The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-21
FlLIPINOS REMAIN ACTIVE
ND RTHUR SENDS 4 DISPATCH TO
VAR DEP i RTHEINT.

VAR DEPJRTIENT.
Disturbances Throughout LuzOn-Gen,
Young in Want of u Larger Force
Desperate Character of the Fight al
siniloan Escape of the insurgents -
An Impressive List of Casualties.
Washington, Sept. 20.--A dispatch has
been received from General Macarthur
which confirms the report cabled to the
Associated Press from Manila regard
ing the activity of the insurgents. The
blank spaces are words which could not
be deciphered. The dispatch is as fol-
lows:
manila, Sept. 10.
"Adjutant-General, Washington
Considerable activity throughout Lu-
zon. Fighting reported vicinity Carlg
and Estella, Isabella province. lnsur-
gents estimated 500; probably much eX-
aggerated, but sufficient force to make
. in district heretofore quiet. In
the HOGAN provinces Samuel B. N.
Young (brigadler- generaD reports nu-
merous small affairs, and has called 50
emphatically for more force that
Kingsbury's squadron, Third cavalry,
and Bordens battalion, Fifth infantry,
been sent him; other battalion, Fifth,
same destination, upon arrival.
Country north Pasig, including all
of Bulacan, very much disturbed, ana
numerous contacts with small parties
throughout that district. South of Pa
sig. including Tayabas province Lu-
Eon), same conditions obtain.
This activity has been anticipated
and reported upon in letters August rs
and cable August 81.
September 16, David D. Mitchell
captain Fifteenth infantry, ninety
men, Company L, Fifteenth infantry,
from Siniloan, Lagua province, attack
ed insurgent general Cables, who had
800 men in position at Mavitac same
province. Desperate fight ensued, which
was pushed from the front with great
pertinacity by Mitchell across causeway
and through water waist deep; coop
erative attack under George r. Cooke,
captain, with forty men Company K.
Il illCChclf gnu tSii iiiSii OSAAA
pany B, Thirty seventh Volunteer in
fantry. Could not reach enemy's posi-
ton because of high water in arm of
lake, which could not be crossed. En-
tire country was af1oat in consequence
recent rains; this very much impeded
offensive action. After hour and twen-
ty minutes fighting command withdrew
to Siniloan.
Upon renewal operations, 18th, found
that insurgents had escaped from Ma
vitae previous night, most of them no
doubt going back into contiguous bar
rios to appear for time being, or until
called into field again, as peaceful ami
gos.
Casualties, which all occurred Mitch
ellis command, consisting of 100 men,
four officers. were:
Company L, Fifteenth infantry, kill
ed and died wounds: David D. Mitchell
Captain Fifteenth Infantry, George A.
Cooper (second lieutenant Fifteenth in
fantry), First Sergeant William FitZ-
gerald, Sergeant Evremond De Hart,
Corporal Laurits Jensen, Privates Ed
ward c. Coburn, George R. Horton,
Thomas P. Kelley, Thomas Mulrey,
John P. Brink, William l.. Banker, Ar
thur S. Mansfield, Thomas I. Pitcher.
Scott L. Smith, Richard Taylor, Ed
ward M Neal, Fred Duggan, Emanuel
"Wounded: Corporals Charles Oswald,
William H. Policy, Privates Benjamin
Owens, Michael Kelly, Otto f. H.
Bathe Everette Matlack, Francis p.
Flanagan, Michael J. Hennessey, An
thony Kearney, Harry Perry, Charles
d. Debaugh
Company l., Thirty-seventh Volun-
teer infantry, killed and died of wounds
First Sergeant Thomas P. A. Howe,
Privates Edward ]. Dodahl, George A.
Haight Edward Stallcup, Alfred J.
Mueller, James c. West.
acknowledgement John E. Moran,
Robert Mahaffy, Corporal
Frank A. Story Privates Frank T. Bell,
William S. Bradley, Worley T. Cross
white, David Day and Cornelius F.
Gentry.
'"Thirty-three per cent. is profoundly |
impressive loss and indicates stubborn
ness of fight, fearless leadership of Off
GERS, and splendid response of men. In
loss as far as known, ten killed, |
twenty wounded; among former Colo
mel F'idel. Macarthur
Manila, Sept. 20.-A corrected list of |
the casualties sustained by the Amer-
oan soldiers Monday last in the engage
ment at Siniloan, situated at the east
end of Laguna De Bay, between a force
If one thousand Filipinos and detach-
nents of the Fifteenth and Thirty-sev-
anth United States infantry regiments