Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-09
AT WAR WITH M0ROs
FORT CAPTURED sy ASSAULT.
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Fighting Men in the pisafeeted
Provinee-Beiieved to Possess But
600 Rihes-other Moro Tribes Not
In Sympathy.

In sympathy.
Washington. May i.-BcspIt. earn
'st efforts To conciiiate the M0rors OF
Mindanno, war with them II In prog-
rcss. Following hard upUn the heels
of the dispatch announcing the sur.
render OF more than one thousand in
surrccios In the northern Islands and
the provinces OF Misamls. Mindnnao.
came n message from Major General
Chaffcr. announcing that an American
outpost had been fired upon by the
Moros and that our troops captured the
Moro fort after n proirncIcd engage
ment.
The War Department later to-day
received cnblcsram from Gencril
Cinffcc Indicating that the campaign
against Sultan Bayan. onc of the prin-
ciIai Moro chiefs. had becn complete
iy successful. The result was accom-.
plished by gallant assault on the
principal Moro fort and It's capture nf-
ter "A number of the leading Moros had
been killed. The cablcIram, which
was received this afternoon, was as
follows:
"AdJutnnt General. Washington
Following IL tho full substance OF
Brigadlcr General George ". Davis
message from Isaynn:
'Elshiy.fonr survivors Of Raynn
surrendered Internationally this morn.
Ing Mt Z o'clock. Sultan Baynn. ltnJa
Muia Bayan. Sultan Ianiapa;nn and
NIL the leading dntos an dead. ns well
aS many Of their following. The ns-
snuit ON the principal fort. which sur.
rendered last night. was one OF I'll.
most gallant performances Of Amcri-
can arms. Colonel Frank u. Baldwin
Ii
their hand To hand struggle In four
lines OF bitches under the walls Of the
fort. These trenches are lined with
Moro dead from their rifle IRE.
~ have never seen or heard OF any
performance cxccllInG this gallant
fight. II Is my painful duty to report
that the overthrow OF the Moro power
was not accomplished without severe
loss. One officer and seven enlisted
men were killed and four officers and
| thirty enlisted men wounded. | will
telegraph list later.
"'Aftcr the cighfy-four survivors
marched out this morning rs prisoners
and II was understood that they were
NIL. eight others. who had concealed
/, themselves In rubbish inside the fort.
made break for liberty. trying to
force their way out. hut none succeed
ed. Some Of the Moro wounded tried
To stab soldiers who We're trying to
| help them.
"'lt Is impossible to state the mum.
bcr OF Moros killed. ns many are lying
In the tall Irnss. The surrender saves
us from having TO lay Siege and starvc
them out. ms II was impossible to have
/ carried the works without scaling lad
dcrs. which were ready. ! intend 10
retain the prisoners until two or three
small adjacent forts are occupied and
then will retain ns hostages cights or
ten of the principals and release the
| others
"Onc ncighboring dato has already
represented himself ms our friend. and
I expect n general coming In shortly.
when the weight OF the blow ts
known"
Lieutenant Bovars OF the Twenty.
seventh infantry was killed IN the en-.
gagcmcnt Mt the fort.
Captain Moore OF the same regiment
was mortnlly wounded.
Surgeon Porter and Lieutenant Hen
ry $. Wagner of the Fourteenth infan-
try, and Lieutenant Jossmnn OF the
Twcnty-sevcnth Infantry, were severe
ly wounded.
The President tonight sent the fol-
lowing congrntulatory message to Cen
cral Chnffcc:
"Chaffec. Manila: Accept for the
army under your command. and ex-
press to General Davis and Colonel
Baldwin especially. my congratula-
tions and thanks for the special cour-
age and fidelity which have again car
ried our flag to victory. Your fellow
cOuntrymen nt home will ever honor
the memory OF the fallen. and he faith
ful 80 the brave survivors who have
themselves been. faithful unto death
for their country's sake"