The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-25
STORY OF THE WAR
GEN. M'ARTHUR's REPORT OF
FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES
MADE PUBLIC
REBELS PROVOKED OUTBREAK

Persisted In Sending ARMED Meu
Across the Line of Demarcatiou
Into American TerritOry-COI
Funston In the First Hand-to.
Hand Encounters with Rebels
Uprising In Manila Formidable.
! WASHINGTON. May 24.-The secretary
| of war today made public a report from
Maj. Gen. Arthur Macarthur. being one
of the reports enclosed by Gen. Otis ir
| his own report of the operations in tn,
| Philippines which was in part submitted
| to the cabinet yesterday.
| Gen. MacArthur's command was the
| second division of the Eighth army corps
| which included the Twentieth Kansas
! (Funston's command) and the Utah bat
| terry. Gen. Macarthur mentions also a
! little naval automatic gun loaned by the
Helena, manned by Lieut. Cleland Davis
| who volunteered with thre marines Max.
| Ing brief statement of the position OF
! the United States troops in Manila anl
! suburbs just preceding the outbreak o1
Feb. 4. Gen. Macarthur comes to the
Incidents leading to the rupture He
says: rcs, -. sr1. a>. ~,
1.-THE pertinacity OF the Insurgents II
passing armed parties over the line o,
delimitation into American territory in
| dueed correspondent which, In the light
| of the subsequent events, Is fnterestine
| as indicating with considerable precision
| a premeditated purpose on the part o.
| somebody in the insurgent army to force
a collision
FILIPINOS WARNED.
| Gen. Macarthur addressed a note tt
| Col San Miguel, of the insurgent army
! The note, which has now become i'm
portant, and the answer, are as follows
| Sir: The line between your command
| and my command has been long estab
| lished. and is we'll understood by your
| self and myself. 1t is quite necessary
| under present conditions that this line
should not be passed by armed men OF
| either command. An armed party from
your command now occupies the village
| in front of Block House No. 7, at a point
| considerably more than a hundred yards
| on my side of the line, and is very active
| In exhibiting hostile intentions. Thi:
party must be Withdrawn to your side
| OF the line at once.
| From this date, if the line is crossed by
| your men with arms in their hands, they
must be subject to such action as 1 may
deem necessary.
In reply to this Col, San Miguel wrote
In reply to yours, dated this day. ir
which you inform me that my soldiers
have been passing the line of demarca B.
| ton fixed by the agreement, 1 desire tC
say that this is foreign to my wishes
and l shall give immediate orders in the
premises that they retire.
Next came the disregard Of the promise
which prectpftated the outbreak and this
is described by Gen. Macarthur In TIE
following language: @
FIGHT BEGINS. -
At about $50 p. M, Feb. 4, an fnsurgent
patrol, consisting of four armed sol
dieTs, entered our territory at Block
village of Santol. which was I occupied S
from the pipe line outpost of the Ne
braskaa regiment. The American sentinel
challenged twice and then, as the insur-
gent patrol continued to advance, he
fired. Whereupon the patrol returned tic
Block House No. T.. whence fire was i'm
mediately opened by the entire insurgent
| OUTPOST at that point. . :: :
/ At a. m. Col. Stotzeriberg, First, Ne
| braska infantry, United States Yolun.
teers, reported considerable firing at his
outposts, which extended gradually along
| the entire front of the division. At 10:1t
p. m: 1t was evident that the hestilities
had been commenced in Garnet by the
insurgents, and accordingly an order was
everything on the firing line, according
to a programme which had been pre-:
arranged for such an emergency. =
Continuing, the report shows that the
fighting progressed fierceiy all night, an6
| the next day the insurgents were driver
! back from their whole line. The Ten
/ nessee and South Dakota regiments are
particularly mentioned as rendering goo6
service. Says Gen. Macarthur:
The combat was characterized by a fine
display of bravery by the troops. who
toll 70 he
achieved.
The affair of Feb. 7 is described as an
outpost affair, originating between OPP
posing sentinels and ending with a hand
70 hand conflict between three and a hall
companies under Col Funston and Mai
Metcaf and 200 insurgents. The latter
stood firmly and dubbed muskets and
bayonets were freely used, the result be-
ing complete ro1t Of the enemy.
The plan of the attack on Caloocan is
described in the report. The programme
Is said to have been carried out with al
most exact precision, the tactical execu-
ton being excellent, and the resistance
such as to require the best efforts OF
all concerned. Company NJ, from the
Montana regiment, is specially mention
| ed for its performance, under Mai Bell
of some extra, hazardous duty i'll making
feint. OF the Nebraska regiment, Gen
| Macarthur says:
In consequence of it's advanced posi-
| ton at the pumping station, the Ne
braska regiment has been engaged In a
series of minor operations, which have
| resulted in a large amount of arduous
| and dangerous work, all of which has
| been cordially and well performed by this
! excellent regiment
MANILA OUTBREAK.
The attempt of the natives within the
| city, assisted by the insurgents outside
to rise within the city Of Manila on the
| I'D of February, Is described as a for
midable movement. Gen. Macarthur
says the situation was made embarrass-
ing by the fact that number of insur-
| gent soldiers had succeeded in getting
back Of the American lines, and he shows
| how the Montana regiment, accompanied
| by Maj. Mallory, inspector general OF
the division, materially aided in suppress
Ing the demonstration. High commenda-
| ton is bestowed upon the little army
| gunboat Laguna de Bay, commanded by
Capt. Randolph, and upon the volunteer
| signal corps detachment under Capt
| Edgar Russell Under this head it is
| shown how the signal corps made it pos
sible to fully develop the cooperation OF
| the navy by its system.
The quartermaster and subsistence de-
partments are praised as completely sue
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