Evening star., 1942-04-17
Bataan Captives
Total $4,000,
Army Reveals
10 Generals in List;
No Word Received
In More Than Week

More than $1,000 troops and
civilians, including Is generals,
have been unreported for more
than a week on Bataan Penin-
Sula and are presumably in the
hands of the enemy" the War
Department announced today.
This figure included approx
mately 35 900 combat troops. about
$500 sick and wounded. a number
of supply and other -combatant
troops and some $4,000 civilians, a
morning communique reported.
Arelatively small number of troops
and all Army nurses, totaling 81.
were evacuated to Corregidor from
Bataan April 8, the communique
stated.
Maj. Gen. Edward p. King, jr.. OF
Atlanta, who was left in command
of the Americana Filipino forces
when headquarters were evacuated
to Corregidor, heads the American
officers who are believed TO be in
the hands Of the enemy.
Others Are Listed.
The others are Mai. Gen. George
M Parker, jr., of Vancouver Bar
racks, Wash. and Maj. Gen. Albert
N. Jones of Quincy, Mass. and the
following American brigadier gen.
erals:
Arnold ]. Funk, Douglas. Ga:
Maxon S. Lough, Forest Hills, Long
Island N. Y: James r. Weaver,
Columbus. Ohio: Clifford Bluemel.
Baltimore: william e. Brougher.
Decatur, Ga; Clinton A. Pierce,
Sierra Madre. Calf, and Allan G.
Mcbride, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Secretary of War Stimson. who
made public the communique at a
press conference, discredited reports
that LIT. Gen. Jonathan M. VAIN
wright, commander of American
Filipino forces on Corregidor. had
been secretly evacuated from the
island fortress by the Australian
based American air force which
raided the Philippines earlier this
week.
The War Department did not
designate the actual number of
Americans among the estimated
IS 900 combatant troops. 1t was
announced previously that consider
ably more than half of the troops
trapped in Bataan were Filipinos
and the survivors among 5000
American Navy bluejackets and
marines had been evacuated to
Corregidor in the final stages Of the
fighting in Bataan.
Mai. Gen. Guillermo B. Francisco,
ranking general of the Filipino
forces in Bataan, was named among
the six Filipino generals who ap-
parently are prisoners of the Jap
anese.
The five Filipino brigadier gen.
erals included in the report were
identified as Vincente Lime, Lugher
B. Stevens, Mateo M. Capinpin, FL
del v. Seg1ndo and Simeon de
Jesus.
Heavy Casualties Feared.
mo reports of casualties for the
last few days of fighting have been
received" the communique which he
read stated, but 1t is probable that
they were heavy on both sides"
The heavy casualties referred to
were in yesterdays sharp fighting
in the Island of Panay and in
Mindanao. The Japanese invaded
Panay yesterday, putting men ashore
near the large city of Iloilo from
eight transports and met with re-
sistance from Filipino scouts and
commonwealth troops. Elsewhere,
in Mindanao, small Filipino forces
were reported still resisting the
Japanese invaders.
The defenders of Corregidor. who
have beaten off daily air raids and
withstood incesSant shelling from
shore batteries, we're presumably
still putting up a fierce resistance.
although no report was received
direct from Gen Wainwright tell
ing of renewed action.
The War Department listed as
among the major units in the
Bataan force" all believed to be in
the hands of the enemy were the
31st United States Infantry, the
Provisional Tank Group, including
National Guard units; the Pro-
visional Anti-Aircraft Brigade. in
cluding National Guard units.
Others Designated.
other units designated were the
Goth Cavalry. Philippine Scouts:
the 45th Infantry, Philippine Scouts;
the '57th Infantry and l4th En-
gineer Battalion, Philippine Scouts.
Among other units, undoubtedly
American, we're the Sd Engineer
Battalion, the 18th Medical Bat
talon, the Provisional Signal Bat
talon, 5th Interceptor Command
and Motor Transport Service.
In addition there were several
Thousand combat and supply troops
Of the Philippine Army.
Domei, japanese news agency,
said today $4,000 Filipino and United
States troops-including 5000 Amer
icans-had been captured on Ba-
taan up to yesterday. This was
10000 more than the Toxic radio
announced Tuesday as having been
captured up TO last Sunday.
Yesterdays communique said jap
anese troops landing from eight
transports were engaged by Amert-
can Filipino forces defending Iloilo
and Capiz on Panay.
Depend on DestroyerS.
It was considered likely that the
Japanese were depending on de-
stroyers for naval support in the
landing. The Iloilo River is too
shallow for vessels drawing more
than IS feet.