| Show nll j FIGHTING LEADERS IN THE PHILIPPINES tr J The Men Who Will Lead Uncle Sams Troops k i In the Far East In the Campaign t Which Will Begin as Soon as the I 1 Rainy Season Shall Have d I L i Drawn to a Close dr r lllll J UV CiUT GEOBfiE I KIIMEB LATE t So VOIlMEEBS h n M AJUII 1MNKIIAL IIJIINny w J f AAJOIl II 1 undunh i 1ly a J flanked l upon IT Ihw wrmY and d reading particle an the greatest ngntlng k i II t wldler In the Philippine today i This view may to held without my < diet viii It of airs kblllllM or the others who ninth h I t oomiiMiivI In tin Ililllpn Against a the Iniurgtnlo It was unduod of his achievement They limply Peeve to ah IK ih arm und Ihe ptple what Poll 01 tarn must carried on In create to subdue the ttllplnna tau tens march for M mile In one dare den woo a great conqttMl and 1 his rtiurn march of M mile wy another oule wow another grand conquest The Filipino could nol stand before him All cl W 11r 7 U N P13tiSlUV h I III MitC prllull i let fool 0 r 111 raa rq rdlp L r a 1 1 F y 01 Ric It ql w e ml IV y I o I A LIT 76 when General Lawton lift I America for is Manila Dial lie I was to Ink the Imme 1 1 f hate amitlwhu nt the active Iroopa and oe Ile orle In fore the fighting len f 1 oral l Oil o It was uppoad would acts s n lea Capacity of governor general nl I 1 lending hlmevlf closely to law chll nf fairs ut the leland and leaving the Item 1 o A mark 01 war 10 the others Ucntral 1iuMoni reputation li by no nation bind new Ai a soldier he HIII tit known to Hi country I for Ihe cam 1 1 paten last t year In Cuba where he ill It llngulnlied hlmielf a 0 one of the nllt1 ubordliut te olllceri In tire army lilt tlngl lOll nf tits capture if 1ronlum 1 and hla notorious bond I uf muidtr hot I Apache In the mountain fail h I Ili niMa nt law Hlrrra I Mulre wai autll elI to tlamp him nl a leader capable at going oul wllh on lndtndtnt force T of lighting hli 1 way through any and 1 early obelncle and ot tolling 01 tur t Id Line i and bringing lo lermi drier C ly Mom or strategy file moil Illy of fees y From the narfrt or Arlnn and u mulhtrn Mnlo to I that ot if h Ihlill pine bland li I not such i a far cry after e dl 1 oil The ondllloni of lair eunrrWa I y art Ivry much the lame while llw mi t i lure and habit of the awe are prae Holly Identical The Apaches were > folklore and i guerrilla on UK wariwlh t and In Joan n vur rated open battle preferring to rely upon strategy still ainbuth Hunted from one lair they 1 1 look refute In another Ho II am l with r the VlllplmM They have never I pent pen-t bruuiht tii decisive battle they mutt be hunted don and raptuied or dlerl 1 Mined by th sternest metliiKU of Mar t 1 Central Chorus tang J who hai seemly come rum the Held of contest may that Klpllnir le I correct In calling tint Triple people I halt Uell mil half child 0 Lnwion li I the man for the work Ills act VI Ip li I cnueeleo hu spirit In deal Inc wllh vnrinlei relenllen a a when oIIwlon look that I nell In the rhllliplnee try Oman after hu arrival 1 r r f 1 here It Was npI1 Ihol II collection blow woo i 11 IK KIn i I to the insurree I f Iron Lawton Crushed but oho nmmy did not slay crushed and now that tin i tarts of the ruiuIHIIlll are know In title Country > they damsel not one whit from v awloni ability nor from the factory l 1 If III C but they could 01 dill ram hu I k and reoccupy towns and tillage and de fenelve point afltr he nUndone1 lien Hut It 1 woull U I KK much lo ray chat 110 wine IMIIplnoa cam lick and that they came bark In the mine spirit Lawton raid ihawed then whit the American army le like and what kind of warfare or can prosecute I The maw nf the I Insurgents had been I amlNnl I a In the liiltnllxnunf thi Article nine and 1 their cornflower they had l n laualit tliat tike Am lralta were elmply in lake the place oC the IllAnld in fastening burdena upon the lrnldr 1 1 they were told that the Amerlian army w11a souk that thousands of American Xwuk 1kliI soldier had been killed Iliac In u ivy short Iline they would all be kllM The llllplnii raw One Amerlcani nim Into choir unity march whero they llitil mina 1 I kill mm 10 lo IW of III Ir numUr 10 each American moldier wh was last In battle In fart It has tests earl thai when Ivneral Lawton look dente Cracks III i hu lint amid In April the Insurgents learned fur the Ant lime that their own jople were not In poieoMUn 1 of Manila Ip I lo floe I alone Lawton Ml out on him n ar known north of llw 1hlllpplne Capitol the timer of Ohio I Iniumntii rally supplement that HIM Amorlcani were hut up behind the Ureailworki there the HpanUnl had been when IM American 1 army captured the plain tail Ailluil In pallor of fart l iwlon otod out with lead than 1000 m nand n-and more thnn mono Klllplnoi Mere dilvcn or fled fnnn Urn norlhein country coun-try truveraed 1 In hill great raid yet the expedition of Lawton to lilt north of Manila was mil limply a raid It I warn warlike undertaking ably and thoroughly executed In I the taptureof coconut Clue which rank In I Iunni nut In Iho rlly of Munlla Lawton was forc ed to bring Into flAy the Fatigue of n general The town Ilea back from the I bewh about so yard A feint was mad at lanAInc a party of Ametlcani and thla brought rl the fact that Ihe apMl 1fu1 apiMtmlly peaceful tlreeti still bamlnn Records surrounding the plan were Oiled Oil-ed wllh Klllplno h soldiers lying In ambush am-bush The fart which wu developel Icier woo that the Undine place loan guarded by a formidable and well concealed con-cealed line of earthwork un which THE MEN WHO WILL LEAD OUR TROOPS In THE PHILIPPINES ° Ilia AIDfrlra mould have tumbled almoit before ubeett log While this in nnenl from the water was going mi the i American army wj movlnv upon the town runt the tolllh and welt Mahl put un end to It but on I hi fill lonlnc auctioning lh feint of law night before I use lurnrd Into an Militia with lIolIIff anl I 1 inch guns and 1 Nng Jorxmutn The trrrlble lire was piunil into file raiplnoe and their in HU Mnmahold a lone penitentiary win nllviely ehplle1 until Ihe rand ran-d rn my began In dart out In all lire client nunl like lignite of law city Tliry IoMd in e rape hut the only av inti i pn the day before had been < lnnil 1 to file main force of the eibell Id n the brigade of Uenvral Chao Name 1 KM strong Otneial hint being unable in lead hla own brigade lltner al 1 Uwli headed the troops t In perform When thellllplmu rushed Inln the bamboo bam-boo arcs n they were met with roaring olleyi from the American rinse attract I nl I In I take to firm I open plain sari which the bullet wept they were aloe XI d I to Hie nailing sum on hoard the improvlieit gunboats on the lake In a fairly goal line clock liuurgenli hid started out from fps illy but the shot bowled them over like complain and 1 In live mlnulee there uai no lemblinr of a line left but only leered 1 and panla stricken groups of hlllplnoe making for the fringe of trees or any color that wile wllhlll light Thus fell SinU Crux and although II wan afterward abandone1 lo the Insurgent > fI the nllplnOl had t II the power of the American arms A movement It 11 all h In the nature of That of lien ml Lan famous expedition was that led by general Wblon In ilarh neneral Vhealon went out with a fling brigade and In Ile tampalgn of eight days captured the ilrohslioll of Tang the llllplno take of operational In the district lying between Manila and Iaguna de 1 able lleneral Wheaton Initrurlloni were lo clear the country of the enemy t tween Manila and rang and to strike him wherever found lie had two regular cancer tp awn tnlunlrerg andacom pony at artillery tngelber wllh faire troop of cavalry Ai soon me the line was In motion on the Panic road the nom n-om began to fire limn II 1 from the Int trenched imdlion at the city For one week the brigade prralnl around the llllplno petition fllhtlng iplrlled com bnli t every dny At Ihe end of Ihat lime UhMlona tnn orrupled 1ailg Iate roi Taghiilg and Ihe country lmme > dlalely around them having killed wounded and lplll1 not lees 1 than 2100 Iniurictnti This campaign which began l on March It was carried on In stilt nf n retroaction which continued ol Intervals throughout the week render hag I the roads Anti fold muddy unit 01 met Impossible In the capture of Pasta I there lose continuous fighting for IMTU 1 hours The light wai from trench to trench and from unit la street the Anml cans advancing officially all the time The final > land of Ih rillplnn was made at the church where iharpehoot or hud I 11 operating from a high lower ilurlni the three dayiof the battle mllld Thli tmalllon woo clanked and litany of the Incontinence killed W healon a operations fur the OIl few days after ho iaiure r Poking were In cooper Risen with the brigade of neutral Hall rhkh ai adonclng upon Calumpll It was durlnn this work of Whotons Hying lolumn that Colonel Variation br 1 fornml list famous fen of awlmmlng the rivet and getting his eoldleri over by meant of raft The ilimtullln of the campaign carried car-ried on by itnvral Wheaton may be determined de-termined from iris following lnc11e Its Lato one aninuon about I MO rillpliuu who limit euaped to the South on file nm day of Whtaloni march northward north-ward euMtnly returned and attempted to break through life line to join the remainder re-mainder of late Insurgents who word roo Irrallng northward They came up to low mound along the lull but more headed off by tome detached companies of Whlnn command On the following follow-ing day iiteral companies lined out at diybrnak lo cut off the Insurgents They hared them acron the hllli and Me piddles coming In contact wllh them adonolly along lb I Il there The tralpe were lad n d 0 with equip anent foal and amnun1un while the glut loved wets barefooted and carried only gum end cartridge The chase arro th rough tire paddle and over the hill thickly covered wllh underbrush under-brush wag most fatiguing and vtia tloun tllll the distance ef IS mile wu cnvereii In five hours Including the fighting On the 4th of Mar nonmetal Wheaten advanced with the Twentieth Karl Mi First Montana Infantry and two machine gun to attack 81 Thom Onol lull brlgad mad a similar movement un the Hank getting the troops up to close quarter metal Wheaton In person led fire companies of the Twenlltlh Kaiwa In n charge urn the Inlienchmenli All were car lied by aniull and the enemy wad lllvtfl In the direction of rnanlnn Just what poilllon Utntral Wheeler will occupy when he lakes up the work In the Philippines In I yet to be determined deter-mined It has been nil that he goes Ihtte ua n raiding chief and It that U I the ease and mounted tool are given him for take purled < we may etpect lo hear stories of wonderful achievement nf hunting the insurgents to little Irtingholdi and rating their bullllngi l 00 that Ihey will be brought n or driven 10 the verge ot starvation General hee4era achievement In Cuba ar loo fresh In the mind of the readers lo need repetition her For a man 01 ilia age he aroomplloh won rand unquestionably had the Kpan lh war listed until Ihl time Whler would have been In command of an In itei eiirnt corps or even of an army The dltpatchlng of cavalry to the Philippine Phil-ippine and tho gathering ot ponle oil liable for that country Indicate that Intro will U an effort made to either support the Infantry by I cavalry forma 0 ir possibly I to operate with cavalry Alone In either rate ntneral Wheeler would find occupation Placard lo Illa tat nil nilDuring During the civil war he nol only proved himself an able leader of the aalry corps acting ulan Hi own anneal hold moil einclent leader ot the raiding unit I Kuutlng parties operating In connection con-nection wllh the Infantry The first great raid ot lentral heeler In the cIMI war undertaken when lit wad 11 yean old shuwld lire Hurt of which In II I made II was at the close of Irradiation Kentucky campaign In the fall of nt Hraggi campaign ended at Murfreei horn where a heavy battle work fought between the Federal and Confederate arinlte At the elope nt December while the armlea I were gelling ready for but tie General Wheeler started out to mk a old around the rude 01 the Federal camp II mark a bold project i and woo iuccMfully l carried out 119 maJn a circuit ot the enemy a ramps at night and early 1 In the monlnll nOlln Irreil a belated brigade of Federal troop inarching tplrlledly lo Hit melt ot battle I Finding a Federal train of Cl won parked under n guard of In t faulty Wheeler put hli men to Iho charge but was bafflod In laid effort to take the train for two hour Finally he cut out 30 wagons and burned them And rode forward lo where the main supply train of tho enemy wa parked This was the little vlllag ot La Vergnt This rail wa entirely successful TIS ntlre IIY It n non utll d I In luling it > rgl mdrel vriwnierii II 1 ooo NO wollh uf propert and the ro lion and ammunition of an entire army ar-my cartel which next day was to btu the brunt of the battle I of men run Do bulky were lea luppllw that It look a whole day and A night for Central Wheeler to destroy lilt ttnaen lcM material to Ihone Ihol poor and u e IM 1 animal of hit own men for the good one he had captured and to Its rate the prleonerl On the morning when the great bat tta I work fought at Murfreeebora Wheel efl Irlgade rod Into the main camp of the army having mad the circuit of the rnemya line Inside ot It hour and bringing enough extra ttOlIltrmnl lo equip a brigade u large As his own A trooper who rod with Wheeler In theme lime thus dMcrlbe the general Ho wa very mall and remarkably youlhful In nppranealmot boyish ieepl for a holl rand tllken heard neat r-and dapper In dree 1 aa genii mannered manner-ed al woman and refined In exports ilon mayor Indulging In oath or rude speech It wee when the battl waa Joined however that heeler WON nit n-it laid Inapt Then It who that Joe Hull general mounted on hid Mack charger aeemiil to grow lo Ihe full nature of a cavalryman If It Wll not an attack that Slaty woo punning he wan original In ig a raid lo burn bridge or lear up the roads In the rear ot the enemy M that ride wllh Wheeler was to live In the Mddle to sleep In the saddle la I be her loday IH far away tomorrow Only I a whit tllktn beard dltllngulih to the Wheeltr of the sixties from the Jo Wheeler of 119 lit waa wiry alert and brave at Santiago and carried him ttlf with nil the fire of a volunteer guided by the training ot n ikllled nt dear The officer ot the army looked upon him aa nothing short of a marvel such wonderful capacity Patch caelea 1 energy In a frame M alight Ixieral MuArthuri nahtlng quail lie In the rhlllpllnea Are just what was predicted by theme who knew rile record 1 In the civil war In that conflict he was a righting boy colonel a ipltnr r 1 rt IICCICR ti 1r T nil r r r 1 d did leftist and n good colonel Old ml More know that a Road colonel It I a good general the long run MaiArthur map RIM of Iho lighters In I the struggle with Hpaln Ian year ilia covers > and capacity have been da played throughout the Filipino cam paiiini for wherever ho struck a blow It mall n military luocew Kpeaklng ot MicAtlhurl first triumph over the In coalescence ieneral Cilrlei King pays Mai nhur tonight his way to the rap lure of the insurgent capital ul Malolo unit I the pumilt of Agulnildo and Luna to the Halli uf dan Fernando Wllhou n pontoon train he troeed ono brood vrr after another without adequate artillery he drove the I enemy from line after into ot the mOIl i elaborate field works eser Peen The li I the comment of an sepal tnceil soldier and It wui made just after aft-er be had personally followed In Ih 0 IMlh ot MaoArlhura Irony on that brilliant march The American soldiers had I Inwrtnl lo the Iniurgenu that Ma Inln would be taken in raven days MacArthur nnlthed the jab loath half a day lo spare In the several atttt nt the week MacArihur was always on the firing lino First Polo fell then the division movtl toward Calumpll with the rich auk IhnaUnltig gulngua where there wai a hap ballln the file nrand wa croiin1 under lire I and Iho column moved Irreilillbly on charging over bridge awlinmlng swift currents and ilormlnc earthworks until the enemy atxndomd Calumpll IItr Aplllng It hr nsnl At NAn Fernando Aue r V rArt e added lo hla laurtl by 41011 king I I driving 1000 Filipino with niy i n Americano litgulara from fnniiir consisting of the Ninth Twelfth P n teenth and Twentyttwnd rrgimrrti wore In the nut lime heavily Idle I The Ninth ahd Twelfth were lei Iy Intol Lifelong who dlillntull 4 himself with Vlkorr brigade at d Juan hilt The Prudential brliodltri In the Phil p fine ate Hall Hale and Futii n Wheeler Young and ttirum all Inudi ago heron make one loldlera at II I head of brigade the equal rl Ton T-on earth In the bury of Mac 1 rthu i chlevomeiili are Included trim nl II i road Hale the llnl n regular veteran the civil war and 1101 Kit a Went r i 01 rr wllh a plain record Hall a cap i ol Calamba nn July 21 witn Ih t brilliant affair nf the rnlny pea In order In teach the Flllplr t e soma Df Hall a Mldltri wad thi k ealtr shoulder deep and the prlnni I i barge va through a denie win1 Operated Young a I the hero of the I luailmaa affair a civil war rttrun u ort n fighter every In h of him rand Wheeler r-and II I juit about Inici li 1 11 y Many nn colonoli tine r unlnrr fir t with Ihe volunteer but III r M r r new ona cnnlalni the k pu of the t < 1o i lr I army nice of the Twenty mi to i a civil war veteran wearing thiee i r vets 1 whoee gallantry al litl hiirii n historic He fell there flghnnibl i the line llell nf the 1 IT nty let i th has faire beta won 1Uf a twain non In he civil war lllrkh Imer r IM Twenlyrlghlh was al a nuulrii I n In the Hxtle and woo promtd t rl 1 i 1 for gallantry In Ih Phlilppmi H i din of the Tvrtnl ninth I tint ot th Kentucky fighting ndln and has I a brevet won In Indian battles OIn ftI the Tldrtle1h lHlI of the Thlrtynrit Craig of Ih Thirty icand Hare ot the Thlrlylhlrd h mt I man of the ThIrIpfourth and Will of Ih Thlrlytventh I I are all W et I I i graduate with ipltnjld rtnnl It non was a noble mermaid to C I taut In the allark on Fort Han J Hob of the ThlrtyflftK Won it I I brevets In the civil war and I Iou ben n the regular drama line ISM |
