| Show r WAR RECORD OF UTAH ARTILLERY Wilh the Philippine Insurgents From February 15 to March 31 IN FORE FRONT OF BATTLE I Major R W Young and Other Malt Official l Report of Their Campaign Work MAJOR 1HAISES HIS MEN UJCit alliKperlil Attention lo Homelie I porl of other 41 once to list tiorars Mpctl all Iarly lUlrae Today Acting Governor Hammond re c hed from Manila Ih report of otn veto ot Ilallallon Utah Light Artillery from PeU lllh up to and Including I Starch lIt Accompanying Ilia same li I tile report of Major It W Young from the liking of Caloucan up lo the capture ot Malolo The report were mailed la Governor Welll by Bereeant Major Then 1 Gent Gen-t r pursuant to order of Major Young They are quit voluminous covering W pagei of lyi > ewTltlen matter In art inclosed note dated Manila May lilh 1 W Mr Oenler express tile hot that Onvernor Well 4 will overlook any and 1 all clerical error as he had rather a hard time borrowing a typewriter long enough to make the necessary cople The first reporl U from Major Young ubmlltlng an Account of artillery operations In the Philippine during the month of March Th artillery In the division la I first given ai follow llatlallon Utah Light Artillery Ma 1 jar It W Young communities earn liosed of Battery A Wetlgewooli and II I Grants temiiararlly commanded by I Ututenant Crltchlow one platoon Llglil Unsavory D Hlxllt U So artillery Dyer Lleul A H Fleming U 8 A commanding Detachment of U H Marine corp with CoIl gun Hnelgn C Davis U H N commanding Ord alone In use 101 V 11 I steel lines 4 a inm Maxim Nordenfeldll Hpanlsh III ir L test mortar I lletchkln rev olvlnc cannon UO cal 1 Calling gun 1 Colli automatic gun cal 0 < n m total n Major Young then COM on lo say At the beginning and during the principal part of the month all the guns enumerated enumer-ated were In position on the second dl I Mslon line extending from the pumping station near Hanlolun on tile right to Caloocan on the left flattery A Utah volunteers occupying the right and battery 11 Utah volunteers and the platoon Calk 1111 artillery and the Colts cum on the left ot tile line 11 PIIUSONAL lllIAtXJUAHTKUH 0 Th report of captain Wedgw ootl Lieutenants llbb Crllchlaw Naylor Seaman and 1 lines of the Utah nrtll I lery and Lieutenant Fleming 8lxth artillery And Inlgn Davis U 8 nay aro appended Owlnf to my unfamll larlty wllh The operations covered bye the fact that Forms of these reiort and Iho operat Ions In which I participated nre thoroughly covered by olhers I consider U both unnecessary and un tlivilrablo for mo lo make tills report In detail During the month my personal headquarter head-quarter were nt CIo but I fro saliently vlltnl other detachments along the line Was In charts or the artillery on the exploitation to Maloloi and personally elected tile site And superintended lh firing In every In tunra t In which any tart of 110 artillery artil-lery I went Intel action I am able lo stale ai In the proceeding reports that It haa been the Almost Intarlabl rule lhal Iho artillery fiat been advanced fretiuently 10ron1 l Iho Infantry voldrio mllh line unit Ions been would at range notably this Tullahanand and Martlao rivers uiualy tleemnl Inn ractlcably Ing the advanc lo MaloUn gave at the railway crowing near Malolo was I Uw railway cranking near Milola I was r Ihe artillery 1 acreened by land bag or other field work I AllTILLHIir ISrrECTIVIS niperlsnc ling demonstrated the peculiar effectiveness ot artillery ugalnit the Philippine Insurgents In my opinion much Seem I of life among our trooia maY be averted by the abundant UK of Hell 1 artillery three guns for vonow thousand would 1 not I believe bt txr4polvi e lay rwiaon of ringing Iwither l its three two rule U I nn ldKV1 I weapon but on account of bad rittclj and Ibww absence of ruadi and bridge a lighter sun will probably be fuund more serviceable I Tile CoW automatic gun hoe proven to ho t a valu able mpport for an adjunct lo artillery furnishing with a mAIl detichment a volume of tire which U I Mllcalloui In retraining the enemy moll urm rire and thus painting with the neceeilty of detaching Infantry AI iui port A 1 M Holehkli mountain gun uied by lite Nbukn rVlllmont woo Iullld over i the moil InacMHabl I place und did excellent service but proved too light In caliber for rtally effetlv work MAIirlt TO MALOL03 During the march to Maloloi rny rol bo springs were broken vor1 boll or last t mgui i were sheered Ore the hook of a doubletree wa broken s plats on the bottom of Iho Lumitti 7 = 7 = 7 wi wrenched off a tongue wai broken and the bunhlnin of everal breach block wen icond out and re laced al Ihe arrenal al Manila Ihe mult de veloned 1 Ihelr ancient characlerUtlc tublmrnneH and timidity balk In I tat I Stations and showed an exaiperat Ing I disinclination to venture Into bad I plnee a In ihe road or oroei euHIclou clous 1111dsur rjee oklnll Inklorm It twarnis on the occasions on account nt lite At Fence or destruction of the wagon bridgei lo run Ih gun liy hand over Ihn I unflooretl railway bridge strunit I to swim the mules I The I mortar shrapnel shrap-nel frequently relief to butllth charge merely blowing out the head and tonlenti 110 Ir hrn1 bums In the Store wllh ueh alarming Ire nuenry Hut It cannot be until over friendly troop tlOVa COMIIIMKNTIU lenernl Wheat spoke lo too In very nattering terms of th excellent par vice rendered by Connral Harvey Duienberry flattery II Utah IJlht Artillery anl 11 detachment detach-ment who were wllh a Hotchklaa revolting cannon brought from Caloo can to Maloloi in colossally with the Twenty econd U 8 Infantry also of r W noIou the valuable earuce rendsred by Lieut Oeo A Henman ami big platoon At I he railway croiilng of the Tullahan lien 111 dwcrlbed Ih a services ran level rnl II C Naylori platoon rn oCd t near Ban rnnclsco del l Monte March Mth as very creditable and effective There wen but three Msuallle due ing the month one serious and two light wnnd In bailer 11 Utah artll lery a remarkably low percentage In Mew I of tho I frariutnt and Wove e 11 i i aware of the cannnwn Tolal rounds fired during the month approslmately 1000 OrriClilM COMMIINDIU I deelr lo record my Jujrnent that the service of Lleull Crltchlow and Flaming and of nnelgn DavU who were under my personal obwrvatlon have Own marked by profentonil o0l l Judgment and bravery the highest order that the service of the other filtleera of the command have been of a similar chancier appwra 1 certain In Mew of Ihe Untiring tribute from commanding and other winces who hat nervous 1 wllh them The men of Ihe seven I detachment almost without with-out ricepllon have performed their Julie ably cheerfully j 7r and unflinchIngly PIIOM LinUT C1IITCHLOW Following Major Youruti nport lithe I li-the niKirl of Lieutenant Crltchlow canimandlng battery II Dale1 April llh He rvporu the location and 1 operation oper-ation of the various detachments of hli battery from February IJIh lo bX11rch withthatRZ March Jlsl mar particularly i of that I100n oom1 ot HOllon two and Him Which for the Greater time ro under tile 1 1 Immediate command He ay 11 that on Vets lth n detachment with three two gun under Major I A Coolant wag IAIIn1 At IA loo church cemelery anolher was at Caloo can under Lleul Beaman another at the water work near Marliulna under Lieut 1 llbbl and tne at the store blockhouse block-house near Lu Lama under Ueut Illbbol another detachment Mae Bert Ing the tnlled States gunboat Litigation il 1 Ilay l > im IVb lllh nothing worthy nf record lraneplre1 until the lilh of March when Major rant was ordered lo 1 like com Ijr of the Iuuna brigade bri-gade arms Lleul Crllchlow was placed In charge of the batten from this lime until the lst of March a few shot wore fired dally lo Pattern I the consist Or annoying I bat tory 1 outtmels and to prevent con I rtructlon of the roemlf fortification On the nnl of rehruir Lieut Ulhbi Mys made an attack advancing to a iwelllon sea janl 9 from our line I I and Injuring r a very warm 1i tire On the I Till of March the battery Vita attack In n similar manner the enemle I I fire being eM 1 ilenred by 1 the i urreno of Hire call ualtlea In the Immediate I vlclrlly of the guns On the girl of March a platoon consisting of thirtyfour men followed by n platoon or tile Sixth United States artillery under Lleul Ilemlng started on the campaign which resulted In the rupture ot Mllnlo March slot The firing began A 6 oclock IN Till MOHNINO Ihe Infantry first tngagetl the enemy Ihe artillery following at a few humlre I yard under ihe command ot the chief of artillery After ronildernble tiling I Sake enemy w its silenced rand the trenches trench-es vacated theie trenchei were II feet In thliknes and mint skilfully 1 tel t-el one of Lieut Crllchlow gum walk ordereil forward and mhanced In 1 IKMlllon IU yard from the enemies trenches and In advance of the Puurlh Cavalry dlorhmnt Thu IVYII 1 woo rrn1 front the enemy by it thin liedolow under a rrhll site front the Ir Ili which the iUtnclnnnl miraculous mirac-ulous ryII i rapnl Injury the Utah boyl tired four shrapnel unit Iwo shell Into Ilia entiniva work wood within a fu minutes afterwards the mil mo were entirely dislodged The Situation then river went Into camp on the right bank of the At six 1 oclock on the morning of March Still camp was broken and the Platoon proceeded along the Mellnlo road parallel to the Tullahan river They came Into action ut I clock In the afternoon about 2 miles north of olnoon enemy wai found to bIn 1 b-In strong force entrenched on either side of tile railroad 1 TOO yards from lull Crllchlow detachment Ueut Pinning was MO yard In the rear the llrlng from the Utah boji developed a vinoiioiiH nnaiQNHU from the enemy whom accuracy waA demonstrated by u number of casual lli In the front nnd rear Lleul Crltrhlowi platoon fired alxteeen shell and six shrapnel The enemy was again routed and jlatoon went Into romp lit IU on the morning of March 27th camp was broke 1 and Iho platoon pro embed norlli to Me > urauyiin where several Iou delay was experienced The platoon wan halt shortly afterwards after-wards on the Mnrlluo road ai the Infantry I In-fantry ft few hundred yards beyond had encountered ft lining nn from Ihe nouunoe entrenched on trio right bank of the Moraine river The Utah boy advance And with the sup plith ot the Twentieth 1001 rn gaged the enemy putting 1 number uf shell directly Into hr fro ovation A white Hag v 0 Ininnowdlat Ill rat and K Iniurpenli were captured nllh their tiring 1h next entrustment ot LIUI Critchlows Mason AS abut G orlok I p on March Zlh aud nro more tile enemy wan silenced I Th tollowlnK morning conaldnablo difficulty a el peorienced In Porlditlor the news across the river and AI 8 ocock the nt morning Lieut Crltchlow platoon and that of Lieut Plemlns opened fire on the enemy work nor Malolo Malo led I woo entered by the tilth boys about Onck Sale morning of March ten dok on Aroh ail and their OWNS wnnn PLACUD In the plaza Drove the hall of congress of flat Insurgent government The non oommllon1 ulneors were olln chiiSnfiiiloni They were John A Anderson first sergeant and Cram Anplund Q M rt rot Corporals Don c Johnion M I Jensen and Nephl Oil eon Corp Dusenberry dlstln lhelrvie with the oohkl 1 r 111ho1 vrlvlntr cunnon ln ltnrol WIn Ionllui on page two WAR RECORD OF UTAH ARTILLERY WOntinue1 tom ioousi on I 7 brigade It I referred to n the gallant yOurox man It I recommended to Major Young rr hi 1 kind consideration Elliot myltw 1 I Jo Rare to nan IM I t me eiLiueni work with NordtMel clonl Nothhl field gun Pint gtrgfwnl V T Moore fr moled to IlevOlld llrulrnaney l llrd Ii In command nf a trillon cents uuutly vice and did must aatlafiwtory eer Following Unit CritrhtnWa report It I another rom Societies select Adrian I P mine In I charge of riatoon light bit tery II sixth artillery lie glvrl it graphic arcount if the Part taken by graphic n In the i mpagn liken against I the Kill ino Inturnnti luring the part 4 the m nlh February main Ihe month of March 1M lie men cludei by laying that the Volunlrrr never Ik roworlty cheserfulneem and nghllng tiuaJltle The men whom r Areardiest t 3 Lines t ant Fleming lay he would gladly enllnn did he but know their name voluntarily po d lhm IVIO In mm nf air ilingwou place I can my he tonclude that under Ore they bay proved IIRAVX AND WOHTIIT M Idlen Th nt report ll I from de Ion 1 Iiavle eniign of U P navy she nln give an account uf the march lo Ma I = rivers and 1 its iubeniitit occupation ly r H tnnn II speaks highly of the value to a regiment nt hlr mini oiMcd by th Utah buy Nt ron1 a report from oplaln Manor A Wet mew = far nitilleent a report of th operation uf the 3 I gun two Warden Iteldi cn 11111 Ing nation and two galling ling gum itatfcned at LMrmllo r tin the Ilt ot March on Norden visit gun Ik MM In ties demontr lion on Mlrlqulna not I up the mn Ma leu valley I IWtlptloni I of numerous engtgementi werejglven and the eflic tlvinee of the rordnfeldl gun It I Rim paint ad out onto reiwrt at Unit Ilevrg W Obb foliwva And he give I tile number of of ration In I which the guns tender laid comments took atert 1400411 Pelso UI ilbs nt entreatment was o the Unl II Feb to the ifi of the Deiiello where eighteen hnpne < wr nred 1hn tire at Ills retreating insurgents On rln Illh of February Lieut Olbht platoon xxveded lo the Coolleark Poster to rated nn the Slnriiulna road at day rq In Ih nm y dvnl wl the Y7IIFIIro tire mulling tli In opn1 10 r llr This wu separated o anl 1th and nth On March We Ono of the 1 sale went the oulpnlt on the Mailiulna rod under command of rgenl rord Fisher The two Sonlw fUrl gains HIM she city of Marl spirits nrlng In all IHI l Pholla On March 71 uno order uf Major 1 Mulford I leut Oil In moved two Nonlenfldll tu a Position with i rden to INTKIH UT ANn Fllltl upon any Intemperate thai trustee > eeen In I the vicinity About to clock a m Liras I otblM ways lie dballrotal a line of Insurgents firing Into our tine 3W nvtiert to our right in I w nnd i four ehell anl two shrapnel Into them ranting them to reae Others and retire About t cluck uf the esible day we n turned lii ramp when lure I 111 111 Ineurgent wen earth showing In the I direction uf Major Mulford valley toy < t1lon Iulord we on l fire on them extending I shelf still tauln Item 10 dlaprn Th first engagement wu by order nf On Wheaton whkli twit place at O 419 a in Mirth Mill the platoon opening nn with I Hire 34 gun un 1 ont on-t < mortor upon the Iniurgrnti work A rail llr wat kept up unlfl the troop advanwl i anti II rharg ties enemy The platoon continued 10 nr on Inurgenta un like raid leading Into Milabun during the day expending ilnety nln shells still shrapnel In Irb clu11srst Lariat Olbbt move i all the oporallowe stated In the foregoing ros pert I Would not do Justice lo tin tmnd It I fail not mmn1 the faithful effort of all olllcen lion com mlttlanil urflcen and member nf lit < terle A sells I who have been OMoclit ed with Inot In the nll I I HUT NAUOII The nut report U I tram Second Lieut Iliymunl C Naylor 110 iur mill the record uf event which have oomirrvd at camp Wenrvtome where lit wag In coir Tested of th Mood platoon ol bat lery I tonIUnit of thirty private t lit corporate anti ona rn Monolog I two 31saxiernNordunfoldt gum I lut Niyl r was II wllli Major I Orint un bustard the boat Ijiuna do f f was rolleve1 from duly un March lit l l ItImalur r asset I uMimie I i inman I ot the Reoand platoon Mamas Irl I relieving lint Her geanl Frank T Illne from March liMk lu Mile the plaluun fl ton the amoranys work Irenchee tell The men who u coinunlI IIMII Ntyl r lie says clout n rtn etcll1 i tier brave soldierly I am duct one prisoner wour Ukase on March Will ami i tr in March Hill by a equals I Duchl of mm under Command of Corporal IIHUT IIINK8 Then fallow the report of fiMond I leut rank I T Mine battery II The report Ii I daUd In I Hell near alaooan pt 11 I llfUl Mine under sold uf Manh twit rummand of the lint Poll lon of battery II with Ono U flald I tree itatluned In front of buttery II Pltat14undd IUlr Third IJ 1 H artillery Juit to this right of Can < Al > out I click In the afternoon of March II Ih Insurgent flriHl two Photo Into Lbson1 I line the lire I was returned I with Internet andi l eh irlly after the timy crated llrlng firtret altogether On is arch illli ami 10IU four missile mere Ore at Insurgents I working on their entrenchment on I thavonvolsim they ve refirceil lo leave ihlr wok unnnlihct On tire Illh It March during Ilia advance tu l al > > cin th pltloun onlY luicenl In firing Iwo holo when It woo inlrel Ii ei at tin troops wero Advancing 10 mildly 1 from the Hunt on lo kth It lUngir out ol rKI longer HHw 1 then the de antiterrorist ha not taken any part In engagement with IniurgenU anl to April Ind held the lami poilll m as It hi I > t tire commencement of tire month I IMTI NVNT SHAMAN I The last report la I from Second leut on note A freeman dated Manila April I ltr llh low lurt 1 Hmman furnlhM a i report lit hli work from March Well la the Iilh during whlh h wa In command com-mand 1 Of Ant ovetion of flattery A and the fair lon 0 f llattefr I safe was given toImand of I Room under Lima Ihb nl r1 McArthur who was be derwl by lion Wboaton t mond Iwo guna ly rail 10 the 1ln little oUI mi an I otoohalt i I mile north The oaxemUd Guys limit deaiiun t line about 10 a m starch 26th and Inside of air hour I As h1 wasto Into action un the tine He ihlltil tnnhe at range f nun ro 11 2700 Yens forbear U share We imcie Ii l In running tin insurgent front on stionif Irtnih anl lllenchig shop In the ther Just nt evening Parker J flail at tine gunner llittery I To hot let thl thigh the Imno being ftao turrol 1 1 final I tire advance wait made about nn Moore 1 elite we plovers Inl 1 hoI ho-I 111looled I th braver and excellent ok f th n flu InlBAe tile au rrn the train and want Into action as pninptly under heavy 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