Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-29
THE MARINE CORPS.
Annual Report Of Commandant,
Maj. Gen. Haywood.
Grand Work Of the Corps in Oper-
atoms in the Philippines.
o,,;se for Major Waller and His Gal
LIANT Little Force.


Charles Haywood. commandant OF the
,-ni,ed states Marine Corps, in ms an
,,o, report to the secretary oil the ma
80 GAYS il is his policy to keep the
.fsoare and men of his command in the
pnilippines only two years and a half,
,a,urning them after such service 10
,his country. He hopes to reduce this
.a.r, n two wears, that being as long
- is a1visa BILE to keep them in that
climate. 90.
rurinc the past year, while there
have been practically no deEaonstra-
ions in the Philippines by organized
irsnrcnnts, the marines, says Gen. hey
-,ona have done excellent work in rid
ding the islands of rowing bands of Ia
drones.
The report presents in detail the OBJ
.ro,ions of Major Waller and his cour-
,o.or. bands OF marines on the coast Of
ao,,,nerr Sanar. Major Waller is quot
al nc saving that the expeditions early
,as, November in the Schoton district
were the most important of the cam
oaign so far as their effect on the IN
surgents was concerned.
A orauhic account 8 given of the OPP
erations of the man expedition in the
cchoton district. The attack was on
rho fortified cliffs and caves in III"
maintains which had been reported to
he practically impregnable The plan
NJ the attack was that the shore COL
umns were united at the enemy's
stronghold ard be joined there by Il
Nf.,in
corning the result of the attack the
report says:
..On the 1,th f November the shore
Column struc!- the enemy's trail. which
was followed and the detaChments soon
came upon a number of bamboo guns.
Orr of these commanding the trail had
the fuse burning and Acting Corporal
Henry Glenn rus he'd forward and pull
ed out the fuse. The attack of the ma
rines was Il perfect surprise and the
enemy was completely routed. 80 being
killed. After driving the insurgents
from their position the troops crossed
the river. scaled the cliffs on the oppo-
site size and destroyed the camps
there. Thu enomy fired tTo volleys and
fed"
Major Waller says that he himself
was not in this attack. being in the
river below and unable to reach the
firing lile in time, but he mentions
CAPTAINS Porter ana BeIrse as being
e entitled 40 the highest credit for the
courageous and skillfdl manner in
which they routed tho enemy in the
face Of apparently iasurmountable OBJ
stas les.
In order to reach the cnemy's posi-
,ioN the troops had to climb the cliffs.
which rise sheer from the river TO the
height Of about zoo feet and are honey
combcd ':ith caves. TO which access is
had by means OF bamboo ladders and
also by narrow lodges with bamboo
hand rails Tons of rocks were sus-
pended in cages held in position by
vines and in readiness to be- precipitat-
ed upon people and boats below.
instant destruction would have I'M
doubtedly been the fate of the boats
had they undertaken the ascent OF the
river before tn" shore column had dis
lodged the insurgents. The effect OF
the capture of this last stronghold upon
the Insurgents of Samar cannot be
ovcrestiEated, as they had spent years
of labor upon the defences and un-
doubtedly considered the cliff fortifiCa-
tons impregnahle
The report contains an account OF
the march of 1870 miles across Sauna,
of Major Waller and his men and of the
incredible hardships they endured.
Gen. Haywood strongly urges the
enactment Of the measure introduced
al the last session CT Congress provid-
int for an Increase ~ tnc officers and
enlisted men of the Marine Corps.
The report says that the native in
hahitanis in Guam are making crafty
ing progress in learning the Englisl
language