The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-24
MONIANA'S LARGE PART IN The FIRST
CAMPAIGN WAGED AGAINST THE FILIPINOS

| For an hour the companies held this
! position, and then orders came to fall
i back, which they did to small walled
| cemetery near by. The insurgents
| kept pressing forward, but were held in
/ check.
| In the meantime the whole regiment
! had been put under arms. Lieutenant
| Colonel Wallace and Major Cook had
| taken G, E and B to reinforce the Kan
sas regiment. remained and aided
! the Kansas all night. joining it's own
regiment the morning of the 9Th. but e
and B returned. Major Miller was left
in command of the four companies de-
| tailed to guard the town, while Colonel
| Kessler took the rest of the regiment to
reinforce the line. The colonel halted
| his command at the point where Cen
| eral Macarthur had established temper
| airy headquarters, and took L and
forward. These with NJ and I, he dis
| posed around the cemetery. The Utah
| light battery posted two guns here. All
night the fight was kept up, the first
| battle of the war and the Montana's
| batism of fire in which they behaved
with magnificent courage.
In the morning Captain Keown, with
! a squad from c company, went for
ward, and by burning the huts and
| other Instructions cleared the space to
| the front. Companies M and l then
| went forward 1000 yards.
| An Advance Ordered.
That morning an advance was order
! ed. Captain Hill, with a squad from
| Company r, reconnoitered the position
| to the right, meeting some resistance,
but gaining the Chinese hospital. where
he was joined by Lieutenant Garden
| hire with another squad from F. The
| line then advanced about mile to
| La Iona church and the Chinese GEM
| etery, fighting the while. Companies c,
| F, H, I, K, l., and NJ while G fought
| with the Kansas regiment. The new
| position taken was a strong one, but
cost considerable blood. Corporal Will
lam Myersict' Of l and Private John
Sorenson of l. were mortally wounded.
| while Private L. l.. Pierstorff of c,
Private Charles Runnels of H, Private
George A. Rowland of FL and Corporal
| L. Skinner of l were wounded less Sc
| verely. On February I Private Henry
| Slack of company B was wounded while
| in the trenches, and February Pri-
waite Percy c. Bullard of Company I
| also was wounded.
| The companies remained in the
trenches along the new line until Feb
ruary 10, when the movement on Calico
can was commenced, Dewey's feet aid
ing. The big 1O-inch guns of the navy
| and the smaller weapons of the Utah
| artillery swept the insurgent line, and
then after 40 minutes of this lombard
ment, the first brigade, consisting of
| the Montanas. the Kansas and the Sd
| artillery, swept forward in a hail of
| Mauser and Remington bullets, but
| eventually driving the enemy before
! them.
| During this engagement Company M,
| under Captain Hallahan, executed a
| brilliant flank movement that won the
praise of General Macarthur and other
high officers. The company, with It's
captain, was placed under the orders of
| Major Bell, U. S. v. engineers, IN
/ charge of military informa ton, and
| made concealed advance in a ravine
| stampedng the Filipincs. Captain Hal
lahan was officially commended for
this work and Private James Casey and
| William E Edwards of NJ company
raised the first American flag in Calico
| can at oil p. M, still under fire. The
other companies arrived at this time
D being first and the enemy was
| pursued a mile beyond the town. The
insurgents had fired the town before
leaving. .-..
In the engagement Private Frederick
Hall was killed, Private John ]. Camp
bell of Company NJ wounded SO severe
| ly that he died February 49, Private
| Clarence G. Briggs of the band received
wounds from which he died February
LIZ. and the following We're wounded:
| Lieutenant Colonel Wallace, Private
John c. Billiard of A. Musician Seth H.
Dibble of A, Corporal David A. Brun-
eau of A. Private Adolph Charette of
A, Sergeant Everett Metcalf of B, Ser
gent George w. Lowman of D, Private
James NJ. Box of D, Private Edward
| " NY ilCluS VI -, SdpldlI w Till
of F. Lieutenant William c. Garden
| hire of F. Private James W. Kennedy
| of G, Private Delos D. Babcock of G,
| Artificer William j. Borthwick of 6,
Private Karl j. Peterson of G, Private
Thomas Malloy of K and Private JOS
eph Callahan of NJ
| Here came one of the most trying per-
| iods in the campaign. The Mon
| tana regiment was entrenched
little beyond Caloocan to the right of
! the railroad track in the small shelter
| or pup" tents and remained there I'M
III March "a. Malabon, an insurgent
stronghold, lay across a marsh and an
arm OF the sea from the camp and
poured an annoying fire upon the Mon
tana lines. Cooking in camp was of the
crudest. Constantly the entire com