Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-12
NAVY HELPS OUT The ARMY
Marines Occupy the Navy Yard at olangapO
on subig Bay
GENERAL ePAVT GARRIsoNING TOWNS
Enemy Desert the Towns of OinnEnpo
md SubiE with Lite Resist
nnce-NO American Cns-
uuItIcs Reported.

| MANILA, Dec. 11.-6:45 p. m.-The al
vance OF General Grants command under
Major Spence arrived at Olangapo, Sub 6
bay, during the night of Saturday Decem-
Der 9, which place was occupied with light
resistance, the enemy fleeing. Major Spence
had a hard march over the mountain trails
from Dinahulpan.
Yesterday morning the Baltimore and a
! chartered transport arrived at Oangapo
from Manila. The navy was disappointed
to find the army in possession. a deta,h
ment Of marines under Captain Myers oc-
cupied the navy yard at Olangapo and will
hold and occupy 1t as a naval STATEN. The
yard consists of seven new large buildings
and some repairing and machine shops, all
damaged by the bombardment of Septem-
Der 23.
During the morning of December 10 the
navy transported Major Spence's column 20
the town of Subig, five miles distant. The
enemy was seen deserting Subig as the
troops landed and the latter occupied it
without resistance The enemy fired few
shots the Americans deployed to the right
and left of the town and killed one of the
enemy.
General Grant and the remainder of his
command arrived at Olangapo yesterday.
He will go to Subig and join Major Spence.
General Grant will move north along the
coast and will effect juncture with Colonel
Andrew S. Burt, who was reported eight
miles from Iba December Z.
The enemy encountered in General
Grants advance fled to the mountains and
scattered. General Grant is not garrisoning
the towns he occupies. No casualties are
reported in his command.
IOung's Troops ShoeIess.
According to these advices General Young
was at Conden November 29, having three
troops of the Third cavalry Cunningham's
scouts and Major March's battalion of the
Thirty-third infantry. The nominal strength
of his command has been reduced one-third
by sickness The horses were worn out and
handicapped by lack of shoes. The army
after a march of 100 miles from San Jacinto
were shoeless and all were living on the
country. The troops had no ammunition,
except what they carried in their belts.
General Young, having then been without
communication with General Lawton for ten
days and not knowing the disposition of the
troops, or whether support was being sent
forward, resolved to keep moving. Hav-
ing received information that the insurgent
general, Tino with 1000 men, was some
where to the north and that Aguinado,
WIN Illal, uNe "OIutu anu tUU SUI
ders of his faithful Bulacan battalion. was
in the mountains to the east General Young
decided, on November 30, to divide his force.
He proceeded himself toward Vigan, hoping
to attack General Tino, with his handful OF
men, and to prevent him joining Aguin-
aldo. Major March with his battalion and
Cunningham's scouts, started over the
mountains toward Cervantes after Aguin-
aldo, who was reported to have been there
on November 29 This column marched for
thirteen hours without food.
The Associated Press correspondent goes
on to say:
THE Americans found that the insurgents
had impressed the Igorrotes compelling
them to dig trenches and to construct pit
falls along the trails, which were 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 blood loving savages, cheerfully
turned to undo their own work and actually
went foraging for the Americans The Ilocos
region is the richest the Americans have
entered in the northern campaign. The Ilo-
cos are prosperous, intelligent and more
than half civilized They have excellent
housei and carry on flourishing industries.
Many of them are evidently rich. Several
towns received the troops with bands and
the ringing OF church bells Cattle were
killed and houses were opened to the troops
How much of this display was sincere
and how much was due to a desire to pro-
pitiate the conQuerors it would be hard to
say There were evidences that similar hos
pitality had been extended to Aguinaldo
The people described him as cheerful. hug
ging the hope of salvation through Ameri-
can politics and trying to retain support by
proclaiming with seeming sincerity that the
United States congress would certainly
recognize the independence of the Filipino
republic in December
Many of the natives exhibited notes from
Lieutenant Gilmore and other American
prisoners in which the recipients were com
mended to the Americans on the score of
kindness shown to the writer's. There are
twenty-fi five Americans with Lieutenant Gill
more. Another party of fourteen were taken
through Ilocos a week ahead of General
Young. They were ragged and tired but
we're urged forward at the point of the
bayonet."
watson Sends OfiicinI Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE following
cablegram has been received at the Navy
department from Admiral Watson, telling of
the part played by the navy in the occupa-
tion of Subig bay:
"MANILA. Dec. 11.--On the morning of
the 9th, about IL o'clock, / received a tele- |
gram from Schwan. asking for Macarthur |
our cooperation with Grants forces scat |
tered towards Olangapo, Subig bay. | sus- |
pended the Charleston court of inquiry and |
started the same evening for Subig with the !
Baltimore, the Oregon and a company of
marines from the barracks. We arrived at |
daylight on the 10th, with landing parties |
organized, found Major Stevens in posses
sion OF olangapo, having arrived at dark on !
the 9th Relieved the army forces by 100
marines, Myers commanding, Transported .
the army detachment to Subig. The town .
was abandoned on our arrival. Grant ar |
rived in the afternoon. We left the Oregon,
Gardoqui and Mndoro and returned to .
Cavite on the l1th. The Oangapo navy .
yards machinery is in fair condition, the |
shops damaged only by the previous at