The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-15
BANDITSCAUGHT
The Seventeenth Infantry Does Excel
lent Work Near MalasQui.
Similar Bands Swarm in the Whole
Country North of San Fernando
and Between That Town
and Manila.

Manila, Dec. 13.-Col. Smith, with
detachment of the 18th infantry, sur
rounded and captured in a village
near Malasqui party of guerrilas
who had made their headquarters
here. The party included the band
which assassinated seven officials at
MaIasqui for friendliness to the
Americans.
All are insurgents who became ban
dts when the disintegration of the
Filipino army began. They kept the
country around Malasqui in a state
of terror for several weeks, and COM
mitted 25 murders in less than that
number of days. When they were
caught they were promptly sent to
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters at
Bayam bang by train. 1t is expected
thai they viii be speedily tried and
either shot or hanged as an eXemple,
if convicted.
The whole country north of San
Fernando and between San Fernando
and Manila, except within the perma-
nent line of troops around the city,
and the closely patroled stretches of
railroad, swarms with similar bands.
Probably they will be increased by
men from Pillars army, many of whom
are making their way south to join
the insurgent force in Cavite province
These people, for the most part, sue
ceeded in lodging Gen. Grant, Col.
Bell and Col. Hoods troops, who are
securing the country for them. They
devote their energies to ambushing
commissary wagons, and to picking
up soldiers who leave their commands.
Every day some wagon train is fired
upon or some soldier disappears.
Gen. Wheeler's secretary, Mr.. Gar
rett, was disarmed and slashed by a
BOlman almost within sight of head
quarters, his assailant pursuing him
nearly into the headquarters build
ing. The policy of these rufflans is to
make the country uninhabitable for
Americans and to brighten natives
into refraining from giving assistance
to the Americans, as we'll as to COM
pei the inhabitants to support the ln-
surrectiOn.
Frequently they raid and loot
towns The brother of the president
Of linus went outside the town the
other day to harvest some rice. He
was captured by his cOmpatriOts, ac-
cused Of being a spy and executed.
Only small proportion of the iHsuI-
gent arms have been surrendered and
the problem of suppressing this guer-
rilla warfare is anything but easy of
solution. Some of the American Off
GERS think it worse than fighting In
dams owing to the difficulties of the
country and the trouble of locating
the enemy, who resort, when hard
pressed, to the amigo dodge and hide
their guns.
Some of the Americans favor the is
suance of a proclamation declaring all
natives found with arms to be ban
dts, punishable as criminals instead
o. being treated as prisoners of war.
Information has been received at
headquarters that 500 Spanish prison
ers have been shipped from Vigan to
Manila, and that 1850 others have
been assembled in Vigan, including
Gen. Pena. Probably these are Span
iards released by Gen. Young's troops
in the Beguet district, where they
were concentrated by the insurgents
Gen. Young reports the rescue OF
BrutQe, of the Nevada regiment, and
Edwards. of the gunboat Yorktown,
who have been held prisoners by the
Filipinos. Gen. limo, conveying the
prisoners north, is holly pursued
Aguinaldo is fugitive in the noun
tains, his bodyguard having been de-
stroyed and GregOric Del Pillar killed
Gen. Conception has surrendered.
The Lepanto province has been
cleared of insurgents. The navy CO.
operated with the army on the west
| coast