Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-04-07
HEAVY LOSSES.
Some Interesting Details Of. the Fight
ing Between Insurgents and
Americans.
North Dakota Gossip From Corpora
Manley, Who Writes an Inter-
esting Letter.

Another Correspondent Gives a Sue
cinet Account of the Capture of
Corporal r. E. Marley Of Company
HI writes from Manila:
Fitch and Hartley, ''two jolly old
chums'' from Company D, 18th Mime
sofa, went out on the firing line with
out permission. They 'fell in" with
the Goth Kansas boys and while firing
hot shot into the enemy q brass-pointed
Remington bullet came along and
passed through both of Hartley's legs
and lodged in Fitch's. Fitch has the
bullet. They're both in the hospital.
AS they belonged to the Provost Guard.
Il court martial awaits them. Hard
is the path to glory.
Captain Eddy holds the champion
ship. Feb. 16, in command of a bat
TALON composed of g and II, n. d.
Vol, and a couple of companies Of 14th
u. s. infantry, he was ordered out at 1
p. IN. to support the troops at San
Pedro Macati, commonly called Saint
Peter Mccarthy" When out about
three miles they were ordered back to
quarters, arriving there at $3.50 p. m.
At $50 p. m. they were again ordered
out, this time being met when about
two miles out and ordered to return.
After less than an hour in quarters
the third order came and again Capt.
Eddy was at the head of his battalion
and marching to the front with orders
to camp in st. Peter McCarthy's grave
yard. But MCCARTHY" wasn't there"
1t is needless to add that the boys We're
weary and foot sOre Nothing but
superior speed will avail the natives
who came>in contact with those boys.
Sergeant Locke of Company G acct
IDENTIFY shot one Of his toes off. He is
in the hospital now and doing we'll.
He'll be out in a few days. Those who
were wounded are, with n few en-
ceptions. rapidly recovering from the
effects thereof and many of them will
0 be out again. Those hit with
the brass pointed Remington bullet are
generally quite badly torn besides are
in danger of blood poisoning. If blood
poisoning sets in the danger to life is
great. But few of the boys are hit
by Remingtons, however.
Each day the police in the city find
lunches of from three to one hundred
plotting natives gathered in houses.
presumably making arrangements for
IN outbreak They are quickly ar
rested and sent to prison. But few
arms are found with them. They
usually have insurgent Uniforms on
under the white civilian shirt. Arms
are found frequently in barrels of rice.
sugar. sawdust. in bamboo poles. or
buried in the ground. Today $50 bolos
were found buried in the earth under
water in one of the canals. A boat
was kept over the spot. A vile plot
for the destruction of the soldiers and
people Of the city is being planned by
the treacherous natives. They are
carefully watched and many of their
schemes are unearthed and the
schemers now lie in jail. If an out
break occurs blood will flow freely
little mercy will be shown-no quarter
given, perhaps. Fires will cause no
end of trouble-the Nipa huts will go
up in flames and the treacherOus and
ungrateful insurgents will be shot UNI
der the light furnished by their own
burning huts. History will repeat
llSClls ~ 1lc SCCuCS VI culllVI Ccl1lulltS
will he reenacted.
at Manila, gives the following inter-
esting details of the fighting:
Careful estimates of the losses of the
enemy, based upon official data, place
them at about 10000 killed and
wounded up to the present time. The
burial Of more than 1000 dead has been
reported to headquarters. while a great
many have been buried Of which no
regular report has been made. These.
with the dead carried from the field by
their Owl men and those killed beyond
the limit Of our advance, make an esti-
mated total of 5000 killed. Allowing
three wounded to one killed, a much
smaller proportion than is shown by
our own casualties. this makes a total
of 10000. Our losses to date are three
officers and sixty-fve lei killed, thir-
teen officers and 262 men wounded and
two missing, a total of 3345 or a pro
portion Of thirty-five Filipinos to one
American. The casualties among the
officers is greater than among the men
in proportion to numbers, being one
officer to twenty and One-half. men,
while there have been about thirty MD
to one officer in action.
Some time ago Maj. Bell made a spe'
'cial investigation of the armament OF
the Filipino army. and estimated their
rifles at about 10000, artillery -four
good pieces and a number of ancient
guns, and several rapid-fire guns. Two
Of the good field pieces have been cap
tured: also, two of the antique cannon
but no rapid-fire guns have been in ac
ton against us to our knowledge. The
Filipinos claim an army Of 10000 men
or about two men to each rifle, and ev
cry man with a bola, which has proved
to be useless weapon thus far. L
is evident that whenever a a falls
his gun and cartridge belt is taken by
,One Of the unarmed men, and the often
sive strength of the enemy remains
undiminished. Not until we have Sc
cured their guns "A we be said to have
so subdued them as to render peace
and tranquility assured.
The arms are about equal quantities
of Mausers, caliber p, and Reming
tons, caliber As. The Mauser ammu
milton is all smokeless, though much o:
the latter has black powder, severa
TONS of which We're given to them, a.