The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-25
VICTORY WAS SWEEPING.
SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN AGAINST
THE ROBBERS OF xEGRos.
more Than Third Of the HAND
Slain, Including the Sranfsh
Leader-Weapen.. Provisions and
stock Captured-Hass Destroyed.

WASHINGTON. July e4-Tae war de-
partneat today made public a cablegrans
from Ges- Otis, giving fuller details az the
night VITA the rohe@r hand on the Sian
Of Negroes. 1t is as follows:
campaign against mountain ranaer
qaias more successful than reported.
Fyrne. with his seventy n.en killed one
third OF the 40 assembled Including their
leader. Spsniard or Spanish snestizo
foEsa6 was made by Lieut. Evans ard
aetacafnent Of IN. Sixth infantry. VINO
Killed three and captured one Of the roo-
herss captured Ice head stock. many spears
and aolcs. large quantity provisions and
destroyed ia huts. The two casualties in
Byrne aghs are Private David 5. Ander-
son. killed; Albert b. Jerkes. slightly
wounded. both Company X OTIS.
List Of Casualties.
The war department has received the
following. additional casualties from Gen.
Otis az Man la
KiIiei--First California infantry. A, Ba-
longs Ssgros. July /. Company e. Waiter
r Sweente; Ninth infantry San Luis, July
IL. Company X. Edward Il. Webster
Wounced-First California infantry al
Buiongs Negros. First Z Claude W. Hulf.
arm, slight. Twenty-tirst infantry. near
M0rong. July II. Company c, Francs
Clancy. knee. moderate, Ninth infantry
near San Luis. July IS. Company X.
sergt. Herbert l.. Hartwsck. arm. slight"
Gen. Otis today cable the death from
dysentery at Manila. July Is. Of Michael
corrigan. Company X. First Montana.
Ordered to Their Regtments.
The following named officers have been
ordered Ia join their respective regiments.
Twenty-sixth infantry Capt John
Hickey.
Twenty eighth infantry First Lieut..
Daniel II. Gently, First Lieut. Charles
Boyee and Second Lieut.. George W. War
ner.
Th:rtieth snfan,ry-caps. Frank ". Lat
inner and FIRST Lieut. Edward r. Thomp-
son.
Thirty-first infantry-FYrst Lieut.. Will
liam A Castle, First Lieut.. Mason b. VIII
holt and Second Lieut.. Albert H. Stevens.
Thirty-second infantry-capt. John r.
Grimstead, First Lieut.. James L. Long and
Second Lieut.; Arthur N. Pickeli.
Thirty-iourth infantry-Seeond Lieut..
Thirty-fifth infantry-Second Lieut.. Ben
jamin kossman.
Further Appointments Of Omcers.
The following appointments in the vol
unteers army have been announced:
To be captains-kenneth w. Burr. One
Hundred and Sixtiesh Indiana; George w.
BIGGER. One Hundred and Fffty-aiath In
diana. George +. Connolly. Seventh Hi
nSis; Edwin in, H. Fi,sssrald. one
ana. Frederick Goesaeeks. Iowa voiun-
teers, Ellison L. Gilmore, first lieutenant
Company ID. Second North Carolina; Har-
r.son S. Kerry. Illinois volunteers. VIII
MA; Edward Y. Miller. captain Fifth i.li-
nois. John F. Ryan. captain Seventh nli-
nois: II. Henry Savage, major United
States volunteer engineers: f. Ross Smith.
One Hundred and FIfty-ninth Indiana:
Thomas Talbot. second lieutenant Sixth
Massachusetts,: Charles w. vanway. cap
tain Company +. Twenty-first Kansas.
". c. Wyman. major Iowa volunteers: ].
W. Wagner. captain Fret North Carolina
To be first Observation-Disclosures Camp
bell, first lieutenant Company L. Second
Arkansas; Lawrence S. +. Carson. cap
tain First South Carolina: Dewitt C.
Chamberlain and George ri. Caldwell.
One Hundred and Sixty-frst Indiana: Asa
+. Fisk, lieutenant First Montana. Am
brose {. G. Williams Foote. Fifth infan-
Try: John II. Former. Fifteenth Indiana:
Joseph Matson, Iowa volunteers; James
". McMaDus. Iowa volunteers. Arthur
OLeary, sergeant First Montana: George
5 Raiston. first lieutenant Third Nehras-
ka; Charles F. Richmond. Fourth Illinois:
]. NJ. Shook. Co, III. Twenty Kansas;
Charles c. Smith. One Hundred and Sixty-
first 1niiara. Theophilus r. Steele. iieu-
tenant Two Hundred and Second New
York: Bissel Thomas. Battery I. Third
United States artillery. Alvin G. vorus.
Fourth Illinois: William s. Weaver first
lieutenant Company r, Twenty second
Kansas