The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-09

v MEAAd'IIl
Wounded in Battle with Moros.
had never been taken by white troops
Lieutenant General Bates, chief of
stan who had extensive service in the
southern islands of the Philippine archi-
peIago, ana Is as well acquainted RIth
the JolO country probably as any officer
here, has no fear that this last trouble
viii extend throughout the group. In
the first place he says there is no
hOmeOgeniety among these island
troops; strong Jealousies exist and 1t has
been impossible for them to to cohere in
opposition to the whites 1t is also be-
Ileved here, from the official dispatches
Jnat the MOrOs attacked were really a
set Of robbers and that the action was
undoubtedly precipitated by General
Woods determination to exterminate
them at any cost If they could not be
otherwise subdued.
OhieiaI Report
Washington, March 9-The official
account Of the fight rear Jolo is con
/ tained in the following cablegram re-
eeived at the war department this
morning:
1 Military Secretary Washington:
Following condensed from Major
General Woods dispatch from Cam
boanga March 9:
Troops, naval detachment, constab-
ulary, Colonel Joseph W. Duncan, com
handing, attacked Moro fortifications
in crater on Mount Dajo near JoIo,
Action lasted afternoon March until
morning March g. Mount Daio 2100
feet high, last 400 feet, angle 80 de-
gree Java ridges. heavy timber Ar
diIery lifted by block and tackle 400
: feet. MorOs deprecated from strong
I hold for past eight -onths and resisted
to the death. About 500 killed Major
General Wood and Brigadier General
TaslKer H Bliss were present through
out action.
KILLED. army. IS enlisted. Captain
Fyree Rivers wounded in thigh slight
! First Lieutenant Gordon Johnston
wounded In shoulder, serious; First
! Lieutenant Ernest H. Agnew wounded
/ in hand. slight; First Lieutenant Wiley
I T. Conway, eye. slight; thirty-two en-
! listed men. Names enlisted men killed
and wounded viii be reported iater.
Navy, wounded. Ensign n. 8. Cooke,
wounded in foot, serious; Coxswain Gil
more, elbow, slight; one seaman, slight.
"COnstabulary, killed, three enlisted;
! John r. White wounded in thigh. ser
! ious. Total killed 13; wounded, 50.
/ Troops, naval detachment and constab-
ulary, all highly recommended.
ANDREWS,
Tn absence Of division commander
Cookies Good Record.
Washington, March 9.-The move
ments Of the gunboats which had been
AAELtlACU 1LOIl luS AEldl1C 1lG6E IOE QuEV
4 in the southern islands of the Philip
! pine archipelago are reported only to
/ the mmander-in-chi of the Asiatic
station at Manila and the navy depart
ment consequently is without inforrna-
ton as to the whereabouts Of the shiDs
until a considerable time has elapsed.
1 However. the fact that ensign H. S.
\ Cooke, Jr., Is reported to have been
wounded, esta bHshes the further fact
that the gunboat Pampanga, a small
craft of about 200 tons, was at Jolo, for
this young officer is the commander of
the vessel. Cooke Is a native Of the
District of Columbia but was appointed
to the navy from New York where his
father lives. He has been on duty on
the Asiatic station since 1903 and be-
cause of his good record recently re
Iieved Ensign oscar F. Cooper in COM
mand Of the PamDanga.
The department of Jofo IS now in
command of Brigadier General Bigg.
It was formerly commanded by Major
4 General Leonard Wood who afterwards
became commander -in-chief of the Phil
ippine division upon the departure Of
General COTbin.
Some of the army officers here who
| have served in the Jolo group say that
Mount Dajo, the scene of the action. is
located about IA miles from JOlo the
capital Of the island. MOrocoto is on
the very top Of the mountain.
once before the garrison of natives
was lnQucGQ TO NdCaLE the place DN Lfe
exercise of diplomacy but heretofore no
force has been able to capture it,
The Sixth Infantry which seems &c
have borne the brunt of the fighting,
was from Fort Ieavenworth and has
been in the Philippines about a year.
The officers of the general staff who
the fully acquainted with the habits OF
the AIOros say they have not the slight
est fear that the MOros Will try to re-
taliate for the crushing defeat These
officers Judge from the dispatch from
Narila that there were really two ac-
tions, the first probably a surprise and
serving merely TO locate the position ans
esta blish the strength of the Moro de-
tenders. This having been done. the
second day seems to have been occupied
in hoisting the artillery and ammuai-
ton supplies to positions from which t
operate upon the Moro fortress in tbs
crater and the second action, fought IN
der the conditions desired on the slope
of the mountain at an angle of 80 &c
grees undoubtedly strikes the Moro
strength in that locality for an indefin-
tie time.
Captain Rivers.
Captain Rivers. who was slightly
wounde in the thigh. was born MAY
10. 1862 in Mississippi, was appointed
a cadet in the military academy, from
Tennessee July l. 1879; second lieu