The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-21
MACARTHUR REPORTS
FILIPINO ACTIVITY.
His Story Of Conditions in the
Islands Differs Widely From
the Commissions
MORE MEN ARE BADLY NEEDED.
AguinaFdo'S Followers Are CauS-
ing Much Trouble in Northern
EuZon - Disturbances and
Small BATTLES Common.
REPUBLIC rFErTAT.

| REPUBLIC srE~TAb
WashiuEr- II. Sept. 1a-Full3~ing close up
on the optimistic review Of conditions in
; the Philippines by the Taft Commission.
made public by the Wa- Department to-day.
a cablccram received yesterday from Gen
er4l Macarthur shows that the iasurrec-
ton Is still far from being suppressed.
The GieqHiotirE feature Of this Cahlegram
when compared with the report of the Taft
| Commission. Hes not SO much IN the report
of the engagement at NavitaC. in the Prov
| ince Of Iacuua. which comes within the
territory where the commission reported &C
tjvity among the Insurgents as in the indi-
cations thar Aguna,do's followers have re-
sumci activity in Northern Luzon
There are ROW in the Philippines approx
| 0ately f5Gs9 mon. Re-entOr.cments. IN
Guiding those which had originally been IN
tended for General ChaTer are heing hur-
ri"d forward to Mant.a as rapidly rs pos
sthlH. and before the rainy season IS over
there Will he IN the Philippines fully 5000
men.
The War Department VIII withdraw the
volunteers as slowly as possible. This IS
General AlacA-thur's dispatch. the asteCisks
Genot'ug words which could not be de-
ci3t,ercd:
'',Iarilp. sent. 1a.--Adjutant General.
Washington: There IS considerable activi-
! y throughout T.uzuD. Fighting has been
reported in the vicinity o. Carir and Es-
t5lla and Isabella Provinces. The insur-
gents are estimated 1t 80 The number
probably is much exaggerated. hut they
are Of sufficient force TO make .
In distri.t heretofore quiet.
an the IacJn Provinces Samuel r.
Young ,BTigad'ar Geue-an. reports numcr-
/ Gus small affairs and has called SO en-
Fhaticaily for more force that Ki1Cshu-y's
squadron, Third Cavalry. and Borden's bat
talon, Fifth Infantry. have been sent to
him Another battalion Of the Fifth Will
be sent to the same destination upon ar
rival
Large District Much Disturbed.
"TEe country north Of Pasig including all
Of Buiacan, is very much disturbed and
nuHlerous contacts with small parties occur
tnrous hout that district South Of PasiS.
including Tayabas Province U.uzon) the
same conditions obtain
This activity has been anticipated ard
reported upon in letters August % I"
ard cable August 81.
September Is David D. Mitchell Captain
Fifteenth Infantry. ninety men. Company
l.. Fifteenth Infantry. from Sin;oan, La
EUna Province, attacked insurgeut General
Cables. who had $50 men in position AT
Navitac. same Province. a desperate fight
eEs'ed, which pushed from the front
with great pertinactty by Mitchell across
the caUseway and through water waist
deep: an attack under George Cooke. Cap
tain, with forty men OF Company K, Fif-
teeEth Infantry. and ten men Of Company
B. Twenty-seventh Volunteer Infantry.
could not reach eneUIy's position because OF
the hiSn water in arm Of the lake, which
could not be crossed; the entire country
was afiOat in consequence of recent rains;
this very much irnpeded offensive action.
Americans Forced to Withdraw.
After an hour and twenty minutes OF
Upon renewal Of operations on the 18TH We
found that the insurgents had escaped from
NayitaC the previous night. most of them,
no doubt going back into contiguous bar
rios TO disappear for the time being or
until called into the field again as peaceful
amigos.
Casualties, which ell occurred in
nItchelrs command. consisting Of 80 men.
four officers, were:
Company L, Fifteenth Infantry. killed
ard died of wounds, David d. Mitchell
captain, Fifteenth Infantry: George A.
Cooper tSccqnd Lieutenant. Fifteenth In
faEtry}: First Sergeant William Fitzgerald,
Sergeant Evermond De Hart, Corporal
I-aurits Jensen. Privates Edward c. Co
burn, George r. Horton. Thomas p. Kelley
Thomas Mulrey. John p. Brink, William l..
Banker. Arthur s Mansfield, Thomas l.
Pitcher, Scott L. Smith, Richard Taylor
Edward VI. Neil. Fred Duggan and E.man-
u! kaufman.
''WoUuct d-Ccrporais Charles Oswald,
William II. Policy, Privates Benta-
min owens. Michael Kelly. Otto F.
H. Battle, Everett AIatlack. Francis
+. Flanagan. Michael J. Hennes-
sey. Anthony Kearney. Harry Perry.
Charles De Raugh. Company I. Thirty
seventh Volunteer Infantry. Killed and
Died Of WOunds-Efrst Sergeant Thomas a.
a. Howe, Privates Edward J. Godahl,
George Haight. Edward StaiIcup. Alfred ].
Mueller, James G. West.
Wounded-Captain John E. Moran, Ser
Ceant Robert Mahaffy. Corporal Frank a
Story. Privates Frank r Bell. William S.
Bradley, WOrley T. Crosswhite. David Day,
Cornelius I. Gentry.
Profoundly Impressive Loss"
''rhirty-three per cent Is 4 profoundly
impressive loss and indicates the stubborn
ness of the fight. the fearless leadership of
the officers and the splendid response Of
the men. The insurgent loss, as far as
known. was ten killed and twenty wounded,
among the former Colonel Fidel
(Signedl MACARTHUR"