Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-28
Fight In Which Major John
A. Logan Died.
S~HOTTHR0UCH THE HEAD
American Troops Were Forced to
March Through Mud Waist Deep
Filipino Riflemen Concealed in
Branches of the Trees.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Mail advices
have reached the war department in re-
gard to the crushing defeat administer
ed by Wheaton's brigade to the insur-
gents near San Jacinto early in November
in which engagement Major John A.. Lo-
gan, Jr.. lost his life. According to the
correspondent of the Manila American
the Thirty-third infantry under Colonel
Hare, encountered a force of the enemy
between San Fabian and. San Jacinto and
Drought on one of the sharpest engage
ments Of the war, resulting in the death
of more insurgents than in any other
fight since the beginning of the insurrec-
ton. The battle ragged for two hours
and at its conclusion seventy-seven dead
'Filipinos were found in the trenches.
MANY wounded We're found hidden in the
high grass and creek bottoms. 1t is es-
ti,nated that over 100 insurgents were
Killed in the fight, from 20 to 30 being
found dead together in several places.
Twenty-nine prisoners and 100 rifles were
captured. The Americans lost one Off
Ger killed and six men wounded.
The officer killed was Major John A,
Logan, Jr., who was shot through the
head during the first few minutes of the
engagement, while at the head of his
battalion, which formed an advance
guard. He was in the act of assisting
a wounded soldier and was hit by a
Mauser bullet fired by a sh%arpshooter
concealed in the top Of a cocoanut tree.
He died a few hours later.
A reconnaissance on the Tuesday pre-
cedins. made by Major Bucks battalion
of the Thirteenth infantry in the vicinity
inf San .Iacirfo 1ava1ono1 noth;p~ ,e, ia,
tportance, but afterwards General Whea-
ton received information tina the enemy
was assembling in strong force there for
the purpose of preventing our control Of
the road from Dagupan north through
San Jacinto, by which road Aguinaldo
would attempt TO retreat. The Thirty
third was ordered out with a Calling gun
and detachment of the Thirteenth, under
the command Of Captain Rowland of
General Wheaton's staff, which troops en-
countered five miles Of the worst roads
yet found in Luzon. Every bridge was
nanserviceable, but in most cases the men
with horses and gums plunged into the
'quagnaire and struggled through as best
they could. Nothing but the indomit-
able energy of Captain Rowland enabled
the Gatl1ng to get into action. A score
OF times 1t was necessary To unhitch the
.herses and lead them around rice fields
while hundreds Of soldiers dragged the
gun over the bitches or broken bridges.
HThe fight was opened while the single
battalion was passing a clump Of native
houses surrounded by a grove of cocoa
nut trees and the men were knee deep
in mud.
The first five come from sharpshooters
On trees and houses n from a small
trench across the road, all at close range.
There was also a heavy fire from tickets
.more distant to the right and left. The
aim Of the sharpshooters was deadly and
WAS directed at tha nff7oarS for tho Rrcf
five men that fell wore either chevrons or
shoulder straps. The officer besides Ma
5or Logan was Captain Green. He was
also shot from a tree, but his injury was
slight. The regiment never wavered for
IA moment, the crack marksmen it con-
Etained soon located the natives and began
Knocking them out Of trees like squirrels.
The men rushed at the trench through the
soft mud. waist deep. and passed aver it.
leaving four dead Filipinos within. The