The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-10

fafy OF the philippines Dlvision, mead
quarters at Manila, who had received a
despatch from Gen. Wood from Zamboanga,
on the Island Of Mindanao, and head
quarters Of the army department hearing
that name. Gen. Wood cabled The War
Department on February 26 that he was
going to Zamboangl to turn over the work
to his successor, Gen. Bliss.
That the fight was prearranged and
planned by the American officers cannot
bodoubted. The apparent completeness of
the rout and slaughter OF the natives, to-
eether with the fact that sufficient troops
were concentrated in Jolo to do the danger
oti6r work, seems to prove his conclusively.
There are many officers in the War De-
partment who believe that more than 600
natives we're xii led. This view Ia taken
because many previous fights have shown
that the numbers of native dead have al
ways been underestirnated
There has not bsen such a great killing
of natives in recent years In 1903 an en-
Raeement in Mindanao with warlike Moros
resulted in the death of 400 OF the outlaws
who refused to bow to the American oc-
cupation. Jolo, Mindanao and Samar have
been hotbeds for trouble, and this last fight
is expected to have very beneficial results
II IL generally believed that the natives OF
Jolo will now be paciied.
OF the army forces fifteen were killed,
al enlisted men, and thirty-two enlisted
men were wounded.
Capt. Tyree r. Rivers was wounded in
the thigh. slight: First Lieut.. Gordon John
ston in the shoulder, serious: First Lieut..
Ernest H. Agnew wounded in the hand
slight, and First Lieut.. Wylie T, Conway in
tine eye, slight.
Ensign h. D. Cooks Of the gunboat Pam"
panga was seriously wounded in the foot
and Coxswain Gilmore was slightly wounded
In the elbow. A seaman from the Pa M
'panga was also hit. The Pampanga is a
200 ton gunboat, carrying seven guns.
Mount Dajo is a little more than Ave miles
east of Jolo, the principal town on the Island
OF Jolo. ~Zamboang, headquarters OF the
Department OF Mindanao, is sixty-two miles
to the northeast of Jolo. The town OF Jolo
is a walled city and the surrounding country
has long been overrun by hostile natives.
Many engagements between the Americans
and the Moros have taken place in the
island. The natives have never submitted
altogether to American rule, and those who
did not wish to anita gonize the troops from
this country we're subjected to all sorts OF
indignities and atrocities by the element
which brought about the recent fight.
The despatch to the War Department
is as follows:
Following condensed from Major-Gen.
Leonard Wood.
"'Z~AMBoANGA, March 0.
Troops, naval detachment, constabu-
larry, Col. Joseph W. Duncan commanding,
attacked Moros' Notifications in crater on
Mount Dajo, near Jolo. Action lasted from
afternoon March 0 to morning March s.
Mount Daio, 2,1OO feet high, last 500
feet angle so degrees, lava ridges, heavy
timber.
Artillery lifted by block and tackle 800
feet.
Moros deprecated from stronghold past
eight months and resisted to the death.
About 600 killed.
a Major-Gen. Wood, Brig-Gen. Tasker
ii. Bliss present throughout.
Killed: Army, fifteen enlisted.
" Capt. Tyree R. Rivers, wounded in
thigh; slight.
"'rFirst Lieut.. Gordon Johnston, wounded
in shoulder; serious.
: First Lieut.. Ernest H. Agnew, wounded
In hand; slight.
First Lieut.. wylie T. Conway. eye;
slight.
" 'Thirty-two enlisted men wounded.
Names enlisted men killed, wounded,
reported later.
Navy: Wounded, Ensign H. d. Cooke,
wounded in foot, serious; Co1swain Gil
more, elbow, slight; one seaman, slight.
'Constabulary: Killed, three enlisted.
John r. White wounded in thigh;
s~erious.
Total killed, eighteen; wounded, fifty
two.
q Troops, naval detachment, constabu-
larry highly commended
The despatch is signed by Col. Andrews,
Elm the absence of the division commander"
The War Department has no idea what
troops were engaged in the conflict, and
the officials did not know that some of the
officers who were wounded were in the
vicinity of the action. The news of the
engagement was surprising to officials OF
the Department as there have been no recent
reports telling of trouble in Jolo or in any
OF the surrounding islands.
Capt. Tyree r. Rivers, who was slightly
wounded, is attached to the Fourth Cavalry.
He was born in Mississippi in May, 1852,
and was appointed to the Military Academy
at West Point in 1879, graduating four
wears later. He entered the Third Cavalry
as a Second Lieutenant in 1879 and reached
the grade of Captain in October, 1893.
First Lieut.. Ernest H. Agnew was APP
pointed Second Lieutenant in the regular
army, after Spanish War service. in Feb
r,Iary, 1901. He became a First Lieutenant
the same month. He was attached to the
Sixth Infantry in Dune, 1902.
First Lieut.. Wylie I, Conway, Sixth
Infantry, is a native Of Illinois, and entered
the army as a private in 1893. He was
commissioned Second Lieutenant OF the
Twenty-eighth Infantry in 1901 and was
made a First Lieutenant last May.
Ensign Henry d. Cooke is attached to the
Pampanga. He was born in the District of
Columbia. He was appointed to the Naval
Academy from New York in September,
1890, and was recently made an ensign.
His father lives at 1853 West Fifty-ffth
street, New York, He has been on duty on
the Asiatic station since 1908, and only re-
Gently relieved Ensign Oscar S. Cooper Of
the command Of the Pampagna. Prior to
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