The Lamar register., 1902-07-30
DEAD IN PHILIPPINES
OUR LOSSES DURING THE WAR.
More Than Two Thousand Battles and
Skirmish es-One Thousand Men
Killed by the Enemy-Entire Death
List Exceeds Four Thousand.

List Exceeds Four Thousand.
Washington, July 24-Maj. James
Parker of the adjutant generals de-
partment, has compiled statistics re-
gnrding the insurrection in the Philip
pines. There We're 2,156 engagements
with the enemy, more or less serious,
between February 4. 1899, the date of
the battle of Manila. and April 30
1902, fixed as the virtual downfall of
the insurrection. The larger portion
of these fights were attacks from am
bush on the American troops, or skir-
mishes in which only small detach-
ments took part.
ments," says Major Parker. did
American troops surrender or have to
retreat or have to leave their dead and
wounded in the possession of the en-
emy, Notwithstanding that in many
cases the percentage of loss was high.
The number of troops that have been
transported to the Philippines and
have arrived there up to July 10th last
was 4,135 officers and 123,SO3 men.
The average strength taken from
monthly returns for the period Of the
insurrection was approximately 4O-
OOO."
Major Parker summarizes the casual
ties of the American army as follows:
Killed or died of wounds, so officers
and 936 enlisted men; deaths from dis
ease, Al officers and 2,J3J enlisted
men; deaths from accidents, officers
and 125 enlisted men; drowned, otf-
GERS and 257 enlisted men: suicide, 10
officers and and ~ enlisted men; muir
dered, officer and 81 enlisted men; to-
tai deaths, 130 officers and 4,01G en-
listed men, wounded, 10 officers and
2,TO7 enlisted men, a total of 2,S97;
killed and wounded and deaths other
than by disease, 2S2 officers and 4,lSS
enlisted men; total, 4,41O.
A large portion of the deaths by
drowning occurred in action or in ac-
tive operations against the enemy.
Major Parker makes the percentage of
killed and wounded to the strength of
the army 81.
The epidemic of cholera has been
particularly hard upon the medical
corps of the army stationed on the
Philippine islands, and the casualty
list received here shows that the sur
geons and the hospital corps have
borne their share of the suffering.
Surgeon General Forwood has re-
ceived a COPY of one of the orders In
which these casualties are announced,
as follows:
"The death of Private Joseph G. NJ.
Eiseman, hospital corps. U. s. A, Is
announced. Private Eiseman was de-
tailed to face death as Il cholera nurse
for one of our comrades and died from
the disease, caught from his charge;
an example of devotion to duty to be
held up for all men to emulate.
Private Leonard b. Stevenson, hos
pital corps, U. S. a., was detailed to
nurse both of our comrado., with the
knowledge that his predecessor had
been cut down while performing the
same duty. Without murmur he re-
sponded and remained till the sod cor-
cred his plague-stricken charges, nnc
then he returned to his routine duties.
THE men of this command who
have faced death amid the whirl or
bullets and the excitement of fight
can readily appreciate the courage re-
uured to daily await its approach in
the form of one of the most dreaded
diseases known to the world to-day,
and the commanding officer makes this
an opportunity to publicly acknowl-
edge that duty well done, the high
est aim of u soldier, is goal Fri
yate Stephenson has reached.
This order will be published at
parade Tuesday, July 81. and at gen
eral inspection of the hospital corps,
July 31st."