Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-23

Macarthur and the return to Malolos or.
dered by him, n commenced by $50 o.
m. The day had been very trying to the
! second battalion, Over thirty men were
Frustrated by the intense heat, and Corp.
Owen H. Rowlands, Company I, was kill
ed, and Principal Musician George Crow
ell, Private VIM. J. Boast, Company G,
and Private Frank Landreman, NJ, were
wounded.
On April 14th a permanent scouting and
accommodating detachment was organic
ed under Major Bell, of Gen. MacAr-
thurs staff. and first Lieut.. Charles w.
Mead, Company D, was put in practical
charge. Lieut.. Mead's experience as civ
IL engineer and his ability at map maxi
ing, as we'll as his fearlessness in pene-
trating into the lines Of the enemy, prov
ed of great service at division %headquar-
tiers. Corp. D. w. Vickers of Company D
and Private w. Chatelle, of E, were 9TH
err Montana men on this detachment.
Gen. Macarthur had established his
headquarters in the building formerly oc-
cupled by the insurgent treasury. 1t con-
tanned. among other things. three prom
Using looking safes. Hospital Corps Pri-
vate Alex G.. Ralston. formerly of the
montana regiment. was detailed to break
them open. Two were found empty, but
the third yielded over 1923 900 in Mexican
money.
Life at Malolos was much the same as
- NAS a. IL
There was the same necessity of being
constantly on the alert, and in attendance
on camp. TO await the favorite night at
lacks of the enemy. Outpost duty, occa-
sional drills and going to the train for
rations was the order Of the day. All
waite" had to be brought from Manila on
the cars, Cor the wells of the neighbour
hood are strongly brackish. Private Jo-
seph A. Wright of Company B was
wounded on April 18th.
The Montanas had, in the meantime,
fought their battles with the Springfield
rifle. an Anticipated apo which placed
them at a great disadvantage with the
Filipinos. who were mostly provided
with MauseIs. The Springfields could
shoot we'll TO a distance of 800 yards; the
Mausers twice as far. So, it will be seen,
an insurgent could safely tand. say 1,50O
yards away, and infict the most deadly
punishment on our boys. Throughout
the campaign there had been experiences
of having to advance through a hail OF
hostile bullets for quite a distance before
the fire of the shorter ranged Springfields
be made effective. The use of
smokeless powder soon destroyed the ri
fling of the barrels, and the bamboos of
the jungles through which it became nee !
essary to fire. DETECTED the heavy lead
bullets of the Springfield. The Montana
boys We're now tabout the middle Of
ApriD partly armed with Krag-Jorgen-
sens. Twenty-Five of these to each COM !
and so became a much more for
midable fighting body.
In April, Col. Kessler became i'll and
to keep to his bed in Manila. Lieut.. ,
Col. Wallace took temporary command.
Col. kessler reioined at the Rio Grande.
The monotony and humdrum of garri-
son duty at Malolos was becoming dis
The boys longed to again go
the hike and when, on April ga
Gen. MacArthur's field order tNo. 2G).
ordering further advance. was received. !
very one was we'll pleased. The plan
an advanc of Only ten
niles but necessitated the crossing Of