Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-09
NJ ARTHUR IN A FIGHT
Battle in Which 1000 of Our
Men Engage 5000 OF the
Filipino Rebels.
LATTER ARE DRIVEN OFF THE FIELD
Secretary of War Root Says That the War
Is To Be Pushed as Soon as the Rains
Cease Declines to Talk of Retiring
Otis-Aguinaido Trying to Get Recogni-
tion from the Powers-why We Cannot
Get Amy Horses in China.

Get Any Horses in China.
Washington. Aug. 9.-Otis con-
| firms the report of the battle of San
Fernando in the following: Mac
Arthur, with 4. 900 men, attacked the
insurgent army, 5000 strong, concen-
trated around San Fernando. at 5:15
this morning. and at 10 had driven it
five miles in the direction of Angeles.
The casualties are few. The attack
was ordered for the 9TH. but rain did
| not permit of the movement. The
railway from Angeles north is badly
washed out by the unprecedented
floods of the last six weeks. beyond
the ability of the insurgents to re-
pair
The forces at San Fernando consist
ed of the Iowans, 18th, 18th and 9th
regulars, the new 36th, battalion of
the 10Th and a troop of the 4th caval-
ry and Is guns. By evening the
Americans were three miles from An
geles, which will be made the north
ern base of operations instead of San
Fernando, where garrison of 600
was left. The casualties are between
80 and 40. The 18th and 18th had the
sharpest engagement. The insurgents
are now falling back in disorder to-
ward Poric. The American position
has long been unpleasant. The rebels
almost surrounded the town and fired
nearly nightly into it, the Americans
not replying except on extreme provo
cation. 1t was necessary to keep from
500 to 600 men on outpost duty con-
stantly.
Manila, Aug. 9, 1925 p. m.-Generai
MacArthur's force, consisting of 1000
men, advanced five miles beyond San
Fernando today and encountered and
defeated a Filipino force of 5000 men.
The enemy retreated, leaving many
dead and wounded. The American loss
in killed and wounded was twenty.
War Is To Be Pushed.
Plattsburg, n. Y, Aug. 9.-The war
in the Philippines is to be prosecuted
with a yigor that ought to result in
speedy cessation of hostilities there.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press saw Secretary of War Root last
night in the Office of the Hotel Cham
plain just after he had said goodbye
to the president and was preparing to
take the train for Washington.
WI luS WAL III Dt
prosecuted vigorously from now on?'
asked the Associated Press correspon@
dent. Root turned on his heel and
replied quick as a flash: Yes, sir;
the war in the Philippines from now
on will be prosecuted with all possible
energy. All the men, all the arms and
all the supplies necessary to end the
trouble in the islands will be furnished
at the earliest possible moment"
VIII Have $4,000 Men There.
How large n force will be at the
disposal of the commanding general
there?" was asked. There will be So
600 men there ready for active service
at the close of the rainy season, about
the last of October. and more will be
sent there IL necessary"
When asked whether General Otis
would be relieved of the command OF
the American forces in the Philippines
Root replied that he had nothing to
say on that point at this time. 1t
would be impossible for any one to be
more emphatic or determined than
Secretary Root was in his avowed pol
icy of ending the trouble in the Philip
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