The evening times., 1900-03-16

| south OF a branch of the rice swamps,
( through which the road passed for about
800 yards, the head of the column was at
Hos "a m, met with brisk front and left
flank fire.
/ The Macabebes. as advance guard and
! two sections OF Company {. Third Infantry.
! supporting commanded, respectively. by
| First Lieutenant Bslch Thirty In
! fantry United States Volunteers. and First
Lieutenant Walker. Third Infantry. at once
| turned oil the road and proceeded in dis
persed order myself commanding as | was
near at handD directly against the position
/ from whence the attack came. l ordered
To the charge TO be sounded and an in
/ creased gait taken by these commands.
Insurgents I'm Confusion.
They advanced most handsomely. and
seemed to psralyZe the insurgents by the
boldness of their onset. Company II, Six
teenth Infantry. First Lieut.. l. Erwin, Six
teenth Infantry commanding. being in the
lead of Major Kirkmans battalion. novel
as skirmisherS by the left flank. Major
Kirkman generally commanding that por
tion of the line and Lieutenant Erwin the
company. ard advanced on the left of Com
pany c, Third Infantry.
Company II poured in a deadly fire.
driving the enemy in confusion over rough
ground for perhaps half mile. iniicting
upon him severe loss.
Ten of his dead were left on the field.
seven were captured including two wound
ed, one of which happened to fall into my
hands. together with his rifle. he having
received a pistol shot wound. | do not
think the advance of Company II just re
ferred to. under Major Kirkman and Lieu
tenant Erwin. and that OF Lieutenants
Balch and Walker. could have been eX-
celled for dash and spirit. 1t was ad-
mirably done. No casualties on our side
In this engagement the insurgents evil
IDENTIFY underestimated our strength. as they
were utterly demoralized by the intensity
of our fire. In many cases they remained
under cover until our men approached 10
within ten yards of them
The report states that after these opera
tions the colonel received orders to pro-
ceed to San Ildefonso and attack the town.
This attack was complete surprise. The
enemy was quickly driven away with
loss of thirteen killed. five wounded. and
four prisoners. while the American troops
did not have single casualty. The health
of the command throughout this eXpedi-
ton was excellent. The report concludes
as follows:
Recommended for Breyets.
CAS- brevets are bestowed upon officers
for conspicuous yalor in battle. | beg that
the officers whose names are hereinafter
entered according to rank, receive that
mark of recognition the commission being
one grade in advance of that now held by
them:
Henry e. Ward. major. Sixteenth United
States Infantry; Joel T. Kirkman, major
Sixteenth Infantry; Arthur Williams cap
tain. Third United States Infantry; Benja-
min H. Randolph. captain. Third United
States Artillery; Walter A. Thurston cap
tain. Sixteenth United States Infantry;
Charles F. George, captain and quarter
master. Sixteenth United States Infantry
Beaumont B. Buck. captain, Sixteenth
United States Infantry; Charles G. Dwyer,
captain. Third United States Infantry;
Thomas NJ Moody. captain and adiutant,
Sixteenth United States Infantry; Morris
K Barroll. first lieutenant Third United
States Artillery; John e. Woodward, first
lieutenant. Sixteenth United States In
fantry: Isaac Erwin, first lieutenant, Six
teenth United States Infantry; Guy G. Pal
mer, first lieutenant, Sixteenth United |
States Infantry; John F. Preston. jr.. first
lieutenant, Sixteenth Infantry; Henry s. |
Greenleaf, first lieutenant and assistant |
surgeon, Medical Department, United |
States Army; James B. Gowen. first lieu |
tenant, Sixteenth United States Infantry: |
Edgar f. Ridenour. first lieutenant Six |
teenth United States Infantry; Paul Gid /
dings, first lieutenant, Third United States
Infantry; Henry s. Wygant. first lieuten-
ant. Third United States Infantry; Philip |
E. NJ. Walker, first lieutenant. Third |
United States Infantry: Edward T. Balch.
first lieutenant, Thirty-seventh Infantry.
L. S. V; Edward Kimmel, second lieuten-
ant. Third United States Artillery: Charlea
L. McKain. second lieutenant, Sixteenth
United States Infantry; Ernst Hagadorn
second lieutenant, Sixteenth United States
Jack Hayes. second lieutenant |
Sixteenth United States Infantry; Charles
w. Weeks. second lieutenant. Sixteenth I
United States Infantry, and Charles NJ.
Gordon, ir, second lieutenant. Sixteenth
United States Infantry.