Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-05-21
TAyABAR. 7. /.
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les, late OF the 1st West Va. Band.
A letter is now on the way TO Nor
gantown Offering him a position ia
this band. At Knoxville be said,
sWhen | die | want the band TO play
Michigan March We have com
piled with his request. and will only
play the march in the future in re-
membrance of him. ! enclose an or
der of which we are very proud.
Yours Truly,
w. A. MEsTREzAT.
HEADQUARTERS both INF, U. S. V.
TAYABAs. Luzon, P. !, Mar. Il 1900
GENERAL ORDERS, No s Par |.
The Regimental Commander is
gratitied 30 be able To publish to the
Regiment the following letter reeeiv-
ed from our late Brigadier Comman-
der, Brigader General Theodore
Schwan, q. S. v, and to personally
express to the Officers and men Of the
Regiment his appreciation Of their
uniform good conduct and soldierly
qualities displayed during the late
campaign. The regiment has reason
to be proud when it is spoken of in
such high terms by one so well fitted
to judge the merits of regiment, as
is our late Brigade Commander.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT,
PACIFIC AND 8th ARMY CORPS,
Manila, p. l., Feb. 10th, 1900
Col. CORNELIUS GARDENER,
Both Infantry, q. S. Vol,
Tayabas, Lnzon, p. |.
SIR:-The cavalry command of Col
E. N. Hayes made up OF squadron
each of the 4th Z. S. and the 18th
volunteer cavalry aud the 10th Volun-
teer Infantry under Colonel Cornelius
Gardener formed part OF the Expedl-
tionary Brigade lately command
ed by the undersigned from the
time of its organization at and
departure from San Pedro Macati on
January 4th until on February 8th
it was dissolved; all of its troops ex-
cept the cavalry having been assigned
to posts, charged with the pacifca-
tion of certain indicated territory adj
jacent thereto. Other regiments in.
Guiding two battalions Of the 9th
3Sth the 39th and the 46th were for
time attached to and did splendid
work while serving in the Brigade.
The 30th Infantry deserves special
notice and commentator. The OBJ
Ject Of the column to which it belong
ed was the dispersion or destruction
Of the enemy in parts of the provinces
of Caviti and Laguna and in the prov
inces Of Batangas and Tayabas, and
the permanent occupation of this ter
ritory by U. S. Troops. The provinces
named save Tayabas, may be said to
have been the hot bed of the insur-
rection, and the locality in which the
insurrecti0nary movement had its or
igin. While in the Northern part of
Luzon the collapse of the rebellion,
through the vigorous action of our
troops, was on January 1st an accom-
plished fact, the insurgent organiza-
tions in the territory mentioned were
then still intact, in fact had been re-
inforced by accessions from the North.
The hostility of its population-which
precluded the formation OF scout
and spy service--the lack of wagon
roads and of accurate maps, made the
task assigned to the Brigade an ex-
ceedingly arduous and difficult one
Nevertheless it was practically com
pleted within less than three weeks
This gratifying result of the expedi-
tion's operations was in a large meas
ure the work of the 30th Infantry
1t involved long marches under
tropical sun.
The marches, mostly over the
toughest conceivable trails, and fire.
quently interrupted by combats with
the enemy, were performed on short
allowances Of food, which most of the
time had to be carried on the mems
persons or in the saddle bags. For
these organizations which served in
the Brigade throughout its existence
they aggregated some 260 miles, ex-
elusive of side trips, the greatest dis
lance it is believed ever passed over
by any one Expedition in our Island
possessions. The distress to which
soldier, especially a. foot soldier,
weighted down with his gun, car
tridges, blanket roll and haversack,
is subjected on marches Ia tropical
countries, can hardly be understood
by any one who has not served with
troops under like conditions. Yet
the marches of this Expedition were
cheerfully performed, and with min
imum of struggling by the men Of all
regiments, including those whose SER
vice ia the brigade was not continu-
Gus. From Binan, where Steele's
/ Battalion, 30th encountered the enc
my, to Magallanes where Hartigan's
dispersed him and captured the In
surgent General Noriel, and again at