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A FAMILIAR SCENE 27

OLD GUARD FATIGUE AT THE CUARTEL 33

LIEUTENANT GIBBS' SECTION AT FT. MACARTHUR 47

GUN AT PUMPING STATION FIRING ON MARIQUINA 50

UTAH GUNS ON MANILA & DAGUPAN RY. EN ROUTE TO THE FRONT 53

FIRST PLATOON, BATTERY A, READY TO MOVE TO MALOLOS 59

UTAH GUNS IN PARK AT CONGRESSIONAL HALL, MALOLOS 65

PREPARING FOR AN ENGAGEMENT 74

MAJOR RICHARD W. YOUNG 102

MAJOR FRANK A. GRANT 104

CAPTAIN E.A. WEDGEWOOD 106

CAPTAIN JOHN F. CRITCHLOW 107

LIEUTENANT GEORGE W. GIBBS 108

LIEUTENANT RAYMOND C. NAYLOR 110

LIEUTENANT ORRIN R. GROW 111

LIEUTENANT WILLIAM C. WEBB 112

LIEUTENANT GEORGE A. SEAMAN 114

LIEUTENANT FRANK T. HINES 115

LIEUTENANT JOHN A. ANDERSON 116

SERGEANT HARRY A. YOUNG 117

SERGEANT FORD FISHER 119

THE UTAH BATTERIES.

INTRODUCTION.

The history of the Utah Batteries should be a plain tale, for deeds of
valor cannot be garnished by the flower of rhetoric or the pomp of
oratory. This is a simple story of brave deeds. The stern browed
Heracles standing unarmed in the midst of his countrymen was a frank,
common figure, but when he dashed like Ares upon the Lerneaen hydra he
became majestic, and no mere pen picture could augment his greatness. So
we shall paint a picture of the achievements of the cannoneers and
gunners of Utah while withstanding the onslaughts of the dusky warriors
of Aguinaldo, and no greater compliment can be paid them than a clear
true narrative of their exploits.

Utah was early distinguished in the furious fights of Luzon. Even before
the soldiers of "Uncle Sam" had felt their way into the defenses of
Manila, her guns had awaked the long-sleeping sentries of the Dons and
torn holes into the bulwarks of Spanish oppression and tyranny. Her
later accomplishments