The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-30
COMPANY c, NINTH INFANTRY,
U. S. A., ALL BUT ExTER-
MINATED,
FOUR HUMD2FT. BOLOMEN SUR
PRISE THE AMERICANS WHILE
AT MESS.
CAPTAIN COMNELL, LIEUTENANT
BUMPERS AND SURGEON
GRiSWCLD KILLED.
(By Associated Press. }

Manila, Sept 30.-General Hughes,
from the island of Samar, reports The ar
rival of Sergeant Markley and one pri-
vate at Tannan from the fight ut Ba-
langiga, We're over forty men of COM
pany c, Ninth infantry, were killed by
insurgents, who attacked the troops
while at breakfast Saturday last The
1Aen who have reached Tannan says that
the officers of the company, who were
at first reported to have escaped, were
killed with the majority of the troops.
The men We're attacked while unpre-
pared by 400 bolopien, of whom the
Americans killed 14O. Many of the SOL
ders We're killed in their quarters before
they had time to grasp their rifles.
General Hughes is going to the scene
of the disaster and will personally COM
mand the troops. A new branch of the
katipunan has been discovered at Tar
lac, capital of the province of that name.
The object of the society is the slaughter
of the whites. Marcelino Marivelle pres
dent of Banoang, is the CHIEF Of the
ueW branch, which includes numbers OF
the local const:pDulary, who We're ra-
Gently armed. One policeman admits
that he was taxed dollar and was or
dered to make bolos. A regular collec-
Som the natives, either by persuasion
or threats, and an uprising had been
planned for an early date.
The conditions in Tayabay and Ba-
tangas were not reaSsurinS. The worst
/! form of guerilla warfare prevails there.
The insurgent forces are distributed un-
der cover along every road and trail and
wait for travellers in ambush. The in
| surgent leader, Caballos, who formerly
| belonged to General Cables command,
| but who refused to surrender with
Cables. is retreating to the mountains.
| The main froces of the insurgents are
scattered in bands over the province,
| where they dig up rifles when there is
| an opportunity to use them.
A question having arisen as to ac-
, curacy Of the cablesram received at the
| war department from General Chaffee,
| the cable company was directed to re-
| peat it. The reptition disclosed some
| inaccuracies which materially changed
| the message. AS changed the message
| reads:
| Manila Sept. 29.-Adjutant General.
! Observation-Disclosures reports following
! from Bassey, Southern Samar:
"Twenty- four men Company c, Ninth
| regiment, United States infantry, eleven
wounded have just arrived from Balan-
giga. Remainder of company killed. In
surgents secured all company supplies
and all rifles except three Company was
attacked during. breakfast, morning of
September 2S. Company was seventy
two strong Officers Thomas w. Con-
nell captain; Edward A. Bumpus, first
lieutenant; Dr. r. S. GriSwold, major
surgeon.
(Signed) CHAFFEE."
AS corrected the dispatch shows Com
pany c, of the Ninth infantry suffered
the disaster. No company was men,
toned in the dispatch made public yes
terday. The serious discrepancy be-
tween the original and the corrected dis
patches, however. is that the latter indi-
Gates that the commissioned officers of
the company are missing, perhaps
killed, while the former indicated thcf
they had escaped.