Show tHOW GEN LAWION DIED I I The Action Wherein He was Killed Detailed sRpLOV < THE HEART d 1 PJarccd by a Bullet Fired by Filipinos I j I Fili-pinos while Pacing the oeBO Lived But a Few Moments After I i I Bring Shot An Interesting Statement State-ment Detailing tha Battle at San I i Itfatco Lawton Had Ridden All Night to be Able to be on the Scene Early I I Washington Feb Gfho War department de-partment lies received the report of Col Sergeant of the Twentynine infantry in-fantry at Mnnlhu detailing the action at San Mateo during which Gen Lawton Law-ton lost his Hte The report says Gen Lawton had ridden all night to be able I to arrive on the scene at halfpast GIn G-In tho morning but he said Sal geant I wish to give you full swing go ahead with your command and carry I car-ry out your plans It was rather glgnlllcant that Lawton Law-ton had said he did not expect much I resistance considering that ho lost his Ire In that engagement Between San Matco and the troops lay 1l11 which I It was necessary to ford and the location loca-tion of the ford was astOilalued with great uMillcully tho eheuiy being I strongly1 intrenched j onthe i opposite bank and volleying upon ict troops The report leaUsi j z At U 115 time Jibput oifSlo a u in the llrst firing be an andldlsmouncd and started to the front Gen Lawton Law-ton had irlTpnly arrived on the tlrlng lino mvjjjs I descended the hill In front of which was the rice field Gen Lawton Law-ton Vas coolly walking up tinti down the Ilrln lIne within about two hundred hun-dred and fifty yards or lie enemys Intrcnchnients A few minutes afterward after-ward I Ureckinrldgc was wounded and I fow Gen Lawton acting as one of tho Utterbearers helping to carry Limit Bwcklnrldgp from the field After helping to carry back Lleut Brccklnrldgo to the General l headquarters head-quarters during the battle fie remained re-mained a few moments asked Lieut BrccUlnridtfe how he felt said a few words to Maj Rogers about my disposition dispo-sition of troops for the fIght and then 1 starting back to the llrlngllnc wos shot before he had advanced but a few steps He was shot Just above the heart with his face toward the enemy I he fell to the ground and lived but a few moments Thus died on the battlefield this j great nud heroic soldlbr large of heart and laTHe of frame with an Indomlt J > able vlll and with a power unsurpassed unsur-passed of overcoming obstacles soldier sol-dier who had never known fear who knew not what fear was The remainder of the report Is I de vptcd to a description of tho battle and Its results and agrees with the accounts heretofore published |