Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-23

total of eight. Col. Kessler's orderly,
William G. Marshall, of Company d, was
killed on this day while standing by the
colonels side, holding his horse. There
We're no further casualties until after
Malolos had been taken.
The advance next day March 30th)
was again delayed by shortage of ra-
tons. 1t began at ? O'Clock in the after
noon IN olumns of fours, but some re-
sistance being encountered Companies \
and f Were dep.oyed DIS skirmishers.
The enemy soon fled, and the regiment
biVouacked at Santa Isabel, about three
miles from Malolos. by the side of the
. Kansas and the Third Artillery.
Mdlolos could have been gained the
same day, but owing to the fact that it
was the rebel capital, considerable re-
sistance was anticipated, and this was
confirmed by natives who entered the
| American lines from the north, during
the day of the 30th. From the boasts of
the insurgents. d desperate stand it was
believed, was to be made. Malolos was
Known to be strongly ~entrenched.
Preparations We're accordingly made
for a premeditated battle of considerable
proportions. the second brigade being to
the right of the railway track and the
first to the left. Montana in the center
of the latter, between the Third Artillery
on its left and the Kansas on it's right.
An artillery Commandment of twenty-five
minutes opened the engagement, and
thereafter, at 1925 a. M, March 31st, the
advance of the infantry began. AL
though there was a large force of insur-
gents present. there was but little oppo-
sition. The enemy seemed to have been
thoroughly cowed by this time by their
constant defeat. Montana moved for
wards in line as skirmishers. and by 10
o'clock the town was reached. At 10 80
the second battalion (Cook) received or
ders to enter. The convent, which had
been occupied by Aguinaldo as h~eadquar-
ters was found in flames. and the last
dozen or so retreating Filipinos, fired
from behind street barbados of stones.
The Montana men charged, killed some,
and routed the rest. A flag belonging to
some members of Company G was soon
hoisted, and it was the first American flag
to wave over the rebel capital. The regi-
ment went into camp in a line about a
mile long on the banks of a small creek
north of Malolos, remaining there nearly
two months.
The problem now was to ascertain the
direction taken by the fleeing enemy.
Two days later (April I'D. the third bat
talon, under Maj. Miller. composed of
Companies F.. /, B and a, made a recon-
noissance to the north in the neighbour
hood of the Bagbag River and found the
enemy in considerable force on the oppo-
site bank. No one got hurt.
On Aril 4th, the entire regiment. ac-
companied by two 3.2-inch field pieces
and one Colts automatic gun, the latter
borrowed from the navy and in charge of
Lieut.. Cleland Davis. Y. S. N, made an
other reconnaissance in the same direc-
ton, along the railway. The start was
made at $50 a. M, and by 10 o'clock the
regiment reached a point within two nun
dred yards of the Bagbag. The enemy
had strong trenches, masked by banana
trees. on the other bank. One span OF
the railway bridge mad been broken. The
first and third battalions found shelter in
a clump of bamboos, but the second
Cooks being in the lead, was compelled
to lay in the open rice fields, exposed to
the glazing sun, and the enemy's bullets,
as well. A messenger was sent to Gen.