Milford chronicle., 1901-10-04

Washington. Oct. loving to the
distance from Manila Of the scene OF
the massacre of Company C, the Off
Gals OF the war department do not
expect a response to their order for
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. BUAIPUS
MAJOR SURGEON r. S. GRISWoLD
question having arisen as to the
accuracy of the cablegram received
at the war department on Sunday
from General Chaffee. the cable com
pany was directed to repeat it. The
repetition disclosed some inaccuracies
that materially change the message
As corrected the dispatch reads:
Manila Sept 20.
"Adjutant General, Washington.
Hughes reports following FROM
Bassey southern Samar:
"Twenty-four men, Company C.
Ninth Regiment, United States Infan
try, IL wounded, have just arrived
from Balangiga; remainder company,
killed. Insurgents secured all com
pany supplies and all rifles EXCEPT
three. Company was attacked during
breakfast, morning September -;
company u strong; officers, Thongs,
w. COnnell, captain; Edward A. Bum
pus, first lieutenant; DR.. R. S. Girls
void. major surgeon. CHAFFEE."
The news created a sensation in Of
fetal circles. 1t was the first severe re-
verse that has occurred for long
time. Still the officials we're not an,
prepared for news of just this char8S5
ter from Samar, in which the reT9E
ton started by Aguinaldo still con
tinues. Samar is a country about as
large as the state of Ohio, and the
American forces Of occupation number
in all between 1000 and $500 meh
These are distributed among various
posts in the island, a large number be-
ing located at the more important
centres.
Spain never made any effort to &C.
cupy Samar and it only has been for
probably three months past that the
United States has undertaken THAI
work The latest report made by Gen.
eral Hughes to the war department
was that the number of insurgent rifles
in the island aggregated about 800
| The Filipinos carried on a guerilla
warfare, and operations against them
were difficult. The disaster to Com
triumphal entry to the City of Light
red, it is believed, while it was engaged
in an expedition to clear the country
of rowing bands of these insurgents.
The fact that the Americans were az
tackled while at breakfast indicates the
daring and pluck of the insurgents.
A well-known official of the govern
ment, in speaking of this outbreak
against the American forces in SamaE.
said he regarded It as a consequences
of the assassination of President Nc,
Kinley. In all probability the insuPa
gents had received, he said, only mea-
ger reports of the tragedy, and p0ssh
bly, believed the shooting to be the
result of some popular outbreak
against the President. The natives
had seized the opportunity in the hicR'
ering hope of retrieving some Of theiR
lost ground.
Company c was a portion of the
Ninth Regiment of United States In
fantry, which went to China at the
time of the Boxer outbreak, and where
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the troops went to Manila and wero
engaged in provost duty in that city
During the past summer a battalioh
of the Ninth was sent to Samar.
It 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 our
an interview, in which he took excep
ton to the successive views of Gen
erals Otis and Macarthur that the wal
was over, saying that the island o
Samar was still unsubdued and wa!
giving General Hughes some HARD
fighting He added that he believed
the troubles in the Philippines would
not cease during the lifetime of tn
present generation. The officials o
the department here rejected thi
gloomy view, particularly in regard Il
Samar on account of its small popula
ton, although acknowledging that it,
people were putting up a very vigor
GUS fight. Spain is said to have neve
subdued the island or to have derived
any revenue therefrom; its coasts an
waters are treacherous, and its noun
tain Businesses offer great opportunt
ties for retreat.
An investigation shows that Their
are but six varieties Of the timbc
growing in the Philippine Islands 9
any value for export purposes as cat
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