The times., 1899-06-06

nesseeans in coming up had encountered
the enemy in force in fortified cemetery
and had routed him. This regiment ad-
vanced to the Molo Bridge and took up its
position in the deserted Spanish lines.
Night coming on, General Miller estab-
lished his lines in front of Molo convent
and down the Iloilo River to its mouth
The enemy kept up his fire all night.
Though il was badly placed, 1t was annoy
! ing to the Americans. Several shots
passed through General Miller's headquar-
ters.
On the second day the Americans moved
against Molo and Jaro. No resistance was
encountered at the first named place, but
| at Jaro body of rebels estimated at 500
was come upon. The fighting lasted one
and half hours, when the enemy retreat
ed in disorder, leaving Jaro the capital of
Panay province, in the hands OF our forces
When General Miller entered the city, the
normal population of which is said to be
10000, he found that most of the citizens
! had precipitately fed. They did not even
bar the doors of their homes and stores
behind them. Our troops did what they
could toward barring up the houses, but
General Miller did not have enough men to
| place an adequate guard over the city.
| There are many Chinese in Jaro and it is
the belief of General Miller that these peo-
pie looted the place. A line of pickets was
| thrown out along the Jaro River to the
fortified town of LaPaz and by a skillful
| distribution Of his small command General
| Miller held Iloilo on all sides and covered
all lines of approach, except that by water
Brig Gen. Marcus P. Miller was born at
Stockbridge. Mass, siXty-four years ago
and entered West Point Military Academy
in September, 1854 graduating on July /,
1888. He was Immediately made a second
lieutenant of artillery and served at the
| Fort Monroe Artillery School for two
| years, when he conducted recruits to Utah
and did frontier duty at Fort Crittenden
for about one year. At the breaking out of
the Civil War he saw service first in the
defences of Washington, remaining on this
| duty several months. He was then de-
tailed as ordnance officer OF the reserve ar
tillery, Army of the Potomac, in the Pen
insula campaign. For gallant and merito-
rious service at the battle of Malvern Hill
July l, 1862, he was brevetted captain.
In command of a battery he participated
| in the battle of Antietam His command
was then marched to Falmouth, Va. and
in December, 1862, he participated in the
Rappahannock campaign, fighting in the
battle of Fredericksburg. From June, 1863,
| to March 1864, he served in the Washing
ton garrison and as mastering officer at
Baltimore. He was then appointed mem
ber OF the examining board at Washington
! and Annapolis. on which he remained IN
| til November, 1864 He then took charge
of battery stationed at Kernstown, Va
where he remained until February. 1866.
He was with General Sheridan in his
movement from Winchester, and in the
battle of Dinwiddie Court House partici-
pating also in the action at Scott's Cor
ners, the battles of Sailors Greek, and Ap-
| pomattox.
He was brevetted major on March IA.
| 1860, for gallant and meritorious service
! in the cavalry campaign from Winchester
to Richmond, and on March 81 was breyet-
ted lieutenant colonel for like service in
the battle Of Dinwiddie Court House. In
| May, 1865, he was stationed at the Wash
| ington garrison, where he remained until
| November, 1867, when he was transferred
to Fort Monroe, remaining there until 1872.
He saw service in several Indian wars. no.
tably the Modoc. Nez Perce, Bannock, and
! Piute wars.
Following his frontier career he was
appointed professor at West Point, where
| he remained for several years He also
| served as an instructor at the post grad
| uate Artillery School at Fort Monroe He
then became lieutenant colonel of the First
| Artillery, and later was made colonel of
the Third Artillery. He was commissioned
a brigadier general of volunteers last
spring, and was retired with the rank of
! brigadier general on March 27, 1899.
! General Miller was married to a daugh-
| ter of Gen. Joseph A. Haskin, who lost an
arm in the Mexican War. and who was in
command of the forces at Washington dur
ing the latter part of the Civil War He
is the father of three daughters and two
sons. one of the latter being in the Navy,
a graduate of the Naval Academy, and the
other graduate of West Point, and hold
ing commission as lieutenant of artillery.
| One OF his daughters is the wife of Lieu
| tenant Barrol of the Army and another
| daughter is the wife of Lieutenant Rug
giles, "on of the former Adtutant General OF
the Army.