The evening times., 1900-07-13

tain Dcdd secuted the vicinity OF Badoc. he
| having received warning that the place
| was to be attacked. which warning was
| confirmed by the absolute desertion OF the
/ town by the natives. The results OF his
| scouts satisfied him that large body &c
| Insurgents was in close proximity. and for
some days his efforts were devoted 10 10
eating this body.
About the middle Of the night Of the 23d
he left BadOc. and at sunrise was in the
mountains east of the Marbeling district.
which was supposed TO be stronghold OF
the insurrectos. Great difficulty ex-
perienced IN getting into the MaTbelins
/ Valley. the insurrectos having felled trees
| across and into the trails. making IL nee
| tssary for the men to work hard for many
| hours Under merciless sun 10 accomplish
a few miles. The result of this scout was
! eight tnsurrectos killed, seven captured.
| with three horses.
! Captain Dodd reported that in passing
| through this and adjacent districts he
! found the country apparently depOpulated.
/ which condition he attributed 10 the fact
| that the male population had been engag-
| cd In the attack upon and burning of Ba-
tao. and consequently expected retribution-
1 He, however, allowed nothing 10 be mo-
/ Tested. and wherever possible had women
and children return to their houses and
assured them Of our pacific intentions. even
| to the extent of having soldiers assist in
| returning articles 10 the buildings. The
result of this minor engagement which
| followed three practically sIeepless nights
was not all that was to have been expect
| ed. and the result OF the days work was
to that extent disappointing
| Killed n Hundred nnd Twenty
At an early hour on the morning OF the
25th he left Batac. proceeding in a south
easterly direction. purposely avoiding all
well-known trails, taking along natives to
! cut new ones when necessary. until arriv-
ing in view OF Aligangan, which he reached
about daylight. Here he met the party he
was In search Of. which. il was estimated
numbered more than 500. The fight lasted
an hour md nI~een minutes. in which Cap
| tain Dodd's command killed outright I2O
| insurrectos. captured 5 with u horses. II
! Remington rifles. and many smaller wea-
| pOns- The attack was made as nearly
simultaneously as possible from the four
points or the compass. the enemy vibrating
from side 10 side Of a densely wooded par
( ailelogram, finally breaking from one cor
ner. where they met great slaughter.
| The bOlomen fought franticalIy. and in
several Instances men had 10 drop theiI
carbinds and use their pistols at close
quarters Captain DOdd's only casualty
was Sergeant E. Il. Coppock. who was
struck orer the head and shoulder with a
| spear in a hand tO-haud encounter. After
| this fight he secuted northward but as
| many Of his men were suffering greatly
/ from the effects of heat returned 10 Batac
/ to recuDerate
| The scene OF this fight is a wooded ridge
I OF general contour. or outline approach
ing paralleigram. and OF sufficient height
! 10 eliminate any probability OF the differ
] ent decachments firing into each otEer The
| qr+1
companies and made a most stubborn re-
| slstance until by a rapid combined flank
| anu direct movement they were dlslodge,i
I from strong position in an acequia. but
! not before being subjected TO a couverging
hre from two directions which practically
annihiated the party. The result OF this
engagement practically sQuelched an At
| tempted uprising in IlOcOs N0rte as Cap
tain DOdd found on passing through the
disahected districts q day CT two later that
| plenty OF men were az work in the fields
Captain Dcdd returned 20 Vigau on the
| "a Of May. having been absent twenty-six
/ days. during which he marched an esti-
mated distance OF 425 miles. exclusive OF
scouts made by detachmeuts.. squads. AMI
| details; encountered the insurrectos five
/ times; KILLED 50, captured Is9 men. 35
/ horses. lb rifles. and many smaller weap-
/ onsi destroyed > cuartels and much Of the
/ disafeCted district. His only casualties
! FSAt tlAt NNaA4iiE OF sergeant AEHpOrk Z
| the Eight OF the 25th. and Blacksmith Tlir
/ in ths fight OF the 18th
Captain Doid highly o0mmends the con-
| duct during this expedition OF Lieutenants
/ Gritty. Mckinley. and NcNaliy also OF
| Sergeant T. R. Coppock Corporal Robert
! J. Walker. Private Felix McGue. Private
n $. Nurdock. Acting First Sergeant 2
I C. Gehnan. Private John T Diamond
Blacksmith Robert TAFT. Sergeant John
Darmstadt. and Corporal James johnson:
and for conspicuous gaIlanjry I'm action Of
the 18th and 18th Sergeant O. A Frncl1.
Quartermsster Sergeant G. B. Osgood. Ser
geant James =. Foster. Sergeant Norris
Wise Corporal Robert Farrell. CORPORAL
George y. Field Corporal Albert c. Welg-
and. Sergeant Ballard. Engineer Corps:
Private Harry Bencs. Trumpeter T. N
Boettner, Private Robert Porter. Private
Edward Coates. Trumpeter G.. I. LEROY.
Private Julius Buttner. Private Herman
Black. Cook StaDislaus L. SkIera. and Far
rier Haman Sug SayloT.