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Show REWARDS FOR HEROIC FIGHTERS Member of Uncle 8am' Forcet In Phlllpplnei Arrive In San Franclteo. John Catherwood, tho hluojuckot tthoso heroism Is to bo recognized by a Congressional medal, and Private C F. Gordon of tho Second Cavalry, w'bo also figured prominently In vo-1 vo-1 cent Moro outbreaks In tho Philip-r Philip-r pines, havo arrived on tho Army tiansport Thomas. Doth bear cvl. denco of tho terrible Injuries which were Inflicted upon them by tho blood-thirsty head hunters. Thero wero several other soldiers In the sick bay of tho troopship who arc still suffering from bolo wounds received re-ceived In skirmishes on tho different Islands. Gordon lost his right leg, It having- been sovercd by tho bolo of a Moro In a night attack, while Cath crwood's eighteen distinct spear and bolo slashes aro Just hcallns. Tho engagement In which Catherwood Cather-wood participated and which brought forth tho praise of tho departmei.t for his valor occurred on tho Island of Hafllian sovcral months ago. After Ensign C. E. Hovey, who was '.n com-,nnii com-,nnii nt tho Bouad. had been cut down by tho attacking Moros, Cath-erwood Cath-erwood rallied tho handful of men and routed tho fierce natives after a hard-fought and gallant struggle. Ensign En-sign Hovey nnd n party of flco men, Including Catherwood, wero dispatched dispatch-ed ashore from tho gunboat Pam-panga Pam-panga on a scouting expedition. The little Bquad was attacked in a clearing clear-ing where they had no shelter. A volloy spf spears, bolos and muskot balls nssalled thcn from tho cano at tho edge of tho open space, nnd then before tho unsuspecting, bluojackcts could rally from their surprise tho Moros wero upon them and a fierce hand-to-hand combat ensued. Ensign Hovey was tho first of tho bravo lads to fall, cut In fifty places, as was afterward ascertained, by the horrible weapons of tho Moros. "Stay with tho Job, boys!" wero tuo last words of tho younj Ensign as his lllo's blood ebbed. I Although soverely wounded him- I self, Catherwood rallied his compau- I Ions and by very dint of their grit I they managed to bold off the nttack- 1 tng force, which numbered thirty- -J five, until tho latter wero routed. Catherwood was tho most seriously Injured In tho squad nnd for wojiis ho lay In tho hospital nt Manila hov- erlng botweun llfo nnd death. Ho is homo for dlschargo and It Is said win shortly bo presented a mednl for his biavery. Gordon, tho young cavalryman, was ono of tho sovenil mon who wero mounded In n night attack mado by a lone Moro scout on their camp near Lake Selt, on tho Island of Jolo- October Oc-tober 17th. Kour troops and a machine ma-chine gun wero eighteen miles away from tho barracks on n three-days march. Tho Moro sneaked Into the camp at 2 o'clock In tho morning, and, after spearing two of, tho sergeanU, raised tho flap of tho tent in which wero Gordon nnd two others, lnclud tng Fred Barnes, tho cook, who afterward af-terward died of his wounds. Gordon Gor-don had Just awakened when the Moro let fly his bolo. Tho soldier's right leg was almost sovercd abovo tho knoo by tho prlmltlvo, yet terrible, weapon used by tho native. Gordon crawled out on tho grass and took a shot at tho flcolng head-hunter, who turned, to bo confronted by Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Coppock. Tho natlvo had secured the six-shooter of ono of tho wounded wound-ed sergeants and was about to fire upon the Lieutenant when tho latter laid him low with four pistol bullets. Tlio entlro camp had boon aroused nnd tho main body of tho Moros, which was oxpcctlng to descend upon the cavalrymen, fled. |