The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-28
EIGHT LASTS LONG.

The duration of the battle Is beginning
to attract the attention Of army strdi '
egists as II Is a very important elemeat
I'm deermning the strength Of the men,
the supplies Of ammunition and stores
and the spirit Of the army, The first blow
was struck before daybreak last Saturday
and the lighting continued all that day
again on Sunday and now on Monday.
r., a reports show little night fighting
zee. in repulsing an insurgent attack
,,mirds , night. with today the ighung
had lasted seventy-two hours. Judged by
the standards OF great battles, such as
Waterloo Plevna and others mentioned
by army authorities. this Is long and
arduous engagement. But the fighting
about Manila is quite different from the
standards Of civilized armies, as IL Is a
running brush conflict with only occas-
ional issues between organized bodies OF
troops. Some of the battles of the civil
war lasted many days. notably the battle
Of the wilderness and the lighting about
Richmond In speaking of the element OF
endurance General Sternberg said today
,hat he had gone for seven days In the
continuous lighting around Richmond
without renewing tho supplies originally
issued before the fighting began. the
main question in these long. continued
fights Is to have all the stores, supplies
etc, kept abreast Of the fighting force 50
that there may be no exhaustion. In thi'
respect all the reports Of III hghtini
about Manila are most gratifying TO TN
authorities here, in showing that th'
qua rtermaster, commissaTy, medical an'
signal stores are well up with the hght
ing lines.
! The belief IS expressed at the war de
partment that the Fnipinos are manu-
featuring the ammunition that Is bein'
used with such recklessness. When Gen
eral Greene was in the Philippines h
went TO the Filipino camps and rename
some time among them. HIS report to IN
president shows that the Filipinos obtain
cd quite a large supply Of arms ana am
in1nition when Dewey captured cavit
and that they had heretofore obtained
supply Of Remington ana Mausers.
General Greene also found that the FIJI
pinos had established factory for N
manufacture OF ammunition for thes
rifles and this factory Is probably sul
operation and furnishing a sufficient SUI
ply 10 the Insurgents.
NEW TROOPS TO, GO
A short time ago, the zealanda and u
/ Puebla left San Francisco with the mint
infantry bound for Manila. BY the hr
, OF April four transports nre expected
arrive at San Francisco from Manila ar
they will return with reinforcements 4
OTIS about the fifteenth Of the month.
The Handbook viii take the pwenu
l first Infantry: The Wcrren, eight ba
, teries of the SNth artillery and recruit
. the Newport 20 marines and recruits al
. the Morgan city six companies Of q
thirteenth infantry. A little later the on
will arrive and return with the renal
der Of the thirteenga infantry. The Sc
T ator Is also expected later In the mon
D and can take 900 men.
The use Of Chinese as litter bearers
said % ne a device to save our men
the more serious work. The Chinese car
! ! a light bamboo litter and being accustol
o ed 70 the climate they can travel tWl
as far as unacclimated carriers. 4