officer struck the ,
Yankee in the top or the head, with
all his power. The blow amounted to i
nothing with the big Missourian. But
Just at that time Meridlth Thaxton
Jumped up on the right of the officer,
and while the Yankee was getting his
bayonet .out of the officers cloth,
struck the Yankee ln the breast andi
killed him. Thaxton was afterwards
killed. The Yankee fell back In the
ditch, and the officer. Jumped down
and seized ;the gun, and strange to i
sav the sun was -h.aded and cocked .
and with a cap on it. It was flred of . "s aay, reD. etn, tne First Tennessee,
course. The same cfrcer. reloading rn First Washington, Utah Battery and
haste, left his ramrod in, which Was Flrst South Dakota were ordered to
fired and pinned a Federal to a locust t , . . A ,
tree. So thousands of men viewed , cloan UP the country t0 and take
the man and the tree. The man was charge of the water works at Mari
dead. . iquina. About two o'clock ln the after-
As to what we captured at Franklin jnoon a courler handed MaJor Cheat.
1 n.now Tf:y. unit?, i mivw wuai i
or'"!-"! forty war department and re-en
listed July 9, in Co. A 37th U S V.
There were four companies made up
in Hollo from the 18th Tenn, andG,
battery company, 40 men. In the lat- j
ter part of July the 6th Infantry re
lieved the Tenn. boys and they went
LUMBER
A large stock of Rough and Dressed Lum- f
ber for sale at greatly reduced prices for I
head, and thinking bb had been killed 'and upon arriving there learned that X quick Sale. If yOU need here is yOUr OppOF-, t
t us wanted the scalp of a doz- a few miles out from town, and being T "Uii 1 tV
saw the blood flowing from his fore- to Cebti to pick up th other battallion
with a
Harry cf
but we informd of the situation, all began
were somewhat relieved when we pleading permission to go ashore and
learned that he bad died of apfoplexy, take part in the fight, which they did
th wouaJ being caused by falling from 'and In storming a mountain lost two
ifM,.t.-fr.fr.,l,.yQ0fr0aaa)
COOKEVILLE t
TENN.
I J. F. SCOTT,
his horse. Then our worthy Major,
B. F. Cheat! am, took cofmand and
says "Come on, boys." A few hundred
yards further, taking a bend in the
road and coming Into open country,
we became a good target for our little
brown brothers, who occupied a hill
surrounding the pumping station, but
they being bad marksfen enabled us
to cross tho bridge, drive them out of
the bushes and take charge of the
buildings connected with the water
supply of Manila. We kept advancing
all that afternoon, shooting everything
In sight, with the war ships In the bay
men, the only ones by bullets during
their stay in the islands. I have of
ten regretted that my regiment was
not left on Luzon as I feel sure they
wiuld have made a record every mem-
berwould have been proud of, and all
other soldiers regretted they were not
members of the First Tennessee. A-
bout the first of May this battallion of
the 37th was ordered to Manila to Join
the other battallions that were organ
ized there. I must say, with all due
respect for other organizations this
was the best regiment that ever fou
ght on those islands. Wo were a.dis-
captured was a barrel of alcohol. One
barrel of cube sugar. Two pair of
shoes and six pair of ribbed stockings
The shoes came ln good as the bot
toms were off mine, and the stock
ings were fine, but when I diluted
some of that alcohol and put in a few
lumps' of sugar, I was ready to charge
the Devil in his den.
As to what I say about the battle,
I have no apologies to make, as what
I have stated is as I saw It and is ab
solutely true.
As to the private soldiers I alluded
to, I regard . them as the greatest of
the great as they passed out unhonor
ed and unsung.
Very respectfully,
CAPT. JOHN S. QUARLES.
Co. G, 8th Tenn. Reg. Carter's Brig
ade. Cheatham's Division.
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firing ovre our heads, shells exploding tinct organization able to take care of
about a mil to our front The follow- ourselves in any emergency. , We
wore a distinct uniform, blue shirts
and fatigue trousers. We carried "200
rounds of ammunition one belt around
our waist and one over our shoulder
(Boar style). This reg. was composed
of ten companies of Infantry, one
tioop of cavalry, and one battery of
artillery. All seasoned re-enlisted men
After a couple of weeks in Manila
It Always Helps
lays Mrs. Sylvtnla Woods, of Clifton Mills,. Ky., In
writing of her experience with Cardul, the woman's
tonic. She says further: "Before 1 began' to use
Cardul, my back and head would hurt so bad, I
thought the pain would kill me. I was hardiy able
to do any of my housework. After taking three bottles
of CarduL I began to feel like a new woman. I' soon
gained 35 pounds, and now, I do all my housework,
as well as run a big water mill.
I wish every suffering woman would give
ham a" mescage which read "Return to
Maniua and proceed to Hollo," signned
Otis. To which our worthy major re- we were sent to Paslg to do garrison
plied, "To hell with Hollo;, I'm going duty and clean up the surrounding
to tho water works." And we did. country. On Oct 12th our good and
Later on in the afternoon some pris- fearless Major Cheatham started out
oners were urned over to the Ten- with one hundred and fifty -men, loofc
nessee boys as we had none, and a de- ing for trouble, and found it about 2
tacbment was instructed to take them ' p. m., ten miles from Paoig In the ril
back to Manila. Upon reporting to 'lags of Muntinlupa, situated on the
the commanding officer each soldier lake in a small cove. After the fight
had two chickens Instead of a prison- had progressed some two or three
r no explanation required. About ( hoars, we discovered that the Gngus
six o'clock tht water works was ours, had closed into tho lake t the rear
and after filling up . and restinr for ' and had us bottled up id the shape of
a while the Tennessee regiment start- a horseshoe and outnumbered about
ed back to Manila. At nine o'clock 1 12 to 1. As I have previously stated
we came to a blockhouse where our Major Cheatham was Nepolian num
first square meal since the morning
of the 5th awaited na. After eating
everything ln sight except the cooks
and our muskets we continued hoofing
It to Manila, arriving there at mid
night, passing the remainder of the
night at our former quarters. Next
day the reg'ment boarded the St. Paul
for Hollo. We also had w'th us a com
mittee of Filipino citizens, who were
to precede us ashore with some kind of
a peace proposition from the officials
at Manila, to avert a bombardment.
ber two in an emergency and this was
no exception. He called Sgt Major
Richard W. Walker and gave him In
structions to get two amigo humbres
and a banco and proceed to Pasig to
telegraph to Manila for a launch with
rations ammunition and reenforce
ments, which would take about 8 hrs.
at the least. In the mean time our de
tachment fell back and occupied tren
ches which f e Gugus evacuated upon
our approach ln order to lead us into
their tran. Bv dark we , discovered
LAX will get you right and save you ArrIvlnf, tlw(re at ten p m on the 10th , that our ammunition was getting short
doctor's bills. Sold in 50c and $ 1. hot . . ' ,..,. ,Z ,i
ties under an absolute guarantee. Ev-,w found the Indiana wltn the Eight-; and Major Cheatham divided the men
ery bottle bears the likeness of L. K. 'eenth Infantry and G Battery; Sixth j into squads and stationed them at
Grig3by. For sale by Wyly s Drug ; Artillery waiting for something to , points of vantage with orders to save
happen. Next morning the citizens' i your .bullets. About 9 o'clock the Gu-
or peace committee went ashore to , gus closed In a few hundred yards, so
perform the duties assigned them. In ! close in fact we could hear them talk
abouttwo hours w saw them return- ing and at no time were they more
The Woman's Tom
bad.
a trial I still use Cardui when I feel a
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Headache, backache, side ache, ner . ness
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Wants Bltrhday Cards
To my old and also young
friends Of Putnam and adjoin-, Ing and before they rtached the ship
Ing COUties, I Wish to thankful- the Gugus opened fire. In the mean
ly say that If I live to see the time the commanding officer in the
14th day of January next, I will town had stationed about one regiment
be 84 years od, and that I would his troops at all the public buiid-
apprecfate beyond measure a and ong the streets with a five
shower Of birthday cards or let- gallon can of kerosene with instruc-
ters, ' Which . I .WOUld read With tions when the first shot was" fired to
joy and love to all. With best dump the contents of said can on the
Of Wishes to all, I beg to remain, , buldllngs and apply a mrtch, and like
Yours very truly, !a,l good eoldelrs they obeyed orders,
. " E. M WILHITE, j with the result that there wag not
Cookeville, Tenn., R.5. mwh of "o"0 ,eft ntxt day. Afetr a
V , . ' -v '"''J few shots wer exchanged order, were
A iaz -liver lea3s to chronic dys-. to go ashore, which was scm Job as
pepsla and cor!tlpation weakens the n- rm,, t.nMt -t n tn , wr,ar
whole system. Doan'a, Regulets (25c AK, . . .
per box) act mildly on the liver and AbOTt twwty mpn wmW et Jn a !
bowfls. At all drus stores. - rownoat and dp mwr3 to- the - water
than 600 yards distant in any direction
They had all the advantage an enemy
could wish for, they - knew exactly
where we were at, knew they had ns
surrounded and could fire on us from
any direction except the lake, owing
to the fact, they were on a hill fire
lng down in this little valley and was
in no danger of their cross fire. On
the south side of the village was a
deep ravine filled with dirty water,
near the lake was a trail leading from
the village and for a bridge two bamr
boo poles side by aide. Two of our
men were lying ln the grass guarding
this bridge and next morning we
found six ood Gugus to their credit.
To be continued next week
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