Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-24

May ., tney returned to Calumplt, ana
crossed the Grande river, camping in
Arpit. On May the first and second
battalions participated with the second
brigade in the capture of San Tomas,
| the third battalion remaining at
Grande river bridge to guard stores. On
May 5 the first and second battalions
advanced and captured San Fernando,
crossing the San Fernando river under
! fire. This was one of the hottest fights
! in which Iowa troops were engaged.
| The two battalions went into quarters
in San Fernando. BY this time they
were strictly in the enemy's country
and on May % the 1owans, with the
First South Dakota, repealed an attack
| of the enemy on their outpost On the
| following day the Iowans and Daliotans
Joined in 4 forward movement, driving
the enemy from in front of the line
of outposts. Again, on May 81, the out
posts were attacked by small force
of insurgents, who We're driven off.
Fighting at San Fernando.
| The regiment was stationed at San
| Fernando during the month of June.
/ On the 10th the outposts were attacked
| by considerable force at 5 p. M, but
the enemy was driven back and his
trenches occupied temporarily. Again,
on June %, the outpost was attacked
by small force at p. H., and again
the assailants We're driven off.
| July was an uneventful month with
| the regiment, which was stationed at
San Fernando the entire tine.
Shortly before midnight on the night
of June 80 the outposts were attacked
and the entire regiment was ordered to
the firing line. The enemy's fire was
silenced by few vollcys. On July 4,
by way of furnishing the Iowans a
substitute for the ordinary celebration
to which they had been accustomed at
home, the Filipinos made an assault at
$3.50 p. NJ, but a brief fireworks dis
/, play by the Iowans resulted in their
repulse without casualty. On July IS,
| First Lieutenant John L. Moore, of
company L, Council Bluffs, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the head, dying during the night. A
short time before he had been the VIC
! tim of a serious sunstroke, as result of
which he had been subject to fits of
temporary alteration. In one Of these
he committed suicide.
On July 81, Second Lieutenant Guy
E. Logan of Company N, Red Oak,
commanded a scouting party sent out
to locate the outposts Of the enemy in
the direction of Mexico. The only
casualty officially reported during July,
aside from the death of Lieutenant
Moore, was the wounding of Private
| Edwin F. Brown, Company C, who sus-
tanned slight gunshot wound in the
left bullock.
/, Advance on CaIulet.
| August was a month of activity for
the regiment. On August the COM
panies, except F and X, were formed at
! 1880 p. m. and marched to the outposts
OF the Seventeenth infantry, where they
were deployed as skirmishers, and ai-
vanced on Calulet, meeting considera-
| bic resistance. Calulet was taken about
1 D. M, and an hour later a scouting
! party of fifty men, under Lieutenant
| William c. Mentzer Of Company d, and
Lieutenant +. l.. Won Arnam, Company
| L. advanced in the direction of Angeles,
about 2:30 encountering the enemy
and routing them, after lively slir-
! mish. @
Again, on August II, a scouting party
of fifty men, under Lieutenant James
o. Ross of Company z, and George w.
/ Wilson of Company c, advanced and,
after an engagement with the enemy,
entered Angeles, driving the enemy out
of the place. Afterward they returned
to Calumpit. The regiment remained
at Calumpit until August IL, sending
out occasional scouting parties and
guarding wagon and ambulance train.
On August II it was moved to San
Dalan. Companies + and K were left
| in charge of the Fifty-frst Iowa out
posts at San Fernando, making daily
Reconnaissance to Mexico.
During this month three deaths
were reported in the regiment. They
We're:
Clarence w. Mason, private, band,
died, August 2, at San Fernando, OF
arpendicitus.
| Walter E. Hutchinson, private, Com
pany A, died, August 8, at Manila, of
typhoid fever.
Rodney Clark, private, Company D,
died, August 8, at Manila, of typhoid
fever.
This practically completes the record
of the regiments active service. Soon
after the opening of September the
regiment was ordered to quarters
4 in Manila, preparatory to sailing for
home.