The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-01
our HEAVY LOSS IN SAMAR.
FILIPINOs CAUGHT TIE NINTH
INFANTRYMEN UKARMED.

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Accounted For -Others May Turn Up.
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MANILA, Sept. So.-Sergeant Markle,
and a private Of Company G. Ninth Infantry.
which was surprised. with the result that
many OF It's men were killed at B~alsngiga.
Samar, by a bsnd OF i~nsurgents. escaped
ACROSS the hay 10 Tanuan. Lsyte. and have
ms6s q report on the accident. The sergeant
and private evidently did not now Of the
escape OF twenty-four OF their comrades
TO Basey. island Of Samar.
They report that zoo bolomen attacked
the garrison Of Balangiga. who were at
breakfast and were without their arms
A majority Of tho men in the barracks were
killed and none was left alive In tho town.
One hundred and forty natives were killed
In the melee.
A. twenty-.our men hsv already ar
lived at Basey. his story h evidently an
e1~aggeration There were only seventy
two men In the company and tv~euty-sir
have now been accounted for.
The American officers at Manila do not
sttsmpt 10 explain the massacre except
on tho ground OF ov-er-confdeoce on the
part Of tho troops at Bslsngiga and lack
OF watohfulness. This was due probably
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oomed the Ninth with music and f-etas
w.sHISoroS. Sept so.-A corrected copy
Of Gen. Chanee's cable despatch from
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i"""u'' 800"
rom hsihhsish' rehhhoei COMPANY aAhe''
Insurgents secured all compsny supphe-
and all rifles except three Company
Us. ATTACKED during breakfast. mornln,
O., No roun.,v s.,.,,y.,wo s,ro,y
cer"' .'n"i'"", Ny N
OnNcere ihoniaS w 'ohheh' "'p'sIh''
Edward A Bumpus first l~eutrnant). DIR.
r. s. Grswold Major. Surgeon. Invcrti-
CATION will he made -
IN" 49,"
coh'aiheu III ''eh' 'Ha"e" u'Sp''o NV"
In doubt. N far az oficial Information goes.
the fate OF Can't. Thomas W. Connell, First
Il.,, Edward A Bumpus and Surgeon
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A. the same time nothing mas been 70
ceived which indicates that they escaped
S,m. Of the army oric.rs interpret ten
C.r.o,. ,.,.r.,c. % IN. o,sc.rs a. showing
N'nh -Lu--
that they are nov aocouh'"n '"r, N'"ro'ue's
believe. II they are missing, ''ep. 'han-e
vould have said ~. The tact that Sergeant
NsrLlev md n p1vat4 scanned 90 Ieyts
-. lao-Lod,. 90 tho .scap. ~ ,heir
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comrades 10 bsrey - taken 10 sho" 'h''
during the Confusion OF the melee. tho~'
escapins took different directions IL this
hc ,p,e 4, ia considered not unlikely that
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80 s., Oh. .i,u,-
From what appears 20 nave neen tne siuus
tion a. the time OF tne a,,sok' ~ ,nousn,
remarkable ina any OF Wv soIulers 49,
able to get away IA -'e'IersI na'e~
received a te'ee,am .ms nn.hs .'p.'
Judge bumpus, as - ~ ya,x,, pnnnu
ter received from hhr son. Lhsu,. pu,hpus'
said that the ohicers were usr'ers-linAc "n-
vent, ma, me so,ileis ~. Ius.. ~
houses near 10y ana that the camp Vas IN me
town. IL appears from thIs Iniorn.,IIh
that the soldiers tept ,heir srin- M their
quarters ana propaoiy me--e' '"se'ne' u
their camp
Presumably the treacherous insurgents
waited until the men were AZ breehis-'
and therefore unartnen Inc onnctts
mess toge,hcr W Wv
convent ana thls wohld MAKE hecc-saiy
attacks a. Inherent points ,hle-s the
natives were able TO secure ~unopTn~cd
acce-s to the convent " sthought me omcers
would he able TO make a good resistance.
but the enlisted men, being without their
officers n the time and IN unprotected qua
tiers. would have been AT the mercy OF their
sseailantr.
tho-e onlccrS tanlnar viii u OF
ditions I'm SamaT the Occurrences - not al
together surprising Gen Lucban' who
has been at the head OF tine instruction
IN Samar. ~ one OF the cTiiese-t of the m
surgent eaders When AdJt Ten. ,,orpin
Wa In the Philippines, u was Thought lh
Manila that I.ucban had LETT Saniar ana was
In southern Luzon endeavortng 10 arouse
the inhabitants Of Cebu n stir up an OUT
break there II Lucban was IN 'ebu he
would be well informed ~ TO the movements
Of the Americans and would have known
definitely 90 the strength OF tho garrison.
There ia no doubt among the onhcers here
that, having learn-t 81 The ASSASSINATION
o. President Mckinley. he concluded u
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