The times., 1899-05-29
INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHTING.
Interesting Paragraphs Cleaned
FROM GenernI HnIe,s Report-.

Interesting Paragraphs Cleaned
From General HaIe's Reports.
The War Department made public yes
terday the reports OF Brig. Gen Irving
Hale on the operations Of the Second Brig
ade, Second Division of the Philippine
army. from February 4. covering the first
six days of fighting with the Filipinos.
The public is familiar with the events of
that time. but General Hale tells some
interesting particulars. Some OF the Incl
dents described In the reports are as fol-
lows:
AT a, m telegram came from Colonel
Stotsenburg, First Nebraska. requesting
re-enforeements. as the insurgents were
closing in on him. There being none avail
able in the city / sent Lieutenant Perry
to order Major Grove with the two Color
ado companies, d and I. just sent out. 10
move across country in rear of line to
Santa Mesa road. and thence through rice
district toward bIockhouse No. s (the only
place where the insurgents could possibly
get in) TO catch them II they had succeed
ed in getting around Nebraska's right
flank; il nothing there to move up be-
hind camp and report to Colonel Stot-
senburg. There was considerable firing
down by San Juan bridge. and the Flip
mos were cheering. but scouts sent to
companies there and along pipeline re-
ported that they had no trouble. and need
ed no support.
AT $40 a M, the enemy's infantry fire
being about silenced. the force on sam
paloc Hill, under Major Anderson, with
Colonel Mccoy in general command, was
ordered TO charge block house No. D, earth
works and village, halting and advancing
I III, frr ha
fire should become too strong. They mads
the charge in fine style. and when half
way to the blockhouSe the insurgents broke
| from the earthworks, bushes, and houses
| in surprising numbers and ran for the
/ hills. the Americans picking them on as
they ran Thirty-fve we're gathered up in
the immediate vicinity. twenty-four dead
! and eleven wounded This movement
| broke their centre and showed that they
could not stand a charge.
Colonel Frost and the South Dakota reg
| iment, after FIVE artillery shots each at
| blockhouse No. and the earthworks be-
| tween Nos. 4 and 5, as specified in message
! sent him, attacked and charged in excel
| lent form, capturing this part of the line
I In the afternoon. in compliance with IN
/ structions from division commander, ne
4 also co-operated with the Tenth Pennsyl-
vania in the capture of Chinese cemetery
and church one and one-quarter miles
northwest of blockhouse No. 4. and the
/ South Dakota troops were the first inside
the church and enclosure.
| THUS, at $3.50 a. m., February .. we
! were in possession of the entire insurgent
1 line in front OF the Second Brigade from
bIockhouse to San Juan Bridge. a dis
tanee of two miles. The enemy still held
| the Deposito San Juan del Monte and San
Felipe on the high hill across the San
Juan River. opposite McLeod's Hill, and
the Nebraska camp on our extreme right.
| AS every organization in the brigade, in-
Guiding those temporarily attached drove
| the enemy in its front from entrenehed
positions and did all the work set before
it energetically and gallantly, special men
tion would be inappropriate.
! THE members OF the brigade staff. Capt.
A. Med. Brooks, Capt. NJ. S. Krayenbuhl.
Lieut.. F. L. Perry. Lieut.. W. S. Connor.
who volunteered his services. and also
my personal orderly Private II. B. Kerr.
| First Colorado (who practically performed
| the duties of a staff officer. rendered
arduous and efficient service, carrying
messages along our extended front, fire.
quently under fire. Maj. S. o. L. Potter.
brigade surgeon. did valuable work in. con-
nection with the regimental field hos
pitals.
"A short distance back, the body of AS
sistant Surgeon Young, OF the Utah Bat
>
ed bullet hole in his head. indicating that
he had been captured by the insurgents
and killed after capture. He had intended
to meet Major Young at the Deposito. but
apparently missed his way and went be-
yond.
Lieut. A. P. Hayne. California Heavy
Artillery. who had voluntarily accompanied
Major Goodale as aide. expressing a desire
to return to the city was allowed to do
so. and on his arrival went to the depart
ment commander with a grossly exaggsr-
ated report OF the situation. on the
strength of which the department COM
mander directed the withdrawal Of the
battalion. Captain Krayenbuhl and Lieu
tenant Perry. of the brigade stan. with
platoon of Oregon troops as escort and
carrying two cauteens OF water per man.
with large supply on cart, were there
fore dispatched to the relief of the Twen-
ty-third battalion. An orderly was sent
to the water works to notify Colonel Stot-
, senburg of the withdrawal of this cover
ing force on his left so that he could take
other means for protection. 1t was found
that the report was practically groundless.
that the position was a strong one, that
there was no firing and no apparent dan
ger, and that Major GOodale was reluctant
TO withdraw, especially at night They
therefore left the platoon there and re-
turned, Lieutenant Perry reporting the
facts to the department commander. who
authorized me to leave the battalion where
it was and proceed according to my bsst
judgment in the morning
| Errors of .'BIue Noses.-