The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
w MAJOR PENROSE BACK WILD SCENE At FIRE
Army Surgeon Returns from
the Philippines.
MEDAL FOR BRAVERY
SAYS THE WAR is PRACTICALLY
ENDED.


DR.. George H. PenroSe, major and bri-
gade surgeon of the United States AMY,
arrived home yesterday from the Philip
pines. after voyage of forty-four days
Major Penrose took sick on the 1st of
December and after an illness of thirty
DAYS on the islands, left for home The
trip across the ocean was a very rough
one and to add to the delay and discom@
fort of the voyage, The machinery of the
vessel gave out and had to be repaired
in Honolulu.
Major .PenrOse received his commission
a short time before the Utah volunteers
left for the Philippines, and he left salt
Lake with them IN June, 1898, tor the ISL
ands. He had charge of the Utah division
on its voyage to the Philippines. put after
reaching the islands he was placed IN
charge of the First division. The island
of Luzon is divided into two diYisioas,
the northern part of the stand being the
first division and the southern part tne
second division. After active service Iof
about a year in the first division, Major
PenrOse was given charge of the Second
division, where the heaviest fighting mas
been going on.
Medal of Honor.
Among the things which the major
brought back from the islands, ana Wnlcn
he prizes more than anything else, Is a
medal of honor and five breVets AWARDED
to him for conspicuous gallantry on tne
battle field, and Tor saving Ire uhdeI IRE
The medal was awarded him Tor the gal
lantry displayed in the desert flght IN
southern LuzOn in July. 1900, where, with
two assistants and twelve men, ne neld
off go insurgents and escaped with al
the wounded men in his charge. The
fighting was terrific, and lasted Tor sew
eral hours.
Major PenrOSe talked concerning his stay
on the islands and the condition OF al
fairs there:
time and taking the oath OF allegiance,
but Il amounts to very little after they
have taken the oath There are some % ~,
who have already sworn allegiance, opI
many Of them have gone back TO the IN
SurgentS, especially prominent men dno
leaders in the Philippine army. However,
there is a feeling among the bet Ier
classes. the merchants ard rich men, that
the war has gone on long enough, and
that it IS time Ii was ended. ihey IeallZe
that il is to their own interests that 1t
should erd.
THE war is practically ended, but there
viii be guerrilla warfare for years 10
como 1t is hard to get around. When
you are in one part of the island with a
detachment of men 1t IS almost impossible
to know what IS going on N any oIher
part, and for that matter, what Is soing
on in your immediate vicinity. The tight
ing in the southern part of Luzon IS
much harder than in The northern part.
Aguinaldo Alive.
"Aguinaldo dead? Not much. He is no
more dead than L am. and what IS more.
he viii never be captured
About the best plan that General Mac
Arthur has hit upon to bring the 1nsur-
gents to time and stop those who have
taken the oath of allegiance from going
back to the insurgents, is his plan of de-
porting them to the island of Guam The
very thought Of being depOrted strikes
terror 70 their souls. Recently expsd.-
tiOns have been sent out to capture guer-
rillas and all that are captured are hung.
1t Is the way they should be treated.
A,~sh ic al fcv0 no * 10 n
t., Lace. and the way ne is pushing
things is fine. He is as level-headed as
they make them, and knows what he is
doing.
Nv lille on the island | met several Utah
boys. Dick Young is doing fine. and max
ing lots of friends. He is well liked. He
IS doing good work and has a good posi-
ton. / was very glad that he went back.
Among others from this state met
Lieutenant Hard Of the Thirty-second in
fantry. Captain Andy Burt of the Thirty
ninth and George DOwney, who is now d
major and paymasteT. All are in very
good health and doing well