The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-29

lment on the left drove the enemy from all
their entertainments as far to the west
ward as the Lico road. and about noon
the following telegram was sent TO Gen.
Reported thar insurgent troops were
arriving all night and this morning for
service In your front Think line you sug-
gest from Chinese Hospital your proper
one. not permitting Stotsenburg to expose
your flank unnecessarily
The insurgents had firm possession of
the railway and all of its rolling stock.
and were utilizing Ii 10 the best advantage
in forwarding TO Caloocan their troops
from the north. To my dispatch General
Macarthur replied as follows:
ingly and try and occupy Chinese Hospital
and extend the line to the left from that
point We have everything now. in
doubt when Colonel Kessler gets a gun
which 1 have sent to the front, we will de-
molish and occupy the hospital if 1t is
still defended by the insurgents. At 11:20
river at the bridge; have authorized him
to proceed according to your advice, but
left of the insurgents line is still holding
on, or at all events not yet occupied by
STOTSENBURG'S ACTIVITY.
ION the morning of the 9th our attention
was given to the large number of parti-
sans. or bushwhackers, mostly in rear of
our lines, who were continually firing from
nipa huts or other places of concealment
upon our passing transportation, messen-
gers and detachments. Nearly all the bar
rack guards had been forwarded to the
front, and the provost guard was widely
dispersed on the outskirts of the city. In
some instances it necessary to resort
to radical measures and destroy many Of
the nipa huts, which, situated in the bam-
boo and banana thickets, gave protection
to scattered insurgents who doubtless be-
longed to the interior organization or city
fnsurgent militia The day was devoted to
the removal of these dangerous and threat
ening obstacles and the burial of the dead.
About noon Colonel Stotsenburg tele-
graphed from the deposito. or water res
ervoir the following:
General Macarthur instructs me to
wire suggestions about water works. They
should be taken and line of pipe occupied
and guarded. l think l can do it from
here, and IL necessary run the pumps, oe-
cupying the high ground In rear and con-
Meeting with the left Of first division at
San So tt Pedro S., Maeau; Ny command consists
talon, the two companies Of the Colorado
regiment and four pieces Of artillery There
coal. / do not think We shall find any diff
fculty between here and there
"Stotsenburgs command was augmented
by battalion of the Twenty-third Infantry
from the provost guard. under commad of
Major Goodale, and he was directed to
proceed and carry out his plan. Later that
evening / sent for General Hale. who COM
.
| line, informing him that / had just re-
ceived information that a part of Stots-
enburg's command was in difficulty, having
been attacked by insurgents, and that it
was short of ammunition and without wa
| ter. Hale at once proceeded to the deposito
| and wired me that Stotsenburg, upon leav-
| ing the water wrks, had ordered Goodale
| to take his battalion out the Maraquina
road extending his right to connect with
| his (Stotsenburg's) left. and continued:
:" Although had not contemplated send
| ing any troops TO Maraquina, I did not
| think 1t desirable to change orders and
leave Stotsenberg's left flank without the
| protection he was anticipating, and as
there was little resistance met through the
district travelled, and we heard no firing on
| cut left, there appeared TO be no special
| danger IN Goodale's position We threw
some shells in the direction of the head
| quarters at Naraquina to show them that
| we were covered by artillery fire and to
deter them from any attack they might
make on Goodale's command
| General Hale at once adopted measures
to keep open communication with the
| pumping station, which Stotsenberg had
| successfully reached, by means of large de-
| tacEmeEts which patroileG the four miles
/ of road between the depOsito and the sta
| rior and the following morning / received.
| this telegram from General Macarthur.
| 'Stotsenberg just reports that he has
| found the missing pump machinery, that
| insurgents have abandoned Maraquina and
| that ten companies went toward Pasig.
| This command has been actively engaged
L
| Tomorrow. 1 have authorized him to do
| SO, and not make any further active move
| ment OF any kind without specific orders
| 1.-THE insurgent troops which Colonel
| Stotsenberg reported as moving upon the
| Town of Pasig, at the head of the river of
| that name. were those which, in connec-
| ZION with the insurgents in the south. IL
/ was believed were about to concentrate
/ TO resist Colonel Smith and his two lost
| battalions of the California Regiment, then
in that vicinity, which on the 9Th had been
| ordered to withdraw Immediately to their
| intended position at San Pedro Macati
| "On The morning of the 9TH Colonel Stot-
Senberg reported that he found all missing
parts of the pumping machinery. Steps
| were at once taken to put this machinery
| in order, and in the course of two GAYS
| the city was receiving abundant water
| supply, which has continued since that
| date"
| What happened since the war began is
fast being crystallized into history. The
march of. events in the Philippines is rapid,
and what our policy as to the islands shall
tie is to be developed by wise statesman
ship. But it is proper, no matter how
| events may hereafter shape themselves,
TO show what the facts establish-that our
government was not the aggressor in this
| war. 1t is right as well as patriotic TO feel
wha. his politics may be, should insist that
| the instruction must be stamped out, no
| matter what IL costs.
| STOTSENBURG AND HIS MEN
The State of Nebraska should be proud,
very proud, of her first regiment of vol
| unteers. She has reason to be proud of
her brave soldiers and of her heroic colo
| mel, who always led them to victory In
diana, on whose soil her colonel was born
and educated, should also be proud. The
story of the gallant Nebraskans IS well
told in Harper's Weekly:
colonel Stotsenburg was not only one
of the best regimental commanders on
the island, but he had become during the
past few months of fighting greatly be-
loved of his men. No colonel could get so
much out of his men as could Colonel
| Stotsenburg. The reason for this was self
evident The Nebraska regiment had been
| fighting nearly continuously from the 4th
| of February 10 the sd of April. At San Juan
| del Monte hill during the long weeks when
they protected the pumping station and
| were constantly having small skirmishes
| with the insurgents during the whole OF
the campaign up the railroad. Colonel
| Stotsenburg, at the head of his regiment.
| was to be found where the fighting was
hardest. Losses on the field. dis
ease and suffering cut the regi-
ment in two, but the little band that re-
manned swore by their colonel, and al
, though their hearts were not in this war.
not a grumbler raised his voice against the
| colonel. Ii was during the campaign along
the railway that the duty of charging the
enemy fell on Nebraska. They occupied the
| extreme right OF the line. and as the enemy
| Invariably moved off before our advance
| from our front to our right, Nebraska had