. The Philippine Islands . hilippine Islands. known as Camp Dewey. The Californians were soon joined by __ _^, „^..,,^,^^.,^_. ,-,.^,^,-.„ -I the other American regiments, and out-posts were stationedfar in front, near theinsurgent line. Theinsurgents at this timewere between theSpaniards and the Am-ericans ; but, at Gen-eral Merritts solicita-tion, Aguinaldo movedhis position over toPasai, while the Am-ericans advanced tothe insurgent were soonfound untenable, andit was Lieutenant-Colonel McAvoy, whocommanded the Colo-rado battalions, thatwas the hrst to assumea position
. The Philippine Islands . hilippine Islands. known as Camp Dewey. The Californians were soon joined by __ _^, „^..,,^,^^.,^_. ,-,.^,^,-.„ -I the other American regiments, and out-posts were stationedfar in front, near theinsurgent line. Theinsurgents at this timewere between theSpaniards and the Am-ericans ; but, at Gen-eral Merritts solicita-tion, Aguinaldo movedhis position over toPasai, while the Am-ericans advanced tothe insurgent were soonfound untenable, andit was Lieutenant-Colonel McAvoy, whocommanded the Colo-rado battalions, thatwas the hrst to assumea position in front ofthe enemy. He ad-vanced the line to anold Capuchin chapel,that stood in the mid-dle of the Held, be-tween the Spanish po-sition and the insur-gent trenches. The Colorado and Nebraska men, who threw up the new^ breast-works at the point that Colonel McAvoy had chosen, were occasion-ally fired at by the Spaniards, who had a good view^ of what theAmericans were doing. The breast-work was about seven feet ALFONZO XIII., THE BOY KIX(; OF SiAlX. The American Occupation. 331 with notches and peepholes for the lookouts. Inside the parapet wasa parallel elevation of about two feet—for the men to stand on whenthey wished a shot at the enemy. The old chapel itself was in theline of defense, and was used for cover; though it was nearlywrecked by the many shells that had been thrown against it. Saturday, July 30th, two batteries were placed in position : theywere A and B of the Utah Battalion. The guns of the formerwere placed on the right, those of the latter on the left, of thechapel. It was, accordingly, near Pasai, about ten oclock the same day,that the first American blood was spilt. The First Colorado regi-ment had just been relieved by the men from Nebraska, andwere returning to camp, when a Spanish bullet hit Private \V. of Company K. in the upper part of the left arm. Thewound, however, was very slight, and Sterling was soon backin the ranks. Sat
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