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FROM OTIS.
Give. Additional Particular. of Bat
Hloa4 ne C~aanaltieaL

tie at CaloOean-LiBt of Casualties.
Washington, Feb. 13.-The war de.
partment received the following dis
patch from Gen. Otis:
manila, Feb. ll.-MacArthur's division is
north Of Pasig river. Yesterday his left
wig, Otis brigade. made a partial wheel
to right. resting left of the brigade on
Caloocan. where the insurgents, who were
in considerable force. were sharply driven.
leaving a good many dead. Our casualties
are as follows:
Private John A. Gibbons. hospital
corps.
Private Alonzo Ricketts,. company l..
twentieth Kansas volunteer Infantry.
Private Fred Hall. company I. First
Montana volunteer infantry.
Wounded.
FIRST MONTANA VOLUNTEER IN
FANTRY-Lieut. Col r. B Wallace; PrI.
yate Thomas Maloy. company K. Zeth r.
pany b.; Joseph Crater. company r; Will
liam ]. Borthwick. company G: Clarence
Briggs. company H: Capt. W. L.. Hill;
Privates Henry @. Reynolds. company D;
John c. Bullan. company A; Joseph w.
Kennedy. c. 3 Beloa. company D; Bah
cock. company g.; Carl ]. Peterson. COM
pany M; John W Campbell. company L.
THIRD UNITED STATES ARTIL-
LERY-Prfvates Oscar Portwich, batteryG;
Jeremy w. Cleveland. battery H. Leo
91eisler. battery H: Bert M Dorton. bait
terry K: Corporal David C. McKelvey. bat
terry K; Prtvates Jerry Cramer. battery H:
James Leonard, battery K; Rufus 3.
B!ume, battery K.
TWENTIETH KANSAS VOLUNTEER
TNFANTRY-Corporal Edward D Willing.
company B; Privates Harry S. Harris.
company b; James S. Mills. company E:
David NJ. Horkman, company H, Privates
l.. j. Howard, company b; Elmer f. Unie.
company b.; William c Barber. company
r; Bert Samson. company K.
FIRST IDAHO VOLUNTEER IN
FANTRY-Private James r. Willard. COM
pany D..
NEER INFANTRY-Private Ben Ohtan,
company L.
"Troops in excellent condition; sup
piled with all necessities, Hospitals. not
withstanding wounded. have fewer pa
tients than before engagements of ith and
9Th instants. Yesterdays engagement
most successful. Belief of old residents
thai Aguinaldo will be unable 10 gather
In future any considerable force
MAKE total 292 (Evidently refers to to-
(signed) OTIS"
Additional List of Casuaities.
Washington, Feb l3.-Gen. Otis has
cabled the following additional list OF
casualties:
Manila. Feb ll-AdJutant General
Washington.
Additional casualties:
"FIRST NORTH DAKOTA-Wounded
Sergt. William II. Lock. company G..
THIRD ARTILLERY-Wounded: Pri.
vate B. l.. Butzker. battery X.
UTAH ARTILLERY = Wounded: Cor.
moral Andrew Paterson. batterv r
FIRST MONTANA-Wounded: Second
Lieut.. William Gardenhier. company F,
Private William Kennedy. company G,
Harry Slack. company B. Percy G Billiard
company C; G. w Boardman, company A
J. M. Box, company D; David Burns. com.
psny NJ; Frank Gotti. missing.
"TWENTTETH KANSAS Wounded
John o. Morseberg. company K, Sidney
Morrison. company NJ.
FIRST IDAHO-Killed: Private Harr!
Mcclure. company H. Wounded Capt, l.
r. Hamer. Corporal Howard Barley. com
pany e.
lsigned, otis"
Details of the Battle.
Manila, Feb. l3.-The following ad
ditional particulars regarding the cap
ture of Caloocan have been obtained:
The insurgents had been concentratint
their forces for days at Caloocan and Mai
Ven. EIWeil J.. GUS, lHS american com
mander. determined TO attack them Fl,
instructed his commanders accordingly
and requested the assistance of the nava
forces under the of Rear Ad
niral Dewey. Maj Gen, Macarthur re
ported that all was ready, and at threl
O'Clock he received the following mes
age
1.-THE commanding general orders you I,
go ahead with the programme,
(Signed) BARRY"
The attack began Immediately. The mon
ltor Monadnock and the cruiser Charlesto,
shel,ed Calcocan and the country mort
OF 1t for half an hour Gen Macarthur
artillery also did effective work from a hi
in the rear.
Brig. Gen. Harrison Gray Otis. with hi
brigade. consisting Of the Kansas regi
ment. the Montana regiment and TIL
Third artillery, regulars, acting as in
fantry. advanced handsomely, pushing
forward in the face of the Filipino bull
lets as cheerfully as IL they had been snow
balls
The enemy was utterly routed and fec
to the mountains.
AT six O'Clock cease firing" and recall
were sounded.
The troops we're then well through Cal
ocean and north of it.
Gen. Macarthur established his left a
Caloocan and strengthened his lines fol
the night
BY the capture Of Csloocan the contro
Rf much Of The rolling sleek Of the Manila