Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-22
He Tells How He Met and Then
Defeated Them.
HUNDRED AND FIFTY KILLED
Got BEHIND Them, Much 10 Their
surprises Refused 10 surrender
Preferring to FIghtit Out


the Philippines. has written a letter 10
personal friend in the war depart
ment describing the battle. II has been
shown to Secy. Root who authorized
its publication Capt Pershing says
Camp Wears, April ~, lsOS.--l sup
pose your mail adyiees have or VIII
have brought you full account OF the
Bacolod incident. In reality, the best
night OF the Moro campaigns, not so
many Moros killed as at Bayan OF
Pandapalan--on year ago-but fought
according to some sort OF system,
"Ot course, / nave WORKED ON TINS
fight, as / foresaw long ago that II
must come and the whole thing from
beginning worked out as planned. FIRST,
we got behind them, Iuuch TO Their sur
prise and could post our guns above
and drop projectiles down into their
fort, so that their artillery iire IN TINS
case was about all noise. We had some
work and some lighting TO gain this po-
stion. once there Ii was only ques-
ton OF sitting down deliberately and
waiting to see what the Moros would
do. Many got away before the place
was invested thoroughly.
"The fight began In a flood OF a rain
storm that lasted till dark and recon-
noiterng was difficult So we did not
find all the avenues of escape unul next
oay' ana am slau nov we u'u nv 90
they had such commence III tnls ~,
that they have been constructing for
year, that they took many women and
children inside and these escaped dur
ing the hiBht -,
The next DAY ana hlshl we heiu
them tast, however trleu 10 set t,ehl W
surrender had Two talks uhuer nass vi
truce. No they would nght IL out 90
there was then only 10 hnlsn H. cur
ed my officers together ana gave eacn
one MS work Inc MAN opslacie Mas
a deep ditch 80 feet Wlde ana ~ leet
deep TO De crossed II was 10 DC oIluseu
with fallen trees ana over All pafhpoo
bridge was laid. 49,.
Everything IN readiness the assault
began, In the face OF heavy temlhg-
ton hre IRON the fOrt' lhe lines "u-
Vanced against TWO races OF the lor',
putting out OF business every Moro that
appeared They could not use thelr
port holes, as We had battered them
10 pieces Although we could not WIN
out light held artillery damage lne
earthwork, The lines up TO Wlthln oo
yards OF the blldge We're competed ny
two companies detailed Tor that pur-
pose, trees having been previously cut
and hauled as near as could safely De
done.
within 30 minutes, the assuming IN
fantry swung across ana formed a me
on the Bernie ana clamDered up heeily
IN line to the top OF the parapet' mere
they were met with kampilan ana KRIS
and bloody and-to-hand hgnt occur
red-one soldier against TWO Moros
mere anothfr running ms oayonet INTO
ianatlc mere Moros plunglhB neau-
long INTO the deep ultch In thelr lmpel-
hoslty ana impetus
III was hs Whole scene never 10
FORGET TOO mucn cannot De salu OF lhe
Nalor, the bravery the courage ana
coolness ana nerve OF the american SOL
der the majority OF those lett lnslue
never reached we top o, tne paraneI
~ was rellei TO me tiut none OF our
men were Killed TWO VIII lose an arm
eachi the rest WIN recover win hohor-
able scars. nut not manned IL was the
proudest day OF my NE,
gsholera existed IN AL that section,
nhn we ulu iot examine the interior oi
the tort unlll after II was burned ana
wei thoroughly, Tor tnere were an SORTS
OF uhuersrouhu sailerles anu paSsaBe-
WAYS
some oNcers III the assaultlug ll'e
counted oo ueao on one moor ana Moios
say mere were more lhah iUV Nlle9 III
sue WINE me lst OUTSIDE mas peen
CROWNS sveI since the pattle, so llia'
AoV ail ,o'u so'lse, Na,Ne eS,lulale,
u nave iabored with these Bacolod
hoI"S i"I u geH" ql1Vush o'her MoIVs,
sollt u tnein near tvnl''Nes, uylus 70
conNnlVr tnvIn W thelr Iooushhess VI
,nlhhlns VI nshtnls ", put lney nay
sp, !" ',i t ,noHSss'' anu ~
iart tnv Wn''r Lasu9 s ue La'o mas
hns.olpa,eu reverse ior US
me lesson, OF course, mas peen
severe one Tor them. me old panan-
cungah " SORT OF Moro title, meaning
ehhi Counselor OF something OF mat
KIM ~ lhls case ne nad more power
thah the sul'alnl lost ms me and the
resi- OF 'neh tnht are iett nave sent
No,u lhal tney want 10 De irlehds'
we burned nolhihs but TINS main
GOTTA ana rev smaller ones from
.nlVu we were nreI upon ana thinK
.ne "p,vs all sc tnat our purpose Is
w w nu'hahe us iar as they VIII per-
nj, uf
10 ny hlnu this practically settles
ahe i.aAe I'ana9 troubles. We OF
eou,se' I,us, explore the eastern portion
VI 'ne lahe lol distance that remains
yet unexpiored OF about 10 miles. !
aiuo'tu'e nt'ie trouble there but mere
w! one Vr Two hard.headed Oh
g u,,. Nno VIII put up their RED hags.
~. Ip''er may now De sald TO be
ee,s.tu. -,
in,le WI never again be any con-
,,iiusu urpoSluoh nor any general oppo-
hnp'n, me sensible ones see mat 1t Is
Az, alu several OF ther old pam
ullaS P,eslsl are now preaching the