Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09
Gen. Wood Present.


The War Department received a cable
dispatch from Manila this morning giving
an abstract OF Gen Woods report and
stating that Gems Wood and Tasker II.
Bliss were present throughout the engage
mcnt 1t was also reported that the ar
tnlery was lifted up the mountain side so
feet with block and tackle. The Moros re-
sisted to the death.
The latest list of troops stationed In the
Philippines. at the War Department, shows
that on January 90 the following troops
were stationed on the Island of Jolo:
Companies ! and L,~4th Cavalry and the
2Sth Battery Field Artillery. Companies l,
X. l. and Nj of the Goth Infantry had been
stationed at Jolo. but are understood to
have been relieved by battalion of the 9th
Infantry, commanded by Col Duncan, in
January. Col Duncan was the senior ON
Ger on the field, save Mai Gen. Wood and
Brig Gen. Bliss. Assuming that the organ
izatiOns were up TO their normal strength
there were about 400 soldiers In the action
besides the naval contingent. the strength
of which is so far unknown. 1t is believed.
however. that owing 10 the sick list and
other causes there were probably not more
than 40 OF the military engaged. The
strength of the constabulary is also un-
known
Scene of the Fighting.
The official dispatch does not enable the
authorities here to place exactly the scene
OF the combat. The only crater known on
the Island or Jolo Is well toward the center
OF the island and some distance rerr/,ved
from the capital. which is on the seHcoast
There Is, however. near the city Of Jolo,
distant only Ave miles. u mountain an
sweriug closely, save for the crater. the de
scrtptlon OF that in the official dispatch.
This mountain was controlled by two dat
tos-Calbi and Joakinine. the latter one of
the chieftalns who signed the famous Bates
treaty. The mountain Is very steep, and at
fits apex Is Moro fortress which had never
been taken by white troops
Lieut.. Gen. Bates. chief OF STAFF who had
extensive service in the southern Islands
of the Philippine archipelago and is as well
acquainted with the Jolo country. probably,
as any officer here has no fear that this
last trouble Will extend throughout the
group. IN the first place he says there is
no hOmogeneity among these island forces.
Strong jeslousies exist and ii has been i'm
possible for them TO cohere in opposition
10 the whites. II IS also believed here from
the official dispatch, that the Moros at
tackled were really a set of robbers and that
the action was undoubtedly precipitated by
Gen Woods determination to exterminate e
them at any cost IL they could not be other
wise subdued.
The Wounded Officers
Capt. Tyree r. Rivers, 4th Cavalry. who
was wounded in the thigh, was born in
Mississippi in May. 1892 and was appointed
to the Military Academy from Tennessee in
1879. Graduating four years later, he was
appointed second lieutenant. Sd Cavalry.
and reached the grade Of captain, 4th Cav
airy. in October 1898.
First Lieut.. Gordon Johnston, who was
seriously wounded in the shoulder, was born
In North Carolina IN 1874, and is a graduate
or princeton, with the degree OF A. B.. 1896
and an honor graduate of the Infantry and
Cavalry School, 1903. He entered the army
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