The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

Brigadier General Wheaton, commanding
IN expeditionary brigade inthe Philippines,
has made the follow ng report to the War
Department concerning the organization
and operations Of his command:
ITO the Adiutant General. United States
Army. Washington. ID. c.;
Sir: Wheaton's Expeditionary Brigade
was organized by orders from headquarters
First Division. Eighth Army Corps, dated
Manila. January 4. 1900, and consisted OF
the Fourth United States Infantry, Tween
ty-eighth United States Inf-ntry Volun-
tsers. Thirty eighth United States Infantry
Volunteers. Forty-hfth United States In
fantry Volunteers. Companies ID and II.
Thirty seventh Infantry United States Vol
.hnteers, with four field. guns, and de-
tachment Of the Fourth United States Ar
tiIlery. with two Maxim Nordenfeldt guns
and two Hotchkiss LES guns, under First
Lieut. NJ c. Buckley. Third United States
Artillery. and Kenlys Battery of four ma
chine guns
Il arrived at BacoOr at noon. January 5,
and assumed command. The Fourth Uni
ted States Infantry was at linus. the
Twenty eight Infantry, United States Vol
unteers, at and near Baccor, the Thirty
eighth and Forty-1fth Infantry from The
ZIpOte TO Passay; companies OF the THY
ty-seventh Infantry, United States Volun-
teers. and Buckey's and Kenly's guns
en- route from Manila to Bacoor. jan
uary / directed that the whole force
should concentrate January at linus. one
battalion, Twenty-eighth United States
Volunteers, under Colonel BiTkhimer. to
make reconnaissance toward Cavite Yiejo
haF To hmm he
of The enemy were entrenched In the vi
cinity of Cavite Viejo, and the object of
the reconnaissance Wa to convey the i'm
preston that we would make our main at
tack there. Preparatory to the movement
ordered Colonel Birkhimer camped the
First Battalion OF his regiment at Bina-
cayan, west Of BacOOr, and across the
river.
The morning of January Major B. D.
Price directed that a reconnaissance be
made from linus, on the Dasmarinas road.
First Lieut. Ward Cheney. Fourth Infantry
with Company c, Fourth Infantry under
command Of Second Lieut.. Henry A. Way.
Fourth Infantry. were charged with this
reconnaissance. Leaving linus at daylight
Lieutenant Cheney encountered the enemy
entrenched about one mile south. on the
Dasmarinas road He Immediately charged
their entertainments. held BY some 500
men. Lieutenant Cheney was mOrtally
wounded. and Privates August VI. Arickson
and August Haisch killed. and one private
wounded. The scouts under command OF
Lieutenant Way, succeeded in striking the
enemy on the left and rear driving them
from their entertainments. destroying their
camp equipage and infiicting a loss. which
IL has since been learned, exceeded more
than fifty in killed and wounded
AT 8 o'clock a. m. January I, Col W. Z.
Birkhimer. Twenty-eighIh Infantry. United
States Volunteers, with battalion. Twenty
eighth Infantry. and one section Fifth Ar
tillery. under command of Capt. H. J.
Reilly. marched from Binacayan. on the
Cavite Viejo road. The enemy was found
at Putol strongly entrenched. and opened
a heavy rife fire upon Colonel Birkhimers
advance. The 80 inch gun under Captain
Reilly Immediately opened upon the front
OF the enemy. the infantry deployed, made
a front and flank attack, and by skillfuI
movements Colonel Brkhimer succeeded in
getting in the rear of the enemy's works
with a part OF his command. The insur-
gents. making a determined stand. were
finally routed with slaughter. seventy-four
dead being counted on one portion Of the
field. They fed in confusion. being sub
iected TO infantry rifle fire and shrapnel
from the field gun during their retreat,
Colonel Birkhimer reported but eight OF his
command wounded. The section OF artil-
iery had three men wounded He then
marched TO linus. 10 which place the other
two battalions Of his regiment had been
directed
Clearing the Country.
Upon arrival of the Second and Third
battalions OF the Twenty eighth Infantry.
U. S. Volunteers, and Buckey's guns at
linus. to which place l went at an early
hour, Major z. F. Taggart was directed to
clear the country in front Of the outposts.
on the linus Dasmarinas Road my object
being 10 give room for the troops arriving
to bivouac in readiness for marching south
on January S. BY my direction Major Tag
CART deployed on the Dasmarinas Road,
Buckeyes guns TO support the movement
by advancing along the road with the line
The scouts of Fourth L. s. Infantry IN