Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-01
The Life Story of
GENERAL JOHN ]. PERSHlNG
Copyright Wheeler
Capt.

, Phillips, and then trying company F..
Lieutenant Bickham, but they were re-
pulsed at both places, although one
Moro succeeded in passing through q
company's line and was wounded as
he ran away. Several Moros We're
killed in this attempt and others
wounded.
The next morning at daylight the
Gotta was discovered to be deserted.
The lantacas, a great variety of house
hold effects, We're unearthed, and a
large supply of rice and provisions
were found in various places. There
We're three houses inside, one, large
and substantial, from which the grass
roof had been removed, probably as a
precaution against fire. The interior
of the Gotta showed that the owner
was of some distinction and evidently
wealthy, as Moro wealth goes
"Of the 200 men who were said to be
determined TO make a stand here prob
ably half lost courage toward the last,
and some of the remainder by the time
VIC reached the Gotta OF those re-
naming, there were many killed and
wounded besides those we found as
we have since learned, and as was
plainly to be seen on the inside of the
Gotta the next morning the bamboo
building being literally shot to pieces.
This Gotta had. as we know now I'M
derground passageways and cavern
ard escapes and their dead and
wounded are said to have been hidden
therein, as was the case beyond a
doubt.
In all their forts they invariabl
provide a means of escape. There
We're certainly but three who escaped
from this Gotta during the night. the
tracks of two of them being visible at
the edge of the lake; then the one
who broke through the line at night.
made a personal examination of
every foot of the ground in company
with other officers, and believe none
others got away.
A REvENeEFUL MORO.
After the Gotta was burned. a Moro
Juramentado sprang out of the grass
from the angle formed by c and F
companyies' lines and attacked Pri-
vate r. G. Macbeth, Company F, cut
ting him severely on the left arm with
Il campilan. This Moran, who after
wards proved to the Sultan Cabugatan
OF Macui, was killed, but was shot
seven times before he fell.
Company G and Troop A were sent
through the tall grass in skirmish line,
finding another Moro awaiting an Op-
portunity to make a similar attack.
hut he was dispatched before he was
are W 40 any udInaSe.
preparations were made to return,
ana the wounded were sent, under es-
cort of the cavalry. direct to Talub, be-
ing taken to Sautr on the catamaran.
AS the command started back, | or
dered Captain Phillips with two COM
pc MES to make a detour to the north
and destroy group Of cottas from
which the volleys had been fired dur
iEg the preceding day and night, and
Ion tnTtn
stroy those in the direction of Talub,
from all of which we had been fired
upon. I took up the march toward
Sauir, arriving there about r. m. No
Moros outside Macui We're disturbed
but these were certainly given a Sc
we're lesson, and the next day the COM
nland returned to Camp Wears.
Il can not speak too highly of the
conduct of the officers and men of my
command during this expedition. and
desire to especially mention the of
fiCers and men of the Twenty fifth
battery under Captain McNair for the
manner in which they executed the diff
ficult task of transporting the battery
over the swampy country through
which we were compelled to pass and
for their fearlessness in pushing their
guns almost under walls of the Macui
forts.
PRAISE FOR HIS MEN,
In their several capacities, the in
fantry and cavalry are equally deserv-
ing Of creditable mention for their
splendid conduct the infantry under
Captain Phillips and Lieutenant Bick-
ham especially, for holding back at
night charging band of desperate
Moros.
For his personal daring and cool
ness in leading men of his company
under the walls of the Gotta in an at
tempt to set fire to II and find an en-
trance and afterwards assisting to a
place of safety one of his men, Private
James Nolan, Jr., who was wounded,
desire to particularly invite attention
to the conduct of Second Lieutenant
Loring. Twenty seventh infantry.
ITO the members of my staff com
mtssioned and non commissioned, | de-
sire TO give especial credit for their eff
ficient performance of duty during this
campaign.
we We're accompanied by several
friendly Moros on this expedition, than
whom none were of greater service
than Dato Grande Of Makadar and
Dato Anal Darimang of Cato, and
their followers"
After the Macui campaign Pershing
decided to postpone further NOV ement
against hostile Moros in the hope that
they would profit by the experiences
of those whom he had vanquished. And
the vanquished, as the hostile Moros