El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-11


as amember of the 33d, u. S. W, the
fighting 33d'' as it is known on ac-
count of the effectual and steady ser
vice il did in the Philippine.
This regiment was organized at San
Antonio in August of last year and
deDarted soon after for the Philippines
under Col. Luther r. Hare of Sherman.
who was a captain in the eth U. S.
cavalry. Clusters old regiment. Mr..
Polk told Herald man the following
story of his experiences in the Phil
ippines:
The Northern Expedition.
we landed at Manila on October the
9th, 1899 and disembarked on the %.
We went at once to the detention camp
at Caloocan. seven miles northwest OF
Manila on the Dagupan & Manila rail-
way where we remained three or four
days. repacking our baggage end sur
plus clothing. after which we reem-
barked on the transport Sheridan, on
which we had come over, and sailed
out of Manila bay on November 9Th.
On board the Sheridan was our regi-
ment and the 18th u. S. infantry.
forming what was known as General
Wheatons northern expedition. The
Sheridan was accompanied by five
gunboats.
I'VE sailed 165 miles north on the
island of Luzon, to engage the enemy
who were entrenched at San Fabian.
Aguinaldo and his army were at that
time located at Tarlac and Dagupan.
the latter place being situated four
miles south of San Fabian on the
gulf of Linguaian-
Aguinaldo's Escape.
Gen. Wheeler's division proceeded
from Manila overland to attack Tar
lac and Gen. Lawton and his men
marched upon Dagupan. After land
ing. Gen. Wheaton was to close in on
the rea rat San Fabian. Owing to the
almost impossible condition OF the
roads Gen. Lawton was detained four
days on his way. His failure to ar
rive as expected left gap open
through which Aguinaldo and his men
escaped and commenced their long re-
treat to Apparri. in the extreme north
ern part of the island. about three
hundred miles away
The City Captured
Gen. Wheaton not hearing anything
of Gen. Lawton's troubles vas COM
PEELED to assault the city of San Fa-
bian sooner than he intended To as the
enemy were escaping so rapidly and
he wanted to get into the city to get
foothold. The gunboats commenced
the bombardment of the place at noon.
using the same tactics THAI Dewey
used at Manila. forming a continuous
circle and keeping up a steady fire.
The bombardment was kept up until
3: Ii p. IN. when the troops landed and
took the city, accomplishing this by
S o'clock that night. Then tic enemy
was in full retreat and we Were in pos
session of their entertainments.
On Tuesday. November =. the sec
ond battalion of the sd made a feint
on the city of Magalden. between San
Fabian and Dagupan, and drove the
enemy into the city. killing twenty
eight in their entertainments where
they were making a stubborn stand
to defend a fortified bridge
a Fierce Attack.
"On the 10th Gen. Wheaton discov-
cred that the Filipinos were entrench-
ed $500 strong at San Jacinto. only a
few miles further on. under Tinio.
Aguinaldo's ablest general. On the
morning of the 18th the sd broke
camp and moved upon them AT 10
O'Clock we were fired upon by the en-
emy's outposts. The Filipiros were
entrenched in a dense strip Of timber
at the edge of a big rice field which
they had flooded on purpose to make
our advance difficult. II was an awful
struggle for the American troops for
we were compelled to wade in that rice
swamp submerged to our hips
Where Logan Was Killed
we were formed as follows: The
first battalion on the right. command
ed by Major Cronin. the second on the
left under Major March and the third
in the center commanded by Major
John A. Logan. who was killed in this
battle. The battle became t;erce at
once and the conditions under which
I-N. "a 10
them and our progress was slow. But
the fighting SD" gave the Texas yell
and we moved the enemy Then we
rushed in upon them. giving them the
hot steel and the cold baypret. They
fed precipitately. leaving everything
behind. The enemy's loss, as given out
by Gen. Tinio after the BATH was 225
killed and 400 wounded and missing
Gen Tinio is a great fighter and won
the admiration of the Americans by
his stand and tactics used in this fight.
a Brave Soldier.
Our greatest loss in this battle
was the gallant Major John a. Logan.
No finer soldier nor nobler nan ever
lived than he was. He fell while gal
lantly leading his men in the fiercest
fire. At the time he was shot I was
only few hundred yards away and
| can say that all reports to the effect
that he met death at the hands of his
own men are the cruelest ISLANDERS.
He was considered the finest appearing
officer and one of the most capable of
the regiment No Drawer soldier fac
ed the enemy for Uncle Sam.
The Funeral Cortege.
when. on the morning Of Novem-
Der Is. the funeral cortsge bearing his |
and those of eight boys of |
the 33d wendell its way to the coast /
to Mace them uDOn the boat tn no shin