The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-01-04
THIG BACyLE NEAR SAN .CINrO

~ btA LIN htAlt ofhN sClNA AZ
About Ono Hundred Insurgcnts Were
Killed IN the Bnttle-rhc Worst
Road Ever Known In the Philip
pines Was Found Men Mircd up
| to Iheir Waists and Suffered Great
Hardships.
Mail adv!cos have reached the war
( department ih regard To tho crushing
defeat administered by W5eaion'S 6ri-
| gnur "a tnu Insurgents rear asan j aula.
to, eur'y IN November, ia which en-
ssgcmenl NJ j j,r John A. Logan, Jr.,
ioss hls life. According to the CORES
nondrnt % ,no Maula American, tho
! ihtrty third Infantry, under CJionei
Har8. ruc)uutrrs y force OF the enemy
Dotw, OIL San FAbisn ked S.a Jacjnto
ana brOUR Ut 90 o1e OF the ol&rpast en-
Rnpea,cnte OF the uRr, rCsullRE in the
!"n.h rt mor" irsursoe:s than iD any
other tish since the beginn!sg Of the
ILsurfe~t,nu. rne baltic ragged for two
hours. &Ld st. It's cOnC,Eeion II dead
FIipluos vera found ia tho trench ..
| Mnuy HUundod were found hudna ia
NE nigh Erans and creek b !ttome. IT
| Is ls.imAt.'d tnut Over 100 inaurgcnts
were kilijd il the hgnt, irom 20 ~ 30
| being l,,!ttu G>:nG together in several
pi2ct. twenty nine p"'suucrn and 1L0
rifles were captured. Tao Americans
list Que odicer Killed aud Elk m"n
! - ~umnhea.
Tat uiltcer Killed WAS Msjpr JOHN A.
| LOa1r, Jr., WHO was shot turouf Ii the
hoaG curing the first IHw iD!nusts o!
| the engagement whlio AZ tho head Of
his btttAlOu wnicb formed an aLvnncC
guaru. HG was in the, nct Of assisting
d wuunjca solder and WAS HIT by q
M'luscr bullet irGd By ;stbarps rootcr
cuucenied IN the Top OF {. cocoanut tree.
| He died few hours later.
A reconnaissance on tho Tuesday
prec"nlne made by jor Backs b+t-
a,iun Of the l3 n infantiy in the vici-
nity Q! SIn Jacinto, developed nothing
Of i,hrortaoce but afterwards General
| "hrn;nn received infOrui alton that tho
enemy was assembling in strong force
there for tha purpose OF preventing
our C0nNrOl Of The road !rJm DAEupan
nCr,h turougn San JacinLr, by which
i; was considered probable that Aguin-
a!do'E Taria2 army would ntIUmpt 10
| retreat.
The Thirty-third was ordered cut,
accompanied by n ga,ling gun with 81
tno command of Captain Ho Wand Of
General Whoaton's staff. Tho troops
encountered five miles of tho worst
| rUpd over found in LuZ0n, being sue
cessiUn uf creeks aud miry bitches into
| which tao mcn sank to their waists IN
mud ana watar. Every bridge was un-
#ervic"ablu and had TO be repaired
where possible, but in most cases tho
mon with ho:Ses and guns plunged
Into the quagnirc and struggled
through IS best they could. Nothing
but the indomita bic energy Of Captain
| Eowland enabled the g@tiiag gun TO
get into action. score OF times 1t
vas necessary 20 unhitch tho horses
and lead them around through rice
lialds while hundred soldiers dragged
the gjns over tho bitches or broken
| bridges.
The fight was opened by tho insur.
gents two miles from San Jacinto,
| while the leading battalion was PASS
ing a clump OF natives houses sur
rounded by grove of cocoanut trees,
ana the men were knee deep in mud.
The fire came from sharpshOoters IN
trees and houses ana from snati
trenches across the road, all III close
range. There was o heavy fire from
the thickcts more dietant to the right
and left
The aim of the sharpshooters was
deadly and was directed ut the officers,
for the frst ive men that fell wore
either chevrons or shoulder straps
The officer hit besides Major Logan
was Captain Green. Hs was also shot
from a treo but his wound WAS slight.
Inc regiment mover wavered 8 mo
mcnt. The crack marksmcn it con.
tainod soon located the natives and
began knocking them out Of the trees
!, liko squirrels. The men rushed at the
trench, through the soft mud waist
deep and passed over, leaving four
:, dead Filipinos within. At the eame
timo the regiment deployed as skir.
mishers. The ekirmish line, which
was nearly two miles long, rushed for
ward rapidly through water-soaked
rice felds, bitches, creeks and Thick.
cts. firing oil tho ttmo and doing dead
ly execution. The FilipinOs mado tho
best stand In n long time, several cases
being reported Of the rebels remaining
in position until tho Americans wore
| within 20 feet Of them.
Major Marsh's battalion surprised
trcn h full Of insurgents by comiog
upon their flank. Tney poured ter
ribio Ere along the trench, slnue htcr-
Ing nearly all In it. Just before enter.
ing tho town tho aetling gun did good
execution by killing five OF party
that was guarding broken bridge,
and afterw"rd swept the country be-
yond the town, running hundred and
fifty robcls into tho hills.
| MAJOR Marsh's battalion cnterod the
town first and captured Il large battlo-
flag that wac floating over n convent.
Not q native was left In tho town when
the troops arrived, except q blind boy
and one woman. Moat Of tho surviv.
ors Of the insurgcnt force are supposed
to have escaped toward MagalGUn or
Dagupan. 1t Vas impossible to pursue
them further, as the troops wore OK.
haustod, the ammunition was low and
the troops only had two days rations
9th them, and no possibility OF getting
further eupplics from San Fabian
owing to the condition Of the road.
The column camped for the night at
San Jacinto. Five more rebels were
killed during tho night by the out
posts. Among tho bodies found was
that OF lieutenant colonel, supposed
TO be In command Of the rcbel ls ;.t that
point