The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
CASUALTIES AT YAaGTsTN.
General Chaffee Reports Losses
Among American Troous

General Chaffee Reports Losse
Among American Troous
General Chaffee's official list of the xii. g
and wounded at the battle of Yangtsun o.
| Monday of last week. was received yes
terday by the War Department It show
| that the attack resulted in much less los
than had been feared from early reports
The American dead numbered nine, in
! cIuding two deaths from sunstroke, and tn
| total wounded were ffty-fve.@ The de
| spateh announced that the dead were bur
| led at Yangtsun, while the injured wer
| sent back to the hospital at Tientsin
| seventeen miles in the rear
As had been indicated by the first mes
| sage received from General Chaffee. tn,
| Fourteenth Infantry suffered most severe
| ~ The seven men who were killed be
| longed TO that organization, and forty
| seven of the fifty-fiye wounded Ifkewts,
were with it. No official news has beer
| received accounting for the loss, but {
press despatch yesterday attributes tn,
| disaster to a terrible mistake on the pllt
| of the Russian artillerymen. The -Four
| teenth had led IN the attack on one of The
Chinese trenches, and. after driving bach
the Imperial troops, toak possession of the
pits. The Russian artillsrpmen. not know
the Fourteenth's ranks. until word was selt
to the Russian commander, when the fire
ceased.
An interesting feature of the list OF
casualties furnished by General Chaffee
relates TO the small loss among the Off
GERS. Second Lieutenant Lang, of the
Ninth Infantry. is the only commissioned
oFhcer reported hurt The explanation
doubtless lies in the discretion which
off
avoiding needless risks. Unlike the Brit
ish officer. who is supposed to furnish the
stimulus for his men. with the result as
in South Africa of that fearful mortality
among the officers the American COM
manders find it necessary to direct and
to check their men. instead of TO lead
them forward.
General Charee's casualty list is as
follows:
Enlisted men killed: Fourteenth
Infantry. W. L. Neither Company
l.; Robert c. Kerr Wyatt 6. Hicks,
Company /; Samuel Stafford corporal,
Roy Bergen. Company II; Laurence
NJ Googins. Company G; Royland
Ferry, Company K
From heat ostration-WilIiam
Webb Company N. Ninth Infantry.
Thomas Prophy, Corporal Marine
Corps
Wounded-Ninth Infantry: Frank
r. Lang (second Heuteuantl, Nia.h
Infantry, wounded in shoulder. serious;
Michael 0 'Brien, sergeant, Company F,
wounded in foot, serious; Daniel j.
oConnor, corporal Company E,
wounded in leg above knee. serious;
Joseph P. FTiJsch, Company NJ, wound
ed in abdomen, serious; William Essid,
Company /, wounded in arm. serious;
Albert W. Fitzpatrick Company D.
wc:9n6ed n thigh. slight
Wounded -Fourteeava Infantry
Company z, Frank knoll sergeant.
wounded in groin. serjous. Harry &
Huston, wounded ii sissz lGer. moder-
are Patrick Curram, wns.-.'7 IL leg.
above baae, serious. IsEra Tyler.
wounded IN ann. serious:
Ralph " sdams. woun8ea 10 head.
serious. Charles Johasa1 3 .ande1 IN
leg below knee serious s-d r Kid
Goo, wounded J. Eead NJ EsT8te, Lois
A .Fongerel wounded in serious
Company F. William & asagaaeg arst
sergeant, wounded il Rlaae. serious:
Frank g Albright, wounded in chest.
serious James akin, soazn5ea ia knee.
serious, Adam H0uoe, W1Unaa3 ii leg
below knee, slight: George e Vale,
wounded in thigh, slight; Ernest Glib
son, wounded in shoulder, moderate;
James H Hurst, corporal wounded in
Graham wounded in shoulder. moder-
ate, wounded in knee, serious; Joseph
E Legoir wounded IN testicIe, thigh,
serious: William Miller. Company I,
wounded in leg below knee, serious;
Company X, Lee Owens, corporal,
wounded in hand, serious; Jeremiah j.
Toomey, corporal, wounded in foot.
knee. serious; Lefer J. Alley, wounded
in neck. serious: WinSe Lawrence,
wounded in knee, serious; Philip NJ
Anderson, wounded in back serious;
James Rice, wounded in both arms. Sc
rious; Robert E Snell wounded in
neck serious; Ray S. Roberts. wounded
in knee. serious; George D. Gardner,
wounded in neck, serious Company L,
William J. Emmett, first sergeant,
wounded in groin. slight; Henry
Young corporal. wounded in knee, Sc
rious; Benjamin y. Boyle. wounded in
leg below knee. serious Alfred NJ.
Aiesser. wE.uDded in head, serious;
Ross ChambIing. wounded IN leg be-
low knee, serious; Dwight VI. Fuller,
wounded in thigh slight. Frank r.
Jackson, wounded IN foot. serious;
Company NJ Oran A. Kemper, musi-
clan, wounded in head, serious; Charles
z. Foster, wounded in wrist, slight;
Henry II. Hurst. wounded IN chest, Sc
rious; PaschaI Y Smith, wounded in
side. serious; James P. 0fDowd wound
ed IN abdomen, serious; JOSEPH Ouel-
lette, wounded in back. serious; sohn
Wagner. wounded in arm, serious; John
B. He'll. wounded in foot, serious: Rob-
ert l.. Tippie, wounded IN thigh, seri-
Gus: Patrick Shea wounded in foot,
serious; Alonzo J. Babb. wounded in
leg. serious; Jacob Sehwoebel, wound
ed in arm serious: wounded in thigh.
slight; John Mulligan. wounded in
foot, serious First Regiment Marines,
Company F. Norman A. Pruitt. hand,
severe; Battery F. Fifth Artillery. An
drew Bromm. wounded in leg, moder-
ate. Killed buried Yanggsun; wounded
sent to hospital Tienjsin.t
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