Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-10-03
nrG Loss or r
American Troops Meet Severe Re-
xerae I'm Island of Samnr.

verse In lsIand OF Sani
Manila. Oct. /. - A disastrous nght
between United States troops and IN
surgents occurred Saturday In a
island Of Samar, near Balangiga' a
large body of insurgents attacked
Company c, Ninth infantry, oniy
twenty-four members of the company
escaring. All the others are reported
to have been killed.
The were at
when attacked and made a determined
resistance, but the overwhelming num-
bers of the insurgents compelled them
TO retreat. OF the survivors who have
arrived at Basey. eleven are
According to the latest returns the
str ength OF the company was seventy
two. The survivors include Cap
Thomas w. Council. First Lieut.. Ed
ward A. Bumpus and DIR. r. 5. Gris-
| void, surgeon.
Cant. Edwin v. Bookmiller OF the
| Ninth infantry reports h a Gclf
| Hughes is assembling a force to attack
the insurgents. The insurgents cap
| tured all the stores and ammunition OF
the and all the rifles except
tw~enty-six.g .s,, sy7.- y,a,a
sensation IA 49,
Washington, Oct. I. News OF the
| disastrous fight between troops of tine
Ninth infantry and the insurgents In
the island of Samar reached the De
| partment during the early hours yes
| terday. and Adjt. Gem Corbins reabzs'
ing it's importance, at. onees made..N
| public, after sending a copy 10 the
White House. Gen. Chaffee's dispatch,
which agrees with the Associated
| Press dispatch. is as follows: s
manila, Sept 29-Adjutant General,
| washingtons Hughes reports follow
ing from Bassey. Southern Samar:.
'Twenty,four men. Ninth regiment,
United States infantry, wounded, have
| lust arrived from Balangiga; remain
| der killed. Insurgents Sc
/ cured all company supplies and all
rifles except Twelve. Company was at.
tackled during breakfast morning Sept.
| %. seventy-two strong: OFF,
| GERS escaped: Capt. Thomas w. Con
nell, First Lieut.. Edward A. Bumpus
and Surkeon r.. S. Griswold.'
49,. -"Chaffee."
The news created a sensation in Of
| fetal circles It was the first severe
| reverse that has occurred for a long
time. Still the officials were not un-
prepared for news Of just this charac-
ter from Samar, in which the revolu-
ton started by Aguinaldo still con-
tinues. Samar Is a country about as
large as tha State of Ohio and the
American
Forces Of Occupation
number in all about 1000 or $500 mem
Kx a~ann xrO WfnNlu
posts in the island, a large number be.
ing located at the more important CEN
tiers. Spain never made any effort to
occupy Samar, and 1t only has been for
probably tAree months past that the
United States has undertaken that
work. The latest report made by Gen.
Hughes TO the war department was
that the number Of insurgent rifles in
the island aggregated about 800.
The Filipinos carried on a guerrilla
warfare and operations against them
was difficult. The disaster to Com
pany c, Ninth infantry. occurred, IL
is believed, while ii was engaged in al.
expedition to clear the country of row
ing bands Of these insurgents. The
fact that the Americans were attacked
while at breakfast indicates the daring
and pluck Of the insurgents.
A we'll known official of the govern
ment in speaking of this outbreak
against the American forces in Samar
said he regarded 1t as q consequence
of the assassination of President Nc
Kinley. In all probability the insur-
gents had received. he said, only
meager reports of the tragedy and pos
sibly believed the shooting to be the
result of some popular outbreak
against the president. The natives
had seized the opportunity In the dick
ering hope of retrieving some of their
lost ground. "a.
Another Severe Engagement.
Manila, Oct. ]. - Capt. Lawrence j.
Hearn OF the Twenty-first infantry,
reports a severe engagement with in
surgents ear Candelaria, the Ameri-
cans losing one killed and two wound
ed. The insurgent loss has not been
ascertained. The Americans captured
10000 pounds of rice and several hun
dred rounds of ammunition.