Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-05
Complete Triumph Secures Respect for Au-
thority Of the United States,
SIGNAL VICTORY FOR AMERICAN TROOPS
General AsCribes Praise to Colonel Baldwin
for His Brave 0ommandsrship.
BATTLE AN EXAMPLE OF SKILL AND GRIT
Dispatch Says by this Defeat Savage
Natives Are Completely Crushed
and Taught Lesson of Prac-
ticaI Beneft.

WASHINGTON. May 4.--The war depart
ment today received a cablegram from
General Chaffee indicating that the cam
paign against Sultan Bayan, one Of the
principal Moro chiefs, had been completely
successful. The result was accomplished
BY a gallant assault on the principal Moro
fort and its capture after a number of the
leading Moros had been killed. The cable
gram which was received this afternoon
was as follows:
Adtutant General. Washington: The fol-
lowing Is the full substance OF Brigadier
General Davis message from Bayan:
Elghty-four survivors Of Bayan surren-
sSesn uRRsSsPnay Rsyan Rstay ms morning az
Pandapatan and all leading dattos dead
and many Of their followers. Assault on
night ono Of the most gallant perform
ances of American arms. Colonel Frank ID.
for hand-to-hand struggle in four lines Of
bitches under walls OF fort These trenches
are lined with Moro dead from rifle fire.
ance excelling this gallantry and grit
Not without Loss.
1t is my painful duty to report that the
overthrow OF Moro power was not accom-
plished without severe loss. One officer
and. thirty-seven enlisted men wounded.
Will telegraph the list later.
After eighty-four survivors marched out
this morning as prisoners. and il was un-
derstood they were all, eight others who
had concealed themselves in rubbish inside
the fort made break for liberty but none
succeeded Some Moro wounded tried to
stab soldiers trying to help them.
Moro1 killed: Many are lying in tall grass
The surrender saves us from Siege and
works withou soans Isdde2s hSHs wbcS SSaTriTo Ea
q three small adjseent foTts are oe6upsd iSC
tages eight or ten OF the PRINCIPALS and re-
lease the rest.
Force In Line.
The force in line consisted of four noun
tain guns, 40 rifles. This was fully suffi-
advantageously Had we sent sent O' strong @
column Il would only have swelled the
casualty list; one neighboring datto has
/ expect a general coming in shortly, when
the weight OF the blow Is known The dead
t s S Us S%rs sord n hdRs the
SpesisSed the principal forts and I'm time
have resulted in a sortie for freedom and
escape tor many.
BY attacking them they nave been com
these Wild Moros seem TO be able to profit
by l shall invite Sultan Tarlac to pay me
StSe has ne qof %Tt6s1 nSt SS It Of his
plain sight, and of the same strength as
was, that OF Bayan. on the beautiful table
upland rice and he Is urging hic people to
return to it's cultivation.
The result to follow this action Is very
United States authority In the center of
Moro savagery CHAFFEE.
The president tonight sent the following
eongratulatory dispatch to General Chaffee:
cNsAsl WAAsHlNGToN' NSRTioN' D. C., May !; 1sO2;-
der your command and express to General
Davis and Colonel Baldwin especially my
congratulations and thanks for the splen-
did courage and faithfulness which have
again carried our nag to victory. Your
fellow conntrymen at home Will ever honor
the memory of the fallen and be faithful
to the bereved survivors who have them
selves been faithful unto death for their
country's sake.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
President is Pleased.
The president conferred for four hours
. tonight with Secretary Root and Governor
Taft, mainly concerning affairs in the
Philippines. The secretary and Miss Root
and Governor Taft we're guests at dinner
and remained at the White House until
half past IL o'clock. The dispatch from
General Chaffee giving the result of Gem
eral Davis campaign In Mindanao was q
source OF great satisfaction to the oficials
although they regretted exceedingly that
II became necessary to fight in order to
compel submission to the American de-
mands OF the surrender OF those guilty or
the murder OF the American soldiers. Sec
retary Root declined TO say whether any ad-
ditional instructions had been given to
General Chaffee for his guidance 1t is
probable that the future action will be left
largely to the discretion OF General Chat
tee. The president has great respect for
General Chaffee's tact
General Taft was very well satisfied with
the latest news from General Chaffee. Il
was cause for congratulation, he said.
He believed the effect of what had been
accomplished would be benehcient and
would settle affairs in Mindanao.