Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-12-01
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American Troops Rapidly Round
Ing Up the INSURGENTS in
the Philippines.
LIST OF ACTIVE: OPERATIONS
'Eawton Preparing to Use Pack
Transportation to Pursue!
INSURGENTS Into the
% Mountains.

Manila, Dec. 1.-The steamer Sal
vador, from .Zamboanga, Island OF
Mindanao, brings details of the .occu,
patton of the town by Commandea
very, of the United States ganboat.
Castine. The reyomti0nists OF Min
danao were led by Alvarez and Callx-
to, who left Luzon some time ago, and
for the last seven months have been
stirring up the people, winning a con
siderable following. Commercial de-,
preston and lack. of food resulting
from the islands being blockaded set
the people against the revolutionists
and eliminated in theassassination on
November Is of Calixto, the real lead
er-of the revolution, by Midel, mayot.
| OF Tetuan. Midel under a pretext.
secured Calixto's presence in Tetuan
and the mayors guards fred a volley,
killing Calixto. Instantly. & Midel at
once arranged!with C6amander Very
for the occupation of izamboanga.
Very asked that Dato Mandi, with 500
of his followers, stationed on neigh
boring island, come to Zamboanga.
The following morning, sMidel raised
the American nag over zamboanga
the insurgents evacuating. Com.
niandef Very landed a, hundred blue
jackets and took possession of the
town and fortiffcatfdns sDato Mandis
men arrived in the afternoon and were
used on picket duty Commander
Very dispatched a gunboat from Man.
lila November Is to Jolo to convey
troops to reinforce him. Company of
the twenty-third regiment, under Cap
tain Nichols, arrivsds November IL
two more companies followed short
ly. Mandis followers them returned
home. On the afternoon of Novera
ber 20, Midel called meeting of the
local chiefs who formally deposed Al
varez as leader of the revolutionists
and elected Midel president of the
new insular government to be estab
lished under American sovereignty
| and control. Commander Very then
effected an apparent reconciliation be-
tween Alvarez and Midel and their fol
lowers, Alvarez signing formal resig-
nation Of his position as. revolutionary
| leader, on November %.
New York., Dec. IA dispatch to
the Herald from Manila, says: Gen.
eral Lawton is at Banbong, twenty
miles south of Bayombopg in the Cay
gayen valley. He is in telegraphic
communication with the insurgents
over wire in their possession, and
the commanders of the opposing forces
are considering propositions by tel
grapth looking to the surrender Of the
rebels. to the Americans.
Washington,f Dec. = 1.vGeneral
Otis today cabled the war department.
as follows. Manila Hughes reports
from Central Panay that Iloilo prov
ince, a third of the island, cleared of
insurgents. By forced marches WITH
two batallions from Labuano by way
o. Calinoag he Obliged the enemy tc'
engage at Passi. on thes 26th ultimo,
and drove him with loss to the noun
tains In. detached bodies. Hughes
casualties: Captain Warwick, 18th
infantry; private, Daniel. ". Humph.
lreys, K; 18th infantry, killed. He re.
lports his troops in excellent health
Is now converting wheel into pack
transportation for the purpose of en-.
tering the mountains. It is expected
Inc will pass on to Capiz on the north
ern coast of the island. dispatches
from Lawton Indicate that Bayonbong
was captured on .2Sth ultimo,, Trails
ever the mountains are impractible
for wheel transportation of any kind
troops subsisted on rice and scant
supply at that: MacArthur's troops
nad several minor engagements cap
turing men ana rifles. Bells capture
in the mountains. includes fourteen
modern guns, -all in good condition
and over fifty pieces of artillery cap
tured by the troops ia the last three
weeks. The Oregon. brought in one
hundred and six Spanish prisoners
from the Virgin, yesterday. .ni1ety-foul
81 were received by rail the previous
evening. Young, with three troops
{ lof cavalry and March's battalion o
1.-THE Thirty-third infantry, should hay,
reached Vigan yesterday Condi
tions.. at zanibeanga satisfactory
: Thirty-frst infantry leaves Manli
this evening to garrison several sta
: tons on the Mindanao coast. NJ
r dffficulties, are anticipated
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