The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-25
mac ARTHUR'S REPORT
Of the Work Of His Command in
the Philippines.
THE INSURGENTS RESPONSIBLE

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OF the operations In the philippines,
which was in part submitted to the
cabinet on Tuesday. General MacAr-
thur covers a period OF time from the
evening Of Feb. 4, when the insurgent
outbreak began, to FEB. ~. An I'M
portant feature OF his report is the
demonstration OF the responsibility OF
the insurgents Tor the outbreak.
General MacArthurs command was
the Second division OF the Eighth
army corps, which included the Twen-
tieth Kansas (f'unston's command)
and the Utah battery. General Mac,
Arthur mentions also little naval
contingent IN the shape OF COLI au-
tomato gun, loaned by Inc Helena'
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who volunteered with tnree marines
Making brlef statement OF tne posi-
ton OF the United states troops "a
Manila and suburbs Just preceaing the
outbreak OF Feb. 4 General MacAr-
thur comes to the lncloehts leadlng up
to the rupture. he says:
The pertlnaclty OF the insurgents IN
passing armed parties over the line OF
dellmitatlon into American territory
induced correspondence Whlcn IN Inc
light OF the subsequent events Is IN
teresting as indicating win consider
able precision premedltatea purpose
on the part OF somebody IN tne lnsuf-
gent army 10 iorce coilisioh.
General macarthur addressed hole
TO colonel san Mig OF the insur-
gent army. Inc hote was as loiiows:
me line between your command
anu my comMAhu mas oeeh iohs es-
tabilsned, ana is wen UNDERSTOOD ny
yoursel1 anu myself ~ 10 qulte heCes.
sary under present conai.lons' ina!
tnls 1ine snoula not -pe passeu Wy arll a,
men OF e!thei coniihaho. FROM thls
date IL the line IS crossed py your
men win arms IN tnelr hahas' tney
must ne resafoeo as SUBJECT ~ sueh
actloh as l may oeem NECESSARY.
III Replying L. +. Misuel, coione,
anu hrst cnleI' ueciarea lha. ne woulu
prevent the praetice compialhea VI.
NsAt cams tne ulsIesa,u vi 'ne ploih'
Use, Whsch preclpltateo tne OUTBREAK
ana thls Is described by aeherai Mac
Arthur in the following language.
Al ABOUT nan past p III. feD. T.
an lnsurgent patrol, consisting OF iour
armed soldiers, entered our territory
at BLOCK mouse NO. Z ana advanced
to the little village or Santoi, which
was occupied from the pipe line out
post OF the Nebraska regiment. Tho
American sentinel challenged twice,
and then, as the insurgent patrol con-
tinued to advance, he fired, where
upon the patrol retired to block house
No. Z. whence fire was Immediately
opened by the entire insurgent outpost
at that point.
"At 8 p. IN. Colonel Stotsenburg,
First Nebraska infantry, U. S. ", re-
ported considerable firing at his out
posts, which extended gradually along
the entire front of the division. At
1910 p. m. 1t was evident that hos
tilities had been commenced In earnest
by the insurgents, and accordingly an
order was issued from these headquar-
tersto put everything on the firing line.
according to program which had
been prearranged for such emergency"
Continuing, the report shows that
the fighting progressed fiercely all
night, and the next day the insurgents
were driven back from their whole line.
The Tennessee regiment and tho
South Dakota regimentsare particularly
as rendering good service.
Says General Macarthur:
The affair of Feb. is described as
an outpost affair, originating between
sentinels and ending with 4
conflict between three
and half companies under Colonel
and Major Metcalf and 200
insurgents. The latter stood firmly
and dubbed muskets and bayonets
were freely used, the result being a
complete rout Of the enemy. The plan
of the attack on Caloocan Is described
in the report. The program is said to
have been carried out with almost ex-
act precision. Company M, of the Mon
tana regiment, is specially mentioned
for its performance, under Major Bell,
Of some extra hazardous duty In max
ing a feint.
OF the Nebraska regiment General
Macarthur says: "In consequence of
it's advanced position at the pumping
station the Nebraska regiment has
been engaged in series of minor op-
erations, which have resulted in a
large amount of arduous and danger
ous work all of which has been cor
1ially and we'll performed by this ex-
cellent regiment"
The attlmpt of the natives within
Tho city. assisted by the insurgents ont
side, to rise within the CITY of Ma
Mia on Feb. % is described as a for
midable movement, General MacAr-
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