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THE UTAH BATTERIES:

A HISTORY.




THE UTAH BATTERIES:

A HISTORY.

A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THE MUSTER-IN, SEA VOYAGE,
BATTLES, SKIRMISHES AND BARRACK LIFE
OF THE UTAH BATTERIES, TOGETHER
WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF OFFICERS
AND MUSTER-OUT ROLLS.

by

CHARLES R. MABEY,

LATE A SERGEANT OF LIGHT BATTERY A, UTAH VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.

ILLUSTRATED.

SALT LAKE CITY,
1900.




COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR.


DAILY REPORTER CO., PRINTERS, 158-160 S. WEST TEMPLE ST.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.




TO THE UTAH BATTERYMEN

WHO BRAVELY FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY'S FLAG ON A FOREIGN

SOIL, THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.




PREFACE.


Sometime after the Utah Battalion left San Francisco for the Philippines
the author conceived the idea of writing a history of that organization
after its return from the war. With this purpose in view he kept a diary
during the entire campaign and also collected what other material that
could be utilized for such a work. Immediately upon the arrival in Salt
Lake City of the discharged volunteers he, with others, set to work to
bring about a completion of this plan. This little volume represents the
result of the labor expended at intervals between that date and the
present time. The author claims no more for it than its title assumes--a
brief history of the Utah batteries. It is no more. There may be some
works in the future which will command, to a greater extent, the
attention of the reading public. This is not written with the idea that
it will become a standard work, but that while those events which
happened are yet green in the memories of the Utah artillerymen, they
may be recorded and not be consigned to oblivion. The author trusts he
may not be asserting too much when he affirms that the book is written
with a strict adherence to facts, as he has had access both to public
and private data in the compiling of the work, and he has been
scrupulously careful in guarding against errors of every description. At
this opportunity he takes pleasure in thanking those officers and men
who have helped him in bringing about an accomplishment of his plans,
and furthermore, he wishes to extend his thanks to Angus K. Nicholson
for his contributions and a like communication to those friends who have
given him timely advice and aid in disposing of difficulties which have
arisen from time to time.

BOUNTIFUL, January 25, 1900.




CONTENTS.


PAGE                                                          7

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION                                                 13

CHAPTER I.--The Mustering                                    16

CHAPTER II.--Barrack Life                                    24

CHAPTER III.--The Insurrection                               36

CHAPTER IV.--The Gunboats                                    77

CHAPTER V.--The Home Coming                                  90

MAJOR RICHARD W. YOUNG                                      102

MAJOR FRANK A. GRANT                                        103

CAPTAIN E.A. WEDGEWOOD                                      105

CAPTAIN JOHN F. CRITCHLOW                                   106

LIEUTENANT GEORGE W. GIBBS                                  108

LIEUTENANT RAYMOND C. NAYLOR                                109

LIEUTENANT ORRIN R. GROW                                    110

LIEUTENANT WILLIAM C. WEBB                                  112

LIEUTENANT GEORGE A. SEAMAN                                 113

LIEUTENANT FRANK T. HINES                                   114

LIEUTENANT JOHN A. ANDERSON                                 115

SERGEANT HARRY A. YOUNG                                     116

SERGEANT FORD FISHER                                        118

ROSTER--Battery A                                           120

Battery B                                                   125




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


                                                            PAGE

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, B