Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-23
IN FORE FRONT OF BATTLE
Major R. W, Young and Others Make Official
Report Of Their Campaign Work.
MAJOR PRAISES HIS MEN
calls special Attention TO some-He-
ports Of other omccrs batteries
Expect an EaTly Release,

To-day Acting Governor Hammond re-
coiyod from Manila the reports Of ohi-
Gers OF Battalion Utah Light Artillery
from Feb. 10Th up to and including
March sist Accompanying the same
Is the report OF Major H. W. Young
from the taking OF Caloocan up 10 the
capture Of Malolos.
The reports were mailed 60 Governor
Wells by Sergeant Major Thco. l.. Gem
tor. pursuant 10 order OF Major Young.
They are quite voluminouH. covering 30
pages Of typcwrltton natter In an
enclosed note dated Manila May 18Th,
1893. Mr.. Center expresses the hops that
Governor Wells will overlook any ana
an clerical errors. no he had rather
hard time borrowing typewriter long
enough to make the necessary copies.
The first report Ia from Major Young,
submitting an account Of artillery
operations In tho Philippines during the
month OF March. The artillery In the
division n frst given MS follows.
Battalion Utah Light Artillery. Ma
jor Il. W.. Young commanding, CONF
posed OF Battery a tWcdgcwood'sl and
u Grants temporarily commanded by
Lieutenant Critchlow). one platoon
Light battery y. Sixth u. 8. artillery
Dycr'D. Lieut.. a. =. Fleming. 4. =. A..
commanding. Detachment Of u. =.
Marine corps with Colts gum, Ensign
G.. Davis. u. 8. ~. commanding. ord
nance In use. 1913 2" u. l.. stool rifles
451 MN Maxim Nordcnfcldta (spanlfh)
l.3G" 70. L. steel mortar; o iiotchklsa
revolving cannon. $50 cal. Calling guns.
Colts automatic gun cal. 6m'm, total.
22.
Major Young then goes on To say; AT
the beginning and during the principal
part OF the month All the guns cnumer-
utcd We're IN position on the second d.
vision line extending from tho pumping
station near santolun on the right, 90
Caloocan on tho LETT Battery A. Utah
volunteers. occupying the right and
battery u, Utah volunteers, and the
platoon 9Th 4. 3. artillery and the Colts
guns on the left Of the line.
PERSONAL HEADQUARTERS.
"rhc reports OF Captain wcdgwood.
Iioutenanta Gibbs, CrItohlow, Nnylor,
seaman and Hines. Of the Utah nrtll-
iery. and Lieutenant Fleming, Sixth
artillery, and Ensign Davis, u. 5. navy,
are appended. owing to my unfnmil-
iarity with the operations covered by
some OF these reports and the fact that
the operations IN which l participated
are thoroughly covered by others
consider II both unnecessary ana I'M
desirable for me to make this report In
detail.
During the month my personal head
quarters were at Cnloocan, but ! tre-
uuonty visited other dctnchmen's
along the line. Was In charge OF lhe
artillery on the expedition TO Malolos
and personally selected the site ana
supcrlntendcd the firing In every in-
stance In which any part ~ the artil-
icry went into action. 1 am able 10
state. as In the proceeding reports, that
It has been the almost lnvnriable rule
that the artillery has been advanced
frequently beyond the Infantry Skin
mish lines. and has been used at ranges
(notably the Tullahanand and Marllao
riversD usually deemed impractcably
ing the advance TO Malolos, save at
the railway crossing near Malolos. was
the railway crossing near Malolns, was
the artillery screened by sand bags or
other field works,
ARTILLERY EFFECTIVE.
Experience has demonstrated the
peculiar effectiveness OF artillery
against the Philippine Insurgents. In
my opinion much loss Of lfc among
our troops may be ayerted by the
abundant use Of field artillery three
guns for one thousand would not /
believe, be excessive, by reason OF
ranging power, the three two rifle la an
ideal weapon. but on account OF bad
roads and the absence OF roads and
bridges. lighter gun viii probably be
found more soryiccnble, The Colts
automatic gun has proven TO be valu-
able support for an adjunct 10 artillery,
furnishing with small detachment a
volume OF FIRE which Is eiicntious In
restraining the cuemy's small arm IRE
and thus dispensing with the necessity
Of dotnching infantry as supports, A
c. Hotchklsa mountain gun used by
the Nebraska regiment was pulled over
the most inaccessible places and did
excellent service. but proved too light
In callber for really effective work.
MARCH TO MALoLos.
"During the march to Malolos, sew
eral bow springs We're broken, soyera