The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08
Wichita Boy
His Exciting Adventures
in i.uzon, p.

in LuZon, =. !.
| Lieutenant Chauncey Humphrey is hav-
/ ing all sorts Of adventures, in the Phil
ippines He is under Captain McRae, a
very daring man. and the Manila papers
during January and February were full
/ of accounts about McRae, Humphrey and
| Lieutenant Moore
! Humphrey is the Wichita boy who was
/ in the Santiago. the Leech Lake and the
/ Philippine Island campaigns all within
year.
The American Of Manila, in its issue of
January 20. says:
IAN official bulletin issued yesterday
was substantially as follows:
! "A movable column, under Captain Nc
Rae. of the Third infantry. struck the
insurgent General Hizon and force OF
Of about fifty insurrectos strongly in
trenched at Lumandan, about five miles
west of Mabalacat. on the 18th instant
Despite a stubborn resistance the rebel
trenches were taken By direct assault
After the fight one insurgent lieutenant
and four soldiers were buried on the field.
Another insurrecto officer was killed, but
his men succeeded in carrying him away
| The number Of the enemy's wounded IS
unknown The Americans captured two
prisoners. an insurgent captain and pri-
vate. Captain McRae also took from the
J insurrectos $50 rifles and several thousand
rounds Of ammunition besides recovering
two mules which the insurrectos had pre-
vicusly stolen from the Americans
quantity of rice. that the insurgents had
stored up, was destroyed. The only loss
sustained by the Third infantry was one
man wounded.
'.PuIasapis, Jan 49, 1sO0.-The following
account of our doings up in this part Of
the world may be OF general interest, as
showing how the last ten days have been
spent by the boys Of the Third infantry
at this place. Captain McRae's flying col
umn composed of companies and q OF
the Third infantry, and one company Oh
! Macabehe scouts under command OF Lieu
tenant ]. f. Moore, also Of the Third in
fantry. left GuagUa on the 12th instant
and went to Baruya, having to hike over
very rough and swampy ground. On the
way he fell in with a band of insurgents.
who did not put up much resistance, but
after a short skirmsh Two insurgent Of
ammunition were captured. One OF the
captured officers gave information regard
ing a quantity of concealed arms, which
were stored at Santiago, and we proceed
ed thither, but the insurgents apparently
had received information of our approach,
and. as we advanced, they took TO their
heels, firms a few random shots as they
fed, which fell wild and harmless From
Santiago our guide conducted us to Lam
bac mountain, the impregnable fortress,
as II was said, of General Mascardo.
At this point there were believed to he
some 800 insurgents, guarding arms. The
place was indeed almost impregnable, be-
ing only accessible by one narrow trail,
which was so narrow and steep that it
was necessary to make a rail Of bamboo
in order to effect an ascent Of the track.
On arrival at the top, after an arduous
and most difficult climb, ii was only TO
find the fortress deserted. with all the
signs of a hasty departure some few days
! previous to our arrival. Hal the place
| been occupied there is no question that 1t
would have required artillery and a large
force of men to storm and capture this
fortress. All that was to be found here
CAN' tS-AN-
non. Finding nothing TO keep US at this
place, we pushed on to Pamanlang, which
had been the headquarters of General
DIascardo for some time, but the place
was entirely deserted, and the houses and
barracks had been burned and the town
laid waste Pushing on to Florida Blanca
we received information that General
Mascardo was near Porac. Accordingly,
at very early hour next morning We
set out on a steady march for that gem
erals headquarters. Arriving at dawn at
the house occupied by Mascardo, we found
we were just a few minutes too late, as
the willy bird had Just flown before the
house was surrounded. which had been
done Immediately upon arrival Outside
this house we met Spanish prisoner,
but nothing was learned from him. Here
we captured lieutenant of Mascardo's
staff. as well as his mistress. His horse
was also captured. for. in his hurry 10
get away. the general had apparently not
dared TO wait for its friendly. though,
perhaps. risky aid. In this house was also
found a considerable number Of insur-
gent uniforms, with a large quantity Of
rice and other supplies, ali of which were
promptly destroyed
"As nothing was to be gained by our
remaining in there. we came on to this
place. which has been the headquarters Of
General Hizon. On arriving here we were
in time TO capture several insurgent Of
fcers who were not quite so feet-footed
as their men, and from them we gained
the information Of a powder factory
which had been working up on the noun
tain We had some difficulty in securing
guide. but after persuasion the services
of one was obtained who conducted us
up through a mountain pass 10 a pace
called Calang. which is situated in a ba-
sin. surrounded by steep mountains. The
entrance to this basin was by a very mar
row de.ile which could have been easily
defended from the towering heights on
either side. hut apparently the ms lrgents
were in no force, as only a Few desultory
shots were fred upon Us, which did Us
no harm Lieutenant Moore, with his
scouts undertook % scale the heights,
and. after a very difficult climb. succeed
ed in doing SO. and routed the insurgents
from this strong position. How many in
surEeuts we're here 10 vamo3se could not
b. learned as they did noJ stay 10 give
any account Of themselves. From this
point we again pushed on over an al
most impossible trait. in marsh and jun
gle and dense underground for some
twelve miles. The road he-a was fright
rul for marching. weeds and underground
forming trans for the uawary az every
step. the 6cnse0ess of tn jungle render