The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-09
ABOUT 400 ENGAGED.
Aided by Native Troops Who
Fought COurageOusly.
Their Casualties Are IL Out of
a Force of A.
Lieutenant AgneW, Of Kansas,
Among the Wounded.

Manila. March s.-Major General
Wood reports from Jolo as follows:
"a severe action has taken place be
tween troops, a contingent Of the naval
department, the constabuIary and a
body Of hostile 8oros at Mount Dajo,
near Jolo. opening on the afternoon Of
March 6. and ending on the morning Of
March s.
"The action involved the capture of
Mount Dajo, a lava capped cone, 2,1OO
feet high from the crater on the sum
NIT, extremely steep, the last 400 feet
being at an angle of 40 degrees.
Traversing It's slopes are 90 perpen-
dfcular ridges covered with a growth
Of timber. strongly fortified and held
by an invisible army.
"The army casualties were Is en-
listed men killed, four commissioned
officers wounded and 80 enlisted men
wounded.
The naval casualties are:
Ensign H D. Cooke, commanding
the Pampanga, wounded In the foot
severe.
"Gnlore. coxswain, wounded in the
elbow. severe.
The constabulary casualties were:
Captain John r. White. wounded
Three enlisted men were killed and
13 wounded.
Captain Tyree Rivers sustained
flesh wound in the thigh slight
Lieutenant Gordon, wounded In the
right hand, slight
Lieutenant Conway Of the Sixth in
fantry, wounded in the left eye. slight
Ihe wounded are doing well.
The action resulted In the destruc-
don Of a band Of outlaws recornizinQ
no CntnT that had haa-1 al dino F~Fo
Moros on the target range at JOlO and
through defiance had stirred up a dan
gerous condition of affairs.
Colonel Joseph W Duncan of the
Sixth infantry. directed the operations.
All the defenders OF the Moros
stronghold we're killed and 500 bodies
were found in the works.
me arullery was lifted by block
and tackle, q distance Of 500 feef. into
position on the lip Of the crater
Brlgad1er General Bliss and myself
were present throughout the action.
THE attacking columns were com
manded by Major Omar Bundy. Cap
tain Il. p. Lawton. Captain Rivers,
captain L. ~. Koehler, Captain NJ. c.
Galchlln and Lieutenant Johnson
THE officers and men engaged high
ly comm ended the Moro constabulary.
who did excellent work, their casual
ties numbering II out of the force Of
a engaged
ut IS impossible to conceive a.
tackled"
Major General Leonard Wood. com
mander of the division of the Philip
pines, reports as follows from JOlo,
capital OF the Sulu islands:
A severe action between troops, a
naval detachment and constabulary
ana hostile MOrrOs has taken place al
Mount Datc near Jolo. The engage
ment opened during the afternoon Of
March 8, and ended in the morning Of
March 8. The action involved the cap
Jure OF Mount Dajo, a lava cone 2,1OO
Ieet nigh with q crater at its summit
ana extremely steep. The last few
leeN were at an angle of so degrees and
there were fifty perpendicular ridges
covered with q growth of timber and
strongly fortified and defended by an
invisible force of Morros.
The army casualties were fifteen
enlisted men. q commissioned officer
and four enlisted men wounded. The
naval casualties mum bered 90. Ensign
y. ID Cooke, Jr Of the United States
eteamer Pampanga, commanding the
FaInpanga fort, was severely wounded
and Coxswain Gilmore was severely
wounded in the elbow
The consta bluarv casualties were
Captain john r.. White, wounded in
the thigh. severely, three enlisted men
KILLED and thirteen wounded. Captain
lyree Rivers sustained slight flesh
wound In the thigh: Lieutenant Cor
slon was slightly wounded in the right
>
the Sixth infantry was slightly wound
ed in the left eye. All the wounded are
doing Wen
Colonel Joseph w. Duncan of the
sixth infantry. directed the operations
All the defenders of the Morro strong
mold were killed. Six hundred bodies
were found ON the field
Ihe action resulted in the extinc-
ton Of a band of outlaws. who recog-
nizing no chief. had been raiding
friendly Morros and owing to their de-
nance or the American auth critics had
stirred up dangerous condition Of
Another Account.
Another account of the fight near
Jolo states that 600 outlaw Moros were
killed in the crater OF the Precipat tuos
volcano. five miles from Jolo. The
Americans lost is killed and % men
wounded, including Captain Rivers of
the Fourth cavalry. Lieutenant Agnew
Of the Sixth infantry, Lieutenant Cor
don johnson Of the signal corps. En-
sign Cooke. commanding the Pam
manga. and Captain White Of the con-
etabulary. The attack was under the
Immediate command Of Colonel Duncan