The evening times., 1900-03-30

( more, OF the Navy concerning the capture
Of himself and the crew OF the cutter York
Town at Baler. Island Of Luzon. April Y.
1899, was made public by Secretary Long
today. II says in part:
4 have The honor 10 report the following
in resard TO the capture Of the second cut
Ter and crew Of the Yorktown. Of which I
: had charge. by FluFiEos. at Baler April
y, 1893. Ny diary and official correspond
eree With She Filipino officials were lost In
The rapids Of the Arboluque River
"On The evening Of April II. the com
mandiHg officer or the Yorktown sent for
me and said he wished ne, the following
morning. 20 take charge Of a boat 70 land
Ensign VI H. stanley and a quartermas-
I ter who were TO make e reconnoissance 10
| discover the Whereabouts Of the church de-
| Tended by The Spanish prisoners in Baler-
About 4.2a a. M. OF april u, left the
/ ship with the second cutter, Ensign stand
/ ley and a quartermsster as passengers
( The boat was armed with a Colt automati,
\ gun iu the bow and the crew with Lee
/ rIGes and belts dIed uIth ammunition
We pulled i1 under mufled oars and
landed Nr. standiey and the quartermas-
/ ter.
The Alarm Given.
"As We neared the end Of the swamp
! land. I was about to give orders 70 return
when we rounded the bend. and came full
I on an outpost on solid ground. He hailed
/ Us and fired a rife as a signal Before
/ could answer The hail. a yoIley vas fred
I into Us at close range. Morrisey was kill
I ed instantly-his brains being scattered
/ over the boat crew. and Dillon was NOR
/ tally wounded. never recovering conscious
( ness and dying shortly af-erward in the
( boat Seaman RyEGsrs had his fingers cut
I OF the hand. bu- kept bravely 20 his star
| board stroke oar. the s-arb1a-d oars were
ritdled and most OF them shattered be-
sides the bca, vas pierced bv the Remius-
| ton balls and made water fast
I ''As soon as possible after recovering
I from the first shock. We opened IRE with
Colt and rifles the ambush was so COM
I Tlete that We could not see al what %
fire. not even the smoke. The Colt was
thrown out Cf action before the second vol
/ ley sEat-eriug the ammunition box and
cutting the loading tape The order was
given 10 back cars. but as only few could
be usCd-Jhe others being shattered the
tide drifrc1 las on sand bank Ellsworth
Edward. and woodbury. tried 10 swim the
a LleN Dul LlA l4A LNN rAAa.HHNA A--H fDh-N
were poured iu On Us CE the ie-- bank il
/ quick succession. WCUutirE U-Crtauy NC
I Donald and NyEard-
/ Il gave the order 10 hoist the while faE,
I which was done by RynderS. vino received
( q shot in the right wrist and dropped the
l flag. I thought the enemy intended 20
/ massacre all Of Us, so continued 10 hre,
I the fire OF the enemy coming faster We
/ were now hailed from the left bank 10
/ Spanish the officer saving that If we did
Z not cease Iriug and surrender that he
would Kill us all / then surrendered
I Before the officer on the left bank could
I get across. the savaEes on the right aaslS
Z came up. took us on the boat. robbed ms Ut
! rings watches hats. caps. clothes, iu fact.
/ everything that they could get at short
/ notice. tied our arms behind Us with ham
I boo thongs. and lined us up on the beach
/ 10 be shot
Il regret to say that now found the
I following casualties Morrisey aud Dillon,
I lGudsmeu. dead. Eygard. C.. 81 = O.. and
Mcdonald. ordinary se3mel, mOr-ally
wounded, NaDyiGe. apprentice. I O.. Eyn-
/ ders. seaman. and Woodbury. seaman. Sc
riOusly wounded, myself slightly in The
/ knee by a rall which came through the
. side OF the boat. The wound healed IN
arrival in san Nsidro. We were landed
some distance up the river. and were al
/ lowed TO take the mOgtally wounded out
/ % the boat and place them on shore. and
1 20 arrange the tcuuiquetS tc the Wounds
] The seriously wounded We carried with us
I TO the commaudaut's Office abfut a M .le
7 and q half distant We were under a strict
I guard. The officer in charge Of MS would
/ not allow the uoIra,ly wounded TO be
. taken with us The officer said they had
I a medical officer and would send hlm
Z down to attend the men / never could
! ascertain whether this was done as he
I next day ali who could were marched
across the country 10 san Nsidr0. At The
Z commandant's office / requested TO be al
| lowed to write to the commanding oth-er
/ of the Yorktown to notify him Of the
I facts. and 20 request medical Attendance
| This was allowed but 7 found later that
the letter wss never sent Before ending
this report. I will mention men whom 1
particularly noticed 80 S9weyes, tshay-
. ed well.
Mentioned for Bravery.
'.w. Walton. chief quarterm4s;er fer his
coolness in the bow CT the boat with the
Colt gun. he had the vizer Of his cap saeS
on. and coat pierced by balls in the frst
volley. but still stood 10 his gun and work
ed IL until it was thrown out OF action
Paul Noudoit, ssilmaker's mate. who
assisted at the bow with the gun and "a
whose knowledge Of the Spanish language
I am especially indebted He was under
the fire Of the enemy all OF the time N
the bow, and I commend him for cooluess
| and bravery.
y. Ellsworth. coXsWain. who in his ca
| pacfty Of coxsWain. handled the boat we'll,
and was especially cool under fire, being
! in the exposed position Of coxswain, and
only leaving the coxswain's box 10 assist
in swimming the boat out
.'Rynders, seaman. for staying at his
oar. although seriously wounded in both
| arms. and doing everything 20 assist IN
| backing the boat out. His eoolness and
| bravery, although suffering from his
| wounds. cannot be too highly praised
| .'Vanville. apprentice. first class. for his
| bravery and coolness under fire. endeav-
! Oring to get a clip out OF Lee rife for
| me- and although wounded seriously four
times, still persisting He is a young
| man Of exemplary habits, only seventeen
! or eighteen years OF age. and showed re-
| markable coOlness and bravery.
Edwards and Woodbury. for coolness ID
| trying to swim the boat out. and the
former, with Peterson, for attendingIhe
wounded afterward.
| In conclusion. I trust that my action IN
attempting to save Ensign Standley and
the quartermaster from Imprisonment, ie
not death, Will be approved. Ny sole
thought was to do this and although th9
| expedition turned out so disastrously, I
have suffered for IL. Ny only regret Is
that my boats crew had to suffer with
me-"
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