Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-12
PRISONERS ARE FREE
Two Thousand Additional Spanish
Prisoners Secured From Fill
pino Rebels in L,lzon.
Over Three Thousand spaniards Lib.
Grated by Americans Within
the Last Month.
Gen. Young's Troops Enduring Great
Hardships in the Chase After
Aguinaldo.
Washington. Dec. IL. otis cables

Washington. Dec. 12-otis cables to-
day:
Two thousand additional Spanish
prisoners have been secured in northern
Luzon, making over s, 3,0005released WITH
in a month. Seven hundred are now en
route from Vigan and transports will
be sent for the remainder
Manila, Dec. 12.-The advance guard
of Gen. Grants command under Maj.
Spence, arrived at Olangapo, Subig bay.
during the night of the 9th, which place
was occupied with little resistance, the
enemy fleeing. Maj. Spence had an ar
Dnaluphian.
Yesterday morning the Baltimore, Or
egon and chartered transport arrived
at Olangapo from Manila. The navy
was disappointed to find the army in
possession of the place, which they
hoped to capture, A detachment OF
marines under Capt. Myers occupied
the navy yard at oiangapo aud will
hold 1T as naval station. The yard
and some repairing machinery shops all
damaged by bombardment of Sept. 20.
During the morning OF Dec. 10th the
navy transported Maj. Spences COM
mand from Olangapo TO the town of
Subig, five miles distant. The enemy
was seen deserving subig as the troops
landed, and the latter occupied it with
out resistance. They found the place
abandoned by the retreating enemy
who fired a few shots. The Americans
deployed to the right and left of the
town and killed one of the enemy. Cen.
Grant and the remainder of his com
mand arrived at Olangapo yesterday af-
ternoon. He Will proceed today To Su-
big and join Maj. Spense. Gen. Grant
will move north along the coast and will
effect a juncture with the Twenty fifth
infantry under Col. Andrew S. Burt
who was reported eight miles from Iba
Dec. 7th. The enemy was encountered
III Gen. Grants advance, fled to the
mountains and WAS scattered. Gen.
Grant is not garrisoning the towns he
occupies. No casualties are reported in
his command.
Dispatches dated Conception, Dec. q
from correspondent of the Associated
Press. whit a detachment pursuing -Ag-
unaldo, have just reached Manila by a
messenger. The military wires on all
the lines to the northward are continu-
ally cut by the natives or crowded with
government business when working.
According to these advices General
Young was at Condor Nov %, having
three troops of the Third cavalry,
Cunninghan's scouts and Major
March's battalion of the Thirty
third infantry The nominal
strength of his command has
been reduced e-third by sickness.
Horses are worn out ana handicapped
by lack of shoes. The Infantry after
march of 100 miles from San Jacinto,
were shceless and all We're living on the
country. The troops had no anmuni-3
ton except that carried in their belts.
General Young, having then been with
out communication with General Law
ton for ten days and not knowing the
disposition of the other troops, or
whether support was being sent for
ward. resolved to keep moving. Hav-
Ing received Information that the in
surgent general, Tino, with 1000 men
was somewhere to the north, and that
Aguinaldo, with General Pillar and five
women. 400 soldiers of his faithful Bal.
acan battalion, WAS in the mountains to
the east, Young decided, Nov. 80. to
divide his force He proceeded him-
self toward Nigan, hoping TO attack
General Tino With handful of men
and prevent him Joining Aguinaldo.
Major March, with his battalion and
Cunningham,s scouts. started over the
mountain toward Ceryantes after Ag-i
uinaido. who was reported to have been
there Nov. 90 The column had
marched thirteen hours without food.
The Associated Press correspondent
continues: The Americans found the
insurgents had impressed the Igorrotes,
compelling them to dig trenches and
construct pitfalls along the trails which.
We're fearful travelling at the best One
stream had to be forded twelve times in
the course of a mile. These inoffensive.
stupid creatures usually pictured as
bloodthirsty savages, cheerfully turned
to undo their own work and actually
went foraging for the Americans. The
Ilocas region is the richest the Ameri-
cans have entered in the northern ca sn-
paign. Ilocas are prosperous. Intelli-
gent and more than half civilized. They
have excellent houses and carry on
flourishing industries. Many of them
are evidently rich. Several of the towns
received the troops with bands and the
ringing of church bells. Cattle We're
killed and the houses opened to the
troops.
How much of this display is sincere
and how much due to the desire to pro-
pitiate the conquerers 1t would be hard
to say. There are evidences that sim
liar hospitality had been extended to
Aguinaldo. The people described him
as cheerful and hugging the hope of
salvation through American politics
and everywhere trying to retain sup
port by proclaiming, with seeming sin
cerity, that the United States congress
would certainly recognize the independ-
ence Of the Filipino republic in Decem-
ber.
Many OF the natives exhibited notes
from Lieut.. Gilmore and other Ameri-
can prisoners. in which the recipients
were commended to the Americans on
the score of Kindness shown to the
writer's. There are twenty-seven Amer
leans with Lieut.. Gilmore. Another
party Of fourteen were taken through