The evening times., 1900-03-06
BETRAYED BY A Filipino
Lieutenant KOebleP Shot From Am
bush by the Rebels.
The First Mounted Officer 10 Ascend
the Hill i'm the Battle of san Juan.
Recommended for Medal Of
HonOr-AnOther Long List of Amer
lean Casualties Forwarded by otis.

Another American officer has been killed
in the Philippines through the treachery OF
natives. The victim was First Lieut.. Ed
gar r. Koehler, Of the Ninth Infantry.
who died az : a. m. on March 4, having
been shot at Tinuba. a small village six
miles south Of Tarlac. where he had gone
with a detachment OF troops
A supposed friendly native led Koehler
into an ambush and his men, in revenge.
burned the village and killed twenty four
Of the insurgents.
General Otis cabled the War Department
today a long list of the Americans killed
and wounded in recent engagements in the
Philippines The list includes Lieut.
Koehler's death and two other officers who
were slightly wounded. II is as follows,
Manila, March ., 1900.
AdjutauJ General HaShngtou:
hiIlcd-iuZuL. Company 4. F0uiUth Infantry
Ah4y Province February Il. William Martin;
/ Eleventh Cavalry Troop A. SIriavI. January -,
William r. Blanchard; G, indian, seventh, james
Freeman; Third Cavalry, ID, san Jaan, February
26, Mark Burns; Ninth Infantry, Tiuuaa. March
T. First Lieut. Edgar +. Koehler. at a. m. !.
Thirty third Infantry. A. Tsugadan Mountain, De
cCWhcr 9. james s. NhdiCn, Pauay. Nineteenth
Infantry. s.. Patuongou. February -, George J.
Noul-; sixth. &, Frederick =. Parker.
Nouudcd-luzou. FOrJiCth Infantry, Company
g., AIhsy. Sth, George Donaldson th0rIN, severe,
Twelfth. b, James Underwood. thigh, slight,
CsWalig. Twenty second. T., Thomas A. Kill.
ough. tloraN, eight; Eleventh Cavalry, &, sal
aiata- January 80. William Wright, foot severe:
r. John ". Hatfield, sergeant. leg, moderate;
Herbert Elkiu-. head severe. NaiC. Ninth l.. John
". Maxwell. leg, moderate; IIillng. seventh NJ.
George NcCaTter. sergeant, arm, moderate, Th.r-
ty-,fy,nIl Infantry. NIgdal,ua. February =, e,
Frank Leer-, wrist, severe; rwenty-siEht, A. Sasa
Naul-oer. captain. forearm, very slight, MalaisE:
Twenty tIvinti. March 3. r, Albert /.
DgOri, thigh. severe; February -s, NJ Andrcd
Hagaud. forehead. slight. Twenty fourth Infantry.
san Luis Asabe's. December 3. r, Mackt q. Nance,
pclvis, severe Naguilan, seventh F, Alonzo B.
Kelly, musician. thigh. slpatf IT, Charles wilson,
scalp ~lighJ- James Beatley- scalp slghti Intr-
fy.uuth Infantry, SampaiOC TayahIs. January
ODD, r. simon Hu.i-ou, thigh, siisbt; San Psbi.
Twenty George p Qliuu- corporal shoulder,
>orcrr; r. OH, g. >idcner. abdomen. sight, o..
Jamie. >cl'ry. corporal, lex moderate, Maurice
D.. Lindsay. hand. slight. P4uay. Sixth Infantry.
NsgaIa. February %, G., Frank G. Bo-ies, hrst
lieutenant, moderate OTIS.
The following record Of Lieutenant
Koehler was given out by the War De
partment tOday.
Born in IL inois July Q. 1869 and ap-
/ pointed from the Army. Private and cor
poral Eighth Infantry November, 1891 to
November. 1881; second lieutenant Elev-
cuth Infantry. October n, 1894; transfer
red 20 Ninth Infantry September -, 1897:
first lieutenant Fourteenth Infantry. May
T.. 1855; trans ferred TO Ninth Infantry.
September IL. 1898. His service was as
follows. He Joined his regiment in De-
cember. 1894, and served at WhipPle Bar
racks, Arizona. 20 October, 1895; at Fort
| Du Chesne. Utah, 10 April 1895; al Fort
Apache. Arizona. 10 October, 1896; at Fort
Logan IT. REQ s, Arkansas. to July, 1897,
ar Madison Barracks. New York. 10 April
1SsS, Tampa Fla. 10 June lS9S; in the
Santiago campaign. June TO August 1885,
New York 10 March. 1893; on recru.' ing
service TO June. 1899, and with his regi-
meut i'm the Philippine Islands 90 date Of
/ death, March 4, 1900. at Tinuba, Philippine
I Islands.
Lieutenant Kochier was recommended
/ for a medal Cf honor for conspicuous gal
( lautry and fearless intrepidity in the bat
/ lie OF san Juan, he being the only officer
I who aScended the hill mounted"
/ Lieutenant KOehIer's mother Mrs. Mar
/ garet Koehler. resides at Lsmars Iowa,
I and his wife at l59 West Ninety first
! Street New York city. He leaves a broth
/ or. Henry KOehler. who is employed in the
! Western Exchange Bank at Kansas City,
Mo.
Captain Van Leer who was wounded
/ has a mother residing at Nashville. Tenn.
/ The home of Lieutenant Bolles. who is al
1 so reported as wounded is at Rolla, No
where his mother resides.