The Washington times., 1901-10-01
NOT YET ACCOUNTED FOR.
Uneasiness Concerning Fate of
Ninth Infantry Officers.
Corrected Code Despatch Fails to
Show That They Have Evaded the
Massacre nj BnianEiGa-Some Hope
Entertained of Their Escape.

corrected despatch Eiven out at the
War Department yesterday tends to in
crease the uueasiness felt in official cir
cles over the disaster to Company G, of
the Ninth United States Infantry, sur
prised at Balangiga on the Island Of Sa-
mar. on the morning Of September S. The
corrected message shows that the words
originally translated from the code de-
spatch have escaped should have been
reEriered, Investigation will be made. -
According to this. therefore. the three Of
ficers with the command are not shown
to have escaped the general massacre.
The corrected despatch follows:
Hughes reports following received
from Basey. southern Samar; Twenty
E>pr men Company {. Ninth Regiment.
Z. y eleven wounded have just
arrived from Raiang,Ea. remainder
COMPANY killed. tnSurscnts secured all
company SUpptVa aud all rifles except
tttfc1A Company was attacked during
breakfast iaornsay September n;
csFansiN ScN ~nsN-tw strens, officers,
Cart Thomas " CoeuelL FtrSs Lieut.
Ess~as,i A s,lyapas, X : Gr,swold
FssSse
sshe War Department. r. snx55sS7y wait
zas Tor q more aeJaile6 report from Cen
slrsi C1ishee
IN, ntesisre,ess t.f the Information COR
ysi7;sA fH G.inersl Chs ff,,s's y7s.ST,sych
7ettt-7s in tioubt the Pate OF Gspt Thomas
" cslhrel. filrst Fieat Hd~s7'a a
ss.Eslpt,s snz Surgeon z s <ssasp'ola
f'hesv 3s no,llnS $}tfiHife #ndies5isss shss
s6ey were h=Ilss. ara ~ t1s s,saae tirss
s'sss,ses has s,esh seceis,e5 phloh sssssaa,es
thai tacS escaped. Sogse - she sssaS Of
nccrS iatcrpreS General CaASces refer
ence 10 the officers SIS showing that they
are not accounted for. while others be-
lieye if they are missing General Chaffee
would have said so. The fact that Serg-
cant Markley and a private escaped to
Leyte without knowledge of the escape
of their comrades to Basey is taken TO
show that during the confusion of the
melee those escaping took different direc-
tions. II this be true. it is considered not
UNLIKELY that the officers may YSt turn
up.
From what appears 10 have been ths
situation at the time OF the zJSzeS. IT :
thought remarkable that any - Tx SOL
diers We're able to get away.
Paymaster General Bates received a
telegram yesterday morning from Judge
Bumpus, at Boston, saying that q letser
received from his son, Lieutenant Bumpus
said that the officers were quartared in
convent, that the soldiers were quartered
Af houses nearby ana lndt the camp Was
in the town 1t appears from tnis infor-
nation that the soldiers kept their arms
in their quarters and probably messed
together in their camp. Presumably the
attacking insurgents waited until the
elen We're at breakfast and therefore un-
srmed. The officers would undoubtedly
ness together in the convent and this
would make necessary attacks at different
points. Unless the natives secured unop-
posed access to the convent. it is thought
the officers would be able to make good
resistance, but the enlisted men being
without their officers at the time and in
unprotected quarters would have been at
the mercy of their assailants.