Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-09-09 | Page 5 | Slain by Moros

SLAIN BY MOROS. Ono of Uncle Sim's Boys Killed, Two Wounded, Near Camp Vicars, Mindanao. Washington hept S The Wnr de-piirtniint de-piirtniint has rectlved a table dlspatih fron den i huffee ilntcil Manila September Sep-tember Cth stntlng thnt nn nttnek was made on the United States troops nt Miitllliig Tails seven miles from Camp Vlcais bi Moios, September 1st. Hrst J.ltut Wllllnm M I'nrker, Kleventh Infanti nnj two soldleis. weio wounded and one soldier killed Gen ClntTei llsosnis Have authorized Ilrlg aen. Samuel Sumnnr to move troops Into Mucin tountri nnd exact promises of good bihnvlor In future fiom Dntos and follovieis 'I roups bavo been nttackeil twtlvo times slmo Mny 2nd. with loss lo us of four killed and tvvilvo wounded Ve have runalnid all tho time quiet seeking friendship, In urtlon self-defnse onl " The Inst jurt of Oen Chaffee's ills-patch ills-patch tvl lentl Is Intended to Inform the War depirtment that Hie arm! has bun uctlng wholli upon the defensive ln the M010 country Ills Instructions have bein to do nothing which woull provoke n ronfllct Willi the Morns, nnd the 1 nsitlnn of the Wur department In Hint If tbeie Is a conlllet It mils be Jiisililed by the aggression of the Morns Some time ngo Cm Chaffee nuked for authniltv. to attack the Moros Immediate! Imme-diate! bin he was advise 1 the depigment de-pigment wished to nold hostilities If I nsslblo At the same tltno It lias long been the belief of olllclnls of the di-t di-t ni lawn that mi aggressive cam-I cam-I ulgn In Mindanao a Incvltnbli and It would not le sun rising If there should be a forvv ml movement of tin United States ttoops In a short time