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THE SAMAR RESURRECTION.
\ Report Issued by the War De-
paTtmeHt.

I The Islands. It> Inhabitants. and
Previous Military Operations De
scribesi-Ihc Insurgents Under
Command of General Lucban.
BY direction oC Ad5utaut General Cor
bin "a report has been prepared at the
Wax Department briefly describing The
Island cf- Slmar- its inhabitants. and the
military on-ratioas that have already Ia
ken Dlac, the-, FOR the psciHcation Of the
people and the establishment OF order
and good govarEment This report is
made in view oc the aggressive military
policy to De- observed toward such OF the
natives as are suU disposed 20 resist the
authority of the United States.
Samar was not occupied by United
States troops until about the last OF Jan
uary. ls1a and yhis was 0ccasioued by the
necessity of opening the large Philippine
hemp ports. General Kobbe. in command
Of d provisional brigade. composed OF The
/ Forty-Jhird and Forty-seventh Volunteer
Infantry and Light Battery G. Third Az
uuery. sailed from Manila January is,
1850. ana occupied Sorsogon. Bu-au. and
DonsoI. II each Of which was placed a
company Of the Forty-third Infantry. He
I then sailed 90 take possession OF AIbay
and LcgasHi- landing 40 the latter after
strons resistance. on the -5th Of Jauu-
ary he occupied C2Ibayo=. and on the 9th
ICatbalCgan. which were the lrst towns in
SamaT o. be occupied
All the insurgeut troops in Leyte and
/ SaEar We're uIdcr the command OF Cen
: eraI Luehau. "a TagaI who exerted con-
siderable influence az NaI0los and at Ma
Mia prior Co the outbreak Of hostilities.
Under his direction. both CaIbayog and
f Catbalogac had been placed in condition
for destruction 5y fire upon the landing
+ of the Americans The people Of Calbavog
. refused 90 set fire Co their dwellings. but
+ at CatbaIogau the d-e had been iguited
and a portion Of the town destroyed.
. Troops landed az both places without re-
/ sistauce- the Insurgents retraatiug 20 the
J hills pressed uy American troops. Luc-
! bans E.adguarters and several thousand
/ dollars of his trlas were captured, as
I wei as his main ..rselaI.
( It Was on Sauar- nj the town Of Catu-
I big. I'm the northern part OF the island
. that, Ul sunday. April I5 Iy11. thirJy-one
I men OF Company H. Forty-third VoIun-
+ teer iltsItry. were attacked and sur
rounded Hy q to-ce Of CD 5lsurge and
/ fought continuously until the following
I Thursday when they were rescued by q
I party Of -heir comrades During this en-
4 gaEeUeuJ the American loss was 10 Kin
. cd and . wounded. while q conservative
estimate u the i1surgent loss was up
/ ward OF 1t0 killed and. doubtless. as many
. more wounded Since that date lighting
. IN Samar has been almost continuous
. United states arms were invariably vic
I t0rious. lctWlthstandius that the troops
. were usually greatly 0uJnumbered by the
enemy. There was a partial cessation OF
. h0sthtirs during the past summer and
/ there were no serious engagements up TO
[ the -9th ot last september. when Company
( c was surprised az breakfast by a large
! force OF tglCreu and sustained a loss Of
/ about forty men. including three officers
! IN the last maG report Of General
+ Kotbe- department. commander, dated
/ June T. he saws that upon the arrival Of
/ the Eleventh Infantry from the United
} States. TWO companies Of the First In
I fan-ry in The island Of Leyte viii be
/ moved 20 Samar. which island viii then
/ be- occupied Iy the Third Squadron, Ninth
I Cavalry. ywo sguaIrous OF the Tenth Cav
I airy the entire First Infantry. and two
I battaliouS of the Ninth Infantry Samar
! has been added 90 the military depart
/ mert of the Nisayas and the department
commander IS now there in person. direct
/ ing the uperato.-= against the insurgents,
| but no report Of these recent operations
I has been received at the War Depart
/ meut.
+ General Lucbau. the insurgent leader.
\ is known as -'Lucban. the. irreconciIable-
/ He Is a TagaI of the Province Of Taya-
/ bas where the family is one OF promi-
/ uence- He was educated az Manila and
/ is a physician by profession, about forty
/ six years old OF medium height and has
1 considerable force of character He was
a leadiu- zririJ of the Eatipunaus Of 1896
4 and 1899, member Of the Malol0s Con-
/ gre-s Of r>->-sa and of some influence in
I and about Manila M the breaking out OF
( the iueu-rectiou in February. 1889. After
the DISPERSION 90 the i1surgeur govern
meuJ from TarIac. iu the summer Of 1888,
/ ne was sent ta -ha Visayas by ASUiualdO
/ To command ,hs ESurrectiOn il LeyJe
and Sumar-
/ From "a narrative OF Sergeant George F
4 Doe. Company L. FCrty-yhird Infantry,
! United States Volunteers. who was cap
/ tursd I'm March. 1851, by the insurgents Of
4 Samar. IL appears that Lucbaa has a
| wife and two children who are living with
] a brother iu HcuSkoDG- that one of his
/ brothers Is il business in Manila. and an
[ other. Miguel. Who was captain under
! him surrendered I'm the spring Of 1850.
/ When seen hy Sergeant Doe De was dress
/ ed iu a gair..f linen trousers. tied about
I the ankles. and cotton undtrshirt, and
I was rJreheaded and barefuoted. Doe de-
] sC-ib,L HIM to De- very brutal in his treat
ment o. Jhe men under him. and instances
/ a case iv which ajEEr or zen ChinOs OF IN
! sicks. who had been captured by his
/ forces Wei, punished by d5espitatiou- On
! this occasion Lucbau had about a5 rifle
/ men armed with Mlusers. Bemiug5ons.
/ and HraG~. and about 5t b0Iomtu-
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