The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18


balacat was captured and in a few
days the supposedly impregnable fort
ress at Bamban was reached. Here
the Filipinos made a desperate stand,
but in vain. The Americans over
whelmed them. drove them out Of
Bamban, and Nov. Is. captured the in
surgent capital at Tarlac. The fight
at Bamban was the last battle IN which
the Filipino army, as an organization,
participated. The army was disband-
ed and the various leaders began the
guerrilla warfare which is even now in
progress in different parts Of the ISL
ands.
Fight Scattered Bands.
From November, 1893, to March. 1901,
the regiment was engaged in combat
ing the scattered bands of Filipin0s
I'm the provinces OF Tarlac and Nueva
Ecifa. During that time IL captured
about 500 rifles. From March, 1901. to
October of the same year. the troops
were engaged in aiding in the estab-
lishment Of civil government. The
! first battalion. in command of Major
Wood, went to Samar under General
Jacob H. Smith. and served with him
| in his celebrated campaign against the
natives there, returning 20 Manila
1 barely in time to JON the rest Of the
/ regiment on the return voyage. The
/ losses during the service in the Phil
| ippines have been as follows:
Killed-F0ur officers, nineteen enlist
/ ed men.
wounded-Two officers. thirty-one
/ enlisted men.
Died Of siekness-One ofacer, seven
/ ty-nine enlisted men.
Dr0wned-Five enlisted men.
Retired Because Of Disability-Five
! officers. ninsty-fve enlisted men.
Dangers Of the Soldiers.
at is remarkable, commented Cap.
tain Barth. the adjutant, that the
losses through drowning were no
greater. The men had to go here ant
there through the jungle across TIT
| streams. and they frequently had t
20 through water up to their necks Of
to swim in order to get across. W.
finally secured native ponies and late
American horses for their use on thesl
expeditions. and they were Of grea
service. Many times the men save,
themselves from drowning by holding
to their horses"
While the regiment was in the Phil
ippines. the commanding officer wa
changed several times. Colonel J0hl
n Andrews was unable to go with tn
regiment and he was retired April
1899. while the regiment was on tn
ocean in command of Lieutenant Colo
mel J. II. Smith. Chambers McKib
bin, who was a brigadier general 0
. volunteers during the Spanish wal
was made colonel Of the Twelfth. sue
Ceeding Colonel Andrews. He was sic
at the time and was unable to join tn
regiment until last July.
] Meanwhile Major Bubb Of the Fourt
, infantry had been promoted to lieu
! tenant colonel and assigned to tn
] | Twelfth. his commission dating frOI
. Oct 20. 1899. He was in command q
5 the regiment for some time. Later
3 I was promoted to colonel and assigne
to the Twenty-fourth infantry. Whe
; General Mckibbin reached the PhiliI
. . pines last year, Colonel Bubb pei
: ! suadsd him to exchange command
] | with the consent Of the war depart
b | ment. and the orders we're accOrdingl
{ issued bringing Colonel Bubb back q
{ commanding officer of the regimen
J I with which he started his military ca
. reer-
+. Onicers and men are delighted wit
q the assignment to Fort Douglas. wHiC
v is considered one Of the most desirab
e posts in the United States. while Sa
Lake extends a hearty welcome to Il
e First battalion Of this regiment Whit
t has been fighting for the nation q
+ greater part of over forty years. and
e the true Americans who compose It.