Show TRIBUTE TO UTAH OFFICER san francisco chronicle in a letter to a friend hero a regular army officer who went with the first troops to manila pays the following tribute to aleut Cricht low of utah 1 I have been deeply disappointed with and indeed ashamed at the lack of appreciation shown some ot the bravest officers in the army here both in the newspaper accounts of the battle of malate and the official reports ot the engagement first among these neglected is aleut Cricht low of battery of the utah light artillery there were many brave officers and men there but Cricht lows bravery stands out so eminently preeminently pre that it passes understanding why ho has received but the slightest notice at the hands of his superiors YOU cannot maho the men who fought under him la the thickest of the battle of malate believe that his courage there wa inferior to any shown by hobson at santiago he inspired his men to a frenzy of daring spaniards bent at our lines no hotter than that which rained upon Cricht lov and his battery moat of the utah dead and wounded were of his command the spanish load came upon them almost in sheets shells burst continually around them but inspired by their leader not a man faltered except those who fell dead or near to death many times during the advance in that awful hall Cricht low the guns and assisted in firing and dragging them strange to he was not struck he la still a plain lieutenant while a man who was making tea on tho transport newport miles jarom the action was boado a brigadier general for gallantry in action |