| Show I BATTLE WITH HOSTILE MOROS Action Was Severe Lasting From Afternoon of March 6 to Morn Morning MornIng Morning ing of March 8 THE ENEMY LOST KILLED Army Casualties 18 Men Killed Four Officers and 52 Enlisted Men Wounded Artillery Lifted by II and Tackle SO Fret Feet Into lo on oh Up 1111 IA or Of Iho Manila March 9 Wood report from tram Jolo Joto as us follows A 1 severe notion linn hn talon taken place between troops a ft cor COT of tho naval department tho the constabulary a u holy body of If hostile Moron at lil Mount near Jolo Job on thu Iho af nr afternoon a of or March 6 fi cud and ending ua on tho thu morning of at March larch S l The action Involved llio tho of ut Mount Da Jo a I lava last capped cone cono oJ 2100 10 feet high from tho the crater ou on oI tim thE summit extremely sleep the Iho last III t feet eeL being tit lit an flu tingle of ot HO O de lie d grce Traversing KH Its II slopes arE aro CO IiO perpendicular s covered with vl a u growth of or timber er strongly and unil h hell ld by hy an all a u Invisible I lo army urns y Tho The army casualties wore wro ro IS H 1 en cu enlisted listed men mell killed four otil commissioned office wounded S anti and K Ii men wounded Tho casualties were Ensign II IL D 1 Cooke commanding comma III the Ill II go wounded In III tho foot toot severe coxswain Jox wounded In III the tho elbow Tho rh constabulary casualties were vere Capt John II n White wounded hi lit 11 tim tho thigh severe Three enlisted men were vero killed and 13 1 3 wounded Capt rapt fIeo sustained su a flesh fic h wound III In tho the thigh slight Blight Gordon wounded In II tho the right hand slight Conway of ot tho Sixth Intuit Infantry try Iry wounded In lit II tho left eye el slight sl ht Tho The wounded are Iro doing well wel The action resulted In tha tHI lion ton of or a it I baud of outlaw recognizing no chief lh it hall hail heit raiding friendly Moron Moros on ott the tile target range at nt Jolo Join and through hud hail hUl up UI a I L dan dangerous lun condition of affairs Col el Joseph W V Duncan of the Sixth Infantry directed tho the operations All A tho the defender of nf thu tho toro Moro were killed owl and COO bodies hodle were vere found In III the tho works work The Tho artillery wits WIS lifted by a n block 1111 tackle a n distance of OO feet Into position on tho the lit Hit In of or tim thu crater miles and auth myself were welo present throughout the thu action The Thc attacking columns stero com corn commanded by hy luJ ll Omar Bundy Capt E F P Lawton Capt apt I IM II J M I 1 1 Kochler Capt and Johnson Tho and 1111 men lel engaged high highly hIghly ly Iy commended the tho Morn Mom lut who lid did excellent excl work vork theIr casual casualties casualties ties numbering 17 IT 1 out oll of ot tho the force of o oH 41 H 4 engaged U It Is Impossible to tl conceive a n strong stronger I titan than Unit that attacked er Cr natural position Another account of tho the light fight near Jolo Join states Mutes that 60 outlaw Moro llo were killed In tho the crater of or the precipitous precipItous itous Ilous volcano live t miles mies front from rom Jolo Job Pho Pite Americans lost IS 18 killed 1111 and 62 f 5 men wounded Including of or the tho Fourth cavalry of ot the Sixth Infantry Gordon ordon Johnson of ot the signal corps Cook commanding the and 1111 Capt aPt White of ot tho tito constabulary Tim rim attack was wa under tinder tho the Immediate com corn command mand of Col Cob Duncan of o the Sixth In Infantry fantry 1111 I 1 ACCOUNT Washington W March 0 Tho official account of or O tho ho light neat near Jolo Jull JOb Is con cun In II the thu following cablegram re rc at nt the war Wil department this morning morn Ini Military Secretary Washington condensed from Woods dispatch from 3 9 I Troops Troop naval detachment constabulary Illar Col Yol Jos W V Duncan command commanding bug ing attacked Moro doro 1010 fortifications tons in 11 rater of Mount near iwar Ilar Jolo Job Ac Action ActIon tion bait lasted afternoon March 6 G until morning March S Mount 2100 feet foet high last 00 feet tret tingle 50 GO de dc degrees tc grees lava ridges heavy hea timber Ar lifted Ill by hr block and tackle fret Moron depredated from strong stronghold hold for or pant eight months and Ild resist resisted ed 11 to the death About GOD killed Maj Mci laJ len Uen Wood nod and Tasker II n Ill 11 i s were present throughout action Killed IS 18 1 enlisted Capt Ty Tyree ree Rivers Hors wounded In II thigh Blight alight Mm hirst t Gordon lordon Johnston wounded In shoulder serious First Era Ern Ernest est ct II Agnew wounded In head heal slight First Wiley T Conway eye re ight light 32 3 enlisted men inert Names enlist enlisted ed eti Il men killed and wounded will wil be re parted purtell later Navy NIVY wounded I 1 p H S i Cook wounded In toot foot serious Coxswain elbow slight ono seaman slight Constabulary killed three enlisted John Johll II il White wounded In thigh seri serb serious oils ous Total killed 18 wounded W r 3 Troops naval detachment and constabulary lary hwy nib all ni high recommended Signed ANDREWS ANDREWSIn n D H S SIn In lii absence of division commander TROOPS IN IN J JOLO JOn The last list of troops stationed In Iii Inthe Inthe the Philippines at mit lt the th war department Ih that on JOn Jan 20 time the following troops Were stationed pl 11 the Island ut et r Jolo Tolo Companies I and caval cavalry ry 11 and the tho battery hattory batI field fiell artillery Companies I X K L I and M 1 of or the Twentieth Infantry had been sta stationed honed toned nt at Jolo JoIn hut but ate ato understood to have been relieved by n a battery of at the tile Sixth Infantry commanded by h Col Cob Duncan In II January Cob Col Duncan waa the senior on all the field fieh sivo avO MaJ laJ Gen Gait Wood nail and Brig Irl Ron len jilts 1115 As Assuming 1 sinning suming that the organizations were up imp to their normal strength there were about 10 soldIers In the tho th action besides the tle naval contingent the strength of o which Is so n far ril unknown U tt I Is be bc believed however that owing to the sick list Hit lit and other causes there tl re were ore probably pr probably b ably not nat lt more than thun of or tho time military engaged The This strength of or the tho constabulary lary lacy Is ulfo unknown Th The dispatch does not the authorities her to lo place exactly tIP tho tl scene of or the tho combat The he only crater known knon on ott 01 the thu Island of or Jolo Job la is well wel toward the center of or the tho Island Iland and amid some distance dl removed from froni the th cap ltd ital Ial which Is Iii on Oh the sea vea tet count coast COlst Time Is however hoever near the city elt ot of o Job Jolo dis distance Ils tance only olly live no mills mils a U mountain an nn answering closely closel save taVO tot for I the crater the description given AtHI In the tite dispatch This mountain was Wil til controlled by two tiso dattos antI the I lat bat latter lit litter batter ter otto one OlO of ot the chieftains who signer signed the tue famous Mattes treaty Thu mountain Is lii very er rr steep and nd at II Its apex Is a Moro fortress which liar hud never ner nl r roel been oel trodden by white hates Dates chief chie of at staff who bio had extensive service In iii the Southern Souther Islands of ot the tho Philippine group roup and Is t well wel acquainted with the Jolo Job coun court try tr has no ito tear fear ear that this lust last trouble trou le extends throughout the group In Iii I n the place he ire says I there U 1 l no borneo ty among u these Island Islan I troops t strong Jealousies exist anti It has haR been een Impossible for or them to cohere In II op position to time thu whiles It I Is also bo ho here front from the tho dIspatch that the tite Moros loros attacked were ero really rf uly a n aset aset set of at robbers and rind that the action uc Uon was wn undoubtedly precipitated by hy lea den Wood w determination to exterminate otherwise them at al any uny subdued cost If I they the could not lot be lt Tn rhe fhe movements of or the gunboats which had been detailed from tho As Asi fleet teel for tor duty dut In tl tho tha southern IsI Islands nadir ands of the Philippine group aro ara luport ed cd only to the tue of th the Asiatic ARia le station at aL Manila and the tho thenay nay navy department consequently In is with without wih out Information as lS to the whereabouts of ot the ships until a considerable time has lius elapsed However the Mot fact that thul H 11 c Cooke Jr Is reported to havn hao been beell wounded tho the fur tur ther titer tact fact that tire tho gunboat t a n small craft crac of or about tons tanH was wasat at nt Jolo Job for tor this young officer Is the commander of ot the vessel Cooke Cook It h hi a native ot of the District of Jr Columbia bla but was waH appointed to tho the navy from New NewYork York 1 where his hil father lives 18 Ho ITo 10 has hUI been on duty on un tho tIme Asiatic station Ince 1903 and because beaude of 01 bin big hl good rec tee record record ord recently rollover relieved Ensign Oscar F FC I IC FC C Cooper In Iii command of If tire tho gu gi JI of or which prior to that time ho 10 had burr ocen acting as na executive The he department of ot Jolo Tobo IH Is now In lit command or of Tusker II I so U It was stis WIH formerly by hy Ma Gen Leonard od who wh af afterward lt tri became of I it lie DIP I Philippine Phil ii P I ite division I upon tho the departure rt ii iO of or Some HUle of ot o tho army Irm officers hero hera hC who hav In bit the rIte Jolo Job group my that Mount nUll Jolo Julo tho tue Reno nf or thin the action IN Is II located about 1 I t 4 from Jolo Join Iho tho capital of lt the ito Island In Is II on nit bin tho very CY top of tho the mountain Onlo before ICoro Its Il garrison of or natives lales waH Induced to cato the tho place by II tho of if diplomacy but bul no rio torcH 1118 been 1011 chile ablo to It I The Sixth Infantry which scorns to have 1011 time the brunt of or the lighting was WUI tH from Fort l and has hiar ho boon In II thin Philippines about a acar year Tho rho of the tho general start fully acquainted with lh the habits of or the Moros Ioro nay any they th have bavo Ilvo not the slightest fear that the tho Ioro will whit wil try to retaliate for forthe the thio crushing detect defeat Thew Thes The officers Judge from tron the tho dispatch front from Manila that hurt there UIrl wen CIt really two tho that lint probably a ii I surprise and serving merely mereb to 10 locate tho time position and nail en I tho the strength of o the Moro Mol de do defenders fenders This having been done ilone tins th lay day 11 teems to have havo been occupied pied 1111 In hi holding hoistIng the artillery and Uld am ammunition ul supplies to lo positions front from to tt operate upon the Moro Morn or fort rort fortress mess ress rel III II tue tho crater and the second action fought rought under tho time conditions described on Jit time the slope of or the mountain nt at lt an nil an un angle angie gle gie If of ut fO r tl degrees undoubtedly broka tho Ioro Moro In that thal locality for tor an nn fire tire CAPT CAP PENN COMMENTS San Sai FrancIsco March 9 I orbin recently In bit command of ot tho the division of ot the tho Philippines left let Ills his ho hotel hotel tel early curly this morning morill before learning of the tho engagement near Jolo Job In II hh his hi hil absence l ono OlO flO of o his lila Hides Capt J A Penn of or the Iho Seventh Infantry who urns has hn Just from the tha Philippine titter after reading the tIme Associated Press Ires ac account account count of or a fatal conflict expressed himself as itS 11 follows I t nm lilt grieved to learn lear that our cas ens casualties were vere so heavy hen but ul am cam nl pleased to learn that n a 1 substantial victory was Wil achieved Tho The fight Is one of at ofa atIl ofa a Il series that have occurred in II tho the work of or f pacifying ln the tho Islands Island U It I Is 1 not lint likely to lead lend to further engage engagements ments In the near future us the tIme Moron Moros nol on the time Island of ot Jolo Job are aro 1110 not riot united under tiny lilly lender leader Thoy hy are Ara grouped Into small bands band each cacti under undera u 11 el elI a I 1 petty chief One Ono village may ba ho destroyed without Its neigh neighbors lelh bors who win seem seel to time the fate fato of or any 11 except their own people The success of ot our troops means simply thu the practical extermination ot or ota orI a 11 I hotly body bOlt of or outlaw who ho might have caused much mich trouble and this result will wi deter others Inclined to tl defy the tho authorities of ot the United States A W IV Greel who vito takes lake command of at the time division of ot the tho Pa la chic elc said he lie did not expect further trouble on the time Island of ot Jolo Join which was Ial small and did not contain a n largo barge population Similar engagements hud had occurred before anti and Ind each cinch defeat derent of or tIme the tl lawless bands tended to pence peace It I was nn nit 01 Incident of tho cant cam campaign not nol tho the beginning of or new trou trouble ble Ii TUB TIlE SIXTH INFANTRY Kits Kiis March 9 Tho Infantry which In iii II tho the light fight with the thc Moros near Jolo Job was wal last Ins I stationed at nt Fort Purl Kan Ini sIgm going to tho time Philippines from rom roam The Thu Sixth Infantry Is III ono one ot or thu tho Ih oldest regiments rc In 11 the United States Tho mentioned as IU hav hay havIng Ing been In lit the tho engagement tire are Ire alt all al here Cant L I M Koch I lei hoc Is ha II a n of othe the late hate Col D DIt It hi 1 Anthony the noted editor of ot time the Leavenworth Times The Time wife of Jr Capt Rivers one Gill of the wounded Is Isnow 11 now IU In lit II Sun itin Francisco Ir News of at the engagement created Interest at lt Fort or |
