Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-05-27

GENERAL ARTHUR MACARTHUR
that my soldiers have been passing the
line of demarcation fixed by agreement,
| desire to say that this is foreign to my
wishes and shall give imme diate orders
in the premises that they retire"
Next came the disregard Of the prom
Use which precipitated the outbreak, and
this is described by General Macarthur
in the following language:
AT about $50 p. M, Feb. A. an in
surgent patrol. consisting of four armed
soldiers, entered our territory at block
house No. : and advanced to the little
village of Santel. which was occupied
from the pipe line outpost of the Ne.
braska regiment The American sem
tinel challenged twice and then, as the
insurgent patrol continued TO advance
he fired. whereupon the patrol retired to
blockhouse No. I, whence fire was i'm.
mediately opened by the entire insurgent
outpost at that point At9p. m. Colonel
Stutsenburg, First Nebraska infantry,
l.. S. ", reported considerable firing al
his outposts, which extended gradually
along the entire front OF the division.
AT 10: p. M. it was evident that hos
tilties had been commenced in earnest
by the insurgents, and accordingly an or
der issued from these headquarters to
put everything on the firing line accord
ing TO IL program which had been pre-
arranged for such an emergency
Continuing, the report shows that the
lighting progressed iiercely all night and
the next day the insurgents were driven
back from their whole line. The Ten.
nessee regiment and the South Da-
Eota regiment are particularly men,
toned as rendering coed service Says
General Macarthur:
The combat was characterized by a
fine display of initiative on the part of
the troops engaged. all of whom were
essential to the final success achieve d."
The affair of Feb. is described as an
outpost affair originating between OPP
posing sentnels and ending with a
hand to hand conflict between three ard
q half companies. under Colonel Funs ton
and Major Metcalf, and 200 insurgents.
The latter stood firmly, and clubs, mus
kets and bayonets We're freely used, the
result being a complete rout of the
enemy.
The general plan of the attack on
Caloocan is described In the report. The
program is said to have been carried out
with almost exact precision, the tactical
execution being excellent and the re-
sistance such as to require the best ef-
forts of all concerned. Company NJ of
the Montana regiment is specially men
toned for it's performance under Major
Bell of some extra hazardous duty in
making a feint.
OF the Nebraska regiment Genel al
Macarthur says: I'm consequence of its
advanced position at the pumping sta
ton. the Nebraska regiment has been
engaged in a series of minor opera tions.
which have resulted in a large amount
of arduous and dangerous work, all of
which has been cordially and well per-
formed by this excellent regiment"
The attempt of the natives within the
city. assisted by the insurgents outside,
to rise within the city of Manila on the
23rd of February. is described is for
midable movement. General MacAr-
thur says the situation was made en-
barrassing by the fact that number of
insurgent soldiers had succeeded in get.
ting back OF the Anne rican lines and he
shows how the Montana regiment, ac-
companied by Major Mallory, inspector
general of the division, materially aided
in suppressing the demonstration. High
cummendation is bestowed upon the little
army gunboat Laguna de Bay, COM
manded by Captain Randolph, and upon
the volunteer signal corps detachment
under Captain Edgar Russell. Under
this head it is shown how the signal
corps made it possible to fully develop
the cooperation of the navy by its sys-
TEN.
The quartermaster and subsistence de-
partments are praised as completely
successful in every detail. Says the re-
port: THE supply of American soldiers
engaged in active field operations on
these distant shores with choice fresh
beef from Australia, the very best quai-
ity of fresh vegetables from the United
States and condensed water. together
with all other parts of the ration in abun-
dant quantity and good quality. is GER
tainly just cause for warm congratu-
lation to all concerned"
After taking the medical department
into his chapter of commendation, Cen
eral Macarthur speaks of the results of
the work of the American troops as fol-
lows: "The punishment inflicted by the
division may be estimated from the fact
that official reports have been made Of
the actual burial of 314 insurgents killed
in action during the month. The eremy's
wounded were as a general rule sue
cessfully removed so that it is impos-
sible to speak with any precision in that
respect, but it is assumed that 300 to |
killed would be a reasonable estimate"
The report concludes with special
tributes to the enlisted men first, then to
general officers and lastly to the staff.