The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-22


The War Department today received
from General Chaffee complete list of his
casualties since August IA The cabIegram
follows:
'che.oo, Aug. %.
|<Adiutant General. Washington.
'Pekin, nth. Casualties IN action Au-
gust IA;
Fourteenth Infantry-Company E, Will
liam Parle, wounded in hand slight; Com
pany G. John Hanser. sergeant, wounded
in bullock moderate: Thomas NJ Higgin,
wounded in foot slight; August p. Trout
man wounded IN leg below. knee, rnoder-
ate; Rufus Lawyer, wounded IN leg below
knee. slight; Company II, Henry Hopkins,
first sergeant, wounded in leg above knee
slight; Company K. Frank l.. Whitehead.
first sergeant, wounded in leg below knee
slight; Jesse A Foulkes. wounded ii leg
above knee slight.
Battery F. Fifth ArtiIier5-WilIie P.
Nanney. wounded in chest. serious.
wounded in chest. slight; Company "A,
George P. Farrai. wounded in head. mod
crate: Company G, Frank W. Green,
wounded IN hand. moderate.
Casualties in action. August 15-The
following officers and men were killed and
wounded:
Battery F. Fifth Artillery, Capt, Henry
y.
Company c, Ninth Infantry. Robert E.
Walsh
Company E. Ninth Infantry James O..
Hall and Daniel w. Simpkins.
Company K Fourteenth Infantry. Rus
sell T. Elliott
Company NJ, Fourteenth Infantry, James
c. Wiber
'Wounded-Nfnth Infantry. Company F,
Martin 4. Silk, wounded in head. serious;
Company D, George Bailey, frst sergeant,
wounded in arm, slight: Company X,
George II. Siemers. wounded in leg, be-
low knee, serious; Company NJ, William
F. Norton. wounded in leg below knee.
slight.
Fourteenth Infantry-Company E.
George o. Fox, sergeant wounded in hand,
slight; Harvey Baker, musician. wounded
in thigh, moderate; Calvin p. Titus. mu-
seian. wounded in neck, slight: George C.
Kaufman. wounded in bullock Company
G, Henry ]. Kysela, wounded IN chest. Sc
rious Company II. Charles Morgan, cor
poTal. wounded in leg below knee, mod
crate; Ora F. Tyler; George King; John
L. Lynch. wounded in thigh. slight Com
pany l. Carey L. Durbin, wounded in leg
below knee, slight. Company L, Thomas
A. LankeT, wounded in chest, serious;
Thomas King, wounded in arm, serious
Company NJ, William p. Hoffman cook.
wounded in thigh, moderate; Henry G.
Davies, wounded in leg below knee, seri-
Gus.
Battery F. Fifth ArtiI1ery-Lee Doyle.
wounded in hand, slight.
August 16-Died OF wounds received in
action, Edward B. Mitchell. Company L,
Fourteenth Infantry. CHAFFEE" "
Capt. Henry J. Reilly. Commanding The
only light battery on General Chafee's
Ia
private in Battery B of the Fifth Artil
lery September q 1864. He was promoted
to second lieutenant December l. 1856 and
captain on the 3rd OF January, 1894, after
having served over a quarter of a century
as a lieutenant. He served with his regi-
ment in Florida in 1868 and thence along
the Atlantic Coast until 1875. when he
reported for duty at the Artillery School
He returned TO Florida in 1880 and MS
subsequent service extended along the
Atlantic Coast thence TO California. and
later TO the Light Artillery Schctl al Fort
Riley. where he was on duty al me out
break OF the war with Spain.
He went with his battery 10 Florida to
accompany Skaters expedition, but did
not sail in time to participate in the fight
al San Juan. He went with his battery
10 Santiago toward the close OF the siege,
and returned with his battery to Montauk
Point. New York. His battery was sta
toned at Fort Hamilton. New York. when
the call was made from The Philippine
Islands for more artillery. and on April
8, 1899 he was ordered with his battery
10 the Philippines. where he was still on
duty when the Chinese trouble broke out.
and he was ordered to Join the Ninth and
Four eenth Infantry, composing the relief
expedition to Pekin.
He was considered by his superior Off
GERS aiUsys as & truStwprfhy gallant and
most capable artillery officer, He was
highly commended for his dash and gal
Iantry in the expedition 10 cavite prov
iuee, Philippine Islands, IL October, 1899.
His presence with the relief expedition
added great strength to that column, and
in his death the service mas suffered a
very great loss.