Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-10-05
THREE OFFICERS KILLED
War Depa inert Feels Assured Of
Authenticity Of Dispatch,
BRIEF OBITUARIES ISSUED
Co.ha h linrd % s lieYs lst Many Men
PEI q Killed WI. Fasily Tmu Up-
Sonar Ho, 60 Of Trouble
Rigi.i Along.


Risi.t Along.
washington. Oct flowing to the
distance from Manila of the scene OF
the massacre OF Company C, the 9TH.
cials OF the war department do not
expect response to their order foi
full list OF the casualties before some
time today However. they feel as
sured that the officers of the Inflated
company certainly persisted These Of
ficers are:
CAPTAIN THOMAS w. CONNELL.
FIRST LIEUT.. EDWARD A. BUMPuS
MAJOR SURGEON r.. s. GRISwOLD.
A question having arisen as to the
accuracy OF the cablogram received
at the war department on Sunday
from General Chaffee. the cable com.
pany was directed to repeat 1t. The
repetition disclosed some inaccuracies
that materially change the message.
AS corrected the dispatch reads
Manila. Sept. 80.
"Adjutant General. Washington.
Hughes reports following from
Bassey. southern Samar:
"Twentyfour men. Company G..
Ninth Regiment, United States Infan+
try. III wounded. have just arrived
from Balangiga; remainder company
killed. Insurgents secured all COM
pany supplies and all rides except
three Company was attacked during
breakfast, morning September 2s;
company ~ strong: officers. Thomas
W. Connell. captain; Edward A, Bum.
pus, first lieutenant; DR.. r. s. Girls
void, major surgeon. CHAFFEE."
The war department feel confident Of
the authenticity of Cbaffee's dispatch
for it has issued the following brief
obituary notices OF the officers:
Thomas w. Connell, the captain OF
Company G, was born In New York.
and was a graduate OF the military
academy, which he entered In 1889. His
service record shows that he was In
Cuba during the Spanish war. until
August, 1898. then in New York, and
again in 1899 in Cuba as aide to en-
eral Douglass He went to China In
May. 1901 and thence to the PHILIPPINES.
First Lieutenant Edward A. Bumpus
was born Inc Massachusetts, and given
commission while private in Bat
terry A, First Massachusetts, heavy
artillery In 1898. After six months SER
vice in Plattsburg barracks he was
sent to China and then to the Philip
pines.
Richard s. Griswold, the surgeon,
was born In Connecticut, and after six
months service In the Connecticut vol
unteers during the Spanish war, he
entered the United States volunteer
army and was sent to the Philippines
General Corbin expresses the belief
that many of those who are now re-
ported as killed will turn up in a
few days" This is frequent expert
ence In Philippine campaigning. The
missing often have to secrete them
selves for a time before rislSing an
attempt to get back TO their friends.
But as the report now stands this Is
the worst single loss that our forces
have suffered in the entire Philippine
disturbance.
1t will be recalled that about week
ago General A. S. Burt, of the Twenty
fifth Infantry, who had recently re-
turned from the Philippines, gave out
an interview, in which he took excep-
tion TO the successive views OF Gen.
erals Otis and Macarthur that the war
was over, saying that the island OF
Samar was still unsubdued and was
| giving General Hughes some hard
fighting. He added that he believed
the troubles In the Philippines would
not cease during the lifetime Of the
| present generation. The officials or
the department here rejected this
| gloomy view. particularly in regard TO
| Samar, on account of its small popula-
ton. although acknowledging that its
people were putting up very vigor-
GUS fight. Spain is said to have never
subdued the island or to have derived
any revenue therefrom; its coasts and
waters are treacherous. and its noun
tain Businesses offer great opportuni-
| ties for retreat.
| Our forces had been in the Philip
pines a long time before they made
any attempt at its occupation. A de-
tachment of the Forty-third Infantry,
under Colonel Arthur Murray made
the first landing on January ~, 1900,
as a result of General Kobbe's direc-
tions. The impression prevails In
some quarters that our first occupa-
ton was only about three months ago,
an error due to the fact that the ISL
and was transferred on May last
from the department of southern Lu.
zon to the department Of the Visay.
| ans. Then the Third Squadron OF the
Ninth Cavalry, the Second Squadron
of the Tenth, the entire First Infan-
try and the Second Battalion Of the
Ninth Infantry we're assigned for serv-
ice there.
LEE DEEPLY AFFECTED
! Former Captain of Company G Euio-
gizes Tom Council.
| IeavenwOrth Kan Oct Lieu