The age-herald., 1900-05-28
Pablo, fifteen miles from here.
 End of Campaign

The campaign ended about January 30. The Thirty-ninth was all in garrison by February 1O General Schwan wrote:
 Headquarters Department of the Pacific and Eighth Army Corps. Manila, P. l., February 16 1900. "Golonel Robert l.. Bullard, Thirty-ninth
 Infantry, United States Volunteers, Santo
 Tomas r. l.:
 '5r-Your regiment, the Thirty-ninth Volunteer infantry, formed part of the ex- peditionary brigade lately commanded by the undersigned, from the reorganization of the brigade on January F until on Feb ruary it was dissolved, all of it's troops by that time having been distributed to posts, charged with the pacidcation of cer- tain indicated territory adjacent thereto. The object of the column to which it be- longed was the destruction of the enemy in parts of the provinces of Cavite and Iaguna, and in the provinces of Batangas and Tayabas, and the permanent occupa- ton of this territory by United States troops. The provinces named, save Taya- bas, may be said to have been the hot-bed Of the insurrection and the locality in Which the insurrection and the locality in which the insurrection had it's origin.
 While in the northern part of LuZon the collapse of the rebellion through the vigorous action of our troops was on Jan uary an accomplished fact, the insurgent organizations in the territory mentioned were still intact, indeed, had been rein forced by accessions from the north. The hostility of its population-which precluded the formation of a scout and spy service the lack of wagon roads and of accurate maps, made the task assigned to the bri- gade an extremely arduous and difficult one. Nevertheless it was practically com pleted within three weeks. This gratifying result is in part due to the excellent work or your regiment. It involved long march es under a tropical sum- The marches, mostly over the toughest conceivable trails, and frequently interrupted by combats With the enemy, were performed on short allowances of food which most of the time had to be carried on the mems persons. For those organizations which served in the brigade throughout its existence they aggregated some 260 miles, exclusive of side trips and scouts, the greatest distance, It Is believed, ever passed over by any one expedition in our island possessions, for those organizations which joined at a sub sequent date the marches were proportion ately long,
 Your regiment participated in the cap- ture of Lipa, the skirmishes incident there- to and the brilliant dash to Rosario; also in the march to and capture of Batangas the rapid movement through the hostile country to Rosario and thence to San Pa bio; the engagement at San Doigo, where Langhornes battalion of the regiment formed part of the advance guard, and fought for two hours a stubborn enemy
 
 Thirty-ninth 0anghorne's battalon) fought and won the fight at San Doigo; the capture of Nagcarlang, Lilio, the mountain stronghold of Majayjay (the Thirty y-ninth-Mulford's battalion-captured Majayjay, letting themselves down man by man by a rope into deep canon, pull ing themselves up by vines on the opposite bank, and taking the enemy by surprise in the flank of his trenches), and thence the long march by justly deemed imprac- loo Ia fraf1 far nrfa a,,1 through mountain fastnesses of the ene- my to Lucban Nauban, down the coast to Antfmonan, thence to Tayabas; all this constitutes record of marching, fighting and valuable service, of which your regi- ment may be justly proud
 "A sense of duty impels me. and it af- lords me great pleasure to express to you and through you to the officers and men of the Thirty-ninth infantry my sincere thanks for their soldierly conduct on this trying campaign. Very respectfully,
 (Signed) '"THEO. SCHWAN,
 "BrigadierGeneral U s. Volunteers"
 Engaged in scouting Since my return to Santo Tomas January 15, we have been scouting all the neighbor- ing country, repairing and opening roads and telegraph lines The report of this work called forth the following:
 Headquarters First Division
 Eighth Army Corps,
 Ma-:;a, P. l., January 22, 1900. "C'nlonei Bulard: "Am pleased to learn that you have re- paired telegraph line, and of efficiency with which your command secuted the country and struck the enemy where found (Signed) BATES,
 Major General"
 February F, near San Francisco, a small town some ten miles. southeast of Santo Tomas, with a force of 150 I encountered about 15O of the enemy, and we had hot fight, which lasted an hour or more. This time I had to decide quickly. I launched my command at the enemy in four parties and each one hit the point aimed at The first struck the enemy in front; the second was complete surprise on his right flank; the third complete surprise on his left flank, but pressing too closely forward, was itself cut off from its support and was | driven back upon my first party until they came under the protecting fire of my fourth party, which, catching the enemy in his right flank, drove him pell-mell from the field. As he fled he was again fired into on his flank by the support of, my third party. I doubt that such another record of flanking operations was ever made in one single fight. It resulted, notwthstand- ing the bravery and discipline displayed by the enemy and the excellent cover he had, in the loss. killed of about one in every twelve of his men, and all of his ponies and provisions.
 For this work General Wheaton, now our commander, himself expressed to me his approval and great satisfaction It was a frst-class hot fight in which the enemy felt strong, in which he showed the won derful discipline and courage to rally after he had been twice struck by surprise in the Hanks, in which he never ran off the field until he had received a third blow in the flank in which I came near having fifteen men an officer cut off and captured. and would have so suffered had not I had the good fortune to strike one blow after another on the enemys flank. had two rife from me.
 ASplendid Record
 On this scout, which lasted from Febru- ary to 16, we captured about a thousand