The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-21
MOVEMENTS OF THE TROOPS.
LawtOn's Army Spread Over Much Ter
ritory-Thc Southern Islnnds.

ritOry-Thc Southern Islands.
MANILA, Nov. 2o-Only fragmentary re-
ports reach Manila of the operations north,
which, when the story is known, will prove
to have been the most remarkable cam
paigning the Philippine war has known.
General Lawtons division is spread thinly
over the territory beyond San Jose, where
the telegraph ends. General Young's two
regiments of cavalry are continuing their
rapid sweep into the new towns and the in
fantry is being showed forward to hold the
towns the cavalry takes, all in a country
whose natural difficulties are increased in
describably by tropical rains, making rivers
OF creeks and swamps of fields. Wagon
transportation is supposed to have been
practically abandoned. the American troops
living on captured supplies and the little
produce the insurgent levies have left.
Maj. Samuel Swigert's squadron of the
Third Cavalry is reported to be engaging
greatly superior force at PoZerrubio, north
east of Dagupan. These troops have fought
three engagements and are now holding
their position waiting for reinforcements.
1t is believed at headquarters that this Fill
ipino force is covering the retreat of the
insurgent leaders to the Binguet mountains;
that the insurgents planned TO retreat
northeast along the Tayug road, which is
stocked with storehouses, three of which
the Americans have secured, to draw upon
en- route. and that only the insurgent ad-
vance force had passed Tayug before the
American occupation, the main body of
Aguinaldos army being within our lines.
The majority Of these insurgents may dis
organize and pose as amigos when the
Americans overtake them.
Among the scraps of news obtainable
stories Of the hardships the American army
Is meeting with. 1t is reported, for in
stance, that General Lawton narrowly es-
capped drowning, while fording a swift river.
when Lieutenant Luna and two privates
were lost.
Capt. Henry A. Leonhauser, with a bat
TALON of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, is on
his wav from Bamban to O'Donnell TO take
the insurCent cartridge-fillinS works there.
A Filipino captain who surrendered with
four men to Col. Andrew 8. Burt, of the
Twenty-ffth Infantry, described the factory
and volunteered to guide the expedition.
The governor of Nueva Vizcaya has deter
mined, like many other Filipinos In these
days, that the administration of his prov
ince cannot change too quick, and is coming
to Manila to tell Major General Otis of his
loyalty and incidentally request that he be
retained in office under the new regime.
Admiral Watson has received addi-
tional credible report that Lieut. ]. c. Gill
more and five of the captured sailors of the
United States gunboat Yorktown were at
Tarlac on Nov. /. Lieutenant Gilmore was
living in Filipino generals house.
The cruiser Baltimore started for Lin
gayen to-day, and Rear Admiral Watson
proposes to send another ship to Natiguin
If the gunboat Helena. which is overdue,
has not returned to Lingayen.
Sailors from the gunboat Castine occupy
Zanboanga, on the southwest extremity of
the island of AIindanao. The business men,
chiefly Chinese requested Commander S.
w. Very. of the Castine. to take possession
of the place and protect them from the in
surgents. Commander Very landed naval
force, and, although TO details have been
received it appears he found that he had Il
large contract on band and telegraphed to
Major General Otis requesting the presence
OF troops, but none is available except by
withdrawing part of the force from one of
the neighboring islands temporarily.
The original plan was to have Brig. Gen.
Alfred G. Bates establish the headquarters
of the governorship of the Mohammedan
islands there when the new regiments ar
rive. 1t will be carried out later when Gen.
eral Bates returns from his trip TO the
southern islands. He has been visiting the
garrisons of Jolo, Siassi and Bongao. The
frie1dliness of the Moros for the Americans
is increasing under General Bates's diplo-
matte administration. The threatened feuds
of the Dataohs, Jakanins and Calaos
against the Sultan will probably be averted
through the pacific influences of the Amer
lean officers
Mindanao villagers have seized smug-
Cling ship bound from Iloilo to Zamboanga
and supposed to be run by two discharged
soldiers. They murdered all the crew.
General Bates Is now on board the York
town, bound on a months trip to Balabac
and Borneo to observe the methods followed
by the British in the government of the
Mohammedans.