The record-union., 1898-06-01
IN THE PHILIPPINES.

IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Insurgents Furnished With Arms
and Ammunition.
NEW YORK. May 81 A dispatch
from Manila to the Herald" May 21st,
VIA Hongkong, says:
The Philippine insurgents received
Last Tuesday 1900 Mauser breech-load-
ersiand 100000 rounds of ammunition
and have been busy ever since in get
ting their men together. General
Aguinaldo said to-day that he had
&,cOO Mausers, captured from the Span
lards, which, with the rifles just cap
tured. will enable him to arm 4 de-
tachment equal to the Spaniards now in
the province of Cavite
About two miles back of the town Of
Cavite General Aguinaldo also has five
modern breech- loading field pieces.
with moderate supply of common
field shells and shraprel
The men of General Aguinaldo's force
are of small stature, and look as if they
had not had enough to eat for A long
time, but they are very wiry and tough
Two of them whom I not 'cei were car
rying heavy forge and bellows slung
larly laden with a large anvil, and four
of them carried a bench with two vises
They had taken a field gun from one
of the Spanish cruisers, and We're try
ing to make it fit for service, showing
marvellous patience and perseverance.
There must be something out Of the
common about their leader, General
Aguinaldo, for whereas four weeks ago
there We're not 100 persons in Cavite
after the Spaniards moved out, there
are now more than $500 men capable
Of bearing arms. most of whom have
assembled since Aguinaldo's arrival,
five days ago.
If they capture the Spaniards' de-
tachment and arms General Aguinaldo
will be able to take the field with more
than 5000 men. He tells me his force
is limited only by the number of rifles
he can get, but many Of the native
soldiers in Manila VIII desert to HIM
as soon as he ATTACKS that place.
The success of the expedition that
brought the insurgents a supply Of
rifles will result in larger shipment
within the next two weeks, and Gen
eral Aguinaldo Is confident Of having
10000 men in the field before July 1st
Admiral Dewey still holds Manila
by the throat. and the Spaniards are
unable to escape from sure starvation
or surrender. 1t is impossible to get
definite news from the city, but the
anxiety of Europeans there, as shown
through foreign Consuls, show how
critical must be the situation.
The health of the officers and men
continues to be good, in spite of the
severe heat and humidity. The ma
tives now bring off a plentiful supply
of chickens, eggs, mangoes, bananas
and few pineapples. but nothing else
A dispatch to the Herald" from
Hongkong, via Paris, says:
The goods seized which were not
naval stores. but personal supplies for
officers Of the cruisers, have been re-
leased.
Consul Williams launch was boarded
While a party on it were out in the
harbor picnicking, and searched, but
nothing contraband was found. 1t is
possible that should the Hongkong au-
thorities continue the annoyance a
change will be made in the base of
supplies. About a million and lalf
silver dollars have already been spent
in Hongkong.
Iloilo is quiet and the Iloiloans are in
hiding UP the river. There are sixty
foreigners here, thirty Of them British,
among them few ladies and children.
The Spaniards are fighting the rebels
III the interior.
In Manila no serious change is re-
poited. except that placards denounc-
ing the British have been posted
iyo he g
the recent battle: Killed on the ships.
lS; wounded on the ships, 235; killed at
the arsenal. %; wounded at the ar
senal, As
The following is cpoy of a cable
TO Admiral Montejo from tine Minister
OF Marine IN Madrid:
Honor and glory 10 those who have
fought herol.ally for their country"
SPAIN TO SEND MORE TROOPS TO
PHILIPPINES.
NEW YORK, May 31.-A dispatch to
the World from Lisbon says:
The Spaniards are sending troops
from all the provinces Of Cadiz and
Algeciras. The intention is said to be
to dispatch these soldiers to the Philip
| pines as soon as the squadron is ready
TO convoy them. But it appears that
no squadron can be dispatched for a
week or more, as all the warships are
short of ammunition and some of them
have not even mounted guns
In the northern provinces of Spain
the Carlist organs are telling the people
that inasmuch as Admiral Dewey at
tackled Manila with petroluem bombs
and as the Americans lombard Spanish
towns without warning the inhabitants,
Spain has asserted her rights to issue
letters of marQue.
Portuguese people are very much in
favor of Spain in the present war. They
have gone out of their way to aid her.
At the instance of the Spanish Consul
| here, they sent back Spanish dispatch
operators who had entered Portuguese
territory, and are now sending troops
TO the front in order to prevent the en-
trance of any more. They exercise
great caution in transmitting kilograms
and letters for England and for the
| continent generally, assuming that
there must be something important in
every telegram sent to London
BRITISH SHIP ORDERED FROM