Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1902 — A WEST POINT HERO. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A WEST POINT HERO.

Capt. Francis A. Schoeffel, Recently Wounded in the Philippines. The gallant Ninth regiment has borne the brunt of the fighting in the Philippines for some time, and as a result many a brave American lad has gone down ■with his face to the foe. The third reverse which has overtaken this regiment recently was that of the day before Christmas, when a detachment of Company E was ambushed by a band of bolonien and a fierce hand-to-hand fight followed. Before the Filipinos were driven off seven American soldiers wcro killed and six wounded. Among the latter was Capt. Francis A. Schoeffel of Rochester, one of the bravest soldiers in Uncle Sam's service. Capt. Schoeffel began his lighting career when a student at West Point. His name was brought into considerable prominence during the investigation into the death of Cadet Booz as the student who whipped every

upper-class man that was brought before him—thirty in all, five of them going down before him in one day. His wonderful prowess has become celebr n *ed in the annals of the institution. Schoeffel was one of the first men to climb San Juan hill. He was present at the siege of Pekin, and was shot while in the lead during the charge in which Col. Liscum, commander of the Ninth, was killed. Capt. Schoeffel is the son of a prominent Rochester Civil War veteran.

HERO WHO WHIPPED HIS CLASS.