Evening journal., 1901-10-01
THREE OFFICERS
AMONG kIkLLD
Officials Assured Of Aulhen-
ticity Of Dispatch
OOrbin Inclined to Believe That ManV
Men Reported Killed Will be
Heard From

Washington. oct loving to the
| distance from Manila Of the scene of
the massacre Of Company G, the ofli.
cials of the war department do not
expect response to their order for
q full list Of the casualties before some
time today. However, they feel as.
Fured that the officers Of the ill-fated
company certainly perished. These Of
| fcers are;
CAPTAIN THOMAS w. CONNELL.
FIRST LIEUT. EDWARD A. BUMPUs.
MAJOR SURGEON r. S. GRIsWOLD.
A question having arisen as to tho
accuracy of the cablegram received
at the war department on Sunday
from General Chaffeo, 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.
"Adiutant General, Washington
Hughes reports following from
Bassey. southern Samar:
"Twentyfour men. Company c.
Ninth Regiment, United States Infan-
try II wounded, have just arrived
from Balanglga; remainder company
killed Insurgents secured all com
pany supplies and all rifles except
three. Company was attacked during
breakfast. morning September 2S;
company 72 strong; officers. Thomas
w. Connell, captain Edward A. Bum.
pus. first lieutenant; DR.. Il. S. Girls
void. major surgeon. CHAFFEE."
The war department feel confident of
the authenticity of Chanees dispatch
for it has issued the following brief
obituary notices of the officers
Thomas w. Connell, the captain OF
Company c, 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. Bumpur
was born in Massachusetts, and given
q commission while a 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 siy
months service in the Connecticut vol
unteers during the Spanish war, he
entered tho 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 i'm o
few days" This is a 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 iG
the worst single loss that our forces
have suffered in the entire Philippine
disturbance.
It will be recalled that about a week
ago General A. S. Burt of the Twenty.
ffth Infantry, who had recently re-
turned from the Philippines, gave out
an interview. in which he took eXcer-
} 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
3 the troubles In the Philippines would
mot cease during the lifetime of the
present generation. The officials OF
/ the department here rejected this
, gloomy view, particularly in regard Ia
r. Samar. on account of its small popula
r. ltion, although acknowledging that its
people We're putting up a very vigor
q GUS fight Spain is said To have never
n subdued the island or to have derived
a any revenue therefrom; its coasts ant
= waters are treacherous, and its noun
!, tain fastnesses offer great opportuni
: ties for retreat.
Our forces had been in the Philip
= pines a long time before they mad,
- any attempt at it's occupation A de
tachment OF the Forty-third Infantry
u under Colonel Arthur Murray mad,
e the first landing on January %. 1900
e as a result of General Kobbe's direC
tions. The impression prevails Il
e some quarters that our first occups
y ton was only about three months agl
n an error due TO the fact that the is
II and was transferred on May las
II from the department of southern II
m zon to the department of the Visa,
ans. Then the Third Squadron of th
In Ninth Cavalry, the Second SQuadro
I'd Of the Tenth. the entire First Infal
81 try and the Second Battalion of th
er Ninth Infantry were assigned for ser
Id ice there.