Missouri Valley times., 1899-02-09
AMERICANS ABOUT $4,000 STRONG
Half Dozen Regiments OF Regular,
and the Rest Are Volunteers
Dewey's Fleet a Power
ful Factor.

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The vessels of Dewey's fleet are:
Baltimore-Captain N. w. Dyer.
Bennington-Com L, ID. Taus-
sig.
Boston-Captain G. +. L. Wilde.
Brutus-Lieutenant V. L. Cottman.
Buffalo-Commander j. n. Hemp
hill, arrived at Manila on February 2.
Callao-Lieutenant B. Tappan.
Charleston-Captain w. IL. Whiting.
Concord-Commander Asa Walker.
Culgoa-Lieutenant Commander j.
w. Carlin.
Don Juan dc Austria.
Isla de Luzon.
Isla de Cuba.
Manila-Lieutenan Commander f.
Singer.
Monadnock- Commander II. L. Mich
ols
Monacacy-Comma G. A. Bicl-
Monterey-C Commander E. H. C..
Leutze.
Nanshan-Lieutenant w. B. Hodges.
Olympia-Flagship, Captain b. p.
Lamberton.
Petrel-Commander C. c. Cornwell.
Zafiro.
Now enroute to the Philippines are
the Castine, Helena, Iris, Oregon,
Princeton. Yorktown, Scandia.
The land forces are under command
OF Major General E. S. Otis. The di-
vision commanders are General An
derson and General Macarthur. The
brigade commanders are General Ov-
enshine, General Miller, General Hale
and General H. G. Otis.
American Troops at Manila.
The regular American troops at Ma
nila are:
Twenty-third Infantry-Colonel Oy-
enshine, acting brigadier general.
Fourteenth lnfantry-Maior French.
Eighteenth Infantry-Colonel Van
Valzah.
Twentieth infantry.
Four Batteries Third Artillery
Captain Hobbs and Captain O'Hara.
Six troops Fourth cavalry, dis
mounted.
Four batteries Sixth United States
artillery, field guns.
One Company Engineers-Colone
Potter.
The volunteers at Manila are:
Thirteenth Minnesota, Colonel Nc
Reeve.
First Colorado, Brigadier General
Hale, Colonel Mccoy.
First Nebraska, Colonel Stotsen-
berg.
Tenth Pennsylvania, Colonel Haw-
kins
First California, Colonel Smith.
First Idaho, two battalions.
First Wyoming, two battalions.
Fifty-frst Iowa.
Twentieth Kansas.
First Tennessee.
First Washington.
First South Dakota, two battalions.
First North Dakota, two battalions.
Second Oregon.
First Montana, two battalions.
Two light batteries. California.
One troop Nevada cavalry.
Four batteries Utah artillery, Ma
jor Young, field guns.
One battery Wyoming artillery.
The Third, Fourth and Seventh
United States infantry are now on the
way to Manila
AguinaIdo's Forces.
Aguinaldo's forces number about
$4,000, the majority of whom are
armed with Mausers. The arms were
largely procured from Spanish pris-
oners, smugglers and the United
States Dewey turned over $500 rifles
to the insurgents i'm Cavite after the
battle of May i.
The insurgent headquarters are at
Malolos, thirty miles north of Manila,
on the railroad. When Aguinaldo pro-
claimed himself dictator he left va
cant the Office of secretary of state.
This is destined for Felipe Agoncillo,
now in Montreal. The Filipino cabi-
net is:
Secretary of Interior - Leandro
Ibarra.
Secretary OF War-Ballomero .Agu-
naldo, cousin of the dictator.
Secretary of the Treasury-Nlariano
'rrias.
The Filipino commanders in the
field are:
Lieutenant General Riego de Dios,
Major General Ricati.
Brigadier General Pho del Pillar. a
violent hater of Americans.
Brigadier General Felipe Sandico.
Brigadier General Pentelon Garcia.
Brigadier General Noriel.
Brigadier General Estrella.
Brigadier General Mascarlo.
Brigadier General Gregoria del
Pillar.
Major General Ricati commands
in the zone south of Manila; Garcia
commands north Of the city; Estrela
commands in Cavite: Del Pillar COM
mands to the east and up the Pasig to
the lake.
One of the cleverest men associated
with Aguinaldo is his secretary and
interpreter, Escamilla. He is an ac-
complished linguist, speaks Spanish
fuently, English we'll and Latin and
French, besides the native dialects. He
is also a musician, and gave piano les
sons in Hong Kong before the rebel
lion began.
Where Filipinos Procured Arms.
A letter dated December 20 from Ma
IOWA SUPREME COURT.