(Spanish-American War)
 Estado Federal de Bisayas This letterhead was in a letter from Cabatuan, Iloilo, the capital of the Estado Federal de Bisayas from Feb. 12 1899 when Iloilo City and Jaro fell, to Sept. 23 1899 when the Estado was dissolved. After which, Cabatuan remained the capital of the Politico-Militar Gov't of Gen. Martin Delgado y Bermejo until Nov. 23, 1899 when Cabatuan was captured by Gen. Hughes. |
 Iloilo Politico-Militar Government. This seal was in a letter of Gen. Martin Delgado y Bermejo from Cabatuan, Iloilo, the capital of his Politico-Militar Gov't from Sept. 23, 1899 when the Estado Federal de Bisayas was dissolved to Nov. 23, 1899 when Cabatuan was captured by Gen. Hughes. |
December 13, 1898.—General Otis receives a petition signed by business men and firms on Iloilo asking for American occupation and protection.
December 13, 1898.—Troops of First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, arriving on transport City of Puebla December 6, 1898, disembark and join regiment on provost duty.
December 14, 1898.—General Otis informs President McKinley about the Iloilo merchants' petition. He requests instructions.
Otis to Washington, Dec 14 1898 --- Otis tells Mckinley about petition, requests instructions
December 15, 1898. —Astor Battery sails from Manila en route to San Francisco, Cal.
December 18, 1898.—Mckinley replies to Otis on his Dec 14 1898 request for instructions regarding Iloilo merchants' petition. He tells Otis to wait until his return to Washington, which should be on Wednesday, December 21, 1898. McKinley is currently on a trip to the southern states.
Corbin to Otis, Dec 18 1898 --- Mckinley tells Otis to wait until his return
 George Q Larson, Utah Art Died December 20, 1898 |
December 21, 1898. —Pres. Mckinley returns to Washington from his trip to the south.
December 21, 1898. —Pres. Mckinley issues Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation.
Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation
December 23, 1898. —Pres. McKinley orders the relief of the Spanish garrison at Iloilo by United States forces.
[this order may have been signed on Dec 21 1898 when McKinley returned to Washington, but cabled to Manila on Dec 23 1898]
Corbin to Otis, Dec 21 1898 --- Mckinley orders Otis to send troops to Iloilo, cable received by Otis Dec 23
OTIS ORDERED TO SEND TROOPS TO OCCUPY ILOILO. American Soldiers to Succor Spaniards Who Are Besieged by Insurgents
December 23, 1898. —Otis cables Rios in Iloilo that American troops are coming. With the cable line between Capiz and Iloilo cut off, all cables going to Iloilo are received at Capiz and then brought to Iloilo by ship. However, Otis' cable arrived at Capiz too late for the day as the ship had already departed.
Otis to Rios, Dec 23 1898 Otis tells Rios that americans troops are coming.
December 24, 1898. —Otis sends Lieut Col Potter to Iloilo. Upon learning that his cable did not arrive on time in Capiz yesterday, and that the Spanish are planning to evacuate Iloilo today, Otis tries another method of contacting Rios. He sends Lieut Col Potter to Iloilo aboard a steamer to depart that night. Potter is to communicate with Rios that American troops are coming and requests that Rios continues in possession of Iloilo until their arrival.
December 24, 1898. —First separate brigade organized under command of Brig. Gen. M. P. Miller and ordered to proceed to Iloilo. After giving instructions to Lieut Col Potter, Otis proceeds to create the Iloilo Expedition.
Barry to Miller, Dec 24 1898 --- Otis Creates Iloilo Expedition
Barry to Miller, Dec 24 1898 --- Otis' Initial Instructions
Barry to Miller, Dec 26 1898 --- Otis' Further Instructions
December 24, 1898. —Spanish garrison at Iloilo evacuate the city and insurgents take possession.
December 26, 1898.—Lieut Col Potter arrives in Iloilo just as the insurgents are marching in to take possession of the city. He departs soon after to return to Manila, either late today or early the next day.
December 26, 1898.—Expedition sails for Iloilo from Manila.
Otis to Washington, Dec 26 1898 --- reports that Miller's Iloilo Expedition is to leave that evening
Otis to Washington, Dec 27 1898 --- reports that Miller's Iloilo Expedition had left last night
MILITARY EXPEDITION. It Is Now on the Way From Manila to Iloilo.
December 27, 1898.—Miller and Potter meet in the high seas off Mindoro. A signal is given and both Miller's convoy and Potter's ship stopped. A conference is held. Potter gives his report to Miller on what was happening in Iloilo. They then continue sailing on their opposite ways.
December 27, 1898.—Mckinley cables the Benevolent Assimilation to Otis in full, and in cipher, though it consisted of something like one thousand words. He decides to rush the proclamation to the Philippines. He did not want to await the slow process of mail.
Mckinley to Otis, Dec 27 1898 --- sending Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation
FILIPINOS ARE INFORMED Just What the United States intends to Do BY A PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION
THE PROCLAMATION Telling the Filipinos Just Where They Are At
December 28, 1898.—Gen. Miller's Expeditionary forces arrive in harbor at Iloilo.
Miller to Otis, Dec 28 1898 --- first report
GENERAL MILLER'S ARRIVAL AT ILOILO. The Unexpected Visit of Americans at Panay's Capital
December 28, 1898.—Gen. Miller opens communication with the Filipinos in possession of Iloilo City with a view to its occupation by United States forces.
Miller to Estado Federal de Bisayas, Dec 28 1898 --- Miller inititates communication with Filipino occupying force
Miller to Otis, Dec 28 1898 --- first report
December 29, 1898.—Insurgents ask for time to receive instructions from revolutionary government as to the occupation of Iloilo.
Miller to Otis, Dec 30 1898 --- second report
December 29, 1898.—Otis sends Benevolent Assimilation to Miller in Iloilo. Otis rushes sending an original copy to Miller, only hours after the cable was fully deciphered, to take advantage of the offer of Capt. Montgomerie of the British warship HMS Bonaventure to take any communication he might have to Miller as Capt. Montgomerie is leaving for Iloilo the next day. In doing so, Otis didn't have the time just yet to assess the contents nor effects of the Benevolent Assimilation announcement, and it didn't occur to him to advise Miller whether he should keep it to himself or share it with Filipinos.
Otis to Miller, Dec 29 1898 --- enclosing Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation
December 30, 1898.—Filipino leaders at Iloilo refuse consent to the landing of United States troops at that place.
Miller to Otis, Dec 31 1898 --- third report
December 31, 1898.—Merchants and foreign residents petition General Miller to postpone landing of troops and avoid firing of the city by the insurgents in occupation.
Iloilo Merchants' Petition to Miller, dated Dec 29 1898, but received by Miller Dec 31 1898
Miller to Otis, Dec 31 1898 --- third report
January 19, 1899.—Transport Grant sails from New York for Manila with the Fourth U. S. Infantry and Companies B, G, I, and M, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, under command of Maj. Gen. H. W. Lawton, U. S. V.
January 22, 1899.—Company I, First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, under command of Captain Givens, escorts a battalion of Spanish prisoners to the southern islands of the Archipelago.
Barry to Miller, Jan 21 1899 --- Spanish native troops to be sent today on board St Paul
January 26, 1899.—Transports Scandia and Morgan City sail for Manila with Twentieth U. S. Infantry, under command of Brig. Gen. Loyd Wheaton, U. S. V.
January 29, 1899.—Expedition under command of Capt. N. N. Givens left Manila January 22, 1899, on escort duty, returns to station.
January 29, 1899.—Fifty-first Iowa Volunteer Infantry leaves Iloilo for Cavite in order that troops may land for exercise.
January 29, 1899.—Col Luciano San Miguel and Col Johm M Stotsenburg, 1st Nebr, meet at San Juan Bridge to discuss and agree on Filipino and American lines.
Tulay ng San Juan
January 31, 1899.—Transport Pennsylvania arrives at Manila.
February 1, 1899.—Transports Ohio and Senator sail for Manila with the Twenty-second U. S. Infantry, under command of Col. H. C. Egbert, Twenty-second U. S. Infantry.
February 2, 1899.—Astor Battery mustered out at New York City.
February 3, 1899.—Transport Sherman sails from New York for Manila with Third U. S. Infantry, and Companies D, H, K, and L, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, under command of Col. J. H. Page, Third U. S. Infantry.
February 4, 1899.—Picket line opposite San Juan del Monte fired on by insurgents, and a general engagement is precipitated.
February 4, 1899.—Street disturbances in the city of Manila controlled by provost guard.
February 4, 1899.—Attack upon United States troops at Manila by insurgent forces under Aguinaldo.
February 4, 1899.—Engagement at Manila.
1st Colo.
20th Kan.
1st Nebr.
C, F, H, I, K, L, M, 1st Mont.
D, E, H, K, 10th Pa.
A, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, 1st S. Dak.
Utah Art.
G, H, K, L, 3rd Art
1 man killed, 1 officer wounded, 5 men wounded
1st Lieut. C. S. Haughwout, 1st Colo., wounded
Corporal Raymond Clark, D 20th Kans, wounded, head, returned to duty February 5 1899
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Pvt Charles A Carlson, L 1st Colo, killed in action, Feb 4-6 1899. Grave
Fred J Pegler, I 1st Nebr, killed in action, Feb 4 1899. Grave
20TH KANSAS REGIMENT
LOCATION OF THE FIRST SHOT
GRAYSON'S STORY
THE FIRST SHOT DID NOT HAPPEN ON SOCIEGO-SILENCIO
THE SPANISH BLOCKHOUSES
Santa Mesa, near Manila, where the fighting began
(Harper's Pictorial History)
In the bloodstained trenches at Manila
 Private Lawton, Sergeant Poor, Private Whittemore, 1st Nebraska Killed at Manila |
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February 5, 1899.—Advance made against insurgent lines results in their retreat to positions beyond the foothills, and the capture of Santa Ana, San Pedro Macati, Pasig, and other villages in the immediate vicinity of the city of Manila.
February 5, 1899.—Provost patrol disperses a party of armed natives within the city.
February 5, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Mesa.
B E F G K L 1st Colo.
A Utah Art.
February 5, 1899.—Engagement at San Juan Hill.
1st Nebr.
D, I, 1st Colo.
B, D, L, M, 1st Tenn. [2nd Bn under Maj. Cheatham]
A B Utah Art.
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Col William C Smith, 1st Tenn, died of apoplexy at head of his command on firing line. Grave
Corp John G Young, A Utah Art, died from wounds received in battle a few hours after, Feb 5 1899, first battle of Cavite(?). Grave
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Tulay ng San Juan
February 5, 1899.—Engagement at Chinese hospital.
C F G H I K L 1st Mont
C D E H I K 10th Pa
G H K L 3rd Art
February 5, 1899.—Engagement at La Loma Church
20 Kans
1st S Dak
C D E H I K 10TH Pa
B Utah Art
G H K L 3rd Art
10 men killed, 2 officers wounded, 39 men wounded
Maj Everhart Bierer, 10th Pa, wounded. Grave
2nd Lieut R S Abernethy, 3rd Art, wounded
Pvt Charles Hammond, F 20th Kans, wounded; discharged April 27, 1899, disability incurred in action
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Pvt Charles L Pratt, 20th kans, killed or died, February 5 1899, place not mentioned. Grave
 Pvt Charles L Pratt, 20th kans killed February 5 1899 |
1st Cal.
1st Idaho
1st Wash.
1st Wyo.
D 6th Art.
1 officer killed, 14 men killed, 4 officers wounded, 73 men wounded
Maj Edward McConville, 1st Idaho, killed. Grave
Capt Albert H otis, 1st Wash, wounded
1st Lieut Edward K Erwin, 1st Wash, wounded
2nd Lieut Joe Smith, 1st Wash, wounded
1st Lieut Charles J Hogan, 1st Cal, wounded
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Pvt James Harvey Knight, A 1st Cal, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, Santa Ana. Grave
Pvt James J Dewar, K 1st Cal, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, Santa Ana. Grave
QM Sgt Joseph Maher, M 1st Cal, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, Manila. Grave
Pvt Thomas T Bryan, H 1st Cal, died from wounds Feb 5 at San Pedro Macati (Hosp). Grave
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Pvt Ralph W Simonds, A 1st Wash, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, Manila. Grave
Pvt Frank Smith, E 1st Wash, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, Santa Ana. Grave
Pvt Edward H Perry, I 1st Wash, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, Santa Ana. Grave
Pvt Matthew Matthias Cherry, E 1st Wash, killed in action, Feb 5 1899. Grave
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The battlefield over which the Washington, Idaho, and California troops advanced / Three dead "insurgents" lying on battlefield
 Pvt Thomas T Bryan, H 1st Cal died of his wounds February 5, 1899 at San Pedro Macati |
I 4th Cav.
I 1st N. Dak.
February 5, 1899.—Engagement at Pasay.
C, E, G, K, L, 4th Cav.
A, C, D, E, F, G, I, K, L, M, 14th Inf
B, C, D, G, H, K, 1st N. Dak.
A, C, E, F, 1st Tenn. [1st Bn under Maj. Bayless and Lcol Childers]
10 men killed, 1 officer wounded, 34 men wounded
1st Lieut James Mitchell, 14th Inf, wounded
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Pvt Jesse A Hale, A 14th Inf, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, Manila, (enlistment). Grave
Pvt Maurice L Seeman, A 14th Inf, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, Blockhouse 13, (enlistment). Grave
Pvt Louis V Dietz, I 14th Inf, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, near Manila, (enlistment). Grave
Pvt Charles W Douglas, M 14th Inf, killed in action, Feb 5 1899, near Manila, (enlistment). Grave
Corp Guy B Soden, E, 14th Inf, died from wounds received in action, Feb 6 1899, Hospital Manila, (enlistment). Grave
James Mitchell, F 14th Inf, died from wounds received in action, Feb 6 1899. Grave
1ST WASHINGTON REGIMENT AT PASIG
CAPTURE OF PASIG
PASIG CHURCH
LA LOMA CHURCH
SANTA ANA
SAN PEDRO MACATI CHURCH, USED AS HOSPITAL
SAN PEDRO MACATI
February 6, 1899.—Earthworks and blockhouses constructed and occupied by insurgents, and the city waterworks, on the Mariquina River, ?st of Deposito, captured.
Company L, First Nebraska at the capture of the waterworks.
(Our Boys in the Philippines)
February 6, 1899.—Engagement at Pumping station.
1st Nebr.
D I 1st Colo.
C G K 2nd Oreg
B D L M 1st Tenn.
B I K M 23rd Inf.
A Utah Art.
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Sgt Harry A Young, doctor asst surgeon A Utah Art, captured and killed, Feb 6 1899, near Manila. Grave
Pvt Wilhelm Goodman, A Utah Art, killed, Feb 6 1899. Grave
 Pvt Wilhelm Goodman, A Utah Art Killed Feb 6 1899, per death record |
February 6, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati.
1st Idaho
1st Cal.
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Pvt George W Hall, B 1st Idaho, died from wounds received in battle, Feb 4-6 1899. Grave
February 6, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Ana.
1st Idaho
1st Wash.
February 7, 1899.—Otis requests permission from McKinley to capture Iloilo.
Otis to Washington, Feb 7 1899 - preparing to capture iloilo, unless otherwise ordered to the contrary, will proceed
February 7, 1899.—McKinley approves Otis' intention to capture Iloilo.
Alger to Otis, Feb 7 1899 - McKinley is satisfied to leave occupation of iloilo to judgment of otis and dewey
February 7, 1899.—Sharp and decisive skirmishes on the Mariquina road.
February 7, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan.
1st Mont.
February 7, 1899.—Engagement Near Manila.
C 1st Cal.
B C E I 20th Kans.
G H K L 3rd Art.
1 officer killed, 2 men killed, 8 men wounded
1st Lieut A C Alvord, 20th Kans, killed. [1st Lieut Alfred C Alford, B 20th Kans, killed February 7, 1899 at Caloocan] Grave
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Sgt Jay Sheldon, I 20th Kans, died February 7, 1899 at Manila from wounds received in battle. Grave
 1st Lieut Alfred C Alford killed, February 7, 1899, Caloocan |
 Sgt Jay Sheldon, Co. I 20th Kansas died February 7 1899, Manila from wounds received in battle |
 Sgt Jay Sheldon, I 20th Kans died February 7 1899, Manila from wounds received in battle |
February 7, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina.
B I K M 23rd Inf
1st Nebr.
2nd Oreg.
February 8, 1899.—General Miller directed to take the city of Iloilo.
Barry to Miller, Feb 8 1899 --- Otis orders Miller to occupy iloilo as soon as practicable
February 8, 1899.—Lieut Col Potter leaves Manila for Iloilo, aboard the Butuan, bearing Otis' order.
Barry to Miller, Feb 8 1899 --- Lieut Col Potter will leave this evening
February 8, 1899.—USS Boston arrives in Iloilo to replace USS Baltimore. She brings the first news of the breakout of fighting in Manila. She remains in Iloilo until March 10 1899.
February 8, 1899.—USS Baltimore departs Iloilo in the afternoon, having been replaced by USS Boston. She is to go to HongKong to meet the Commissioners to the Philippines.
February 9, 1899.—Engagement Near Manila.
G 1st N. Dak.
B Utah Art.
February 9, 1899.—Engagement at Pateros.
1st Wash.
C, H, 1st Cal.
February 9, 1899.—Engagement at San Roque.
B, C, E, G, I, K, L, M, 1st Iowa.
A, D, Cal. Art.
A Nev. Cav.
February 10, 1899.—First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry arrives in the harbor of Iloilo.
13th Minn in Battle of Caloocan, February 10, 1899
February 10, 1899.—A general advance is made on the Filipino position in and about Caloocan.
February 10, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
C E G 4th Cav.
B I K M 23rd Inf.
1st Idaho
20th Kans.
13th Minn.
A B D F G I K L M 1st Mont.
A B Utah Art.
D 6th Art.
G H K L 3rd Art.
5 men killed, 4 officers wounded, 41 men wounded
Lieut Col R B Wallace, 1st Mont, wounded
Capt W L Hill, 1st Mont, wounded
2nd Lieut W C Gardenshire, 1st Mont, wounded
Capt C M Christy, 20th Kans, wounded
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Private James S Mills, E 20th Kans, wounded, leg, sent home on Morgan City
Pvt Alonzo V Ricketts, I 20th Kans, killed in action. Grave
Ivers J Howard, 20th Kans, Killed in action, February 10, 1899, Caloocan. Grave
Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan
U.S. troops and Red Cross in the trenches before Caloocan
On picket duty, Caloocan, Philippine Islands
ADVANCE ON CALOOCAN
FILIPINO CANNON AT CALOOCAN
 Pvt Alonzo V Ricketts, I 20th Kans killed in action |
 Ivers J Howard, 20th Kans killed in action Feb 10 1899, Caloocan |
At this point the Insurrectos have gathered a force facing General Anderson's Division,
and they will probably make a stand here
(San Francisco Call, February 11 1899)
February 11, 1899.—City of Iloilo is fired and abandoned by the Filipinos, being immediately occupied by the United States forces.
February 11, 1899.—Engagement at Iloilo
G 6th Art
2nd Battn 18th Inf
1st Battn 1st Tenn
A BOMBARDMENT OF ILOILO By the Forces Under Command of General Miller
Iloilo Island of Panay, Captured by American Troops, February 11 1899
(Iola Register, February 24 1899)
13th Minn in Battle of Malabon, February 11, 1899
February 11, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
20th Kans
D 13th Minn
February 11, 1899.—Engagement at Malabon
1st Idaho
February 11, 1899.—Engagement at Near Manila
C F 14th Inf
B Utah Art
February 11, 1899.—Engagement at Paranaque
K L 4th Cav
TINA JEROS
February 12, 1899.—Line of First Separate Brigade extended toward Jaro and Molo, driving the insurgents before it.
February 12, 1899.—Engagement at Jaro [Iloilo]
1st Tenn
A B C E H I K L 18TH Inf
G 6th Art
February 12, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
1st Mont
20th Kans
February 12, 1899.—Engagement at Malabon
1st Idaho
February 13, 1899.—USS Petrel arrives in Manila from Iloilo with news of the capture of Iloilo Feb 11 1899.
THE PETREL RETURNS With Some Details of the One-Sided Battle
February 13, 1899.—Eighteenth U. S. Infantry encounters insurgents at the main bridge over the Jaro River.
February 13, 1899.—Engagement at Jolo Bridge [Jaro Iloilo Bridge]
B D L M 1st Tenn [2nd Bn]
det 18th Inf
G 6th Art
February 13, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
20th Kans
February 13, 1899.—Engagement at Guadaloupe
D G L M 1st Cal
A B Utah Art
February 14, 1899.—
February 14, 1899.—Engagement at Jaro
A 18th Inf
February 14, 1899.—Engagement at Pateros
C H 1st Cal
1st Wash
February 14, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
1st Wash
February 15, 1899.—United States troops occupy Molo [Molo, Iloilo].
February 15, 1899.—Engagement at Jolo [Molo, Iloilo]
B L 1st Tenn
G 6th Art
February 15, 1899.—Engagement at Guadaloupe
1st Idaho
Utah Art
February 15, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina
H 1st Nebr
February 15, 1899.—Engagement at Paranaque
I K 4th Cav
February 15, 1899.—Engagement at Pateros
C D F H 1st Cal
February 15, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
1st Wash
February 16, 1899.—Engagement Near Pateros
C D F I 1st Cal
February 16, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
1st Wash
February 17, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
20th Kans
February 17, 1899.—Engagement at Guadaloupe
G I L M 1st Cal
February 17, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina road
A C E F G I 1st Nebr
February 19, 1899.—United States troops occupy Aravelo [Arevalo, Iloilo].
February 19, 1899.—Engagement at Aravila [Arevalo, Iloilo]
A B D F L M 1st Tenn
G 6th Art
February 19, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
1st Wash
February 19, 1899.—Transport Sheridan sails from New York for Manila with the Twelfth U. S. Infantry and headquarters and Companies A, C, E, and F, Seventh U. S. Infantry.
February 20, 1899.—East Paco is fired by incendiaries.
February 20, 1899.—Engagement at Guadaloupe church
K M 1st Wash
February 20, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
L M 1st Cal
GUADALUPE CHURCH
February 21, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
K 1st Cal
13th Minn in Battle of Binondo, February 22, 1899
The Charge Up The Binondo Cemetery Hill
(Saint Paul Globe, May 7, 1899)
February 22, 1899.—Incendiary fires in the city of Manila.
February 22, 1899.—Engagement at Guadaloupe Church
E H 1st Wash
H 2nd Oreg
February 22, 1899.—Engagement at Pumping station
1st Wyo
D F H K L 1st Nebr
February 22, 1899.—Engagement at Santalon
1st Wyo
D F H K L 1st Nebr
February 22, 1899.—Engagement at Tondo
A E M 2nd Oreg
C D G L M 13th Minn
13th Minn in Battle of Tondo, February 23, 1899
February 23, 1899.—Insurgent outbreak in the Tondo district.
February 23, 1899.—Engagement at Tondo
G K M 23rd Inf
C M 13th Minn
L 1st Mont
E M 2nd Oreg
1 man killed, 1 officer wounded, 9 men wounded
Capt Noyes C Robinson, 13th Minn, wounded
 Capt Noyes C Robinson C 13th Minn, Wounded Feb 23 1899, Tondo |
 (Maj Noyes C Robinson) Capt Noyes C Robinson C 13th Minn, Wounded Feb 23 1899, Tondo |
Burning of Tondo, February 23, 1899
(San Francisco Call, February 23 1899)
February 23, 1899.—Twentieth U. S. Infantry arrives at Manila and is assigned to provost duty in the city.
February 23, 1899.—Tenth Pennsylvania and First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry engaged by the enemy.
February 23, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
G H K L 3rd Art
A Utah Art
1st Colo
20th Kans
1st Mont
10th Pa
1st S Dak
1 officer killed, 3 men killed, 1 officer wounded, 23 men wounded
2nd Lieut E S French, 1st Mont, killed Grave
2nd Lieut Philip Greenan, 1st Mont, wounded
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Oscar E Mallicoat, K 20th Kans, Killed in action, February 23 1899, Caloocan. Grave
Pvt George H Munro (George H Munroe), 20th Kans, Killed in action, February 23 1899, Caloocan. Grave
 Corp Oscar E Mallicoat K 20th Kans, Killed in action Feb 23, 1899, Caloocan |
 Pvt George H Munro F 20th Kans, Killed in action Feb 23, 1899, Caloocan |
February 24, 1899.—First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry defeats a party of insurgent.; north of the Mariquina road.
February 24, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
G H K L 3rd Art
20th Kans
1st Mont
February 24, 1899.—Engagement at Cruznaligas
A Utah Art
C G K 2nd Oreg
A 1st Nebr
February 24, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
C D F H 1st Idaho
February 24, 1899.—Engagement at La Paz [Lapaz, Iloilo]
G H I K 1st Tenn
G 6th Art
February 25, 1899. —Minor engagement in the vicinity of Mandurriao, in which insur-gents are driven off.
February 25, 1899.—Engagement at Mandurriao
G H I K 1st Tenn
G 6th Art
February 25, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
20th Kans
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Pvt Larry Jones, 20th Kans, Killed in action, February 25 1899, Caloocan. Grave
 Pvt Larry Jones, 20th Kans Killed in action February 25 1899, Caloocan |
February 26, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
H 13th Minn
20th Kans
1st Mont
10th Pa
February 27, 1899.—Engagement near Caloocan
1st S Dak
February 27, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
1st Cal
February 28, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
20th Kans
1st Mont
1 officer killed, 3 men wounded
Capt D S Elliott, 20th Kans, killed. [Capt David S Elliott, 20th Kans, killed Feb 28 1899 at Caloocan] Grave
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Howard A Olds, 20th Kans, died Feb 28 1899 of wounds received in action Feb 27. Grave
 Capt David S Elliott, 20th Kans killed Feb 28 1899 at Caloocan |
 Howard A Olds, 20th Kans died Feb 28 1899 of wounds received in action Feb 27 |
February 28, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
K F 1st Cal
March 1, 1899.—Visayan military district established.
March 1, 1899.—Insurgents make an attack in force on outposts of First and Second Battalions, Eighteenth U. S. Infantry, at Iloilo, Island of Panay. Insurgents shelled from trenches by Battery G, Sixth U. S. Artillery, and attacked and routed by the Eighteenth U. S. Infantry.
March 1, 1899.—Engagement at Jaro
A B C E H I K L 18th Inf
G 6th Art
March 2, 1899.—Congress authorizes enlistment of 35,000 volunteers and increase of the Regular Army to 65,000 men.
March 2, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
1st Mont
March 2, 1899.—Engagement at San Roque
A Cal Art
Wyo Lt Batty
det 51st Iowa
March 3. 1899.—Tennessee Volunteer Infantry and Light Battery G, Sixth U. S. Artillery, make a reconnaissance on the Savannah, southeast of La Paz.
March 3, 1899.—Engagement at La Paz [Lapaz, Iloilo]
1st Tenn
G 6th Art
March 3, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
1st Wash
A B Utah Art
March 4, 1899. —Transport Senator, with portion of Twenty-second U. S. Infantry, arrives at Manila. Sailed from San Francisco February 1, 1899.
1st Battalion 22nd Infantry, Arrival in the Philippines
March 4, 1899.—Engagement at Laguna de Bay
G 3rd Art
March 4, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
E L 23rd Inf
G L 1st Cal
March 5, 1899.—Cable communication with Iloilo established.
March 5, 1899.—Transport Ohio, with portion of the Twenty-second U. S. Infantry, arrives at Manila. Sailed from San Francisco February 1, 1899.
1st Battalion 22nd Infantry, Arrival in the Philippines
March 5, 1899.—Insurgents intrenched across Mariquina road, northeast of Deposito are routed and driven off.
March 5, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina road
B E H 1st Nebr
C E G K 2nd Oreg
March 6, 1899.—First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry engages the enemy on the north and south of pumping station on the Mariquina road, driving them off.
March 6, 1899.—Engagement at Manila
Hosp Corps
March 6, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina road
A Utah Art
A D F I 1st Nebr
C E G K 2nd Oreg
March 6, 1899.—Engagement at Pumping station
A Utah Art
K L M 1st Nebr
Hosp Corps
March 6, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
1st Wash
D 6th Art
March 7. 1899.—Entire district lying between the Pasig River, the Mariquina River, and the Deposito pumping-station road is cleared of insurgent forces.
March 7, 1899.—Engagement at Pumping station
A Utah Art
A H I M 20th Inf
B E G H I K M 1st Nebr
1st Wyo
March 7, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
1st Wash
March 7, 1899.—Engagement at San Juan del Monte
1st Wyo
A Utah Art
March 8, 1899.—The Twelfth U. S. Infantry, en route to Manila, lands at Maita and is received with courtesies by the British garrison at that point.
March 10, 1899.—Expedition under command of Maj. Gen. H. W. Lawton arrives at Manila. Sailed from New York City via Suez Canal.
[Major General Henry Ware Lawton and staff standing on ship]
March 10, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
20th Kans
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Oscar G Thorne, Musician 20th Kans, Killed in action, March 11 1899, Caloocan. Grave
March 10, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
C D F H 1st Idaho
 Musician Oscar G Thorne, 20th Kans Killed in action, March 11 1899, Caloocan |
March 11, 1899.—A provisional brigade for temporary service, composed of the Twentieth and Twenty-second U. S. Infantry; Companies C, D, E, G, H, K, L, and M, First Washington Volunteer Infan-try; Companies A, B, D, E, I, L, and M, Second Oregon Vol-unteer Infantry; Troops E, I, and K, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, and one section of Light Battery D, Sixth U. S. Artillery, under command of Maj. Gen. H. W. Lawton, engage the insurgents at Guadalupe, Pasig, Pateros, and Cayenta, March 11 to 17.
March 11, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
B C H L 22nd Inf
March 12, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
C 20th Kans
March 12, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
A B C D E G K M 2nd Oreg
March 12, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
20th Kans
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Pvt James W Kline, 20th kans, killed or died, March 13 1899, Caloocan. Grave
 Pvt James W Kline, 20th kans killed, Mar 13 1899, Caloocan |
March 13, 1899.—Engagement at Guadaloupe Church
E I K 4th Cav
D 6th Art
A Utah Art
20th Inf
A B D E G I L M 2nd Oreg
C D E G H K L M 1st Wash
22nd Inf
March 14, 1899.—Engagement at Guadaloupe
A B Utah Art
D K 20th Inf
E I 2nd Oreg
March 14, 1899.—Engagement at Pasig
A B Utah Art
A B C E G I L M 2nd Oreg
March 14, 1899.—Engagement at Pateros
E I K 4th Cav
D 6th Art
C D E L 1st Wash
March 15, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
1st Mont
March 15, 1899.—Engagement at Pasig
E I K 4th Cav
D 6th Art
A B Utah Art
20th Inf
B D E I L M 2nd Oreg
March 15, 1899.—Engagement at Taguig
C D E G K L 1st Wash
D 6th Art
Lookouts on the church top - watching the Filipinos - Taquig [i.e. Taguig], Philippine Islands
Guarding the bridge near the church at Taquig, Philippine Islands
1ST WASHINGTON REGIMENT AT TAGUIG
March 16, 1899.—First Separate Brigade engages the insurgents at the Jaro bridge and at Mandariao [Mandurriao].
March 16, 1899.—Engagement at Jaro Bridge
G 6th Art
A B C E H I K L 18th Inf
L 1st Cal
B C L M 1st Tenn
March 16, 1899.—Two companies of the First Colorado Volunteer Infantry attack body of insurgents retreating from Capita and drive them through the town of Mariquina.
March 16, 1899.—Engagement at Cainta
C F G L 20th Inf
March 16, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina
B I K 1st Colo
March 16, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
C D F H 1st Idaho
 Corporal J T Kennedy, Utah Art Died March 20, 1899 |
March 17, 1899.—Engagement at La Loma Church
Det 10 Pa
A Utah Art
March 18, 1899.—Engagement at Taguig
G H 1st Wash
D E G M 22nd Inf
March 19, 1899.—Engagement at Laguna de Bay
2nd Oreg
March 19, 1899.—Engagement at Taguig
C D H K M 1st Wash
D E G M 22nd Inf
March 20, 1899.—Engagement at Binangonan
A Utah Art
March 21, 1899.—Companies F, G, L, and M, First California Volunteer Infantry, sail from Manila en route to Bacolod, island of Negros.
March 21, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina road
E 1st Colo
California Regiment Embarking for Negros.
Our view shows the Pasig river with its queer-looking craft in the foreground, called cascoes, while further up on either side are the smaller steamers that ply between oriental ports. This river is only of moderate depth but constantly choked with small craft, while the larger ones discharge and load on the bay.
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March 22, 1899.—Expedition under command of Col. J. H. Page, Third U. S. Infantry, arrives at Manila. Sailed from New York City February 3, 1899, via Suez Canal.
March 23, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
20th Kans
March 24, 1899.—Transport City of Puebla sails for Manila with headquarters and Companies A, F, G, I, L, and M, Ninth U. S. Infantry, under command of Capt. James Regan, Ninth U. S. Infantry.
March 24, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
20th Kans
13th Minn in Before the Battle at Maraquino Road, March 26, 1899
[13th Minn in Before the Battle at Mariquina Road, March 25, 1899]
March 25, 1899. —General engagement at Caloocan, participated in by Twenty-second U. S. Infantry, Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry, and the Second Battalion Third U. S. Infantry; enemy driven across the river in front of Malinto.
March 25, 1899.—Engagement at Bacza
E I K 4th Cav
March 25, 1899.—Engagement at Bonloc
Hdqrs, 3rd Brig, 2nd Div, 8th A.C.
scouts
March 25, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
22nd Inf
20th Kans
Hosp Corps
March 25, 1899.—Engagement at La Loma Church
E I K 4th Cav
G H K L 3rd Art
A Utah Art
1st Mont
March 25, 1899.—Engagement at Malabon
E I K 4th Cav
E F G M 3rd Inf
22nd Inf
1st Mont
2nd Oreg
Hosp Corps
March 25, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina road
4th Inf
13th Minn
A E M 1st Colo
A Utah Art
1 officer killed, 17 men wounded
Capt J S Stewart, 1st Colo, killed. Grave
March 25, 1899.—Engagement at San Francisco del Monte
G H K L 3rd Art
D 6th Art
A B Utah Art
20th Kans
1st Nebr
10th Pa
1st S Dak
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Sgt Walter Poor, A 1st Nebr, killed in action, March 25 1899, San Francisco del Monte. Grave
Pvt Albert S Anibal, G 20th Kans, killed in action, March 25 1899, In the field. Grave
 Sgt Walter Poor, A 1st Nebr Killed in action, March 25, 1899 at San Francisco del Monte |
 Pvt Albert S Anibal, G 20th Kans killed in action, March 25 1899 |
March 25, 1899 - U.S. soldiers advancing from La Loma
Kansas, Third Artillery and Montanas advanced on March 25th to Tuliahan river across an open field with the insurgent trenches at the other side concealed by bamboo. These were well made but taken with little loss, though dead insurgents lay in all directions. Another view shows the dead across the Tuliahan river.
(U.S. Library of Congres)
March 26, 1899.—Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry cross the Talishan River east of Malabon and drive the insurgents by successive charges from trenches occupied by them along the line of road leading to Balacon.
March 26, 1899.—Twenty-second U. S. Infantry captures Malinto under heavy insurgent fire.
March 26, 1899.—Engagement at Melinto
G H K L 3rd Art
B D E L 23rd Inf
22nd Inf
2nd Oreg
1 officer killed, 2 men killed, 13 men wounded
Col. H. C. Egbert, 22nd Inf, killed. Grave
March 26, 1899 - Battle of Malinta.
Malinta - On the advance from Caloocan to the insurgents' capital the town of Malinta was the first to be taken. Trenches of great strength were encountered and it was here that Colonel Egbert was killed.
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March 26, 1899.—Engagement at Caloocan
G 13th Minn
March 26, 1899.—Engagement at Malabon
A 1st Idaho
March 26, 1899.—Engagement at Meycauayan
E I K 4th Cav
D 6th Art
20th Kans
1st Mont
1st Nebr
10th Pa
1st S Dak
1 officer killed, 2 men killed, 3 officers wounded, 23 men wounded
1st Lieut M G Krayenbuhl, 3rd Art, killed. Grave
Brig Gen Irving Hale, USV, wounded
Maj Surg F J Adams, 1st Mont, wounded
Capt C H Englesby, 1st S Dak, wounded
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Pvt Curran C Craig, 20th Kans, Killed, March 26 1899, Tulihan River. Grave
Pvt Troy E Fairchild, D 20th Kans, Killed, March 26 1899, Malinta, near Polo River. Grave
Note: 3rd Art is engaged in Malinta this date
but Krayenbuhl is listed under Meycauayan
Dead Filipino on the battlefield near Malabon
March 26, 1899.—Engagement at Pasig
1st Wash
A Utah Art
 Capt M G Kravenbuhl (Krayenbuhl), USV Lieutenant, 3rd Art. Died March 28, 1899 from wounds received at Malinta, Mar 26 |
 Pvt Curran C Craig, 20th Kans Killed, Mar 26 1899, Tulihan River |
 Pvt Troy E Fairchild, D 20th Kans Killed, March 26 1899, Malinta near Polo River |
March 27, 1899.—Brig. Gen. M. P. Miller retires and is succeeded in command of the Visayan military district by Colonel Van Valzah, U. S. A.
March 27, 1899.—Engagement at Marilao River
E I K 4th Cav
G H K L 3rd Art
D 6th Art
A B Utah Art
H 1st Colo
22nd Inf
20th Kans
1st Mont
1st Nebr
10th Pa
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Pvt Joseph A Wahl, H 20th Kans, Killed or died, March 27, 1899. Grave
Pvt Adrian Z Hatfield, I (3rd bn) 20th Kans, Killed in action, March 27, 1899, Marilao. Grave
Pvt William T Carroll / William Carroll, D 20th Kans, Killed in action, March 27, 1899, Marilao River. Grave
 Pvt William Carroll, D 20th Kans Killed in action, March 27, 1899 Marilao River |
 Pvt Joseph A Wahl, H 20th Kans Killed March 27, 1899 |
 Pvt Adrian Z Hatfield, I 20th Kans Killed in action, March 27, 1899 Marilao |
March 28, 1899.—Transport Zealandia sails for Manila with six companies of the Ninth U. S. Infantry, under command of Capt. C. M. Rockefeller, Ninth U. S. Infantry.
March 28, 1899.—Engagement at Marilao
1st Nebr
10 Pa
1st S Dak
Colonel Stotsenberg, 1st Nebr, at Marilao
March 29, 1899.—Engagement at Guiguinto
E I K 4th Cav
G H L 3rd Art
D 6th Art
B Utah Art
22nd Inf
20th Kans
1st Mont
1st Nebr
1st Colo
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Pvt Samuel M Wilson, M (2nd bn) 20th Kans, Killed in action, March 29, 1899, Guiginto. Grave Grave
Pvt Orlin L Birlew, G 20th Kans, Killed in action, March 29, 1899, Guiginto. Grave
 Pvt Samuel M Wilson M 20th Kans Killed in action Mar 29 1899, Guiginto |
 Pvt Orlin L Birlew G 20th Kans Killed in action Mar 29 1899, Guiginto |
March 29, 1899.—Engagement at Melinto
2nd Oreg
10th Pa
1st S Dak
March 30, 1899.—Engagement at Malolos
E I K 4th Cav
G H K L 3rd Art
D 6th Art
Utah Art
B 3rd Inf
22nd Inf
23rd Inf
20th Kans
1st Mont
1st Nebr
10th Pa
1st S Dak
March 30, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina road
E 1st Colo
March 31, 1899. —Battalion Twenty-third Infantry engages insurgents about 4 miles from Mariquina.
March 31, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina Valley
Utah Art
4th Inf
C D E L 23rd Inf
C D E G 1st Colo
March 31, 1899.—Engagement at Taytay
A Utah Art
March 31, 1899. —The insurgent capital at Malolos stormed and occupied by United States troops.
Artillery charge on Malolos
City of Malolos, after being fired
Battery L. 3rd - Artillery, Malolos
At the taking of Malolos, the provincial capital
 Pvt Royal M Lawton, E 1st Nebr Killed in action, Mar 31 1899, Malolos |
E I K 4th Cav
G H K L 3rd Art
D 6th Art
Utah Art
3rd Inf
A B F G H I K M 22nd Inf
23rd Inf
20th Kans
1st Mont
1st Nebr
10th Pa
1st S Dak
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Royal M Lawton, E 1st Nebr, killed in action, March 31, 1899, Malolos. Grave
CAPTURE OF MALOLOS
April 1, 1899.—Engagement at Melinto
C G K 2nd Oreg
April 1, 1899.—Engagement at San Nicolas
A D 1st N Dak
April 4, 1899.—Engagement at Calumpit
1st Mont
April 4, 1899.—Engagement near Malolos
1st Mont
April 7, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Maria
L 2nd Oreg
B Utah Art
April 8, 1899.—Expedition comprising Troops C, G, and L, Fourth Cavalry; Companies A, C, D, E, G, I, K, and L, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry; Companies A, C, D, and F, First Idaho Volunteer Infantry; Companies C, D, I, and K, First North Dakota Vol-unteer Infantry; 2 mountain guns from the separate mountain battery, and 4 companies of sharpshooters concentrate at San Pedro Macati and embark on cascoes up the Pasig River for Laguna de Bay.
Pasig river boats, carrying U.S. soldiers to "Laguna de Bay," Philippine Islands
(U.S. Library of Congress)
April 9, 1899.—Attack on and occupation of the city of Santa Cruz by the Laguna de Bay expedition.
General Wheaton in the background directing the advance on Santa Cruz and the lake. Sixth Artillery and Fourth Cavalry to the front
April 9, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Cruz
C G L 4th Cav
D 6th Art
A C D E G I K L 14th Inf
A C D F 1st Idaho
C D I K 1st N Dak
det 1st Wash
April 9, 1899.—Engagement at Taguig
D H 1st Wash
April 9, 1899.—Engagement at Malolos
20th Kans
April 10, 1899. —Towns of Pagsayjan, Longos, and Paete occupied by the expeditionary forces.
April 10, 1899.—Engagement at Binan
Hospital Corps
April 10, 1899.—Engagement at Guiguinto
13th Minn
April 10, 1899.—Engagement at Paete
C G L 4th Cav
D 6th Art
A C D E G I K L 14th Inf
C D I K 1st N Dak
det 1st Idaho
det 1st Wash
April 10, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Cruz
C G L 4th Cav
14th Inf
RIVER GUNBOAT LAGUNA DE BAY
13th Minn in Battle of Bocave, Guiguinto and Bigua, April 11, 1899
April 11, 1899.—Engagement at Guiguinto
13th Minn
April 11, 1899.—Engagement at Marilao
A L M 2nd Oreg
April 11, 1899.—Engagement at Pagsajan
C D G I K 1st N Dak
B Utah Art
April 11, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
H 1st N Dak
April 11, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Cruz
14th Inf
April 12, 1899. —Lieutenant Gilmore of the Yorktown Fired Upon and Captured. Fourteen of His Comrades Missing and Their Fate as Yet Unknown.
Lieutenant Gilmore of the Yorktown Fired Upon and Captured
April 12, 1899.—Treaty of peace signed by the President.
13th Minn in Battle of Santa Maria, April 12, 1899
April 12, 1899.—Engagement at Paete
C D I K 1st N Dak
April 12, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Maria
13th Minn
A B C D E F I K L 2nd Oreg
April 13, 1899.—Outposts at Malolos attacked by insurgents, who are driven off.
April 13, 1899.—Engagement at Malolos
G H K L 3rd Art
B 1st Mont
April 14, 1899.—Expedition under command of Lieut. Col. J. H. Smith, Twelfth U. S. Infantry, arrives at Manila. Sailed from New York via Suez Canal February 19, 1899.
April 15, 1899. —Engagement with insurgents near Quingua.
April 15, 1899.—Engagement at Marilao
2nd Oreg
April 17, 1899.—Expeditionary forces return to San Pedro Macati.
April 18, 1899.—Transport Hancock sails for Manila with Twenty-first U. S. Infantry and Light Battery E, First U. S. Artillery, under command of Col. J. Kline, Twenty-first U. S. Infantry.
April 20, 1899.—Transport Newport sails for Manila with Light Battery F, Fourth, and Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, under command of Maj. J. L. Tiernon, First U. S. Artillery.
April 20, 1899.—Transport Warren sails for Manila with headquarters and eight batteries of the Sixth U. S. Artillery and detachment of recruits, under command of Brig. Gen. E. B. Williston.
April 20, 1899.—Insurgent forces repulsed in the vicinity of Taguig.
April 20, 1899.—Engagement at Guiguinto
A 13th Minn
D H 1st Wash
April 21, 1899.—First North Dakota Volunteer Infantry; Twenty-second U. S. Infantry; Companies A, C, F, G, H, K, L, and M, Third U. S. Infantry; Troops C, G, and L, Fourth U. S. Cavalry; Hawthorne's Separate Mountain Battery; Second Platoon Light Artillery D, Sixth U. S. Artillery; section Utah Light Artillery, and detachment Nineteenth Company Volunteer Signal Corps, con-centrate at La Loma Church and move northward.
April 21, 1899.—Engagement near Guiguinto
F 13th Minn
April 22, 1899.—Troops of the northern expedition successfully assault and occupy the city of Novaliches.
April 22, 1899.—Engagement at Novaliches
C G L 4th Cav
D 6th Art
Utah Art
A C F G H K L M 3rd Inf
22nd Inf
1st N Dak
April 22, 1899.—Engagement at San Bartolome
1st N Dak
April 23, 1899.—Expedition under command of Capt. James Regan, Ninth U. S. Infantry, arrives at Manila. Sailed from San Francisco March 24, 1899.
April 23, 1899.—Battle of Quingua
Battle of Quingua, Phil. I., April 23, 1899
April 23, 1899.—Engagement at Quingua
I K 4th Cav
D E G I K L 51st Iowa
1st Nebr
13th Minn in Battle of Norzagaray, April 24, 1899
April 24, 1899—San Jose occupied by the main column of the northern expedi-tion and the city of Narzagaray is assaulted and captured by the Bocaue column of the expedition.
April 24, 1899—Troops of the Second Division force passage of the Quingua River and advance on Pulilan.
April 24, 1899.—Engagement at Bagbag River
20th Kans
1st Mont
1st Nebr
Hosp Corps
April 24, 1899.—Engagement at Lagundi
20th Kans
1st Mont
1st Nebr
1st S Dak
April 24, 1899.—Engagement at Norzagaray
I 4th Cav
B Utah Art
C D E G H K L M 13th Minn
A B F G I K L 2nd Oreg
April 24, 1899.—Engagement at Pulilan
E K 4th Cav
A Utah Art
51st Iowa
1st Nebr
1st S Dak
 Pvt Frederick "Fritz" Bumiller B Utah Art Killed Apr 26 1899, Bagbag, per record. Could be mortally wounded Apr 25 1899 and died Apr 26 1899 |
April 25, 1899.—Troops of the Second Division advance along the north bank of the Quingua River toward Calumpit, where they ford the Calumpit River and clear the town of insurgents.
April 25, 1899.—First Montana Volunteer Infantry and Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry move against insurgents on the Bag Bag River and capture their position on the banks of that river.
April 25, 1899.—Engagement at Angat
B Utah Art
1st N Dak
C D E G H K L M 13th Minn
A B C D E G I K L M 2nd Oreg
April 25, 1899.—Engagement at Bagbag River
A B Utah Art
20th Kans
1st Mont
April 25, 1899.—Engagement at Calumpit
E K 4th Cav
D 6th Art
B Utah Art
51st Iowa
1st Nebr
1st S Dak
Hosp Corps
5 men killed, 1 officer wounded, 32 men wounded
Maj F D Eager, 1st Nebr, and 2nd Lieut W S Doolittle, 1st S Dak, wounded.
April 25, 1899.—Engagement at Norzagaray
I 4th Cav
B Utah Art
C D E G H K L M 13th Minn
A B F G I K L 2nd Oreg
1 officer wounded, 1 man wounded
Maj Surg W H Ellis, 2nd Oreg, wounded
April 25, 1899. Battle of Calumpit.
Left photo: Paul Gompertz, Hospital Corps of the 1st California Regiment, gives aid to the wounded. Shortly after this photo was taken, Paul was killed while attending another.
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 Private Resiel Manahan, A 20th Kans Killed in action, April 26 1899, Calumpit |
April 26, 1899.—Engagement at Angat
13th Minn
1st N Dak
B F K M 2nd Oreg
April 26, 1899.—Engagement near Calumpit
A B Utah Art
20th Kans
1st Mont
Hosp Corp
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Pvt Resiel E Manahan, A 20th Kans, Killed in action, April 26 1899, Calumpit. Grave
April 26, 1899.—Engagement at Calumpit
1st Nebr
Col. Funston and 20th Kansas volunteers crossing the river at Calumpit, April 26th 1899
April 27, 1899.—Expedition under command of Capt. C. M. Rockefeller, Ninth U. S. Infantry, arrived at Manila. Sailed from San Francisco March 28, 1899.
April 27, 1899.—Engagement at Apalit
A B Utah Art
20th Kans
1st Mont
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Pvt Albert H Terry, L 20th Kans, killed in action, April 28 1899. Grave
Henry H Morrison, M 20th Kans, died Manila Apr 28 1899 of bullet wounds received Apr 27 at battle of Rio Grand River. Grave
April 27, 1899.—Engagement at Marunco
Det 13th Minn
April 27, 1899.—Engagement at Pampanga River
A Utah Art
April 27, 1899.—Engagement at Taguig
D F G H L 1st Wash
 Pvt Albert H Terry, L 20th Kans killed in action, April 28 1899 |
 Henry H Morrison, M 20th Kans died Manila Apr 28 1899 of bullet wounds received Apr 27 at battle of Rio Grand River |
April 28, 1899.—Transport Ohio sails for Manila with six companies of Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, under command of Capt. J. H. H. Peshine, Thirteenth U. S. Infantry.
April 28, 1899.—Transport Senator sails for Manila with headquarters and six companies Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, under command of Col. A. T. Smith, Thirteenth U. S. Infantry.
April 28, 1899.—Troops of the Second Division force the passage of the Calumpit River and defeat the insurgent forces under the personal command of General Luna.
April 29, 1899.—The northern expedition moves along both banks of the Rio Grande de la Bulacan, and after engaging the enemy and driving them down the river, take the town of San Rafael and then returns to Angat.
April 29, 1899.—Engagement at San Rafael
C G L 4th Cav
D 6th Art
A B Utah Art
A C F G H K L M 3rd Inf
C D E G H K L M 13th Minn
A B F G I K L 2nd Oreg
1st N Dak
May 1, 1899.—Engagement at San Rafael
C G I L 4th Cav
D 6th Art
B Utah Art
A C F G H K L M 3rd Inf
C D E G H K L M 13th Minn
A B C F G I K L M 2nd Oreg
1st N Dak
22nd Inf
May 2, 1899.—Engagement at Baliuag
C G I L 4th Cav
G H K L 3rd Art
D 6th Art
B Utah Art
A C F G H K L M 3rd Inf
22nd Inf
13th Minn
1st N Dak
A B F G I K L 2nd Oreg
May 2, 1899.—Engagement at Bustos
D 6th Art
22nd Inf
1st N Dak
A B F G H I K L 2nd Oreg
May 2, 1899.—Engagement at Pulilan
E 4th Cav
May 3, 1899.—Brig. Gen. J. F. Smith assumes command of the Visayan military district.
13th Minn in Battle of Maasin, May 4, 1899
May 4, 1899.—A brigade of the northern expedition engages the insurgents near Maasin and occupies that town.
May 4, 1899.—Sharp engagement at the Santo Tomas River.
May 4, 1899.—Engagement at Maasin
C G I L 4th Cav
G H K L 3rd Art
D 6th Art
Utah Art
A C F G H K L M 3rd Inf
C D E G H K L 13th Minn
2nd Oreg
1 officer wounded, 2 men wounded
Capt H L Heath, 2nd Oreg, wounded
May 4, 1899.—Engagement at Santo Tomas
G H K L 3rd Art
B Utah Art
51st Iowa
20th Kans
1st Mont
1st Nebr
1st S Dak
1 officer killed, 4 men killed, 3 officers wounded, 22 men wounded
2nd Lieut W A Taggart, 20th Kans, killed. [2Lt William A McTaggart, G 20th Kans, killed May 4, 1899 at Santo Tomas] Grave
Col F Funston, 20th Kans, wounded
Capt W S Albright, 20th Kans, wounded
Capt T S Dillon, 1st Mont, wounded
 2Lt William A McTaggart, G 20th Kans killed May 4, 1899 at Santo Tomas |
May 5, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
51st Iowa
May 5, 1899.—Engagement at San Miguel
A B I L 2nd Oreg
May 7, 1899.—River gunboats, under command of Captain Grant, Utah Volun-teer Artillery, shell insurgents from their trenches along the Guagua River.
May 8, 1899.—Engagement at Maasin
K 13th Minn
1 officer wounded
Maj A M Diggles, 13th Minn, wounded. [Maj Arthur M Diggles, 13th Minn, mortally wounded May 8, 1899 at Maasin, died May 26] Grave
[other sources say Diggles had a gunshot wound to the head, near San Miguel de Mayumo, on May 9, 1899]
 Major A M Diggles, 13th Minn Mortally wounded May 8 1899, Maasin (another say near San Miguel de Mayumo) Died May 26, 1899 |
B C D H I M 20th Kans
I Mont [could be I 1st Mont, or just 1st Mont]
May 8, 1899.—Engagement at San Ildefonso
K 13th Minn
F 2nd Oreg
May 10, 1899.—Gunboats engage the enemy at San Luis.
May 10, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Cruz
A Utah Art
May 11, 1899.—Insurgents driven out of San Yldefonso.
May 12, 1899.—Engagement at San Idefonso
H 13th Minn
F G K 2nd Oreg
1st N Dak
13th Minn in Battle of San Miguel, May 13, 1899
 Sgt Ford Fisher, A Utah Art Killed May 14 1899 |
May 13, 1899.—Northern expedition takes the city of San Miguel de Mayumo.
May 13, 1899.—Engagement at San Miguel
H 13th Minn
A B F G I K L 2nd Oreg
With Scott's battery, Battle of Baliuag / General Henry Ware Lawton, two aides holding up binoculars
At the front, battle of Baliuag / General Henry Lawton and some of his staff at Scott's Battery
In Aguinaldo's old headquarters at Baliuag / General Lawton with aides relaxing in headquarters
May 14, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina Road
E 21st Inf
May 14, 1899.—Engagement at San Luis
A B Utah Art
1 man killed
13th Minn in Battle of Salacot, May 15, 1899
May 15, 1899.—General Lawton routs the enemy near San Isidro and marches from thence on San Miguel.
May 15, 1899.—Engagement at Salacot
13th Minn
C D E G H K L M 2nd Oreg
May 16, 1899. —San Isidro, the third city occupied by the insurgents as a capi-tal, is seized by the forces under General Lawton.
May 16, 1899.—Engagement near San Isidro
C D E G H K L M 2nd Oreg
13th Minn in Battle of San Isidro, May 17, 1899
May 17, 1899.—Aguinaldo and his revolutionary government retire to Cabanatuan.
May 17, 1899.—Engagement at San Isidro
C G I L 4th Cav
D 6th Art
B Utah Art
A C F G H K L M 3rd Inf
A B C F H I K L 22nd Inf
C D E G H K L M 13th Minn
A B F G I K L 2nd Oreg
1st N Dak
May 17, 1899.—Engagement at San Luis
E 1st Art
G 3rd Art
A D H I 9th Inf
17th Inf
May 18, 1899.—Engagement at Cabiao
1st N Dak
May 18, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
D 6th Art
1st N Dak
A B C F H I K L 22nd Inf
May 19, 1899.—Spanish garrison at Jolo relieved by United States troops.
May 19, 1899.—Engagement at Cabiao
A B C F H I K L 22nd Inf
May 19, 1899.—Engagement near Taguig
A D F H I 1st Wash
May 20, 1899.—Engagement at San Antonio
13th Minn
det 2nd Oreg
May 20, 1899.—Engagement at Cavite
D Cal Art
May 21, 1899.—Engagement at Angat
13th Minn
May 22, 1899.—Transport Sherman sails for Manila with Sixth U. S. Infantry and recruits, under command of Brig. Gen. J. C. Bates.
May 22, 1899.—Engagement at San Pedro Macati
G 1st Idaho
May 23, 1899.—Engagement at Maasin
A C E F G H I K L M 3rd Inf
May 23, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina
C 1st Colo
May 23, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
E 4th Cav
B Utah Art
May 23, 1899.—Engagement at San Ildefonso
A C E F G H I K L M 3rd Inf
May 23, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Rita
E K 4th Cav
A Utah Art
May 24, 1899. —Insurgents engaged in harassing outposts at San Fernando are driven off with heavy loss.
May 24, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
G H K L 3rd Art
B Utah Art
A B E G K L M 20th Kans
1st Mont
Insurgent trenches after charge of Twentieth Kansas at Bacalor, May 24th;
thirty-nine dead, fifty wounded and ninety prisoners.
(Our Boys in the Philippines)
20th Kansas lining up for dinner, San Fernando, P.i.
May 25, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
A B Utah Art
17th Inf
51st Iowa
20th Kans
1st S Dak
May 25, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Rita
D H I 20th Kans
1st Mont
May 26, 1899.—Engagement near Baliuag
C 3rd Inf
May 26, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
51st Iowa
1st S Dak
B F L 20th Kans
May 27, 1899. —Northern expedition returns to Manila.
May 27, 1899.—Engagement at Escalante
19th Vol Signal Co
May 29, 1899.—Engagement at Sagay
M 18th Inf
May 30, 1899.—Transport Grant sails for Manila with Sixteenth U. S. Infantry and recruits, under command of Lieut. Col. W. F. Spurgin, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry.
May 30, 1899.—A detachment Twenty-third U. S. Infantry engages and defeats outlaw band on the island of Negros.
May 31, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
51st Iowa
June 3, 1899.—Advance is made upon Antipolo against insurgent forces under General Pilar.
June 3, 1899.—Engagement at Antipolo
C G I L 4th Cav
June 3, 1899.—Engagement at Cainta
A Utah Art
E G 9th Inf
E G H I 12th Inf
A B C D G I K L M 1st Wash
1st N Dak
June 3, 1899.—Engagement at Mariquina
4th Inf
2nd Oreg
A C F G K L 1st Colo
June 3, 1899.—Engagement at Morong
E 1st Art
E G H 9th Inf
June 3, 1899.—Engagement at Pumping station
C G I L 4th Cav
2nd Oreg
June 3, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
C 1st Mont
June 3, 1899.—Engagement at Taytay
1st N Dak
E G H 9th Inf
E G H I 12th Inf
A B C D G I K L M 1st Wash
June 4, 1899.—Brig. Gen. R. P. Hughes assumes command of the Visayan military district.
June 4, 1899.—Engagement at Antipolo
E G H 9th Inf
A C F G K L 1st Colo
2nd Oreg
June 4, 1899.—Engagement at Morong
E 1st Art
A Utah Art
E G H 9th Inf
A B C D G I K L M 1st Wash
2nd Oreg
June 4, 1899.—Engagement near Pasay
A E 4th Inf
June 5, 1899.—Morong occupied by United States troops after a decisive engage-ment.
June 5, 1899.—Engagement at Morong
A B C D G I K L M 1st Wash
June 6, 1899.—Engagement near Morong
A B C D G I K L M 1st Wash
June 6, 1899.—Engagement near Pasay
1st Idaho
June 9, 1899.—Engagement at Guadaloupe
B D E F I M 1st Colo
June 9, 1899.—Engagement at Morong
H 1st N Dak
June 10, 1899.—Generals Ovenshine and Wheaton's columns defeat insurgents at Paranaque and Los Pinas.
June 10, 1899.—Engagement at Bacolor
D L 1st Mont
June 10, 1899.—Engagement at Guadaloupe
B C D E I K L M 9th Inf
13th Inf
A D E F G I K L M 14th Inf
B D E F I M 1st Colo
June 10, 1899.—Engagement at Las Pinas
I 4th Cav
9th Inf
12th Inf
14th Inf
June 10, 1899.—Engagement at Paranaque
B C D F H I K L 21st Inf
14th Regulars fighting from captured Filipino trenches in the woods near Pasay, P.I.
A street in Pasay, Philippine Islands
A welcome to Uncle Sam's protection - three Filipinos entering American lines, Pasay, P.I.
Sixth Artillery clearing the woods near Pasay, Philippine Islands
The Sixth Artillery watching the effect of their shells, Pasay, Philippine Islands
A Sixth Artillery Gatling Gun, driving insurgents out of the brush, Pasay, P.I.
A few Filipinos captured at Pasay and Paranaque
June 13, 1899.—Insurgents intrenched along the Zapote in the vicinity of Los Pinas are defeated with considerable loss.
Captured Insurgent smooth bore, Zapote
June 13, 1899.—Engagement at Bacoor
B C D F H I K L 21st Inf
June 13, 1899.—Engagement at Zapote River
E 1st Art
D 6th Art
B C D E I K L M 9th Inf
L M 12th Inf
14th Inf
21st Inf
A 51st Iowa
June 14, 1899.—Transports Ohio and Senator sail from Manila with Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry, under command of Col. Owen Summers.
June 15, 1899.—Imus voluntarily surrenders to General Lawton and invites occupation of the city by his command.
June 15, 1899.—Engagement at Rosario
A D Cal Art
June 16, 1899.—Town of San Nicholas occupied by United States troops.
June 16, 1899.—Demonstration made against San Fernando by the insurgents.
June 16, 1899.—Engagement at Morong
H 1st N Dak
June 16, 1899.—Engagement at Novaleta
A D 1st Cav
A B C K 10th Pa
June 16, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
A B Utah Art
17th Inf
51st Iowa
20th Kans
1st Mont
June 19, 1899.—Insurgents ambush reconnoitering party on the Dasmarinas road and are routed by the main column.
June 19, 1899.—Engagement at Dasmarinas
4th Inf
June 19, 1899.—Engagement at Imus
4th Inf
June 22, 1899. —Transport Zealandia sails for Manila with Companies C, E, G, and I, Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, under command of Maj. J. M. Thompson, Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry.
June 20, 1899.—Engagement at Dasmarinas
4th Inf
det 9th Inf
A D E F I L 14th Inf
June 21, 1899.—Engagement at Bacoor
A B C K 10th Pa
June 22, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
A Utah Art
H 9th Inf
17th Inf
20th Kans
June 24, 1899.—Transport Sheridan sails for Manila with Troops A and F, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, Companies B and H, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, and detachment of recruits, under command of Brig. Gen. S. B. M. Young.
June 26, 1899.—Town of El Pardo occupied by United States troops. 28, 1899.—Transport Valencia sails for Manila with headquarters and Troops B and M, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, and Companies E and H, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, under command of Maj. Charles Morton, Fourth U. S. Cavalry.
June 26, 1899.—Engagement at Muntinlupa
C G L 4th Cav
June 30, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
17th Inf
51st Iowa
F 12th Inf
July 1, 1899.—Transport Pennsylvania sails for Manila with headquarters and six companies Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, under command of Col. A. S. Burt, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry.
July 1, 1899.—Transport Hancock sails from Manila with First Nebraska Vol-unteer Infantry and Batteries A and B, Utah Volunteer Artillery, under command of Col. H. B. Mulford.
July 1, 1899.—Transport Senator sails from Manila with Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under command of Lieut. Col. J. E. Barnett.
July 1, 1899.—Mayors for the cities of Paranaque, Los Pinas, Bacoor, and Imus elected by natives under military protection.
July 1, 1899.—Engagement at Bulong
Det E 1st Cal
July 2, 1899.—Transport Sherman arrives at Bacolod with Sixth U. S. In-fantry.
July 4, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
17th Inf
51st Iowa
July 5, 1899.—The President authorizes organization of ten volunteer regiments authorized under act of March 2, 1899 (Twenty-sixth to Thirty-fifth, inclusive).
July 5, 1899.—Engagement at Pililia
C G L 4th Cav
July 11, 1899.—Transport Conemaugh sails for Manila with detachment of Fourth U. S. Cavalry and 275 horses, under command of First Lieut. E. B. Winans, jr., Fourth U. S. Cavalry.
July 11, 1899.—Engagement near Muntinlupa
C G L 4th Cav
July 11, 1899.—Engagement at San Fernando
17th Inf
July 12, 1899.—Engagement near Baliuag
K 4th Cav
July 12, 1899.—Engagement at Teresa
21st Inf
July 13, 1899.—Transport City of Para sails for Manila with Troops D and H, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, headquarters, and Companies A, F, H, and K, Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, and Company B, Engineer Battalion, under command of Brig. Gen. Theodore Schwan, U. S. V.
July 17. 1899.—Transport Warren sails for Manila with First Colorado Volunteer Infantry, under command of Col. H. B. McCoy.
July 17, 1899.—Engagement at Mavitac
C 21st Inf
July 18, 1899.—President authorizes organization of two additional regiments of volunteers (Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh), to be recruited in the Philippine Islands.
July 19, 1899.—Capt. B. A. Byrne and Lieutenant Nesbitt, with a force of 70 men, surprised a superior force of the enemy, and in a hand-to-hand engagement killed 150 insurgents, with a loss of 1 killed and 1 wounded.
July 19, 1899.—Engagement at Bonbong
Dets H K M 6th Inf
July 19, 1899.—Engagement at Canlaon
Det 6th Inf
July 19, 1899.—Engagement near San Luis
K 9th Inf
July 20, 1899.—Detachment of Sixth U. S. Infantry defeats a robber band near Tolon.
July 20, 1899.—Engagement near Tolon
F G 6th Inf
July 22, 1899.—Civil government established at Negros.
July 24, 1899.—Company K, Twenty-third Infantry, defeats insurgents in the Acan Valley, Cebu.
July 24, 1899.—Engagement at Acan
Det K 23rd Inf
July 25, 1899.—Transport Tartar sails for Manila with headquarters and Coin panies B, D, F, G, H, I, K, and M, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, under command of Col. S. Snyder, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry.
July 26, 1899.—Transport Ohio sails for Manila with two companies Nineteenth U. S. Infantry and detachment of recruits, under command of Maj. 0. J. Sweet, Twenty-third U. S. Infantry.
July 26, 1899.—Transport Newport sails for Manila with two companies Nineteenth U. S. Infantry and detachment of recruits, under command of Capt. F. H. French, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry.
July 26, 1899.—Transport Tacoma sails for Manila with detachment of Fourth U. S. Cavalry and 200 horses, under command of Capt. G. 0. Cress, Fourth U. S. Cavalry.
July 26, 1899.—Transport Sheridan sails from Manila with First California Volunteer Infantry and Batteries A and D, California Volunteer Light Artillery, under command of Col. V. D. Duboce.
July 26, 1899.—Calamba captured after a sharp skirmish.
Morning after the Battle of Calamba
July 26, 1899.—Engagement at Calamba
C G L 4th Cav
C D E H I K 21st Inf
C D F H I K 1st Wash
E 1st Art
July 27, 1899.—Engagement at Calamba
C G L 4th Cav
C D E H I K 21st Inf
C D F H I K 1st Wash
E 1st Art
July 27, 1899.—Engagement at Valdez
E 6th Inf
July 27, 1899.—Engagement at Bacolor
L 3rd Art
July 28, 1899.—Detachment Sixth Infantry encounters insurgent force near Valdez, in the Visayan district.
July 28, 1899.—Engagement near Baliuag
K 4th Cav
July 28, 1899.—Engagement at Calamba
C G L 4th Cav
C D E H I K 21st Inf
C D F H I K 1st Wash
E 1st Art
July 29, 1899.—Company L, Twenty-third Infantry, takes station at Bolo, P. I.
July 29, 1899.—Engagement at Calamba
C G L 4th Cav
C D E H I K 21st Inf
C D F H I K 1st Wash
E 1st Art
July 30, 1899.—Engagement at Calamba
C G L 4th Cav
C D E H I K 21st Inf
C D F H I K 1st Wash
E 1st Art
July 30, 1899.—Engagement at Silay
Det K 6th Inf
July 31, 1899.—Transport Grant sails from Manila with First Wyoming Volunteer Infantry, First North Dakota Volunteer Infantry, First Idaho Volunteer Infantry, and Wyoming Battery Volunteer Light Artillery, under command of Lieut. Col. M. C. Trenmann.
July 31, 1899.—Los Banos occupied by United States troops.
August 2, 1899.—Transport Indiana sails for Manila with detachment of recruits and casuals, under command of Col. C. C. Hood, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry.
August 2, 1899.—Company H, Twenty-first Infantry, and platoon of Battery E, First U. S. Artillery, proceed in cascoes from Calamba to Los Banos.
August 2, 1899.—Insurgents make feint on Calamba during night.
August 7, 1899.—Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry mustered out at San Francisco, Cal.
August 9, 1899.—Troops of the Second Division make a general advance toward the north and west and capture towns of Bacolor, Calulut, and Suidalon.
August 9, 1899.—Engagement at Bacolor
36th Inf
August 9, 1899.—Engagement at Calulut
G 3rd Art
E 1st Art
17th Inf
B C H L 22nd Inf
A B C D E G H I L M 51st Iowa
August 9, 1899.—Engagement at Sindalon
9th Inf
12th Inf
August 9, 1899.—Engagement near Calulut
Det 51st Iowa
August 10, 1899.—Transport Morgan City sails for Manila with detachment of recruits under command of Maj. W. Wittich, Twenty-first U. S. Infantry.
August 10, 1899.—Expedition under command of Brig. Gen. Theodore Schwan arrives at Manila. Sailed from San Francisco, July 13, 1899.
August 10, 1899.—President authorizes organization of a volunteer cavalry regiment to be known as the Eleventh Regiment of Cavalry, U. S. V.
August 10, 1899.—Engagement at Porac
A B D F 12th Inf
August 10, 1899.—Engagement near Angeles
C E F M 17th Inf
E 1st Art
August 10, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Rita
C D G H 36th Inf
August 11, 1899.—Transport Sheridan sails from Manila with the Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry, under command of Col. A. S. Frost.
August 11, 1899.—Engagement near Angeles
Det 51st Iowa
August 11, 1899.—Engagement near Novaleta
Det 4th Inf
August 12, 1899.—Troops Second Division occupy towns of Angeles and Dolores.
August 12, 1899.—A reconnoissance in force up the San Mateo Valley disperses the insurgents and occupies the town of San Mateo.
August 12, 1899.—Engagement at San Luis
D M 22nd Inf
August 12, 1899.—Engagement at Santa Rita
B C E I 9th Inf
August 12, 1899.—Engagement at San Mateo
A B F 4th Cav
B E G L 21st Inf
E G 24th Inf
F H L 25th Inf
August 13, 1899.—Engagement near Angeles
A B G I 17th Inf
E 1st Art
August 13, 1899.—Engagement near Quingua
B D 3rd Inf
August 14, 1899.—Engagement near Quingua
K 4th Cav
G 3rd Art
C E F G 3rd Inf
August 15, 1899.—Transport Senator sails for Manila with detachment of recruits, under command of Lieut. Col. E. M. Hayes, Fourth U. S. Cavalry.
August 15, 1899.—Engagement near La Paz [Lapaz, Iloilo]
E F G I 1st Tenn
August 15, 1899.—Engagement near Bacolor
Dets A K L M 36th Inf
August 16, 1899.—Batteries A and B, Utah Volunteer Light Artillery, mustered out at San Francisco. Cal.
August 16, 1899.—Engagement at Guagua
E and dets A K L M 36th Inf
August 16, 1899.—Engagement at Dolores
K 12th Inf
August 16, 1899.—Engagement at Angeles
E 1st Art
B C D E F G H I L M 12th Inf
August 17. 1899.—President authorizes organization of ten additional regiments of volunteers, Thirty-eighth to Forty-seventh, inclusive.
August 17, 1899.—Engagement near Porac
Det 4th Cav
August 17, 1899.—Engagement at Angeles
E 1st Art
B 12th Inf
August 18, 1899.—Transport Conemaugh arrives at Manila. Sailed from San ' Francisco July 11, 1899.
August 18, 1899.—Transport City of Sydney sails for Manila with a detachment of recruits, under command of Capt. F. H. Albright, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry.
August 18, 1899.—Engagement at Angeles
E 1st Art
det 12th Inf
B Engrs
August 18, 1899.—Engagement near Tabuan
M 6th Inf
August 19, 1899.—Engagement near Tabuan
Dets B M 6th Inf
August 19, 1899.—Engagement near Angeles
E 1st Art
E G H I 12th Inf
August 20, 1899.—Transport Garrone sails for Manila with detachment of Third U. S. Cavalry and 389 horses, under command of First Lieut. E. M. Suplee, Third U. S. Cavalry.
August 21, 1899.—Expedition under command of Col. S. Snyder, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, arrives at Manila. Sailed from San Francisco July 25, 1899.
August 22, 1899.—Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry mustered out at San Francisco, Cal.
August 23, 1899.—Transports Valencia and Zealandia sail from Manila with First Montana Volunteer Infantry, under command of Col. H. C. Kessler.
August 23, 1899.—First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry mustered out at San Francisco, Cal.
August 23, 1899.—Engagement at El Pardo
Det M 23rd Inf
August 24, 1899.—Command of Maj. 0. J. Sweet arrives at Manila. Sailed from San Francisco July 26, 1899.
August 25, 1899.—Transport Athenian sails for Manila with Troop D, Third U.S. Cavalry, under command of Capt. G. F. Chase, Third U. S. Cavalry.
August 25, 1899.—Transport St. Paul sails for Manila with Troops A, C, E, F, K, L, and M, Third U. S. Cavalry, under command of Lieut. Col. H. W. Wessells, jr., Third U. S. Cavalry.
August 25, 1899.—Engagement near Cebu
4 men Co M 23rd Inf
August 29, 1899.—Transport City of Puebla sails for Manila with detachment of recruits, under command of Capt. B. D. Devore, Twenty-third U. S. Infantry.
August 30, 1899.—Engagement at Argogula
H and det K 6th Inf
September 1, 1899.—Companies D and E, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, commanded by Capt. W. C. Wren, resist an attack made at 6.15 a. m. by insurgents on cantonment at Dolores, P. I., causing them to retreat by firing a few volleys. No casualties.
September 2, 1899.—The President authorizes the organization of two additional regiments to be known as the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth regi-ments of Infantry, U. S. V.
September 3, 1899.—Corporal Gillenwater, Company A, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., commanding 4 privates on reconnoissance toward Porac, P. I., is fired on by about 16 insurgents, who kill 1 private and wound another. The 2 uninjured men, the other being too far off to render assistance, stand over their wounded comrades, returning the fire of the insurgents, and finally drive them off, killing 1 and wounding several.
September 5, 1899.—First Washington U. S. Volunteer Infantry (42 officers and 776 enlisted men) leaves Manila, P. I., on transport Pennsylvania for San Francisco, Cal., for muster out.
September 8, 1899.—Transport Columbia sails for Manila, P. I., with headquarters, band, Companies E, F, G, H, and L, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., and 3 Hospital Corps men, under command of Col. L.W.V. Kennon, from San Francisco, Cal.
September 9, 1899.—Companies F and C, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, commanded by Capt. C. St. J. Chubb, encounter on reconnoissance toward Mount Arayat, Luzon, P. I., a band of 50 insurgents and drive them from San Pedro. No casualties.
September 9, 1899.—Capt. Henry J. Reilly, commanding Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, repels attack by insurgents on outpost near Imus, P. I. No casualties to United States forces.
September 11, 1899.—Companies B and I, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, commanded by Capt. George H. Roach, on reconnoissance northeast of Calulut, P. I., engage the insurgents and defeat them without sustaining any loss.
 Pvt Edward R Hook, H 20th Kans Died, Tuberculosis, September 12, 1899 Presidio Hospital San Francisco |
Edward R Hook, H 20th Kans, Died, Tuberculosis, September 12 1899, Presidio Hospital San Francisco. Grave
September 13, 1899.—Company K, Twenty-third U. S. Infantry, commanded by Capt. W. H. Sage, is engaged in skirmish with insurgents in the Acan Valley, P. I.
September 15, 1899.—Companies F, commanded by Captain Polk, and E, commanded by Captain Hager, First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, engage in outpost skirmish near La Paz, P. I., in which 1 man, Company F, is killed.
September 15, 1899.—Eighteen enlisted men of Company L, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., commanded by First Lieut. O. A. McGee, in making reconnoissance 2 miles north of Guagua, P. I., encounter a party of insurgents of about 150 men, driving them off and killing 5 or 6. The number of wounded unknown. No casualties among United States forces.
September 16, 1899.—Company L, Sixth U. S. Infantry, commanded by Capt. W. K. Jones engages at Isabela, P. I., a band of "Papa Isians," [Papa Isio] which was attacking the post, repulsing them. No casualties among United States forces.
September 17, 1899.—Company A, Twenty-third U. S. Infantry, under command of Capt. E. P. Pendleton, Company H, under command of Capt. Gaston O'Brien, and detachments Companies A and C, Sixth U. S. Infantry, engage and defeat the insurgents near Moalboal, P. I.
September 17, 1899.—Provisional brigade, with headquarters established at San Fernando, is organized, and Brigadier-General Young placed in command. It consists of the Fourth U. S. Cavalry (10 troops), Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry (8 companies) , Thirty-fourth Infantry,U. S. V. (2 companies), Lowe's scouts (men detached from companies) , and Batson's scouts (Macabebe) , 2 troops, (200 Macabebe natives enlisted for a term of three months).
September 19, 1899.—Forty-six men of Company F, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, commanded by Capt. C. St. J. Chubb, make reconnoissance from Dolores to Casaibas, P. I., and engage an outpost of insurgents without casualty on either side.
September 21, 1899.—Twenty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., sails from San Francisco, Cal., on U. S. transports Tacoma and George W. Elder, for Manila, P. I.
September 22, 1899.—Companies G and M, Seventeenth U. S. Infantiy, under command of First Lieut. W. T. Bates, reconnoitering toward the town of Gondis, P. I., encounter the insurgents beyond it. No casualties.
September 22, 1899.—Detachments Sixth U. S. Artillery, Sixth U. S. Infantry, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, Twenty-third U. S. Infantry, and First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, in mountains near Cebu, Island of Cebu,P. I., engage insurgents occupying seven forts and nine fortified places. A fort is captured after. a day's fighting and insurgents driven from several positions.
September 23, 1899.—Detachments Sixth U. S. Artillery, Sixth U. S. Infantry, Nineteenth U. S. Infantiy, Twenty-third U. S. Infantry, and First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry renew the attack begun in mountains near Cebu, Island of Cebu, P. I., September 22, on forts and fortified positions held,by insurgents, driving them from their positions, killing 39, capturing large quantity of ordnance stores, and sustaining a loss during the two days' fighting of 1 killed and 4 wounded.
September 23, 1899.—Insurgents ambush and wreck train near Angeles, Luzon, P. I., killing 2 and wounding 3 men. Insurgents are put to flight after heated engagement with a loss of 8 men.
September 23, 1899.—Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., sails from San Francisco, Cal., on U. S. transport Sherman, for Manila, P. I.
September 25, 1899.—Transport Grant, with Twenty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., sails from San Francisco, Cal., for Manila, P. I.
September 27, 1899.—Thirty men of Companies F and K, Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, commanded by Second Lieut. R. E. Frith, have a skirmish with party of insurgents near Mexico, Luzon, P. I. No casualties.
September 28, 1899.—The Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., Battery K, Third U. S. Artillery, Troop E, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, Companies A, H, K, and L, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, and detachment Ninth U. S. Infantry, engage the insurgents in the vicinity of Porac, Luzon, P. I., routing them, killing and wounding many, and sustaining slight losses. 29, 1899.—First Battalion, Fourth U. S. Infantry, on reconnoissance 1} miles on Dasmarinas road from Imus, P. I., encounters the insurgents, who, after fifty-five minutes' fight, are driven off 3 Americans being wounded.
September 30, 1899.—Fourth U. S. Infantry, occupying Imus, Luzon, P. I., is sharply attacked by insurgents, who are repulsed. No casualties.
September 30, 1899.—Transport Sheridan sails from San Francisco, Cal., for Manila, P. I., with Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., and Companies C and D, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V.
October 1, 1899.—Transport Charles Nelson sails from San Francisco, Cal., with field and staff and Companies C and D, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., for Manila, P. I. Transport Glenogle sails from San Francisco, Cal., for Manila, P. I., with headquarters, Companies A, E, F, G, K, L, and M, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., and detachment of men for Thirty-first and Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V. Detachments Sixth U. S. Infantry and Hospital Corps, under command of Capt. B. A. Poore, adjutant Sixth U. S. Infantry, attack an intrenched party of 150 insurgents near Silay, P. I., driving it from position, killing 20, wounding many, and sustaining a loss of First Lieut. Haydon Y. Grubbs killed, 1 officer and 3 enlisted men wounded; 12 rifles,5,000 rounds Mauser and 1,000 rounds Remington ammunition, lead for bullets, reloading outfit, bolos, spears, 10 sacks of rice, and considerable quantity of clothing, medical supplies, and many papers, containing much information of value, captured.
October 2, 1899.—Companies A, D, and I, and scouts, Fourth U. S. Infantry, commanded by Capt. J. W. Glidden, Company H, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, and center platoon, Light Battery F, Fifth U.S. Artillery, commanded by Lieut. Manus McCloskey, encounter and defeat a party of insurgents near Imus, Luzon, P. I.
October 3, 1899.—Detachment Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, commanded by Lieut. L. R. Burgess until wounded, when first and second pieces are commanded by Sergeants Patton and Proctor, respectively, Companies A, D, I, and scouts, Fourth U. S. Infantry, and Company H, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, encounter insurgents at big bend of Imus River, 11 miles below Imus, Luzon, P. I., defeating them, and inflicting considerable loss.
October 3, 1899.—Troop B, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, commanded by Capt. James Parker, on march to Santa Ana, Luzon. P. I., and return, 16 miles, encounters a body of insurgents, killing and capturing 13 without loss.
October 3, 1899.—Troop A, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, commanded by Capt. George H. Cameron, encounters at Santa Cruz, Luzon, P. I., a party of insurgents holding an intrenched position and defeats them with a loss of 1 American killed. Insurgent casualties unknown.
October 3, 1899.—Detachment Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, Lieut. Charles P. Summerall commanding, engage in successfully repulsing an attack by insurgents, with infantry and artillery, on Calamba, Luzon, P. I.
October 4, 1899.—Thirty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., sails from Portland, Oreg., on transports Sitka and City of Rio de Janeiro, for Manila, P. I.
October 4, 1899.—Companies E, F, and K, Twenty-second U. S. Infantry, on march toward Arayat, P. I., when near Matanio, a barrio of that place, are fired upon by insurgents from sugar mill in front and trenches across Imus River. The fire is returned, and with assistance of gunboat the insurgents are forced to retreat and to abandon Arayat. Casualties: American, 1 wounded, slight; insurgent, unknown.
October 5, 1899.—First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco, Cal. Companies B, C, D, K, L, H, and scouts, Fourth U. S. Infantry, under Brigadier-General Grant, assault Binacayan, P. I., and capture it on succeeding day. Twenty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., sails from San Francisco, Cal., on transports Zealandia and City of Para, for Manila, P. I.
October 6, 1899.—Companies A, F, and K, Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, First Lieut. G. H. McMaster commanding, attack the insurgents intrenched around the town of San Augustin, Luzon, P. I., driving them from their positions and inflicting considerable loss, and with a loss of two wounded. The town is entered at 3 p. m.
October 6, Company H, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, Companies B, C, D, H, K, L, and scouts, Fourth U. S. Infantry, and center platoon, Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, commanded by Brig. Gen. F. D. Grant, attack and capture Binacayan, Luzon, P. I., killing 20 and wounding many insurgents, and losing 3 men slightly wounded.
October 7, 1899.—Expedition starts into the province of Cavite, P. I., under command of Brig. Gen. Theodore Schwan, U. S. V. The command consists of the following organizations: Thirteenth U. S. Infantry (11 companies), Fourteenth U. S. Infantry (3 companies), Third U. S. Cavalry (1 troop), Fourth U. S. Cavalry (1 troop), Fifth U. S. Artillery (Battery F), Lowe's scouts (1 company), engineers (1 company), Hospital Corps (detachment), Signal Corps (detachment). Aggregate strength, 1,771 soldiers. Engagements occurred at or near Cavite Viejo, Rosario, Santa Cruz, Buena Vista, and San Francisco, Province of Cavite, P. I. The insurgents lost, during these engagements, about 100 killed and 400 wounded. Our loss was 5 officers wounded (3 mortally) and 15 enlisted men.
Guard mount, San Roque outpost
San Roque outpost
Officers in command of San Roque outpost
East Beach outpost, San Roque
Mess at San Roque outpost
Group of American soldiers posed under thatched-roof outside, piano and man with violin, San Roque (Cavite), Philippines
soldiers posed with rifles at West Beach Outpost, San Roque
Small horses, Cavite, P.I.
Outpost guards, Cavite, P.I.
October 8, 1899.—Capt. W. H. Cowles, with Companies A, E, F, and G, Fourth U. S. Infantry, reconnoiters and captures San Nicolas, P. I., with a loss of 3 wounded. Insurgent casualties unknown.
October 8, 1899.—Company C, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, commanded by Capt. Wm. B. Reynolds; Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, Col. W. H. Bisbee, and detachments Fifth U. S. Artillery and Fourth U. S. Cavalry encounter and defeat, without loss, the insurgents at Noveleta, Luzon, P. I., killing and wounding several.
October 8, 1899. —One officer and 39 men of Company L, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, scouting to San Mateo, P. I., are attacked on way back to camp, Mariquina, P. I., where stationed, and a two-hours' fight ensues in which 1 man is wounded and 2 others missing. Insurgent casualties unknown.
October 9, 1899.—Col. J. F. Bell, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Grove, Majors Straub, Bishop, Braden, and Luhn, Doctors Mathews and Brewer, Battalion Adjutants Ferguson, Widdifield, and Corey, company commanders of the first and second battalions, and 120 selected men, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., starts to reconnoiter from Guagua, P. I., Florida Blanca, P. I. At Myquiapo a party of insurgents 100 strong is discovered approaching, and upon being fired into, deploys on both sides of road. The insurgents flee after a sharp skirmish of a few minutes duration, and a second lieutenant and 3 privates, with their arms, are captured. Company I), Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, is fired on at station of Meycauayan, P. I., by insurgents, but fire is not returned, owing to danger of shooting noncombatants in vicinity. No casualties. Detachments Fourth U. S. Artillery, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, and Sixteenth U. S. Infantry band, armed with rifles belonging to absent soldiers of Company A, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, repulse an attack by insurgents on line of trenches near Manila, P. I., extending from Caloocan to La Loma Church. No casualties.
Gen. Bell's pack train swimming Agno River
October 10, 1899.—Center platoon, Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, and the Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, commanded by Col. W. H. Bisbee, march on San Francisco de Malabon, P. I., routing the insurgents, taking 14 prisoners, and sustaining no loss either in killed or wounded. Company A, Corps of Engineers, defeats a party of insurgents at Santa Cruz, Luzon, P. I., without casualty.
October 11, 1899.—Transports Columbia and Belgian King, with Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., arrive at Manila, P. I., from San Francisco, Cal. The Ninth, Twelfth, and Seventeenth U. S. Infantry are attacked - during night at Angeles, Luzon, P. I., by insurgents, who are repulsed. Casualties: Americans, 4 wounded; insurgents, unknown.
October 12, 1899.—Companies A, B, and D, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., and Hospital Corps, attack insurgents near Muntinlupa, Luzon, P. I., defeating them and sustaining a loss of 3 killed, wounded, and missing. Insurgents' loss unknown. Company H, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, under Capt. Wm. H. Johnston, guarding Bagbag bridge in vicinity of Calumpit, Luzon, P. I., is attacked by insurgents, who are driven off. No casualties.
October 13, 1899.—Troops D and H, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, encounter insurgents near Arayat, Luzon, P. I., and 2 men are wounded. Insurgents' loss unknown.
October 15, 1899.—Guard for railway track detailed from Company F, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, Guiguinto, Luzon, P. I., is attacked by insurgents, who retreat when their fire is returned. No casualties.
October 16, 1899.—Companies A, H, K, and L, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, the Twelfth U. S. Infantry, and Ninth U. S. Infantry, repulse an attack by insurgents at Angeles, Luzon, P. I., inflicting considerable loss, and having 1 killed and 4 wounded.
October 17, 1899.—First Montana Volunteer Infantry is mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco, Cal. Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., under Col. J. F. Bell, marches on Dolores, from Porac, Luzon, P. I., to attack insurgents stationed there, but on arrival find that they have retreated. Returning to Porac meals are cooked, and while thus engaged the regiment is attacked by the insurgents, who are completely routed, 15 rifles and 1 horse being captured. Casualties: American, 1 killed and 1 wounded; insurgents, 10 captured and a number killed. During the night a detachment of Company D, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, detailed to guard Marilao bridge, Marilao, Luzon, P. I., is attacked by insurgents, who are repulsed without loss to either side.
October 18, 1899.—Lieutenant Batsoa, with his Macabebe scouts, attacks the insurgents occupying San Mateo, P. I., driving them from their trenches.
October 19, 1899.—Troop L, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, under command of Capt. C. H. Murray, strikes a party of insurgents at Cabiao, Luzon, P. I., defeating it without loss. Troops A, B, F, and M, Fourth U. S. Cavalry; First Battalion, Twenty-second U. S. Infantry; Companies G and H, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., and Hospital Corps, march toward San Isidro, Luzon, P. I., and, on reaching a point 3 miles from that town, are attacked by insurgents 150 strong, who are completely routed, 4 Americans being wounded. Twenty-five men, Company M, Eighteenth U. S. Infantry, are fired on at Jaro, P. I., by a band of insurgents, and an engagement ensues in which 7 insurgents are killed and 15 wounded, the Americans sustaining no casualty. Companies F and K, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, under Capt. Thomas G. Hanson, attack and capture insurgent fort and rifle pits on Tulas Mountains, P. I. A detachment of Company L, Sixth U. S. Infantry, under First Sergeant Guthrie, marches to the mountains and destroys, 6 miles southeast of Isabela, the Papa-Irian village of Baog, P. I., killing 6 insurgents.
October 20, 1899.—San Isidro, Luzon, P. I., is reoccupied by troops under General Lawton.
October 21, 1899. Transport Sherman, with the Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., arrives at Manila, P. I., from San Francisco, Cal. Lieut. W. H. Simons and 20 men, Sixth U. S. Infantry, march against a band of Tulisanos, north of San Carlos, P. I., arriving. at their cuartel in the early morning. In the action that follows 3 of the band are killed, several wounded, and cuartel demolished.
October 22, 1899.—The steamer Oceanica is fired upon, at the mouth of the Rio Chico, Luzon, P. I., by insurgents, and Maj. Guy Howard, quartermaster, U. S. V., is killed and 2 men wounded.
October 22, 1899.—Scouts Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., and quartermaster employees engage the insurgents at Rio Grande, P. I. No casualties.
October 26, 1899.—Transports Tartar and Newport sail from San Francisco, Cal., with the Twenty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., for Manila, P. I.
October 27, 1899.—Transports Tacoma and George W. Elder, with the Twenty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., arrives at Manila, P. I., from San Francisco, Cal.
October 27, 1899.—Transports Charles Nelson, Glenogle, and Sheridan, with Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., arrive at Manila, P. I., from San Francisco, Cal.
October 27, 1899.—General Lawton advances north of San Isidro, near Cabanatuan, Luzon, P. I., and establishes permanent station.
October 28, 1899.—Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry is mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco, Cal.
November 1, 1899.—First Washington Volunteer Infantry is mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco, Cal.
November 2, 1899.—First Battalion, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., under Maj. Wm. H. Bishop, U. S. V., leaves camp at Betio and reaches position of insurgents near Lubao, near barrio of Santa Cruz, Luzon, P. I. The insurgents are attacked and forced to retire. No casualties.
November 2, 1899.—Troops H and M, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, commanded by Capts. James B. Erwin and John A. Lockwood, respectively, encounter the insurgents 2 miles southwest of Aliaga, Luzon, P. I. No casualties.
November 2, 1899.—Two battalions Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., Col. J. F. Bell commanding, engage 2 companies of insurgents at Porac, Luzon, P. I., driving them out and, with the assistance of a detachment of cavalry, pursuing them into the mountains.
November 3, 1899.—Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., sails from Portland, Oreg., on transports Pennsylvania and Olympia, for Manila, P. I.
November 3, 1899.—Troop L, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, under Capt. C. H. Murray, has a skirmish with insurgents near Talavera, Luzon, P. I. No casualties.
November 3, 1899.—A portion of the Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., sails from San Francisco, Cal., for Manila, P. I., on transport Olympia.
November 4, 1899.—Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., sails from New York City for Manila, P. I., on transport Thomas.
November 4, 1899.—Lieut. S. W. Widdifield and detachment of 50 men, Second Battalion, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., in hills northeast of Porac, Luzon, P. I., captures an insurgent supply train loaded with provisions and clothing. No casualties.
November 5, 1899.—An expeditionary brigade under command of Brig. Gen. Loyd Wheaton, U. S. V., consisting of the Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, Col. William H. Bisbee; 11 companies Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., Col. L. R. Hare; 1 platoon and 2 3.2-inch guns and Battery L, Sixth U. S. Artillery, First Lieut. h. 0. Sarratt; detachment U. S. Engineers, First Lieut. S. A. Cheney; detachment U. S. Signal Corps, First Lieut. B. 0. Lenoir (about 2,000 men), embark at Manila, P. I., for Lingayen, San Fabian, San Jacinto, and vicinity.
November 5, 1899.—Maj. L. M. O'Brien with his battalion of the Seventeenth U. S. Infantry; E Troop, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, Lieutenant Hawkins; K Troop, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, Lieutenant Babcock, and headquarters scouts, Lieutenant Slavens, have, in a march from Calulut, Luzon, P. I., to Pandataqui, several engagements with insurgents, killing 49, wounding 15, and capturing 28 prisoners and 14 guns.
November 5, 1899.—Companies D, H, K, and L (First Battalion) and A, B, G, and I (Third Battalion), Seventeenth U. S. Infantry; Light Battery E, First IT. S. Artillery, and detachment Signal Corps, in advancing on Magalang, Luzon, P. I., encounter insurgent outposts 1i miles northeast of Angeles, killing 2 and wounding another and driving remainder. Near Magalang the insurgents are developed in force along Arayat road. A brisk action ensues and insurgents forced to retire to Magalang, where for fifteen minutes they stubbornly resist the advance in order to remove their dead and wounded, which were now considerable. They are driven out, however, with a total known loss of 16 killed and 128 wounded, while the casualties to the United States forces amount to only 9 wounded. In a series of engagements following the capture of Magalang 44 insurgents are killed, 15 known to have been wounded, 28 captured, and 26 rifles taken, the Americans losing 3 wounded.
November 6, 1899.—One piece of artillery, Battery E, First U. S. Artillery, with Company A, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, in a skirmish with insurgents north of Magalang, Luzon, P. I., kill several and wound a considerable number without casualty.
November 7, 1899.—Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., and detachments Fourth U. S. Cavalry, First U. S. Artillery, and Third U. S. Artillery encounter 3 companies of insurgents at Mabalacat, Luzon, P. I., and scatter them in confusion, killing a number of men and 1 officer, and capturing several men and 3 horses.
November 7, 1899.—The expeditionary brigade under Brig. Gen. Loyd Wheaton, U. S. V., with the assistance of cruisers and gunboats under Commander Henry Knox, U. S. N., lands at San Fabian, Luzon, P. I., driving the insurgents from their intrenchments around the town, killing 2, wounding 2, capturing 35, and releasing 20 Spanish prisoners.
November 7, 1899.—Troop L, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, under Capt. C. H. Murray, repels, at Talavera, P. I., a night attack by insurgents, killing 1 and wounding several. No casualties to United States troops.
November 8, 1899.—Maj. P. C. March, with a battalion of the Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V. (Companies B, E, G, and H ), has a running engagement with from 200 to 300 insurgents near Magaldan, Luzon, P. I., in which 9 are killed and 2 officers, who are captured, are wounded. No casualties among the United States forces.
November 8, 1899.—Third Battalion, Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, Captain Buck commanding, on entering San Jacinto, Luzon, P. I., is fired upon by insurgents. No casualties.
November 9, 1899.—A party consisting of Col. J. F. Bell, Majors Bishop and Luhn, Captain Hagman, Lieutenants Pedlar and Corey, and 2 privates, all of the Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., and Lieutenant Hawkins and 10 men of Troop E, Fourth U. S. Cavalry (19 men in all), by an exceedingly skillful approach over the foothills of the mountains to the left of Concepcion, Luzon, P. I., arrive at a point in the rear of a trench containing a company of 100 insurgents, and from this point make a charge upon them and, without a casualty to our forces, completely rout the insurgents, killing and wounding 19 and capturing 6 men and 30 Mauser rifles.
November 9, 1899.—First and Third Battalions, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., and detachment Fourth U. S. Cavalry, reconnoitering country east of Bamban, Luzon, P. I., capture a train of 23 bull carts loaded with rice. No casualties.
November 9, 1899.—General MacArthur's troops occupy Mabalacat, Luzon, P. I.
November 10, 1899.—Companies B, E, G, and H, Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., under Maj. P. C. March, attack a party of insurgents 600 strong under Colonel Carlos, throwing up intrenchments about 2 1/2 miles from San Fabian, Luzon, P. I., on the Magaldan road, and disperses the whole force, killing 70, among them Carlos, and wounding a large number. Losses to United States forces are 2 killed.
November 10, 1899.—Companies A and C, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, under command of Capt. E. Chynoweth, attack a battalion of insurgents intrenched at Masapinit, Luzon, P. I., killing 29, capturing 4, and having 3 men wounded.
November 11, 1899.—Maj. Matthew A. Batson, with a detachment of his Squadron Philippine Cavalry, captures Humingan, Luzon, P. I., after a skirmish with about 100 insurgents, 2 of whom are killed.
November 11, 1899.—Col. J. H. Smith, with his own regiment (Seventeenth U. S. Infantry) , 2 troops, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, a platoon of Artillery, and a detachment of Engineers captures the insurgent stronghold of Capas, Luzon, P. I., with a loss to our forces of 1 killed and 3 wounded. Insurgent losses not known.
November 11, 1899.—Lieut. Col. E. M. Hayes, with detachment of Fourth U. S. Cavalry, intercepts and captures 172 bolo men of the insurgent army near Carranglan, Luzon, P. I.
November 11, 1899.—Company I, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry and Troops E and K, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, in a succession of engagements with insurgents between Masapinit and Santa Rita, Luzon, P. I., kill several and wound many. Our losses, 2 killed and 1 wounded.
November 11, 1899.—Four soldiers of Troop K, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, in an engagement with 12 insurgents near Concepcion, Luzon, P. I., kill 1 lieutenant and 2 privates, wound 1 and capture 5.
November 11, 1899.—Eleven companies of the Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., under Col. L. R. Hare, and 1 Gatling gun, under Capt. C. R. Howland, Twenty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V, attack the insurgents, from 1,200 to 1,600 strong, under General Tinio, intrenched a mile west of San Jacinto, Luzon, P. I., killing 134 of their number and wounding a great many. Losses sustained by United States forces, 1 officer (Maj. Jno. A. Logan, Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V.), and 6 men killed and 1 officer and 14 men wounded.
November 12, 1899.—Companies A and C, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, during the afternoon engage the enemy near San Blas, Luzon, P. I. No casualties among United States forces.
November 12, 1899.—Troop D, Third U. S. Cavalry, under Capt. G. F. Chase, marches against Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, Luzon, P. I., and attack 50 insurrectos in uniform, scattering and pursuing them 2 miles beyond the town, killing 3, capturing 7, also 12 ponies and 8 saddles, and destroying 500 rounds ammunition, telegraph instruments, hand grenades, 300 pounds black powder, 100 pounds hexagonal powder, 100,000 percussion caps, uniforms, telegraphic and postal records.
November 14, 1899.—D and K Troops, Third U. S. Cavalry, strike a battalion of 300 insurgents near Manaoag, Luzon, P. I., and scatter them in all directions, killing 4 and wounding many, and capturing
November 15 prisoners and 36 guns. No casualties to United States troops. 15, 1899.—First Troop, Nevada Volunteer Cavalry, is mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco, Cal.
November 16, 1899.—First Battalion, Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V. (Companies A, B, C, and D), under Maj. M. D. Cronin, in vicinity of San Fabian, Luzon, P. I., captures Buencamino, a principal leader in the insurrection; also an adjutant, a secretary to Aguinaldo, Aguinaldo's mother and son, also $1,998, gold, and $1,191.10, silver, which is sent to headquarters at San Fabian.
November 16, 1899.—Detachment Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., embarks at New York City, on transport Meade, for Manila, P. I.
November 16, 1899.—Detachments Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., and Forty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., embark at San Francisco, Cal., on transports Hancock and City of Pueblo, for Manila, P. I.
November 19, 1899.—Capt. H. A. Leonhaeuser and his battalion of the Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry are directed by an insurgent captain, who had surrendered to Gen. A. S. Burt a few days previous, to O'Donnell, a town in Luzon, P. I., where they capture 4 insurgent officers, 100 soldiers, over 200 rifles, 1,000 rounds of ammunition, 20 ponies, 14 carabao and carts, and destroy a great number of uniforms and many official papers; also secure 5,000 pounds of rice, 13,000 pounds salt, and 14,000 pounds of sugar.
November 20, 1899.—Forty-first Infantry, U. S. V., and detachment Forty-third In-fantry, U. S. V., embark at New York City, on transport Logan, and Forty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., and detachment Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., embark at San Francisco, Cal., on transports Hancock and City of Pueblo, for Manila, P. I.
November 21, 1899.—Thirty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., sails from San Francisco, Cal., on transports Duke of Fife and St. Paul, for Manila, P. I.
November 23, 1899.—First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, the last volunteer regiment serving during the war with Spain in the service of the United States, is mustered out at San Francisco, Cal.
November 24, 1899.—Company F, Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., under Captain Fow-ler, and detachment of Engineer Corps, attack at Mangatarem, Luzon, P. I., 600 insurgents under Generals Alexandrina and San Miguel, killing and wounding many, capturing 7 pieces of artillery and large quantities of stores and ammunition.
November 26, 1899.—Capt. G. R. Fowler, with detachment of Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., captures at Mangatarem, Luzon, P. I., 12 rifles, 10,000 Maxim cartridges, 5 cannon, 800 pounds powder, 800 pounds lead, 1,000 pounds shrapnel, and releases American and 82 Spanish prisoners.
November 26, 1899.—Maj. R. E. L. Spence, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., with a detachment of 50 men, attacks a barrio 6 miles northwest of Angeles, Luzon, P. I., capturing 1 captain, 15 men, 7 rifles with ammunition, and a number of bolos, with no casualties to United States troops.
November 28, 1899.—The Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., and Company F, Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., in an engagement with insurgents in the Zambales Mountains, near Mangatarem, Luzon, P. I., entirely disperse them, capturing 14 pieces of modern artillery (all they possess) , powder factory, arsenal, and large quantities of ordnance stores, and inflicting an ascertained loss of 10 killed and 10 wounded.
November 29, 1899.—A scouting party from Angeles, Luzon, P. I., captures 4 insurgent officers, 1 soldier, several rifles and bolos, and a considerable quantity of ammunition.
November 29, 1899.—Capt. F. L. French and Lieutenants Ferguson and Davis, with a detachment of the Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., engage about 100 insurgents near Lubao, Luzon, P. I., killing 3 officers, 8 men, and wounding several more. Casualties to United States troops, Captain French and Lieutenant Ferguson wounded, 1 enlisted man killed, 6 wounded. Detachment then withdraws to Lubao waiting reenforcements under Major Bishop, who promptly arrives and attacks approaching body of insurgent cavalry, scattering them in all directions and killing Maj. Pedro Salvador.
December 1, 1899.—Gen. Fernando Canon, governor of the province of Nueva Viz-caya, surrenders his province, 3 cities, 110 Spanish and 10 American prisoners, to Lieutenants Castner and Munro.
December 2, 1899.—Headquarters. band, and 8 companies, Forty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., and Hospital Corps detachment, sail from San Francisco, Cal., on transport Warren, for Manila, P. I.
December 2, 1899.—Maj P C March, commanding detachment Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., moves against insurgents intrenched at Tila Pass, which is 4,441 feet high, in Tila Mountains, near Lingey, Luzon, P. I. The trail winds up the mountains in a sharp zigzag, and is commanded by stone barricades loopholed for Infantry fire. Shortly after leaving Lingey the advance is checked by a heavy fire from one of these barricades, killing and wounding several men. Reenforcements are brought up at double time, and on resuming the advance it is discovered that position can not be taken by frontal attack. To the left front of the barricade a hill permitting a flank fire is occupied by 10 sharpshooters,. and Lieutenant Tompkins, commanding Company H, retires and ascends the slope under cover of the ridge which strikes the face of the mountain 150 feet from summit. After climbing up this declivity by means of twigs, a simultaneous attack is made by parties in front and rear, carrying all before them, killing and wounding 52, among them Gregorio del Pilar, the com-manding general of the insurgents. The casualties to the United States forces are 2 killed and 9 wounded. At summit large quantities of rice, lard, etc., are found.
December 4, 1899.—Companies F, G, and H, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., find 800 insurgents strongly intrenched in mountain pass of Tagan-adin, P. I., and an engagement lasting three hours takes place. The United States forces lose 7 wounded' fatally, and the insurgents lose 35 killed and 80 wounded.
December 4, 1899.—Companies A, F, H, and detachment Company K, Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, encounter insurgents at San Luis, Luzon, P. I., without sustaining any loss. Insurgent casualties unknown.
December 4, 1899.—Companies A, B, and C, Third U. S. Infantry, detachment 25 men each from Companies B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K, L, and M, and all of Company H, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, and detachment Third U. S. Artillery, engage and defeat the insurgents at San Ildefonso, Luzon, P. I., wounding a number and losing none.
December 5, 1899.—Companies A, B, and C, Third U. S. Infantry, detachments 25 men each from Companies B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K, L, M, and all of Company H, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, and detachment Third U. S. Artillery, strike the insurgents again near San Ildefonso, Luzon, P. I., without lose, the insurgents losing a number.
December 6, 1899.—Detachment of the Forty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., sails from San Francisco, Cal., for Manila, P. I., on transport Sherman.
December 6, 1899.—Companies A, B, and C, Third U. S. Infantry, detachments 25 men each from Companies B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K, L, M, and all of Company H, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, and detachment Third U. S. Artillery, encounter the insurgents at Maasin, Luzon, P. I. No losses on either side.
December 7. 1899.—Company M, Sixth U. S. Infantry, under First Lieut. J. V. Heidt, in an engagement with 450 insurgents at La Granja, P. I., kills 17, wounds many, and loses First Lieut. A. C. Ledyard, killed, and 2 men wounded.
December 8, 1899.—Detachments Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., and Third U. S. Infantry, have an engagement with insurgents at Olongapo, P. I. Casualties to insurgents unknown; to Americans none.
December 9, 1899.—First Battalion, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, under Capt. Joseph P. O'Neil, strikes a party of insurgents at Iba, Luzon, P. I., and 1 man is wounded. Loss by insurgents unknown.
December 10, 1899.—Companies E and M, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., and 50 men each from Companies E and H, Third U. S. Infantry, Capt. J. H. McRae commanding, engage upon landing the insurgents at Subig, Subig Bay, Luzon, P. I., killing 1 and losing none. United States forces occupy Olongapo and Subig, Luzon, P. I., with little resistance
December 11, 1899.—Twenty-five men from each of the following Companies B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K, L, M, and 100 men of H, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, under Col. Charles C. Hood, and detachments Third U. S. Artillery and Third U. S. Infantry, engage the insurgents at San Ildefonso, Luzon, P. I., defeating and inflicting considerable damage upon them. No casualties among United States forces.
December 11, 1899.—Lieut. Col. Robert L. Howze, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., reports his arrival at Laoag, Luzon, P. I., after having had several engagements with insurgent General Tinio's army, which he drove before him over the mountains, killing about 50, wounding many, capturing 100, also 200 rifles, 7 cannon, and about 80,000 pounds of rice and other supplies. Our casualties, 2 wounded.
December 11, 1899.—Maj. Thomas G. Carson, Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. V., with scouting party, engage a detachment of insurgents near Norzagaray, Luzon, P. I., killing 2, mortally wounding 3, and capturing 11, also 21 rifles. No casualties to United States forces.
December 12, 1899.—The insurgent stronghold, Biacnabato (Split Rock), located south of Mount Madlom, P. I., is captured by 6 troops Fourth U. S. Cavalry, commanded by Lieut. Col. E. M. Hayes, together with 10 rifles, 30,000 pounds of rice, uniform cloth and clothing to the value of $600, and a large and varied collection of tools and material for the manufacture of explosives, medical supplies, etc. This place was held on January 4, 1897, by 16 insurgents against 900 Spaniards.
December 13, 1899.—Detachment Fourth U. S. Cavalry encounters the insurgents of San Miguel, Luzon, P. 1. No casualties.
December 16, 1899.—Sixty men under Lieut. Col. R. L. Howze, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., and battalion Twenty-third U. S. Infantry, find and surprise, near Dingras, P. I., a party of insurgents occupying several nipa huts, killing 5 and capturing 12.
December 17, 1899.—Company L, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., engages a party of insurgents at Morong, Luzon, P. I., without loss. Insurgent casualties unknown.
December 18, 1899.—Company I, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, engages at long range the insurgents occupying Iba, Luzon, P. I., compelling them to retreat.
December 19, 1899.—Headquarters, Second and Third Squadrons, Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. V., Troop I, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, Companies A, B, and C, Twenty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., and Companies E, F, G, and H, Twenty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., all under Maj. Gen. H. W. Lawton, attack and capture the town of San Mateo, Luzon, P. I., sustaining a loss of 1 officer ( Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton) killed, and 1 officer and 7 enlisted men wounded. Losses of insurgents unknown.
Honoring the soldier who lived and died a hero - Caisson bearing Gen. Lawton's remains, on the Luneta, Manila, P.I.
At the gate of Paco Cemetery / Funeral procession of General Henry Lawton. I troop, 4th cavalry in foreground
December 20, 1899.—Company F, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, First Lieut. E. D. Bricker, commanding, on a scout to Cantapang, Luzon, P. I., engages small band of insurgents, killing 1. No casualties.
December 21, 1899.—The Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., under Lieut. Col. William R. Grove, in advancing from Balincaguin, via Alos, P. I., to Alaminos, P. I., engages the insurgents near Alos, scattering and pursuing them; midway between Alos and Alaminos, capturing a number and putting remainder to rout, and at Alaminos, P. I., capturing 20 rifles, 16 prisoners, killing 8 and wounding several.
December 22, 1899.—One hundred and seventy-five insurgents, armed with rifles, and 300 bolo men, under Colonel Solis, attack the town of Lara, Island of Panay, P. I., garrisoned by Company D (90 men), Twenty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., under command of Capt. C. M. Brownell, and are completely routed with a loss of 25 killed and 100 wounded, including Colonel Solis; the United States forces suffering 1 casualty.
December 23, 1899.—Company E, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., under command of Capt. William E. Dame, encounters a large body of insurgents, under Colonel Simon, and a running fight along the road to Bone ensues, in which 2 insurgents are killed and 7 wounded. No casualties among Americans.
December 24, 1899.—Companies C and E, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., capture insurgent outposts near Calamba, Luzon, P. I. No casualties.
December 27, 1899.—Capt. E. W. Tanner, Thirty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., with 25 men, capture, in a barrio near Baliuag, Luzon, P. I., 1 major, 1 captain, and 47 privates of the insurgent force.
December 27, 1899.—First and Second Squadrons, and Troop D, Third Squadron, Elev-enth Cavalry, U. S. V., Company M, Twenty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., Companies A, D, F, and I, Twenty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., and Companies A, B, C, and L, Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., attack the insurgents at Montalbon, near San Mateo, Luzon, P. I., losing 1 man drowned, 1 officer and 6 men wounded, and killing 80, wounding many of the insurgents and capturing 24.
December 29, 1899.—Company G, Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, First Lieut. Hunter B. Nelson, commanding, attacks insurgents strongly intrenched on opposite bank of a tributary of the Rio Grande del Pampanga, near Bongabon, Luzon, P. I., inflicting considerable loss and sustaining a loss of 2 wounded.
January 1, 1900.—Left platoon, Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, First Lieut. C. P. Summerall commanding, with Second Battalion, Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., under Maj. George T. Langhorne, near San Cristobal, Luzon, P. I., engage the insurgents occupying an intrenched position, and after three hours' fighting force them to retreat. They are pursued through Cabuyao and beyond to Santa Rosa (11 1/2 miles from Calamba), which is taken after a short and stubborn fight. Casualties unknown.
January 2, 1900.—Detachment Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, First Lieut. C. P. Summerall commanding, with Second Battalion, Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., under Maj. George T. Langhorne, engage and defeat the insurgents at Binan, Luzon, P. I., driving them through San Pedro and Carmona.
January 3, 1900.—Two squads Company L, Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., under Capt. F. S. Long, on reconnoissance toward Carmona, P. I., are surrounded by insurgents and compelled to cut their way out. Reenforcements are brought up and a fight lasting 2i hours is had, the insurgents finally retreating toward Carmona.
January 5, 1900.—Forty-first Infantry, U. S. V., on Transport Logan, arrives at Manilla, P. I., from New York City.
January 5, 1900.—Companies B, K, L, and detachments Companies F and M, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, meet insurgents 500 strong at Mount Arayat, Luzon, P. I., having 3 men wounded, 1 mortally, and inflicting severe punishment upon the insurgents.
25th Infantry returning from Mt. Arayat, 1898
January 6, 1900.—Bolo men and armed insurgents, from Zambales Mountains, attack 2 companies, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, under Capt. J. P. O'Neil, at Iba, Luzon, P. I., and are defeated with a loss of 50 men. No casualties among United States forces.
January 6, 1900.—General Schwan's expeditionary brigade, consisting of the Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., Forty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., 1 squadron Fourth U. S. Cavalry, 1 squadron Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. V., 1 Battery mountain artillery, 1 company Engineer Battalion, detachments Signal Corps and Hospital Corps and 2 companies Macabebe Scouts, moving alongshore of Laguna de Bay, comes in contact, near Binan, Luzon, P. I., with the rear guard of General Miniel's force of 800 insurgents, and engages it, killing 18, wounding 2, and capturing 25 prisoners, 8 rifles, 1 pistol, 2 flags, and sustaining a loss of 2 wounded.
January 7, 1900.—Two battalions of the Twenty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., strike the insurgents near Imus, Luzon, P. I., killing and wounding 140. Colonel Birkhimer with other battalion of the Twenty-eighth strikes insurgents at Binacayan, Luzon, P. I., killing 65, wounding 40, and capturing 32 rifles.
January 8, 1900.—Two 3.2-inch guns and two 1.65-inch guns, Light Battery G, Sixth U. S. Artillery (the former under Sergeants Weeks and Crotty and the latter under First Lieut. E. D'A. Pearce), Companies B, G, H, and K, under Major Leefe, and Companies D, I, and M, under Major Woodbury, all of the Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, Company M, Twenty-third U. S. Infantry, Capt. W. H. Allaire commanding, and Companies I, K, and M, Forty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., Maj. H. B. McCoy commanding, attack the insurgents occupying forts and intrenchments on Sudlon Mountain, island of Cebu, P. I., and, after a four hours' fight drive them out, killing 10, wounding many, and capturing 12 fieldpieces and 32 small arms of various patterns, and losing only 4 men wounded.
January 9, 1900. —The Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., and a detachment of the Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., Col. R. L. Bullard commanding, attack a large body of insurgents near Calamba, Luzon. P. I., killing and wounding 74; our loss being 1 man killed and 2 officers wounded.
January 9, 1900. —Squadrons of the Fourth U. S. Cavalry and the Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. V., commanded by Lieut. Col. E. M. Hayes, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, encounter near Naic, Luzon, P. I., about 200 insurgents, killing 13 of them and losing 1 man killed and 2 wounded.
January 10, 1900.—Companies K and L, Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., Maj. T. L. Hartigan commanding, engage, on the march to Magallanes, Luzon, P. I., 50 insurgents, capturing a colonel, and, then proceeding to Magallanes, encounter and defeat the insurgents 200 strong, killing 3 and capturing 20, also several rifles. No casualties to United States forces.
January 11, 1900.—Detachment of Company A and Company C, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., left platoon, Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, Lieut. C. P. Summerall commanding, and Third Battalion, Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., under Maj. W. L. Murphy, attack insurgents occupying position on hill 2 miles south of Santo Tomas, Luzon, P. I., defeating and forcing them to retreat. American loss, 1 man killed.
January 12, 1900.—Two noncommissioned officers and 22 privates, Troop C, Third U. S. Cavalry, sent out to patrol country in vicinity of Bangan, Luzon, P. I., on returning from Sidupin are ambushed and 2 men killed and 3 wounded.
January 13, 1900.—Lieut. W. L. Lowe with detachment of the Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., engages a band of 20 insurgents on the trail from Bangued and Bana, Luzon, P. I., killing 2 and capturing 2. Following up the next day, he kills the lieutenant and captures 3 more of their force.
January 13, 1900.—The Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., and the Fifth U. S. Artillery encounter the insurgents holding an intrenched position near Lipa, P. I., and drive them through Lipa, killing 8, wounding 13, capturing a number, and liberating 130 Spanish prisoners. Proceeding to Rosano, in pursuit of insurgents, 70 more Spanish prisoners are released and $19,599.50 (Mexican) captured. The Americans lose 1 man wounded
January 14, 1900.—One squadron Fourth U. S. Cavalry and 1 squadron Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. V., under Lieut. Col. E. M. Hayes, attack insurgents holding San Pablo, Luzon, P. I., driving them back, killing 8, and capturing several prisoners and some property.
January 15, 1900.—One squadron Fourth U. S. Cavalry and 1 squadron Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. V., under Lieut. Col. E. M. Hayes, overcome intrenched resistance 3 miles from Tiaon, Luzon, P. I., and occupy that place.
January 16, 1900.—Schwan's expeditionary brigade moves upon Batangas, Luzon, P. I., defeating the insurgents stationed there, killing 3, wounding 8, and taking 74 of them prisoners. Sixty-nine Spanish prisoners, including 3 priests, are liberated.
January 18, 1900.—Companies A, C, E, and L (Second Battalion), Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, attack and defeat the insurgents holding the town of Panique [Antique], Panay, P. I., one American being wounded.
January 19, 1900.—Second Battalion Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., Lieut. Col. James Parker commanding; first squadron Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. V., Maj. T. G. Carson commanding; all under Colonel Dorst, one-half mile from Magallanes, Luzon, P. I., meet and engage a body of 60 insurgents, killing 4 and wounding 2. Casualties among United States forces, 2 wounded slightly.
January 21, 1900.—A detachment Sixth U. S. Artillery, the Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V.; 2 battalions of the Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., and 1 battalion of the Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., attack the insurgents, well intrenched on crest of hills near barrio of San Diego, which is 4 miles from San Pablo, Luzon, P. I., and defeat them with a loss of 1 killed and 14 wounded, the insurgent loss being 37 killed. The number of their wounded could not be ascertained.
January 22, 1900.—Maj. W. H. Bishop, with 25 men from each of Companies D and G, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., Hotchkiss mountain gun and 5 mounted men, encounters a party of insurgents strongly intrenched at Balincaguing, Luzon, P. I., 5 miles northwest of Alaminos, and captures the town with 10 prisoners, 6 Mauser and 16 Remington rifles, 3,000 rounds of ammunition, 2 horses with equipments, killing 9 and wounding 4 insurgents. The United States forces lose 3 men wounded.
January 22, 1900.—Twenty-four men of Company E, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, under Second Lieut. R. Waldo, leave Malasiqui and march to Tubuc, Luzon, P. I., where they engage a band of ladrones, killing its leader and wounding 11.
January 23, 1900.—From 3,000 to 5,000 insurgents intrenched at Majayjay, Luzon, P. I.; are flanked and forced to retire without more than a skirmish by the main column of Schwan's expeditionary brigade, consisting of brigade headquarters, the engineers, the Artillery, the Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., 2 battalions of the Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., and 1 battalion of the Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V.
January 24, 1900. —Third Battalion, Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., Maj. T. K. Birkhaeuser commanding, and First Squadron, Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. V., Maj. T. G. Carson commanding, engage the insurgents near Magallanes, P. I. Casualties unknown.
January 25, 1900.—Transport Grant, with the Forty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., arrives at Manila, P. I., from Angel Island, San Francisco Harbor, California,
January 25, 1900.—Companies F and H, Thirty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., Maj. W. A. Holbrook commanding, attack insurgents at Lipa, Luzon, P. I., and 1 Filipino is captured and a quantity of ammunition and 11 ponies secured.
January 26, 1900.—Donsol, Luzon, P. I., is attacked by Companies F and H, Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., and is partially burned by insurgents, who are finally forced to retreat.
January 26, 1900.—Second Battalion, Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., Maj. John C. Gilmore, jr., commanding, lands and occupies Calboyok, island of Samar, P. I., without resistance, and, on penetrating into the interior, northeast of the town, encounters the insurgents in a running fight, killing 10, wounding a number, and capturing 10 small cannon.
January 29, 1900.—Companies A, B, C, and D, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., and Companies E, F, G, and H, Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., encounter and defeat insurgents at Sampaloc, Luzon, P. I.
January 30, 1900.—Donsol, P. I., occupied by the Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., is attacked by insurgents who, set fire to the buildings by means of burning arrows and partially burn town. After a short fight insurgents withdraw.
January 30, 1900.—Transport Thomas arrives at San Francisco, Cal., with the remains of Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton, U. S. V., who was killed in the fight before San Mateo, Luzon, P. I., on December 19, 1899.
January 31, 1900.—Company A, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., Capt. C. M. Carr commanding, captures, near San Isidro, Luzon, P. I., 4 prisoners, 2 Remington rifles, and 75 cartridges.
February 1, 1900.—Three squads Company A, Twelfth U. S. Infantry, Second Lieut. George S. Tiffany commanding, engage 15 insurgents at Sulina, Luzon, P. I., defeating them without casualty.
February 2, 1900.—Maj. C. H. Muir, commanding one platoon of Company A, and Companies B, C, and D, Thirty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., 9 officers and 234 men, on reconnoissance from Batangas to Ililan and return, assaults, near Talumpoc, P. I., an insurgent stronghold, and 1 rapid-fire Nordenfeldt gun, caliber 1 inch, 800 rounds of ammunition for same; 2 brass mountain guns, caliber 2 1/2 inches, 80 rounds of powder and slugs for same; 700 Remington rifle cartridges, and a quantity of bayonets, provisions, lead, sulphur, salt, etc., are captured; also 1 prisoner. Four Americans are missing.
February 2, 1900.—Company E, Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., Capt. A. U. Betts commanding, engage the insurgents at Legaspi, P. I. Sergeant Craig and 3 others wounded. Insurgent casualties not ascertained.
February 3, 1900.—Detachment Company E and all of Company H, Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., Capt. E. H. Fitzgerald commanding, have a skirmish with insurgents at Lanot, Luzon, P. I., 4 miles from Lucban, in which 2 are killed. No casualties to United States forces.
February 4, 1900.—Company H and detachment Company E, Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., commanded by Capt. E. H. Fitzgerald, 2 miles from Sampaloc, Luzon, P. I., engage the insurgents, killing 4 and losing 2 wounded.
February 5, 1900.—Escort of 11 enlisted men, under command of Sergeant Wallace, all of Company G, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., are surprised near Dinalupijan, Luzon, P. I., by about 50 insurgents, who kill 6 of them and escape without loss.
February 6, 1900. —Company G, Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., Capt. L. H. Simons commanding, is attacked by insurgents, some armed with bolos only and many with rifles, at Albay, P. I., who are defeated with a known loss of 44 killed.
February 6, 1900. —Transport Venus arrives at Manila, P. I., having on board 26 Americans who had been prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos, including Lieutenant Gilmore and the survivors of the Yorktown's crew and 3 of the Urdaneta survivors.
February 7, 1900.—Fourteen men, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, escorting 2 wagons and some sick men, are attacked 2 miles north of Magdalena, Luzon, P. I., by about 30 insurgents in ambush, and an engagement lasting fifteen minutes takes place, in which 3 Americans are wounded and 1 insurgent killed.
February 9, 1900.—Col. W. Howe, with four companies Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., and 2 pieces of artillery, having sailed on previous day from Legaspi, P. I., for Tabaco, P. I., lands his infantry, and, attacking the insurgents intrenched in vicinity, kills 35 men and 1 officer and extinguishes the fire which the insurgents had started in the town with the object of destroying it.
February 10, 1900.—A guard patrol of Companies E, F, and G, Second Battalion, Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., kills near Tabaco, P. I., 4 insurgents and brings in 1 severely wounded.
February 11, 1900.—Lieut. J. A. Moss, with Company I, Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, scouting near Buloc, Luzon, P. I., encounters a band of 50 insurgents, killing 1, capturing 6 rifles, 300 rounds of ammu-nition, and destroying a considerable quantity of camp equipage and provisions. No casualties to our forces.
February 12, 1900.—Twenty men of Company G, Lieut. J. M. Wheeler commanding, and wagon escort of Company H, Fortieth Infantry, U. S. V., are attacked by insurgents near Albay, P. I., and 1 man wounded. Loss to insurgents unknown.
February 13, 1900.—Lieutenant Morrow's company of Ma(abebes, at barrio San Pablo, Luzon, P. I., kills 1 insurgent, captures 12, with 6 Mauser and 4 Remington rifles and several hundred rounds of ammunition. Lieutenant O'Connor, of same organization, captures Julian Bitug, captain, reported insurrecto presidente of Lubao.
February 13, 1900.—Four companies, Twenty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., Maj. C. D. V. Hunt commanding, have skirmish with insurgents intrenched at the barrio of Bartolome, P. I. No casualties.
February 14, 1900.—Company L, Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V. (55 men) ; Company E, Fortieth Infantry, U. S. V. (60 men) ; 15 men of Company F, Fortieth Infantry, IT. S. V., and Company H, Fortieth Infantry, U. S. V., a total of 205 men, under Col. Walter Howe, Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., attack about 1,000 insurgents intrenched about 2 miles from Malabog, P. I., driving them from their trenches a distance of a mile and a half. Loss to insurgents unknown, but 21 dead and 2 mortally wounded were seen on the field. One American killed and none wounded. 15, 1900.—Col. J. H. Smith, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry (with Lieut. T. L. Smith), Lieutenant Bushfield and 50 men of Company B, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, surprise a band of 30 ladrones near Alcaba, Luzon, P. T., killing 12, mortally wounding 2, and taking 2 prisoners. No casualties to United States troops.
February 16, 1900.—Company K, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., encounters insurgents at Magdalena, P. I. No casualties.
February 17, 1900.—Companies K and M, Forty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., under Capts. E. A. Stuart and K. T. Smith, on night expedition against insurgent Gen. Emilio Verdeflor, capture 9 field pieces and a quantity of ammunition near Balamban, Cebu, P. I.
February 18, 1900.—Companies A and B, Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., go on a reconnoissance through Lucena, Sariaya, thence near cove of Tayabas, when they return to Lucena, P. I., 5 guns having been captured and 3 Spanish prisoners released. No casualties.
February 19, 1900.—Companies A and B, Thittieth Infantry, U. S. V., are fired upon at Lucban, P. I., by about 30 insurgents, who are dispersed by Company H, of the same regiment, on outpost duty at the time.
February 20, 1900.—Headquarters and First Battalion, Fortieth Infantry, U. S. V., land at town of Barceloneta and proceed immediately to Libmanan, P. I., where a large force of insurgents are encountered and a stubborn resistance made. The town is entered at sundown, the insurgents having retreated after losing 64 killed, 11 wounded, and 10 prisoners. The United States forces lose 1 officer killed and 8 enlisted men wounded.
February 20, 1900.—Lieut. J. R. R. Hannay, with Company K, Twenty-second U. S. Infantry, at a barrio of Candaba, Luzon, P. I., captures 52 prisoners, several rifles, and considerable ammunition.
Capture of trenches at Candaba
Filipinos retreat from the trenches at Candaba
February 21, 1900.—Capt. Samuel Van Leer, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., with detachment First Battalion of that regiment, encounters 6 insurgents 3 miles northwest of Majayjay, P. I., killing 1 and wounding another.
February 22, 1900.—Lieut. E. McGowan, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., with 30 men, surprises about the same number of insurgents at barrio between Alamihos and Sual, Luzon, P. I., killing the officer in command, wounding 2 others, taking 7 prisoners, and capturing 4 Remington rifles and 200 rounds of ammunition.
February 23, 1900.—Maj. B. F. Cheatham, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., reports that at Majayjay, P. I., patrol is fired on by about 15 insurrectos, Private William T. Kensell, Company D, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., being severely wounded.
February 24, 1900.—Seventy men, Twenty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., under Capt. Peter Vredenburgh, encounter 200 insurgents between Lemeri and Calaca, P. I., routing them after a brisk fight, killing 3, wounding many, and losing none.
February 25, 1900.—Company I, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., under Maj. H. B. Orwig, makes a reconnoissance northeast of Pagsanjan, P. I., and Second Lieut. Domingo Ejea (Spainard), of the insurgent army, is captured.
February 26, 1900.—Company B, Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., captures 3,000 pounds of rice 5 miles west of Tayabas, P. I.
February 27, 1900.—Companies C and D, Fortieth Infantry, U. S. V., under Maj. M. M. McNamee, attack the insurgents 4 miles from Tigaon, P. I., and finally dislodge them from their sheltered position, killing 7 and wounding a number. The United States forces lose 1 man killed and 3 wounded.
February 28, 1900.—Two companies of the Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., under Maj. B. F. Cheatham, encounter 70 insurgents 2 miles south of Nagcarlang, P. I., routing them and killing 7, wounding 5, and capturing 3 Mauser rifles. No casualties to United States forces.
February 28, 1900.—Col. William H. Beck, Forty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., reports the capture of Lieut. Col. Tomas Aguinaldo, of the insurgent army, near Bacon, P. I.
March 1, 1900.—Seventy-five enlisted men of Company B, Sixteenth U. S. Infan-try, Maj. Henry C. Ward commanding, en route to Linao, P. I., on 2 steam launches and 1 casco, are fired upon at mouth of Linao River by insurgents occupying a commanding position on shore. A heavy sea is running and one of the launches is capsized while crossing the bar. In this predicament the men in the boats that remain upright drop into the water and, using the vessels as breastworks, reply to the fire of the insurgents with good effect. A landing is soon accomplished and the insurgents driven out of their works with a loss of 8 killed and 2 wounded, who are captured, besides several more who escape. The Americans lose a soldier killed, 1 officer, 5 soldiers, 1 quartermaster's employee and pilot wounded.
March 1, 1900.—Capt. G. E. Gibson, with 34 men of Company C, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., surrounds the barrio of Magung, near San Isidro, Luzon, P. I., and tsptures 37 insurgents, 13 Remington rifles, and 650 rounds of ammunition.
March 2, 1900.—Two officers and 60 men of Company C, Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., engage at Antipolo, Luzon, P. I., 300 insurgents under Colonel Pena, defeating them and liberating 43 Spaniards, prisoners in their hands.
March 3, 1900.—Thirty-five men of Company K, Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., under First Lieut. A. E. McCabe, on reconnoissance south of Atimonan, Luzon, P. I., kill 2 insurgents, wound 1, and capture 10 prisoners.
March 4, 1900.—Capt. G. G. Scranton, commanding Company G, Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., captures, on reconnoissance toward Luisiana, P. I., the insurgent Major Permanillo, of the regiment under Alosis, and releases 3 Spaniards, prisoners on Alobal Island.
March 5, 1900.—Eleven men of Company L, Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., under Capt. Edward Davis, encounter 50 insurgents 2 miles from Cabugao, Luzon, P. I., routing them and losing 1 man wounded.
March 6, 1900.—McGee's company of Macabehe scouts is attacked by insurgents in ambush along road near Dazol, Luzon, P. I., and 1 man is killed and 2 others wounded.
March 7, 1900.—Lieut. W. G. Miles, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., with 30 men guarding wagon train, encounters 60 insurgents in two detachments on either side of the road, 2 miles north of Magdalena, P. I., and with 12 men charges 30 of them in a trench, killing 2, wounding 3, and capturing 1 gun. The United States forces lose 1 man slightly wounded.
March 8, 1900.—Company H, Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., near Matiginao, Samar, P. I., encounters the insurgents, losing 2 men killed, 1 officer and 3 men wounded. Loss by insurgents could not be ascertained.
March 9, 1900.—Company H, Eighteenth U. S. Infantry, Capt. E. L. Butts commanding, is attacked by insurgents at Bugason, P. I., who are easily repulsed. No casualties.
March 10, 1900.—Maj. H. B. McCoy, with a detachment of 35 men each from Companies I and L, attack the insurgents under General Godinez, in the vicinity of Guimanon, P. I., and defeat them, killing 5 and wounding 3.
March 11, 1900.—Eleven men belonging to the Third Battalion, Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., the garrison at Paranas, Samar, P. I., are attacked by 150 insurgents, armed with bolos and rifles, and for forty-five minutes a hand-to-hand struggle takes place, in which 30 insur-gents are killed and wounded and 3 Americans wounded. The band is finally driven off.
March 13, 1900.—Capt C. S. Nettles, Forty-first Infantry, U. S. V., with detachment, captures 5 ladrones, 15 bolos, and 2 rifles at a barrio near Orani, Luzon, P. I.
March 13, 1900.—Capt. W. R. Standiford, with a company of the Forty-first Infantry, U. S. V., captures at Barrio Ibus, P. I., 6 ladrones, 6 rifles, and 100 rounds of ammunition.
March 14, 1900.—A scouting party, composed of Macabebe scouts and detachment Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., goes to Puenta Rivas, P. I., and has a skirmish with a band of ladrones, and Lieut. J. M. Shook, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., coming up from Pilas, P. I., meets same band and engages it. In the two fights 10 men were killed and 10 were wounded. No casualties to United States forces.
March 15, 1900.—Companies A, C, E, and L (Second Battalion), Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, Maj. J. F. Huston commanding, and Company H, Eighteenth U. S. Infantry, engage the insurgents at Guisyan, P. I., driving them from their stronghold and completely destroying same.
March 16, 1900.—Lieut. James H. Johnston, Forty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., with 30 men, strike 40 armed insurgents at Barrio Bancal Binan, P. I., Silang road, and disperse them, wounding 2 and capturing a considerable quantity of ammunition and a number of bolos.
March 18, 1900.—Companies A, D, K, and M, Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., and company G, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., engage a large force of insurgents at Polangui, P. I., killing 25, capturing 36 with 22 rifles, and losing 1 man wounded.
March 19, 1900. —First Lieut. B. P. Lukens, with 30 men of Company M, Forty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., secretly moving out of Silang, P. I., surprises, 6 miles south, 1 company of insurgents and captures 45.
March 19, 1900. —Capt. H. A. Hutchings, commanding 50 men, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., captures, 4 miles south of Santa Cruz, Luzon, P. I., First Lieut. Juanario Francisco, jefe militar de columna volante (military chief of the flying column), and Antonio Malaba.
March 20, 1900.—Companies A, D, K, and M, Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., and Company G, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., in a succession of engagements with insurgents on the march from Guinobatan to Legaspi, P. I., kill a number of insurgents, capture 60, also 36 rifles and 1,200 rounds of ammunition, and lose 1 man wounded.
March 21, 1900.—A detachment of the Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., under First Lieut. C. M. Seaman, is attacked at La Granja, Samar, P. I., by about 19 insurgents, who wound 1 man and lose a number.
March 22, 1900.—Company K, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., Capt. M. Flaherty commanding, on scout from Magdalena, takes a northeasterly direction toward Cavinti, P. I., and when 5 miles from camp is fired on by insurgents, whose fire is retured and 1 man killed. The insurgents retreat without further resistance.
March 23, 1900.—Companies A, D, K, and M, Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., and Company G, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., are met at Camalig, P. I., by a furious fire from insurgents on hills to right of road, and again near Darago. Two insurgents are killed, a number wounded, and 1 rifle captured.
March 24, 1900.—Companies A, D, K, and M, Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., and Company G, Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., capture at Ligao, Luzon, P. I., 40 insurgents and 1 rifle, and, proceeding to Oas, kill 1 insurgent and capture a mounted scout.
March 25, 1900.—Sixteen men of Company A, Eighteenth U S Infantry, returning to Capiz, P. I., surprise a party of 30 insurgents and kill 2, wound several, and take 1 prisoner.
March 26, 1900.—Companies K and M, under Capt. C. P. Newberry, and I and L, under Maj. T. L. Hartigan, all of the Thirtieth Infantry, U. S. V., leave Atimonan, P. I., by different routes for Malosa, where the commands meet and together under Major Hartigan make a night march through mountains near that place and attack the insurgents at daybreak under Colonel Malolos and rout them, killing 28, wounding 70, capturing 30 privates, 5 officers, 33 rifles, 3,000 rounds of ammunition, and the official papers of insurgent command, and sustain a loss of 1 man wounded.
March 27, 1900.—Second Lieut. G. McCaskey, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, with detachment from Botolan, P. I., captures 7 ladrones and burns barrio near that place, which they had used as their headquarters.
March 28, 1900.—Lieut. S. H. Hopson, commanding a detachment of Company C, Forty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., captures at barrio of Santa Cruz, P. I., 5 insurgents, 1 carabao and cart, 10 rifles, 1 carbine, 1 revolver, and over 600 rounds of ammunition.
March 29,1900.—By General Orders, No. 38, Headquarters of the Army, publishing orders issued from the War Department on March 27, 1900, the Division of the Philippines, to comprise all the islands ceded to the United States by Spain by the treaty of Paris, ratified April 11, 1899, is created under command of Maj. Gen. E. S. Otis, with headquarters at Manila, P. I. The Division is to be composed of the Departments of Northern Luzon, Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao and Jolo.
March 29,1900.—Four men of Company B, Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., under Sergeant Bradford, are ambushed near Alang-Alang, Leyte, P. I., by 150 bolomen, and during the one hour's fight that ensues kill 92 and wound a great many.
March 29,1900.—Sixty-nine enlisted men, under Capt. J. V. Cunningham, Forty-second Infantry, U. S. V., ascend mountains east of Paete, P. I., and have skirmish with insurgent forces, driving them from their intrenchments, wounding 1 and occupying the town.
March 30, 1900.—Companies A, C, and E, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, and Company E, Eighteenth U. S. Infantry, engage the insurgents at Barbasa, P. I. No casualties.
March 31, 1900.—During the morning 5 mounted men of Company K, Ninth U. S. Infantry, while patrolling railroad track between Mabalacat, P. L, and Angeles, P. I., are fired into from ambush by about 30 insurgents, and Sergt. Alonzo L. Johnson is killed by first volley. The 4 men return the fire with good effect, killing 7 of the enemy and driving them off to the southwest.
April 1, 1900.—Maj. Joseph Wheeler, jr., Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., destroys in storehouse of insurgents near Penaranda, P. I., 5,000 pounds of rice.
April 1, 1900.—First Battalion, Companies A, B, C, and D, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, Capt. R. T. Yeatman commanding, leaves Manila, P. I., for San Francisco, Cal., on transport Sherman.
April 2, 1900.—Company L, Forty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., in command of First Lieut. J. E. Stedje, on march to San Nicolas and Union, P. I., engages a party of insurgents, kills 7, wounds 4, and captures 7. No casualties in company.
April 3,1900.—Companies A and L, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, have a skirmish with insurgents at Cavitan, P. I. No casualties.
April 4, 1900.—Second Lieut. E. C. Bolton, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, with two squads from Companies L and M, scouting in mountains west of Camilig, P. I., strikes party of 40 insurgents belonging to Macabulos's command and kills 5, wounds 10, captures 4 Remington rifles and a quantity of ammunition. No casualties.
April 4, 1900.—Capt. J. M. Arrasmith, with 14 mounted men of Company F, Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, and Lieut. W. C. Sweeney, with 16 men of the Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry and 20 native police from Tayug, P. I., leave Tayug to search for guns secreted near San Vicente, P. I., and encounter near there a band of ladrones under the leadership of Francisco Cabo, capturing 6. No guns found.
April 5, 1900.—Company G, Twenty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., under Capt. John Bordman, jr., on reconnoissance to Lambunao, P. I., engages the insurgents near that place, killing 4 and capturing 1 Krag-Jorgensen rifle and bayonet, 2 shotguns, 100 rounds of ammunition, 10 pairs military trousers, 2 sewing machines, and 800 canvas bags filled with rice.
April 6, 1900.—Thirty-one men of Company C, Third U. S. Cavalry, encounter in mountains near Boloang, P. I., a party of insurgents. No casualties.
April 7, 1900.—Company M, Forty-first Infantry, U. S. V., captures at Mabalacat, P. I., 69 Filipinos suspected of being insurgents.
April 7, 1900.—Maj. James Regan, commanding Companies E and G, Ninth U. S. Infantry, on scout to Matatalait, near Tarlac, P. I., arrests 64 suspicious characters, 38 of whom are identified as insurgenth.
April 7, 1900.—Lieut. Col. Charles F. Robe, commanding Companies A, D, I, L, and M, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, attacks insurgents under General Macabulos, near Camilig, P. I., driving them from their trenches after a thirty minutes' fight, killing 5 and capturing 22 rifles and 15,000 rounds of ammunition. Lieutenant Morrow severely wounded.
April 8, 1900.—Maj. L. M. O'Brien, commanding Companies A, D, and I, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, destroys, near the scene of the encounter with General Macabulos's command on preceding day, near Mayantoc, P. I., rendezvous of insurgents, consisting of about 30 houses, and captures 8 prisoners, a quantity of arms and ammunition, and 20 tons of rice.
April 9, 1900.—Three soldiers of Company B, Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, are fired upon by ladrones near San Manuel, P. I., and 1 ladrone is killed.
April 10, 1900.—Fifteen men of Company E, Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., under First Lieut. C. M. Seaman, encounter the insurgents at Lavazares, P. I., killing 6 and wounding many.
April 11, 1900.—About 300 insurgents, under Oberto Graza, attack Asingan, P. I., and are repulsed by a few volleys from Company F, Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, with a loss of 2 killed and many wounded. The United States forces suffer no loss.
April 12, 1900.—First Lieut. Henry J. Stewart, battalion adjutant; Second Lieut. M. L. Avery, and 17 men from Company E, and 5 men from Company U, Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., are attacked near Niporo, Samar, P. I., by insurgents and an engagement lasting one hour and a half ensues, in which 26 insurgents are killed and wounded and no Americans.
April 13, 1900.—Second Lieut. William H. Noble with 3 squads of Company F, Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, while searching houses in barrio of Sanchez and Barro, both of Asingan, P. I., for concealed arms and ammunition, encounters a party of ladrones and kills 1.
April 14, 1900.—Second Lieut. A. C. Wright, commanding detachment 25 men, Twelfth U. S. Infantry, strikes band of insurgents near San Augustin, P. I., and routs them, killing their commander and 3 others and capturing 1 horse.
April 15, 1900.—Thirty-one men of Company H, Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., under Sergt. D. L. George, are attacked at Catubig, Samar, P. I., by about 600 insurgents, who for three days besiege the garrison, which, on the 18th, is forced to abandon the barracks, it having been set on fire, and intrench themselves on the bank of the river. On the 19th First Lieut. J. T. Sweeney, with 10 men, succeeds in effecting a landing and relieving the hard-pressed soldiers, 19 of whom have been killed and 4 wounded. The insurgents lose over 200 killed and many wounded.
April 15, 1900.—The barracks at Jaro, Leyte, P. I., occupied by a detachment of Company B, Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., Second Lieut. C. C. Estes commanding, is attacked at 4 a. m. by 1,000 insurgents, who, after a four hours' fight, in which they lose 125 killed, are repulsed. No casualties among Americans.
April 15, 1900.—Troop F, Third U. S. Cavalry, Capt. G. A. Dodd commanding, on approaching the district of Cullenbeng, P. I., strikes 200 insurgents, 80 of them carrying rifles, the rest being armed with bolos, under Aglipay, and a fight lasting one hour ensues, in which 53 insurgents are killed (including a captain), 44 captured, also a quantity of ammunition, 12 horses with saddles, and a large cuartel (storehouses and officers' quarters) and large quantities of stores are burned.
April 15, 1900.—Detachments of Companies F and H, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., under First Lieut. A. G. Duncan, on reconnoissance to Vintar, P. I., encounter a large party of insurgents and defeat it, killing 22 and taking 30 prisoners, without loss.
April 16, 1900.—Company G, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., commanded by Capt. C. J. Rollie, is attacked at Batac, P. I., by 85 riflemen and 300 bolo men of the insurgent army, and a fight lasting from 10.30 a. m. to 7 p. m. ensues. At 2.45 p. m. Troop A, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, by forced march from Laoag, arrives at Batac with 10,000 rounds of ammunition to relieve and supply the garrison. At 7 p. m. the insurgents are driven out of the town, leaving 180 dead, 50 wounded, and 135 prisoners. The United States forces lose 2 killed and 3 wounded.
April 16, 1900.—Detachment of Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., Capt. F. L. French commanding, encounters a party of about 100 insurgents near Vintar, P. I., killing 39 and wounding 4, without loss.
April 17, 1900.—The town of Laoag, P. I., garrisoned by Companies F, G, and H, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., in command of Lieut. Col. R. L. Howze, is entered by 200 insurgents armed with 20 rifles, rest with bolos and clubs. Insurgents suffer loss of 44 dead, 23 wounded, and 85 men made prisoners. No casualties among Americans.
April 17, 1900.—Second Lieut. P. Mowry, with 30 men of Company B, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., and one company of Macabebe scouts, all commanded by Maj. M. J. Henry, northwest of Orion, at barrio Copat, P. I., attack the insurgents occupying an intrenched position and defeat them, killing 6 and capturing 2, also 3 rifles.
April 19, 1900.—Capt. L. M. Koehler, with detachment of 40 men, Troop G, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, strikes insurgent camp near Penaranda, P. I., kills 3 and captures 4, also 7 guns, 285 rounds of ammunition, and destroys barracks containing lot of clothing, camp equipage, and rice.
April 19, 1900.—Lieut. Col. R. D. Walsh, commanding Companies F and M, Thirty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., and Troop H, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, leaves Pulilan, P. I., at same time Maj. W. L. Geary, with Companies B and D, Thirty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., leaves San Isidro, P. I., and Maj. A. Laws, with Company K, Thirty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., and Troop F, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, leaves San Roque, P. I. (each command accompanied by detachment Macabebe scouts), to scour the Candaba swamps. Expedition clears this country of insurgents and ladrones, capturing 23 rifles and 1 shotgun.
April 20, 1900.—The quatermaster's department relinquishes its control over the Manila and Dagupan Railway and turns it over to its owners.
April 21, 1900.—Fifteen men from Troop A, Third U. S. Cavalry, strike 200 insurgent riflemen 2 miles south of San Nicolas, P. I., and defeat them, with a loss of 5 killed. No casualties to Americans.
April 22, 1900.—Capt. W. H. Ickis, with Second Lieut. J. M. Craig and 18 men of Company G, Thirty-sixth Infantry, U. S. V., surround 4 houses at Anda, P. I., and capture Lieut. Col. Manro Ortiz, Lieut. Felipe de Quintos, and the presidente local, Santiago Cocha, and Lieut. Col. Juan Elvena surrenders on being assured of protection.
April 23, 1900.—Second Lieut. C. C. Caldwell, commanding 25 men Company F, Forty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., has a brush with 30 insurgents near Castro, P. I., and wounds several and kills 2. The United States forces sustain no loss.
April 23, 1900.—Near barrio Monat, 5 miles west of Aliaga, P. I., Gen. Frederick Funston, commanding Third Brigade scouts, meets 12 armed men and runs them down, killing 8, capturing 8 rifles, 1 revolver, and 270 rounds of ammunition. No casualties.
April 24, 1900.—Capt. Joseph V. Cunningham, Second Lieut. W. P. Kitts, and 65 men Company L, Forty-second Infantry, U. S. V., leave Paete, P. I., and, scouting north and east of Santa Ana, surprise an insurgent outpost, killing 2 of them and capturing some ammunition.
April 25, 1900.—Eleven men under Sergt. Alfred Williams, Company L, Forty-second Infantry, U. S. V., are attacked by insurgents from mountains east of Paquil, P. I., and a skirmish lasting six minutes ensues, when the insurgents retreat in the direction of Pangil. Casualties to insurgents unknown; to Americans, none.
April 25, 1900.—Capt. John Buck, with 30 men of Company 14, Forty-eighth In-fantry, U. S. V., captures, without casualty, near La Trinidad, P. I., Pedro Paterno and 3 other insurgents and wounds 1, who escapes.
April 25, 1900.—Capt. G. A. Dodd, commanding Troop F, Third U. S. Cavalry, near Batac, P. I., encounters 325 insurgents, 75 of whom have rifles, and, succeeding in getting between main body and line of outposts unobserved, attacks them from four different points simultaneously. In the hour's fight that ensues 12 insurgents are killed (including Lieutenant Lopez) , 5 captured, also 12 horses and many knives, bolos, etc., and a large cuartel (with officers' quarters), containing clothing and many other supplies, is burned. The United States forces lose 1 man wounded.
April 26, 1900.—Companies A, B, C, and D (First Battalion), Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, Capt. R. T. Yeatman commanding, arrive at San Francisco, Cal., from Manila, P. I., on the transport Sherman.
April 27, 1900.—Capt. Austin F. Prescott, with 30 men from Company F, Thirty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V., reconnoitering in mountains east of Angat, P. I., captures 20 prisoners, 37 rifles, and a quantity of ammunition. No casualties.
April 27, 1900.—Detachment of Company C, Thirty-second Infantry, U. S. V., under Second Lieut. Benjamin R. Wade, and company of Macabebe scouts, under First Lieut. A. C. G. Williams-Foote, on a reconnoissance west of Samal, P. I., near Mount Samal, surprise a band of insurgents, and a running fight ensues. Ten insurgents are killed, 3 captured, also 34 rifles and 1,500 pounds of rice. No loss sustained by United States forces.
April 28, 1900.—The camp at Muntinlupa, P. I., occupied by Companies A and C, Twenty-first U. S. Infantry, is fired on during the night by insurgents, who are driven off. No casualties.
April 29, 1900.—Maj. Lloyd M. Brett, with First Lieuts. W. 0. Reed, W. A. Castle, and DeWitt W. Chamberlin, and 26 enlisted men of Company H, Thirty-first Infantry, U. S. V., go to Malabon, P. I., from Cotta Bato, P. I., to investigate report concerning depredations committed by band of Moros under Dato Udasson, and, while holding a conference with Dato Arne Copal, who had sheltered Udasson, are fired upon from blockhouse. The fire is returned and several men are killed. No casualties among Americans.
April 29, 1900.—Capt. W. A. Hankins, commanding Company F, Forty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., attacks a party of insurgents occupying two large barracks well covered by intrenchments and a stone wall. The barracks being fired, the insurgents are forced out and, after a twenty minutes' fight, the position is won. The insurgents lose 50 killed, also 3,000 pounds of rice, 500 pounds of sweet potatoes, and 300 pounds of salt captured. No casualties to United States forces.
April 30, 1900.—Company F, Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., Capt. John Cooke commanding, is attacked at Catarman, Samar, P. I., by 1,000 insurgents, and an engagement lasting six hours takes place, in which the insurgents are routed with a loss of 154 men killed and many wounded. Our loss, 2 wounded.
April 30, 1900.—A pack train, in charge of Corporal Wilber, with 6 men from Company G and a detachment of Company E, Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., is attacked at Salcedo, P. I., by 150 insurgents, one-third of whom are armed with rifles and the rest with bolos, and, after an hour's sharp fighting, during which the Americans make two charges, the insurgents withdraw with a loss of 25 men killed. Number of wounded unknown.
May 3, 1900.—Second Lieut. D. C. McClelland and 13 men from Company G, Thirty-third Infantry, U. S. V., march from Candon, P. I., 11 miles eastward, and on arriving at a little barrio encounter Maj. Isabel Abaya with 10 men. After a ten minutes' fight Abaya is killed, 3 men captured, and the remainder dispersed. No casualties to United States forces.
May 5, 1900.—Corporal Rostan, with 8 men of Company K, Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, engages near San Quintin, P. I., 20 insurgents, who are routed, 10, including a lieutenant, being captured; also, 1 rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition. One American slightly wounded.
May 5, 1900.—Maj. Gen. E. S. Otis, U. S. A., relinquishes, and Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, U. S. V., assumes, command of the Division of the Philippines.
May 6, 1900.—Capt. Erneste V. Smith, assistant adjutant-general Fourth U. S. Infantry, with 40 men from Troop G, Fourth U. S. Cavalry, 20 of these under First Lieut. R. C. Day, Thirty-fourth Infantry, U. S. V., captures Gen. Pantaleon Garcia and Major Hilario in the town of Jaen, Luzon, P. I.
May 6, 1900.—Twenty men and First Lieut. Frank W. Cheek, Company A, Forty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., First Lieut. John W. Brown commanding, encounter, 16 miles from Alilem, P. I., a band of insurgents and kill 10, capture 8 Remington rifles, 1 Colt's revolver, and about 500 rounds of ammunition.
May 7, 1900.—Capt. Alexander V. Richardson, commanding 76 men of Company B, 46 men of Company K, Forty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V., 9 men of Troop M, Third U. S. Cavalry, and 24 scouts, leaves Rosario, P. I., for insurgent intrenchment 2 1/2 miles from Rosario and arrives at 5.30 a. m. Thirteen houses, 75,000 pounds of rice, 2,000 pounds of salt, 4 sets barracks, 1 guardhouse and stockade are destroyed, and 7 horses captured.
May 7, 1900.—Detachment of Company I, Twenty-second U. S. Infantry, First Lieut. I. W. Leonard commanding, leaves San Antonio, P. I., for San Julian, on the Rio Grande, and captures 1 lieutenant and 10 men of the insurgent army. No casualties.
May 8, 1900.—Capts. F. S. Wild and H. D. Styer, with 7 men of Company B, Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, accompanied by 2 policemen as guides, proceed to Valdit, a barrio of Pozorrubio, P. I., and, dashing up to and surrounding the house in which Vincente Prado is supposed to be, captures that person and 16 other men.
May 9, 1900. —Second Lieut. Paul Draper, with 20 men of Company I, Twenty-second U. S. Infantry, and 2 natives, surprise, in the early morning a large force of insurgents under Garciano Garcia at Santa Barbara, Nueva Ecija, P. I., killing 3, wounding a large number, and capturing a number of arms, a quantity of ammunition, and 1 horse.
July 5, 1900. —Montor del Moro (Mariano Aguilar) is hanged in Jaro, Iloilo.
Scene of the execution of Montor del Moro or Moro Montor
in a clearing near the plaza of Jaro, Iloilo, on July 5, 1900
