Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-05-12 | Page 3 | 97 of Col. Bubb's Regiment of 1400 Return from Philippines

w. w 91 OF COl BUBBS BUBB'S REGIMENT OF 1400 I RETURN FROM PHILIPPINES I II Hirth Jurth Decimated by 1 ease ase Death in Batand Bat- Bat land Jand and Discharges ics les Home a Mere I leton ton l I Bubb u the new ew commander Is one of the oldest e United States army H He lIe 19 11 of the Civil war Strangely r Jm OW w commands th the Twelfth the cry very ery regiment in which I a as one one of the rank and file ISle in inus us regiment Col 01 Bubb has ugh all the t grades from lonel l el with the exception of rid 1 Major Jajor These ran ranks Its he ocUe ocas ocille oc- oc Ue ille he was as with the Fourth the tSe Philippines went to the Philippines f the Fourth and served with ent n TI the provinces of Cavite rg ng and nd what is now known After fter his promotion to the 0 1899 he went eles north orth to to meet Arthurs Arthur's advance Aguinaldo Iris his capital at Col i in charge of a sub- sub ns ms sting ig of a portion Nueva nan of our regiment of 1400 ou u suppose we brought back hack to to Tasked the Colonel l h lf that number guessed essed ter er seven seen was the laconic tome reme were discharged sore some dlin din battle and some died ase aseP There were practically ons try ry of a Battle b gave an interesting account teton lelon June 19 1899 In which in the province his men were surrounded by helming force of of Filipinos to their way back to the there re 1 the other troops were lole lote lo- lo le te battle lasted from 11 o'clock till 5 in the afternoon leans cans ammunition was almost when reinforcements arrived wenty enty men in the engage- engage was severely pun- pun account of that action I was Gen Law Lawton ton for the Colonel in the regular d' d that my experience in indians dUns stood me in good stead battle Gen Wheaton and drove the rebels out of country of the first provinces its pacification was by unceasing work ight ight and regardless of the Over in the islands is atan end There is still to be done and some d to be dealt with who carry and take refuge Gas Gen Bell has affairs in the t guna guna and Ta Taya- Taya now completely under ith the recent difficulties in Mindanao I am not familiar tithe the Philippines before they G Gen n. n Davis is an excellent fer and I see by the papers affee e has gone there taff has Ihas been very highly com- com his services in the Philip Philip- Otis MacArthur and Bisbee