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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Army. (search)
104 men), with bands, etc.; total, 38,520. Engineers, 3 battalions (4 companies of 104 men), with bands, etc.; total, 1,282. Staff department, signal corps, etc., 2,783. Total number of enlisted men, 77,287. Under the act of March 4, 1899, military divisions and departments were reorganized as follows: Headquarters of the army.--Commander, Lieut.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Washington, D. C. division of the Philippines.--Consisting of the Departments of Northern Luzon, Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and Jolo, comprising all the islands ceded to the United States by Spain; headquarters, Manila, P. I. Commander, Maj.-Gen. Arthur MacArthur. Department of Northern Luzon.--Includes all that part of the Island of Luzon north of Laguna de Bay and the province of Laguna, the same being the provinces of Abra, Bontoc, Benguet, Bataan, Bulacan, Cagayan, Ilocos, Infanta, Morong, Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Isabela de Luzon, Lepanto, La Union, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, all that po
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bell, James Franklin, 1857- (search)
April 17, 1899, and colonel of the 36th United States Infantry, July 5, 1899. In May, 1898, he was ordered to duty to Manila, where he was placed in charge of the Bureau of Information (or secret-service department of the army in the Philippines). In February, 1899, when operations were begun against the Filipino insurgents, he attached himself to the staff of General MacArthur, and rendered important service in scouting. On Sept. 9, for most distinguished gallantry in action near Porac. Luzon, President McKinley directed that a congressional medal of honor should be presented to him. On Nov. 12, Colonel Bell took possession of Tarlac, where Aguinaldo had established his headquarters. The following month he was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers. On the reorganization of the regular army in February, 1901, President McKinley appointed Colonel Bell one of the new brigadier-generals--an act that caused considerable surprise, as this officer was only a captain in the regul
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gillmore, James Clarkson 1854- (search)
Gillmore, James Clarkson 1854- Naval officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, 1854; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1875; promoted lieutenant in 1891. He was ordered to Manila, Jan. 14, 1899, where he was assigned to the Yorktown. In April of that year he was captured with seven others while scouting at Baler, Luzon. After spending over eighteen months in captivity and suffering great privations the party was rescued in the mountains near Cagayan (q. v.) by Col. Luther R. Hare, in December, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kobbe, William A. 1840- (search)
gunboats Nashville, Helena, and Maraveles. On Jan. 20 all of these vessels, in single file, proceeded slowly up Sorsogon Bay. When the expedition reached Sorsogon that town had already displayed flags of truce. During the next few days the towns of Donsol, Bulan, Virac, and Legaspi on Catanduanes Island were occupied. The only resistance was at Legaspi where five Americans were wounded, and forty-five dead and fifteen wounded insurgents were found. In this action the shells from the Nashville set on fire and destroyed 8,000 bales of hemp. This district of the Philippine Islands is noted as a large hemp-producing country. In March, following, General Kobbe was appointed military governor of the province of Albay, Luzon, and of Catanduanes Island, and also temporary governor of the islands of Samas and Leyte; and soon afterwards he opened the hemp ports to commerce. On the reorganization of the regular army in February, 1901, he was appointed one of the new brigadier-generals.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Luzon, (search)
e Filipino insurgents. The surface of the island is to a large extent mountainous, showing volcanic formations, and there are also vast tracts of swampy land which greatly embarrassed the American military authorities in their pursuit of Aguinaldo. The island is rich in economic productions, and there are also indications of mineral resources of large value that are awaiting intelligent development. These include gold, coal, copper, lead, iron, sulphur, marble, and kaolin. In agriculture Luzon and Mindoro, separated from it by San Bernardino Strait, yield crops of rice and corn, an amount usually inadequate for home consumption. The best quality and largest amount of tobacco is grown on Luzon, and in the southern portion of the island hemp and cocoanut are cultivated extensively. There is a large internal commerce between Manila and the different islands in the group, carried on almost exclusively by water. At the time of the cession of the islands to the United States there
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Manila Bay, battle of (search)
ls were cruisers. The single armored ship in the squadron was the Olympia, and the armor, 4 inches thick, was around the turret guns. In making the journey to the Philippines, a speed of only 8 knots was maintained, for the transport ships could not make fast headway against the rolling sea. During this run, gun-drills and other exercises kept the men busy, and every minute was employed in earnest preparation for what all knew was to come. It was on Saturday morning, April 30, that Luzon was sighted, and final preparations for the battle were immediately made. Impedimenta of all kinds were thrown overboard—chairs, tables, chests and boxes, and the ships were stripped and made ready for action. It was intensely warm, and the most ordinary evolution proved exhausting. the Boston, the Concord, and the Bal- Fort and earthworks at Cavite, captured by Dewey. timore were now sent ahead to discover whether the Spanish fleet was anywhere around. After looking in at Bolinao B