The Monticellonian., 1901-10-04

sd-AlI the Company Stores, Ammuni-
 tIon and Rifles, Except Twenty-six
 Rifles Were Lost.
 Manila, Sept. 3o.-A disastrous fight between United States troops and in- surgents occurred Saturday, in the Island of Samar, near Balangiga. A large body of insurgents attacked Company C." Ninth infantry, only 24 members of the company escaping.
 All the others are reported to have been killed.
 The company were at breakfast when attacked, and made determined resistance, but the overwhelming num- bers of the insurgents compelled them to retreat.
 Of the survivors, who have arrived at Bazey, II are wounded.
 According to the latest returns the strength of the company was 72. The survivors include Capt. Thomas w. Cornell, First Lieut.. Edward A. Bum pus, and Dr. k. s. Griswold, surgeon.
 Capt. Edwin V. Bookmiller, of the Ninth infantry, reports that Gen. Hughes is assembling a force to att tack the insurgents.
 The insurgents captured all the stores and ammunition of the com pany and all the rifles except 26.
 Washington, Sept. 3o.-News of the disastrous fight between troops of the Ninth infantry and the insurgents in the island of Samar, yesterday, was sent promptly by Gen. Hughes, com manding in that island, to Gen. Chaf- fee, at Manila, and by him transmit ted to the war department. It reached the department during the early hours yesterday, and Adj't.-Gen. Corbin, realizing it's importance, at once made it public, after sending a copy to the White House.
 Gen. Chaffee's dispatch, which agrees with the press dispatch, is as follows:
 Manila, Sept. 20. "Adjutant General, Washington:
 Hughes reports following from Baasey, southern Samar: Twenty-four men, Ninth regiment, U. s. I.-wound- ed-have just arrived from Balangiga, remainder of company killed. Insur- gents secured all company supplies and all rifles except 12. Company was attacked during breakfast on the morning of September 2s. Company was 72 strong. Officers: Thomas w. Connolly, captain; Edward A. Bum- pus, first lieutenant; Dr. k. $. Gris- wold, major surgeon, escaped.
 "CHAFFEE."
 The news created a sensation in off, cial circles. 1t was the first severe reverse that has occurred for 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 the state of Ohio, and the American forces of occupation num- Der in all between two thousand and twenty-five hundred men. These are distributed among various posts in the island, a large number being located at the more important eenters. Spain never made any efforts to occupy Sa- mar, and it only has been for proba- ply three months past that the Unit ed States has undertaken that work.
 The latest report made by Gen. Hughes to the war department was that the number of insurgent rifles m the island aggregated about three hundred. The Filipinos carried on a guerrilla warfare, and operations against them were difficult.
 The disaster to Company c, of the Ninth infantry, occurred, it is be- lieved, while it was engaged in an eX- petition to clear the country of roy ing bands of these insurgents. The fact that the Americans were attack ed at breakfast indicates the daring and pluck of the insurgents.
 Immediately upon receipt of the dis patch Adj't.-Gen. Corbin cabled Gen. Chaffee to send a complete report of the fight and a list of the casualties.
 A well-known official of the govern ment, in speaking of this outbreak said he regarded it as consequence of the assassination of President Me- Kinley. In all probability the insur- gents had received, he asid, only mea- ger reports of the tragedy, and possi- bly, believed the shooting to be the re- suit of some popular outbreak against the president. Natives had selzed the opportunity in the flickerng hope of retrieving some of their lost ground. Another Severe Engagement.
 Manila, Sept. 30.-Capt. Lawrence J.. Hearne, of the Twenty-irst infantry, reports severe engagement with in- surgents near Candelaria, the Ameri- cans losing one killed and two wound ed. The insurgent loss has not been ascertained. The Americans captured i 30,000 pounds of rice and several hun dred rounds of ammunition.
 RESULT OF A COLLEGE RUSH.