1st Battalion 22nd Infantry AAR 1900

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

After Action Reports 1900

A Soldier of Company E, 22nd Infantry
poses for a photograph
during the Regiment's service in the Philippines,
1899-1905. He is armed with the Model 1896
"Krag" rifle, for which he has its bayonet
and a dark blue Mills cartridge belt,
holding the .30-40 caliber rounds.
His field uniform consists of campaign hat,
chambray pullover shirt, khaki trousers,
leggings and shoes.

Photo from the US Army Military History Institute
via:

Combat Diary EPISODES FROM THE HISTORY
OF THE TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT,
1866-1905 by A. B. Feuer,
Praeger Publishers, One Madison Avenue,
New York, NY 10010

From:

GREENWOOD PUBLISHING

The following are taken from the Congressional Serial Set of 1900-
Report of Operations of the 2nd Division, Eighth Army Corps,
from May 31, 1899, to April 6, 1900

The reports cover activities of the 22nd Infantry during the months of
January, February and March of 1900.

The following is a telegram sent from Captain E.V. Smith, acting assistant adjutant-general of Funston's Brigade,
(of which the 22nd was a part) to General Arthur MacArthur:

The following is a telegram sent from Captain E.V. Smith, acting assistant adjutant-general of Funston's Brigade,
to General Arthur MacArthur:

General Jose Alejandrino

Evaded US forces for over a year,
until his voluntary surrender on April 28, 1901,
to Major R.T. Yeatman, who at the time
was acting Regimental Commander
of the 22nd Infantry

The following is a telegram sent from Funston to General Arthur MacArthur:

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In his report of August 25, 1900, Major Joseph Wheeler, Jr., of the 34th Infantry U.S.V.,
gave the details of his command of an Expeditionary Column under BG Frederick Funston,
against insurgents in the mountains of Minalungao, from July 16-22, 1900. Part of that command
were 54 men of Company F 22nd Infantry led by 1st Lieutenant David L. Stone.

Excerpts from that report concerning F 22nd Infantry are as follows:

July 22

Casualties included:

In withdrawing from the fight in order to evacuate their casualties, the column was led by:

Among Wheeler's recommendations for merit:

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The following report was written by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Keller, who was with the 22nd Infantry from August 7, 1900
to February 28, 1901. It covers the operations of the 22nd Infantry for the month of November, 1900, by stations.
The report is taken from the Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1901:

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