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Greer, W. Arbuckle, H. Barge, J. Rigby, David W. Aken, J. D. Risher, C. C. Cameron, William Wallace, John T. Oliver, James McClure, George S. Cunningham, William Kirkwood, Calvin Weller, George Kennedy, Robert A. Kennedy, Lewis Pugh, A. J. Martin, Isaac H. Cole, James Murray, William Kirker, Alpheus C. Myers, John M. Wiley, Abraham B. Hendershot, I. Baber, J. W. R. Smalley, E. Anderson, Isaac Allen, Peter Cage, John Cage, D. Hendershot, James J. Freeland, Samuel Barton, George S. Veon, Thomas Hartshorn, James Minor, Robert Marshall, John McGeehon, Henry C. Hart, John Nixon, S. A. Bricker, John Nicely, James M. Wilson, Joseph F. Cook, William Wallace, Clark McNutt, Wallace Luke, Jonathan Smith, James Goshorn, L. B. Fry, George L. Miller, William B. Davis, Harrison Pettit, D. S. Huffman, P. G. Huffman, John Hovis, Michael Miller, Lewis Huffman, R. D. Johnson, Simeon S .- (illegible), Gibson Coarte, Robert Martin, Joseph Martin, John N. Sweeny, Richard Furney, Daniel Williams, David G. Zook, John R. Hudelson, Robert W. Jones, Isaac H. Allfree, M. M. Brockman, R. J. Cully, L. J. Johnston, Levi Latchaw, James W. Boyd, John Fritz, George Perkins, Samuel B. Porter, Philip Stoops, Philip B. Porter, A. Wilson, Thomas Howard, George P. Greer, Isaiah H. Olinger, John Pust, Hiram Kinney, Samuel Miller, Thomas Millibar, George W. Carter, L. C. Grim, Morrison W. Lewis, John Stevenson, David Gilliland, James Clark, John Baird, Newton Huff, George Young, Daniel Graff, Charles M. Fry, Jeff. Staley, Jackson Hawk, John G. McDowell, Simon F. Smith, Robert F. Barnett, J. R. Cunningham John Kerr, D. N. McDowell, John Brown Young, (James) Seidle Mitchell, John Clinefelter, David Stewart, Bryson Bruce, R. W. McComb, Alfred McMillen, David Weaver, J. W. Mc- Cracken, R. Kyle, W. H. Clinefelter, W. McComb, Matthew Goodman. John Shaw, William Warrick, Noble Witherow, Jacob Musser, A. B. Gibson, John C. Murray, William Cummings, William F. Wilson, William B. Libbey, William T. Funkhouser, William H. Daniels, Robert Campbell, R. I. Harris, Thomas Fry, Elias McGill, Frank Bias, William J. Wright, John Smith, James Wright, Benjamin M. Porter, John Collins, David Patton, Victor Huth, Mulford Burroughs, John Boyd, William Bare, James Barrett, Robert Dodge, Alexander May, Harrison Burket, George Patterson, Felix Gorman, Joseph Hoffman, John Griffiths. James Huston John Purcal, Frank Stier, Joseph Scheible, Peter Martin, William Cook, Daniel Updegraff, Harmon Fish, Frederick Ohlendorf, John Claycomb, George Green, W. B. Marks, James Rodgers, Thomas Sigh, Gottlieb Grater, Joseph Widman, Daniel Mykins, Ira Gray, G. W. Fiedler, Isaac H. Umstead, Autin Pearce, John J. Fiedler, Moses F. Umstead, Noah Zeigler, L. M. Armor, A. H. Miller, D. M. Ziegler, Ira S. Stauffer, Henry Noss, Thomas Fletcher Johnson, Ferdinand A. Winter, John Wrigley, Jared Sample, Frederick Kline, Frederick Weigel, Charles Flowers, D. R. P. Hill, Robert Neillie, A. S. Webster, George Bole, Hugh McAfee, S. R. Dillon, Matthew Dillon, John A. Grifus, Surkulf Smoley, B. F. Austin, John Giles, Charles Lapp, B. Wertershausen, John B. McMillen, Andrew J. Barker, William J. Gill, Isaac Gill, T. B. Rhodes, Samuel Davis, James W. Burner, John H. Murphy, George Smith, George Roum, James Smith,
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John Kerner, Jesse Tuttle, James H. Cole, Andrew Woodford, James Castroy, William Meyer, William J. McKain, James Warnock, Dennis Murphy, Robert J. Crawford, John O. McCreery, Thomas Clayton, Perry Rush, Nathan Wimer, Elias Carey, Thomas Hill, John Sergent, John W. Simpson, W. H. Helphenstine, Derrick Anderson, Edward Seville, John Spellman, W. S. Hollobaugh, James M. Carns, Henry W. Seniff, Augustus Larimore, John Larimore, James Jinkins, James Shields, William A. Axtell, Montgomery Sproull, David Martin, J. C. Y. Cosgrove, Thomas Stevenson, John Fanghurt, John Canary, Josiah Green, John W. Rotrack, Jesse Graham, Washington Prosser, William Plants, W. J. M. Jones, Dan Robison, Samuel J. Hartsock, Jacob Hartsock, S. Cadwell, Jacob Rum, David R. Gardner, George Boles, Frank Cone, Charles Cook, R. Smith, John Rogers, Henry C. Fowler, Jacob Conn, William Andrews, Peter Freed, John Gill, William Anderson, Michie Renett, James Myers, James Sweeney, D. N. McFarland, S. D. Farrer, Frank Stiver, Cassidy Scott, James W. Gillespie, William Crall, Robert Ferguson, Thomas K. Henderson, Newton H. Braddock, Lewis Collins, Thomas P. Walker, James D. Miles, John Noah, John D. Robison, Edwin F. Jackson, James Clay, Edward Willis, James Martin, John West, John Beighley, Nathan N. O'Phares, John Sheehan, Henry A. Rinehart, George N. Kent, John S. Laughlin, Charles Miller, James Weaver, James Flood, Martin Rukel, Richard Disert, John Smith, Thomas Burch, Eli Hamilton, C. B. Wright, John H. Roberts, Edwin McNaspy, David Brolley, Jacob Miller, Benjamin F. Martin, Joseph Cline, Joseph Gapen, John Calvert, William Ingram, Solon Stone, Michael Hogan, John C. Gray, Robert Cuthbertson, Samuel Filbey, Harry Mason, Jonathan Holmes, William Varner, T. Otto, Charles Crusius, Hazel Boyes, Daniel Lewis, Christ. Wornderlick, Simon Peter, Joseph Briner, William W. Pool, George W. Cummings, M. C. Braddock, Vachel White, Elias K. Gribben, T. E. Smith, Henry Stone, George W. Morris, S. C. Murphy, Henry Pearl, Joseph Butler, Ben Neel, Thomas Chess, Thomas Boles, William H. Holmes, Thomas Hays, S. A. Houston, E. Ferguson, Alexander Homes, Enos Gillett, Martin Barney, Charles Paul, Joseph H. Williams, John Gribben, Joseph Whitlatch, Thomas Campbell, John P. Phillips, Samuel Caldwell, William Arm- strong, William G. Main, Samuel Armstrong, John Barger, George Lazear, Nichela Fry, John C. Carter, N. R. Wishart, Thomas Ruth, Abner W. Leonard, James McWilliams.
October, 1864 .- Paul F. Rohrbacher, James Travers, Alfred Jones, Christian Dottefelt, James H. Davis, Alexander Ansle, Robert Wilson, James Fry, William Warner, John S. Baker, William D. Abbott, Peter Gillmore, John Tulley, Thomas Harris, Daniel R. Corbus, Robert Muller, George Billet, James Camell, Isaac Elsberry, James M. Lourimore, Augustus Lea, Charles Ryan, Alfred A. Brown, Henry Harris, Engle Lohter, Charles Wayne, John Baush, William Hurley, Michael Murphy, G. W. Paulley, Henry W. Blanchard, John Seiler, Samuel Gunn, Joshua Piles, Lewis Barnhart, Miles Boord, Jere Welsh, Francis A. Wallace, Isaac Fry, S. S. Levis, Franklin Monroe, Francis Monroe, Oliver P. Magruder, Benjamin Kennard, A. J. Strosinder.
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November, 1864 .- George Miller, William Hunt, Peter McLafferty, Linsey Davis.
December, 1864 .- David Reynolds, Edward Harvey, William W. Fish, John Amon, Benjamin Bar, Augustus Miller, Eli Dukate, Thomas Phillips, Jolın Dickey Morrison, Andrew Allison,
January, 1865 .- Thomas Garner, Pat. Welsh, John Smith, Benjamin Jones, Peter Flynn, James Hughes, Michael Haines, James O'Hara, John Whelan, John Morian, George W. Cain, John Combs, Henry Sallade, John Parker, Fred C. Ryan, H. H. Murphy.
February, 1865 .- Albert Russell, William Oliphant, L. Ulrich, H. Breitzmann, David Saxton, David P. Little, John Reed, John Brant- linger, David Enson, Thomas Mckinlay, Edwin Ashdown, Samuel Mincher, Lemuel Harris, Leonidas Fowler, David C. Daniels, Alonzo M. Miller, John D. Thomas, John Laning, Richard Botey, Thomas Walton, Johnson Barber, Gibson Manpin, Scott Vaneman, Isaac Ziegler, George Pollock, Isaac Hister, Enoch Pyle, Martin Shaffer, William Pitzer, Jacob Ramer, Frank O'Neill, W. W. Earl, M. Simpson, John Rawlings, Edward Robinson, Henry Maer, Henton Neely, Moses Miles, William G. Bail, John Miller, Henry Spade, Jacob Waltenbaugh, E. O. Perkins, John P. Calhoon, John C. Sanders, William P. Fox, Samuel Spencer, George Ebert, G. W. W. Vaneman, John James, John Campbell, John Farmer, James A. Fickes, Wooster Fickes, Frederick G. Duerr, Thomas Frew, John Hill, Daniel Hill, Moses Dillon, Edwin Donaldson, John Barth, E. W. Little, George Martin, John Montgomery, Peter M. Shoaff, William Barnes, John Steele, Ephraim Cover, Julius Porter, James F. McFarland, L. M. Porter, T. R. Murdock, James Braden, James Vanhorn, John M. B. Porter, John C. Hughston, Abraham Kreps, John Hastings, William H. Barnes, Joseph Robinson, Joseph Stevens, John B. Best, James Bonnel, W. G. Buffinger, Joseph Mack, Thomas Williams, E. B. George, S. E. Fleming, Reason Arnett, Charles Moffett, Shadrach Simpson, William F. Davis, Henry F. Fulkerson, J. B. Dunban, J. T. McGrew, Thomas Potts, James H. Hogue, James H. Smith, James Pile, Matthias Shaffer, O. H. P. Bolmer, J. W. Forbes, Isaiah Aley, Jas. B. McCleary, Sumner Doty, Abraham Carpenter, James Frankenburger, Sylvester Chafee, Jos. Maegele, James B. Andrews, J. C. Mapes, Perry Ogden, Andrew Stewart, William Kendall, David Buchanan, J. L. Tines, John J. Graham, William H. Sisler, J. M. Fasnot, Robert Craig, David Crawford, James Rawl, Michael Pitzer, John B. Wolf, Samuel T. Decker, Charles Corkel, Abe Hamilton, J. E. Jennings, George Brown, David Redman, Lemuel Bennett, James Craven, Ben Craven, George Ewing. Samuel Fosnot, Evan Carnagey, William James. F. Merchant, John C. Fees, Robert Savage, Robert Peters, R. S. McClure, John Fraser, William Burnes, James M. Bonds, Jacob Sairhart, Thomas McKec, I. N. Hill, Lafayette Baldwin, D. M. Clark, W. J. McConahy, William Tait, Lewis Pary McFarland, H. S. Hunt, Jacob Emery, John Wimer, Alexander B. Irvin, Abraham J. McCurdy, James M. Hemphill, Charles Wellar, Adam Mershimer, A. S. Aiken, W. H. H. Shaffer, D. H. Black, John S. Carlon, John Filbert, George Henry Bown, Isaac Reno, John Evans, S. M. Ashton, Thomas Banforst,
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George Kirk. J. S. McGoun, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Alford, Michael Alford, Michael Shaffer, John G. Branyan, Calvin Davis, William B. Sims, T. N. Wise, J. T. Frazier, William S. Maitland, Henry C. Charlton, G. W. Fezel, John Feazel, John Anderson, David McAnderson, Christopher Blume, John Luce, Henry H. Alcorn, William Roberts, William F. Branin, William Byers, Alexander Knox, Lewis Yediker, S. M. Brown, William Smith, Samuel Shields, Edwin Ayers, Frank Dow, Benjamin Mars, Calvin Thompson, George Lynch, J. C. Frazier, J J. Loyd, A. E. Shedeker, J. R. Cowden, J. M. Holeton, G. D. Mars, A. S. Anderson, Samuel D. Woods, Harman Daniels, James Lynch, Henry Barr, J. C. Ashton, Lawrence McGowan, George W. Meanor, Joseph Walters, Jacob Nicherson, Samuel White, Cyrus Arnold, William Rudesel, John Strawbridge, D. R. Cronan, David Hardman, John Thompson, E. T. Linder, Thomas F. Dorsey, Daniel Smith, Shan Rex, William Woodruff, Hiram Baker, Craven Ridgway, Josephus Staley, William Wood, John R. Valentine, George M. Baker, John R. Weaver, James Hosey, Lewis F. Demmler, Joseph B. Ross, Bruce H. Armstrong, John L. Thompson, William W. Crawford, Andrew M. Walker, Frank D. Kirk, Abraham Sechler, A. L. G. Randolph, John McCaslin, David Andrews, Caleb B. Hoover, G. W. Walters, Cyrus W. Davis, A. C. Shaffer, Abraham Rhodes, George Bender, George W. Ferrell, Socrates Hofius, John McDonald, John M. Beatty, John L. Whit- lock, William White, J. Quincy, A. Wagley, Albert Covley, David C. Francis, Jacob L. Moyer, John Miller, Cyrus Ham, Silas Biddle, Josiah Biddle, Christopher C. Wolfe, Miton F. Henderson, Andrew Montgomery, Arthur Wallace, William G. Taylor, William Irwin, John Hamilton, James H. Early, C. C. Wise, J. F. Elder, Robert Morrison, Addison Durant, Thomas Ritezel, Alexander K. Craig, John R. Anderson, John Hunt, George Russell, John Gardiner, Thomas Wetman, Thomas Lawden, Matthew E. Crookham, William Mull, Henry Stewart, Hugh McCune, Johan Nutman, John F. Billby, James Billby, Stephen Storde, G. W. Laughlin, Hosea Stansberry, John Knox, Jacob Meyer, William Jones, James M. Kelley, Stephen Devall, John W. White, Josiah M. Sidwell.
March, 1865 .- David Barge, William W. Heron, George W. Barge, A. W. Gibson, William W. Gibson, Washington Sponsella, J. C. Morson, T. J. Hermon, Marquis Gunn, Andrew Russell, J. W. Gormly, P. W. Farrer, Albert Layton, Jacob Hand, David Smith, Henry J. Black, James S. Adams, Frederick N. Workman, Layton A. Morrie, John Walls, Abraham Berry, Charles Kelley, McClelland Murray, Franklin Brice, Samuel A. Banks, Samuel Cotton, Alexander Kerr, William J. Law, Philip Cluse, War- ren McCreary, Thomas Irvin, William Cotton, James Orr, Isaac A. Lytle, James M. Cornelius, Frank H. Tobey, James M. Cubbison, Spencer McGeary, Norval Hoge, Erri Huff, Martin V. Bothers, Joseph Willgas, Samuel Standley, John B. Reed, J. Linn Reed, George H. M. Irey, George Phyles, Joseph Whisem, Delbert Ayers, William Catterson, B. C. Welsh, Joseph D. Shiply, A. Ramsey, James Teets, J. M. Patterson, Joseph Bonnel, Reuben Mehurem, David Cartwright, Hugh Smiley, A. G. Grandey, Lewis Friday, Allen Gilbert, Uriah H. Foy, William McQuiston, Solomou Fry, Joshua R. Forrest, George Murphy, William Murphy, Silas A.
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Bennett, Jesse Bentley, S. T. Sterling, James Morford, Archey Lochery, William Ralston, John Conner, William Kerr, John S. Holden, Samuel Michels, William J. Gray, Hays L. McCowen, Henry C. Sprowls, John M. Edelman, Eli Kale, Carson R. McClelland, Addison Liggett, Presley Huffman, John Anderson, Robert Shields, C. A. Foster, Henry A. Foster, Matthew McNeel, Andrew Shepard, James Allen, Daniel Johnston, Robert Ammon, Oilver Farabee, Steward Craft, Nathan A. Day, J. Martin, Robert Watson, John C. Hedge, Robert Huffine, J. B. Smith, Silas C. Garber, William T. Creigh, James Young, John H. Gibson, Silas Eckles, R. W. McChesney, William H. Kiltz, Manases O'Donell, Ephraim Post, John Sutherland, John McGill, David G. Roney, Benjamin Esterly, Jonathan Witzeman, Parry May, Robert Welsh, James H. McPake, James McFadden, William McWilliams, William Wallace, Hugh Duncan, Edward S. McLain, John F. Shelar, Allen Walker, Jr., Hiram F. Dickson, John J. Moore, Robert C. Anderson, W. P. Edwards, John T. Elder, David K. May, Albert J. Howell, John Smith Blavney, Dallas J. Thompson, Samuel King, William J. Woods, Blain M. McCord, Christopher Billby, Thomas Rush, Silas Waters, J. D. Hoffman, Sidney Sample, John Wilson, William S. Hendershot, James Richmond, Elias Adams, George Miller, John H. Kughler, William H. Wilson, James H. Barnes, John M. Young, Barnes Evans, Absalom McClain, David McDonnell, John Guile, J. P. McCausland, J. G. Lyons, H. C. Swart, J. E. George, Jesse Huff, Winfield S. Arm- strong, C. W. Houlette John D. Clark, John D. McGeehon, R. M. Grubb, William Brooks, John A. Young, Levi Stump, Patrick I. Harrington, John Stauffer, Gilbert C. Hamilton, Henderson Scott, Samuel Wilson, William Park, George Cooper, Charles Hogle, Michael Fitzpatrick, J. Reed McNay, Jackson Ralfe, Frank Lindsey, Collin Minor, W. T. H. Campbell, C. V. Lewis, Henry Clutter, G. W. Shoup, William Church, John F. Shontz, George Hartman, M. A. Shoemaker, J. A. Wilson, J. R. Mehard, J. A. McClane, J. Wilson, A. Leander Rea, Michael Friend, Thomas McBride, James B. Cummings, J. C. Starrett, Josiah Patterson, Harrison Young, Bateman Martin, David Hufford, James M. Gray, William Anderson, Philip Nippert, Henry C. Nippert, William Russell, Samuel Stauffer, Curtis R. Porter, William J. Rippey, David Sowash, William Hedeman, James H. Neel, George W. Potter, Archibald Hull, W. H. Strouse, George W. Adams, Morrison Billby, John Moore, Cyrus Kenstrick, Daniel L. W. Bonesetter, James Briner, Mather Riggle.
April, 1865 .- Andrew Dever, James Mitchell, Samuel S. Gibson, John L. McClure, Jesse B. Swargger, William Cairnes, R. John Kerr, E. R. Brooks, Enoch Neville, G. W. Weir, John Jay, Jesse F. Mitchell, John A. Weston, George A. Miller, James Martin, J. Rogers Hurst, Hiram Evans, Charles E. Catrel, E. H. Marshall, John P. Butler, Patrick Maloney, Albert B. Foster, Hewel H. Kelley, John W. Allen, Samuel Mclain, William Waltomyre, Cochran Shoaff, Henry Cooper, Jonathan Fulton, William Parker, George W. Keefer, William C. Hennon, George Lindsey, John C. Mckibben, Adolph Haarbrucker, David Matthews, A. B. Barnett.
A detachment of Company F, 16th Regiment, Veteran Re-
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serve Corps of the United States, was stationed at New Brighton for duty at headquarters of the Provost Marshal. The bar- racks stood on the lot now occupied by the old building of the First M. E. Church, at the corner of Eleventh Street and Fourth Avenue.
SERGEANTS
Edward V. Carr. John F. Wier.
Elijah Cole, Corporal. PRIVATES
Henry C. Early.
George W. Carter.
Abner W. Leonard.
Wm. Lightner.
James McWilliams.
Barney O'Rourke.
John C. Nutt. Wm. Corcoran.
Samuel Veon.
John R. Perkins.
Thomas McManus.
Christopher Degraw.
J. C. Peterson.
Thomas C. Leonard.
Daniel W. Rolph.
Henry P. Reed.
George Moreland.
Philip Christman.
Joseph M. Davis.
William Knox.
Lewis Hess.
James Cunningham.
Charles H. Hohn.
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CHAPTER XV BEAVER COUNTY IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
BY WILLIAM B. CUTHBERTSON, EsQ.
Volunteering - Company B, Tenth Regiment - Response to Call of President McKinley - Mustered in - Tenth Regiment Ordered to the Philippines at Camp Merritt - At Honolulu - In Camp Dewey -First Engagement at Malate-In Attack upon Manila - Corregidor Island and Cavite - Return to San Francisco - Mustered out - Receptions at Pittsburg and New Brighton - List of Officers and Men.
THE descendants of the gallant men who pushed back the frontier beyond the limits of Pennsylvania during the latter part of the eighteenth century, with the sons and grandsons of soldiers of the Civil War-and, in two instances, grizzled vete- rans of that great war-were among the citizens of Beaver County who volunteered to serve their beloved country in the short but epoch-making clash of arms in the closing years of the nineteenth century.
At the outbreak of the war with Spain, Company B of the Ioth Regiment of Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, stationed at New Brighton, was the only organized body of soldiery in this county, Harry J. Watson being captain; Edwin H. Carey, first lieutenant; and Elmer H. Thomas, second lieutenant.
In response to the call of President Mckinley for 125,000 volunteers, and in obedience to the order of Governor Hastings, this organization, with the field and staff officers of the regi- ment resident in Beaver County, left New Brighton in the afternoon of April 27, 1898, for Camp Hastings, the rendezvous for the State troops. Many thousands of citizens assembled to
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bid the men farewell. A copy of the New Testament was pre- sented to each man by Rev. Robert L. Hay on behalf of the Young Men's Christian Association immediately before departure.
Every officer and man of this company having volunteered at Camp Hastings, the company was mustered into the United States military service on the 12th of May, at this camp, for a term of two years or during the war.
Dewey's ever memorable victory in Manila Bay having turned the current of public and official thought from "Cuba Libre " to far Luzon, the 10th Regiment of Pennsylvania Infan- try, United States Volunteers, was, through efforts of its friends, ordered to proceed to San Francisco, Cal., there to join the second Philippine expedition under General Francis Vinton Greene.
Leaving Camp Hastings in a special train of two sections on May 18th, the regiment passed through New Brighton, via the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, on the following day. Thousands of friends and patriotic citizens generally assembled again at New Brighton to bid the troops another farewell.
Arriving at San Francisco on May 25th, the day of the depart- ure of the first expedition, under General Thomas M. Anderson, the regiment went into camp at Camp Merritt, where it was dis- ciplined and drilled until June 14th, when it went aboard the transport Zealandia. Steaming from San Francisco on the 15th as part of the second expedition, under General Greene, and landing at Honolulu for a day or two, receiving there a cordial greeting, the regiment arrived off Cavite, in Manila Bay, on July 17th, and landed at Camp Dewey on the 21st.
General Greene, commanding at the front, advanced an artillery outpost to a point within a few hundred yards of the Spanish line of defense and directly in front of Fort San Antonio de Abad at Malate, a suburb of Manila. A trench 270 yards in length, extending from the bay to the Calle Real, was con- structed by the Colorado and Nebraska regiments, and here occurred, on the night of July 31-August 1, 1898, the first en- gagement of American soldiers in the eastern hemisphere.
Colonel Alexander L. Hawkins, the regimental commander, being ill in his quarters, and Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett absent in the United States on recruiting service, General Greene sent Major Harry C. Cuthbertson in command of the 10th Pennsyl-
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vania, Battery K, 3d U. S. Artillery, armed as infantry, and four guns of Young's and Grant's batteries, Utah Artillery, on the morning of July 3Ist to occupy the trench for a twenty-four hours' tour of duty. The second battalion of the Pennsylvania regiment, Major Everhart Bierer, and the Utah guns were placed in the trench, and three companies of the first battalion left in support about two hundred yards in rear of the advanced line. Company B of this battalion was posted to guard a road about two miles in rear and to the right of the line. Battery K was posted in reserve along the Pasai road, three fourths of a mile to the right rear of the intrenched line.
About eleven o'clock that night, during a tropical typhoon, the enemy made a very determined attack, with infantry and artillery, upon the American line, with the evident purpose of driving back our troops.
It appearing at the time, from the direction of the firing and otherwise, that an attack was being made upon the unpro- tected right flank, the supporting companies were advanced to the right, beyond the intrenchment, to meet the attack from that quarter. In advancing to their position these companies lost heavily.
The supply of ammunition in the belts running low, messen- gers were sent to General Greene requesting a fresh supply, which was sent forward promptly, but not before the command was reduced to an average of three or four rounds per man.
In the meantime Battery K, Lieutenant Krayenbuhl com- manding, was brought up to the line from its position in reserve, and General Greene sent to Major Cuthbertson the Ist California Infantry as reinforcement. Battery H, 3d U. S. Artillery (foot), Captain Hobbs, also came up under the gallant Captain James O'Hara, the battalion commander.
The engagement continued until two o'clock in the morning, when the firing ceased, the Spaniards failing in the accomplish- ment of their purpose.
During the engagement Colonel Hawkins went forward to the battle line and remained at the front until morning; but, being weak from illness and exposure, he did not assume com- mand until the arrival of the relieving force, when he gave the order to return to camp.
The American loss on this occasion was 10 killed and 43
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wounded, including 6 killed and 29 wounded in the 10th Penn- sylvania. Two of the roth's wounded died within a few days.
Jesse Noss, a Beaver County boy, was killed; and Harvey A. Funkhouser of New Brighton was wounded.
The Spanish loss was 500 killed and wounded, as given in Strait's List of Battles.
The roth Pennsylvania, part of the reserve during the assault upon and capture of Manila, entered the city on August 13th with the victorious American army. George Bentel, of Beaver County, a member of the Astor Battery, was wounded during the assault.
On or about December Ist, Companies A and B of the roth Pennsylvania were detached from the regiment and sent, under Major Cuthbertson, to guard a convalescent hospital on Corre- gidor Island, where they remained in garrison until May 14, 1899, then rejoining the regiment at Cavite.
Excepting the two detached companies, the regiment par- ticipated in the defense of Manila against the attack of the Filipinos during the night of February 4-5, 1899, and remained on the firing-line until April 14th, when it was relieved from duty with the second division and sent to Cavite. It formed part of General MacArthur's force in the movement resulting in the capture of Malolos. Several Beaver County men were with the regiment during the Filipino campaign, among them Captain Watson, who happened to be in the city on business at the time of the attack, and was assigned to the command of Company E during the disability of Captain Loar. The com- mand of Company B devolved upon Lieutenant Carey, who remained in command until the return of Captain Watson after the withdrawal of the regiment from the front.
While stationed at Cavite several reconnaissances in force were made by part of this regiment, including the Beaver County contingent, during General Lawton's movement near the Zapote River. Though under fire an engagement was avoided by the express order of General Otis.
Leaving Cavite, July Ist, on board. the transport Senator, stopping at Nagasaki and Yokohama, the regiment arrived at San Francisco on the Ist of August, with the body of Colonel Hawkins, who had died en route, and was mustered out of ser- vice at the city last named on the 22d of August, 1899.
A committee of citizens from western Pennsylvania met the
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regiment on its arrival in San Francisco and brought it home to Pennsylvania in a special train of three sections, at the ex- pense of the people of the State.
The regiment arrived at New Brighton on the 28th and marched down Third Avenue, under command of Lieutenant- Colonel Barnett, taking breakfast, provided by the citizens, in the old car factory. Later in the day it proceeded to Pitts- burg, where it received a memorable reception tendered by the people of the State. President Mckinley, General Wesley Merritt, General F. V. Greene, Governor William A. Stone, Senator Boies Penrose, and a large number of other distinguished men were present participating.
On the following day a reception by the citizens of the county was given to the Beaver County soldiers at New Brighton, General F. V. Greene, Governor Stone, and Senator Penrose attending and making addresses.
Three Beaver County soldiers saw service in Cuba: Oliver Lutz and. Robert Howard Garner of the 17th U. S. Infantry, and Darragh Leslie of the 8th Ohio Infantry. Lutz participated in all the engagements in front of Santiago in which his regi- ment took part, but Garner and Leslie, arriving on July 10th and IIth, were too late for the battles, through no fault of theirs, however.
The county furnished several men to the navy during this war. Mention of these is made in the preceding chapter.
Harry Palmer, who served during the Civil War as a mem- ber of Company H, 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, and Robert W. Anderson, late of the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, were sergeants in the roth Pennsylvania during the Spanish War, the former a member of Company A, the latter of B.
Elmer E. Barnes of Company C was wounded during the Malolos campaign.
Chaplain Joseph L. Hunter and First Lieutenant and Assis- tant Surgeon John W. Coffin, of Beaver County, were officers of this regiment and served in the campaigns against the Spaniards and Filipinos.
Captain Andrew G. Curtin Quay, of the Regular Army, was appointed by President McKinley major in the United States Volunteers. Dr. David T. Mckinney was appointed by the President assistant surgeon, U. S. V.
The New Brighton Flag Tower.
Erected by the citizens of New Brighton and dedicated on Labor Day, September 5, 1898, in honor of Company B, Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, United States Volunteers, and New Brighton soldiers in other commands. It stands in the centre of the public park and was built at a cost of $1000.
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A number of Beaver County men enlisted in the Regular Army and in regiments other than the roth Pennsylvania, but it is not practicable to furnish a complete list of them from authoritative sources.
The following is a list of officers and men of the roth Regi- ment, Pennsylvania, U. S. V., who went from Beaver County :
Abel, Samuel G.
Cook, William H.
Leonard, Burt H.
Alshouse, William.
Cuthbertson, Harry C. Levis, William T.
Anderson, Charles R.
Anderson, Clark S.
Darragh, Daniel S.
List, Louis F.
Anderson, John C.
Dawson, George F.
Littler, Alexander C.
Anderson, Robert W.
Donaldson, John N.
Logan, Creighton G. Lukens, John E.
Bagnell, Harry G.
Baker, Thomas L.
Baldwin, Emery O. Baldwin, Lewis D. F.
Barnes, Elmer E.
Fitzgerald, Edward L. Fleeson, John. Funkhouser, Harvey.
McClelland, George L. McComb, George H. B.
McKinnis, Robert H. McKnight, Edward I.
Beitsch, George E.
Beitsch, William F.
Bennett, Isaac A.
Harris, Robert R. Harris, Walter W.
Harris, Wilber R.
Miller, Harry W. Minesinger, Edward S.
Mitchell, David J. Muse, George W.
Norris, Joseph.
Palmer, Harry.
Patterson, Robert L. Power, Edward M., Jr.
Pregenzer, W. F.
Jackson, Samuel G. Jones, Edward L. Joseph, John D.
Ketterer, William A. Kingsbury, George E.
Laird, Matthew M.
MacDonald, Ned O. Martin, John L.
Matheny, Howard W. McAllister, William K.
McBride, George H.
Barr, Charles I. Bauman, Theodore G. Beam, William.
Gray, Roy St. C.
Hamilton, Walter C. Harris, Jacob L.
Mennell, Charles D.
Mennell, John A. Miller, Charles F.
Miller, Harry N.
Bestwick, Abram. Black, Thomas. Boyle, John E. Brown, James H. Bruff, Joseph H.
Harsha, Frederick. Hart, Frank D. Harvey, Lewis. Heckathorn, Harry. Henderson, Robert. Hobaugh, Francis F. Hoon, Frank H. Hughes, William H. Hunter, Fred. O. Hunter, Joseph L.
Calvert, Charles S. Carey, Edwin H.
Carlton, Thomas G. Carnagey, Charley B. Carothers, George A. Chandler, Benjamin L. Chantler, Thomas F. Cleckner, Harry L. Cleckner, William M. Cleis, Ernest T. Coffin, John W. Colbert, Harvey C. Connair, Daniel J. Cook, Sidney A.
Rardon, Henry H. Reeves, Joseph L. Renouf, William C. Rhea, John A. Runyon, James W.
Schweinsberg, Henry S.
Linn, Andrew J.
Aughenbaugh, Robert S. Donaldson, Robert S.
Edgar, James B. Edgar, Lewis O. Elverson, Harry H.
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Smith, William E. Thompson, Charles S.
Webster, Myron A.
Spanier, Abraham.
Tidball, Frank.
White, William E.
Springer, James C.
Tucker, Loman J.
Wilson, Lawrence H.
Wilson, Walter W.
Sutherland, Edward A.
Sutherland, Henry.
Veon, Herman.
Wolf, Samuel H.
Wolf, William T.
Tallon, Fred. S.
Waddle, Lyman R.
Woolslayer, George.
Thomas, Elmer H. Watson, Harry J.
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