The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-22
\ Of the Texas Regiment in
the Philippines.
|HFoR GIlMORE'S PARTY.
Work Done by Both Officers
and Men.
III BURROUGHS BRAVE DEED.
.rapt Dean Tomplsins Led
Mt lila Pass-Incidcnts
of the March.
h BURROUGHS BRAVE DEED.

h correspondence OF Inc Fost'p
February 22.-You have
3, received very detailed de-
!, our movement since we lett
IN the expeditionary brigade un-
~ wheaton. and 1t may be OF
i many who have friends or
IN the Thirty-third.
know we landed and took San
M evening of November z. This
,bort but hot fight, the navy bonn
,bs town while one battalion each
Thirty-thlrd and Thirteenth in
we're being loaded in the ships
!, Was our first fight. but under
.srs as Colonies Hare and Brere-
NON went into it like old soldiers.
morning Colonel Hare directed
mnany ii, Lieutenant Tompkins
sing and company d, Captain
move forward TO the edge of the
nj support companies b and &
4 an outpost duty at a long BAN
sga which crossed the river in the
Of Magildan and Dagupan. This
mite swift and over 200 yards
W. had hardly reached the plaue
taior March directed US to charge
bridge and take the trenches on
Ioslte bank. This we did, killing
IL al the enemy,
november 10 Major March located
NV on the Magellan road, and az
Ecrt fight counted 10i killed. This
Buntayan bridge fight. The or
On Of 800 men which held the
we're completely disorganizeu,
twenty returning to Magellan, We
earned Hom official sources. a
Int colonel was also killed in this
That night the company com
\ we're notified that the regiment
move toward San Jacinto the mex
I. Officers call had been sounded
returning from regimeptal head
Is met Major Logan, with whom
ID as We walked along. During tbs
ation be remarked that the Frs
cold battalions cIch had had z
bd that as his battalion, the Third
have the right of the line the mex
was determined. If the opportuni J
led Itself, to show MS what hi
bn could do. The next morning
Der Il, eleven companies under tn'
nd Of Colonel Hare, and a Cabin!
Commanded by Captain Howllud o
Wheaton's staff, started for SdI
Between San Fabian ana Ss,
are two large rivers. which wcri
yollen from the heavy rains. Tn
on o. the road was frightful. Oh
hiking up to their knees in stick,
sd II was almost impossible foi
rses to haul the gun When W.
the first river the gun was boggey
remained there until after We hsC
be town. At tho same time Green,
fy. N, which constituted the al
was fired on. This company wa
iaieiy deployed TO the front ant
company. l, to the right. followe,
ulz's, l., and Davis l.. companie
regimental band, which had beer
to The lett Cronin's battalion wa
up and deployed on the right a
as possible, and March's battalion
mad Constituted the reserve. wa
up on the double and deploye
sns left. During the entire deploy
ne enemy kept UP an active fir
me entire front. The commani
ea IN this order up to the river
me enemy had constructed riff
guile extensive field works GOV
Fne lord. At this point company
. men, who were killed instantly
81 tne water in the rico fields wa
ae mans waists when the river wa
there was not the slightest hest
y me advance. The men kept VI
peasy fre and forded the river a
ne nme Colonel Hare was every
ana directed the movement in sue
manner that one would hav
y was an every day bushes
y. The insurgents were thorough
poralzed, but as our man were i
oe state of exhaustion after tray
Pn,ugn at least three miles OF ric
'la efossing two streams, turtle