Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-06-30
WHITES REPORT
Of the Doings of Companies A, B, G
and H in the Malate Fight.

Major Frank White, of the n. D. U. S.
", has submitted his report of the
doings of his command during the battle
of February 4th and 5th. The report in
full is as follows:
W. G. Treuman, 1t. Col. Commanding
First n. d. Infantry, U. S. ",
Sit: l have the honor to submit the
following report of the duty performed
by the troops in my command on the 4th
and 9TH of February, A. d. 1893.
The companies composing the First
battalion on February 4, 1899. were
quartered as follows: Company H, com.
manded by Capt. P. w. Eddy, and Co. A,
commanded by 1t. S. Fl. Newcomer, in
bamboo barracks, opposite Quartet, Co.
B, commanded by First 1t. L. G. Gearey,
Jr., in large house on the beach opposite
the south end of Gale Real Malate, and
Co. G, commanded by First 1t. G. w.
Getchell, in large house at the foot of
Gale Neuva Malate.
About $50 p. NJ, upon hearing heavy
firing the companies were ordered to
form, H and A in front of their barracks
to await orders, and G and B on previous
order, moved as soon as formed to Fort
San Antonio Abad. Being ordered by
the commanding colonel, l went immedi-
ately upon the sounding of the alarm to
the fort where I found Company G,
having arrived first, deployed on the
east side of the fort, one platoon across
the bridge and the other in the old
Spanish trenches, Company B, with one
platoon on the west side of the fort and
one in the rear. I Immediately ordered
Company G further east in the Spanish
trenches to connect with Company G's
right and ordered the sergeant of the
guard at the fort to take up the line west
of the fort with his guard. At about 10
o'clock Company H reported and were
deployed into the Spanish trenches, their
right resting OIL Company G's left. ex.
tending just across a bamboo hedge $50
yards from the fort. A squad was here
placed in a transverse trench to protect
their flank, a screened light was placed
just to their left to indicate where our
left rested to the posts of the Fourteenth
infantry, advanced from the Cingalor
road.
In this position we remained until
about TAO a. M, February 5th, when we
opened fire upon the insurgents in the
trenches and pits in our front. Up tc
this no shots had been fired by the men
in my command or by the insurgents il
our front. From 7:4O the firing was con
tinued in an intermittent manner unit
1880. At this time having been joined
by a part of Company D of the Seconc
battery, Company G on the right, Com
pany D in the center and Company H Oh
the left, were ordered to charge on tn.
trenches in our front. The charge wa!
rapidly made and we came upon tn,
trenches before the insurgents wer'
aware of our approach and were able t,
drive them out without loss to ourselves
killing about twenty-five and taking fv'
prisoners.
Following our orders after taking tn
insurgent trenches we Immediately re
turned to our former position where w
remained until 1:3O, when we were or
dered to advance as skirmishers, our lef
touching on the Fourteenth infantry, an,
to gradually swing around to the left
the purpose of the movement being t.
flank the trenches in front of the left o
block house IA. The other companies
B and D, did not get around in time AM
were too much in advance to take par
in the fight here. They came up t
the marsh just west of the Pasai roa,
and remained deployed along the mars]
with n platoon of the right compan,