The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-20
.AHT0N REBDYFl)R ACTON
he Will Have 1000 Effective Fight
ers in His Northern Movement
to MaeArthur's Right.
WILL CAPTURE SAN lsIDRo FIRST.
That City Must Be Held for = Supply Base
--RumOrs That InsurEeuts Have 10000
Troops and Artillery At Tarlae-A sPs-
ciaI from Hong Kong CrIticisss OTIS for
Abandonnent OF Captured Territory.

New York, Oct ia dispatch to
the Herald from Arayat, Luzon, via
Manila, says:
Gen LaEt0n is ready 70 begin his northern
movement on the railroad around the right Of
Gen. MacArthur's column He viii have about
ZOO effective lighting men, consisting Of the
TWenty-fourth- two battalions Of the Twenty
second, company Of the Thirty-seTenth, go
friendly Eacabbee scouts, so Of the Fourth
cavalry mounted and 100 dismOunted-
It viii be Necessary 70 recapture san Isidro,
which we held last Nay. 70 establish base Of
supply line from Calumpit, but the river IS rap
idly falling and e IS doubtful unless rain cones
whether all supplies can Be forwarded By water.
Regrets are expressed 81 the front that this
movement was not made during the heavy rain
fall At present wagon. horse and mule trans
p0rtatiOn Is able % M only small portion Of
the acquisitions TIE dropping OF 500 mules On
the steamer siam Is serious loss now.
An escaped Spanish prisoner says the Fill
Pine Oficers are circulating report among
their discouraged soldiers that unless the Amer
leans conquer them within month President
Mckinley viii give them independence and
withdraw the American troops as well
The insurEent position AZ Bambangs, four
miles north Of Gen 1TacArthur's position, is g
strongly -entrenched garrison. and battle viii
be fought a. Tarlac, where il is said le,oOo in
surgent troops and much artillery are coneen-
Gen. Otis Severely Criticised.
New York, Oct 1S--A dispatch to
the Herald from Manila via Hong Kong
says:
Recent military operations on POrac to the
north and on san Francisco and MalabOn 70 the
south which we're planned in Gen Otis once in
Manila, contempt tied only expeditions against
the enemy and immediate withdrawal from
these regions
These operations were severely criticised By
military men generally, as the territory aban-
doned by the Americans was Immediately re-
occupied By the insurgents The futflity OF
such mannuvers IS dlscOuTaging. Soldiers and
officers alike feel that their lives are being sacr1-
feed without accomplishing results.
Our losses are heavy when compared with the
advantages gained Sound military men say
the territory must be held By garrisoning the
principal ports and interior towns
The blOCkaded ports are filed with immense
quantities OF hemp Foreign buyers and ship
pers claim that the market and the people are
being ruined and the peaceful people are starved
through the shortage in nee caused BY the fall
ure Of the Americans to occupy and control
these ports.
The medical department is outraged because
Gen. Otis fails to recognize through its repre-
sensations the dire need Of more medical ON
serve hospital Is in bad shape Hundreds Of
sick are lying in dirty tents, though for months
the extreme need Of more substantial quarters
has been impressed on the governor general
macCabses Are Good Fighter
Manila, Oct. 1s.-BatsOn's Maccabee
scouts encountered the enemy at San
MateO, near Arayat, at dawn and at
tackled them on the front and flank,
driving them out Of the trenches and
dispensing them completely. Several
FiliPinOs, including a captain and
lieutenant, were killed. A quantity Of
arms was captured. The Maccabees
had one man killed.
FuIpinOs Make Another Attack.
Manila, Oct. 1s.-A body of IS Fill
pinos attacked a railroad patrol Of
eight men, members Of the Seventeenth
regiment, at GuiguintO, north Of Bulu-
can, wOunding two The Americans
reinforced the patrol and drove OF the
enemy, capturing a quantity Of ammu-
milton