The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-26
DEFEATED BY FILIPINOS
Five Americans Killed, Nine
Wounded, and Four Missing.
An Attack Made ON Insurgents De-
yeIops n Strong Position Occupied
and One Thousand Boiomen-Unit-
ed states Troops Forced to Retreat.

Adjutant General Corbin today re
eeiyed from General Macarthur, at Ma
Mia, another cablegram, relating de
feat suffered by the American troops a
the hands of the Filipinos.
Forty men of Company H, Thirty-thirt
Volunteer Infantry. and sixty men @
Troop L, Third Cavalry. attacked the in
surgents near Narvican, Luzon and were
forced to retreat, after a desperate bat
tie
- The American loss was FIVE killed. nin'
wounded, and four missing The cavalry
men lost twenty-nine horses. Among tn
list of killed is First Lieut.. George L
Febiger, Company H, Thirty-third Vol
unteer Infantry.
The despatch is as follows:
Manila. October 26.
'Adjutant General, Washington:
October "a, First Lieut.. Febiger, 4u
men, Company H, Thirty-third Regi-
ment United States Infantry Volun-
teersi Second Lieut.. Grayson V, Heidi,
60 men Troop l., Third Cavalry, a.
tackled insurgents IA miles east oil
Narvicaa. llocos Sur, Province Luzon;
developed strong position occupied by
400 rifiemen, 1000 bolomen under COM
mand Juan Villamor, subordinate of
Tinios
Desperate fight ensued which was
most creditable to force engaged
though under heavy pressure over
wheim.ng numbers. our troops COM
PEELED to return Narvican which was
accomplished in tactical orderly man
ner. Acting Assistant Surgeon Bath
and civilian teamster captured early
in fight We're released by Fallamor.
According to their accounts insur-
gents much stronger than reported
herein and their loss, moderate esti-
mate, over $50.
Our loss killed. First Lieut. George
L. Febiger, Charles A Lindenberg,
William F. Wilson, Company H. Thir-
ty-third Regiment, United States Vol
unteer Infantry; Andrew T. Johnson,
farrier; Guy Z. McClintock. Troop L,
Third Regiment. United States Cavalry.
Woupded-Company II, Thirty-third
Volunteer Infantry, Floyd W. Nc
Pherson, hip, slight; John W. Grace,
face. slight: Floyd H Heard, cheek
slight; Harry S Johnson, wounded in
knee. serious; Troop K, Third United
States Cavalry, Corporal Adam R.
Wachs wounded in arm. slight; Al
fred DowHer, HD, wounded in head,
slight; Charles w Martin. wounded in
thigh, slight: Oscar o. Bradford,
wounded in foot. slight: William E.
Hunder, wounded in leg below knee.
Missing-Company H. Thirty-third
Regiment United States Volunteers.
John J. Boyd, Samuel P Harris; Troop
L, Third United States Cavalry, Samu-
el Davis, Fred Schwed; twenty nine
horses missing, some known killed.
"MacARTHUR'
George Lea FebigeT came of a well
known army family He was born @
November 80. 1876. in New Orleans. wher
his grandfather. Major George Lea Fet
iger, who died in 1891 was the army pay
master for many years. His father. Joh
C Febiger, resides at $50 Camp Stree
New Orleans, and the young officer wa
related to some of the most prominer
people Of Louisiana. Another relative
Capt. Lea Febiger. quartermaster of II
Twenty third.
The record at the War Department
Lieutenant Febiger's official service show
that on June II, 1888, when less tha
twenty-five years old, be vas appointed
first lieutenant in the Ninth United Stat
Volunteer Infantry, one of the so-callt
immune regiments; went TO Santiago Pr
vince With it when the army of oceup;
ton was sent to Cuba after the island vi
surrendered to the United States; was pr,
NOTED ID be captain on January 10. 189
and on May %, of that year, was honor
bly, mustered cut. He was cut of the mil
tary service only forty-one days, for {
July 5, 1899, President Mckinley appoin
ed him d second lieutenant in the Thirt
third United States Volunteer Infantry.
was at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, un
September Is, 1889, when the Thirty-t thi
started for the Philippines. He became
first lieutenant in the Thirtythird on A
gust "a 1889.