The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-08
THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN
CAPTURE OF BACOLOR THE dMERI-
CANS NEXT TASK.

Rumor That Change is to Take Pinc
in the Rebel "Cabinetv-Preside mt Ma
bini, Radical, to be Succeeded by Pa
terno, the Frnmer of the Spanish
Treaty of 1896.
! Manila, May $40 p m.--To cleal
the Filipinos from Bacolor, five miles
southwest of San Fernando, will be the
next task of the Americans. The rebe
general Mascardo has a force of SLY
thousand men there, well armed anc
possessed Of plenty of ammunition. His
troops have never met American sol
diers, and they think, according to re-
ports carried to San Fernando, that
they can whip the whole lot" Baco-
lor is well intrenched, and thousands OF
| natives are working like beavers dig
ging trenches and carrying the dirt in
baskets. The enemy uses his riflemen
for fighting only, but compels the Bolo-
men and Chinese and even the women
| to labor necessarily. The rebels have
an outpost about a mile beyond San
Fernando with a trench that holds be-
tween two hundred and three hundred
men. From that point several volleys
were fired last night upon the camp of
the Twentieth Kansas regiment.
Neither Major General Macarthur nor
Major General Lawton moved to-day,
although each reconnoitered the country
in his own vicinity for some miles from
| Hoo,
of small forces Of the emmy. In the
vicinity of Laguna de Bay the rebels
are extremely active, but the lines Of
| General Ovenshine and Colonel Who'll
ley, who is commanding General King S
| brigade during the latters illness, have
been materially strengthened and there
is no danger in that direction. The
armed steamers Laguna de Bay and
Cavadonga, under Captain Grant, have
gone to Guagua, about five miles south
west of Bacolor, presumably to estab-
lish there base of supplies for the
troops engaged in the northern cam
paign.
1t Is rumored that Mabini, president
of the cabinet and minister of foreign
affairs in the so-called Filipino govern
ment, who Is radical, is to be sue
ceeded by Paterno, the Trainer of the
Spanish treaty Of 1896. This change Is
regarded as significant at the present
juncture.
The entrance of the Americans into
San Fernando was virtually unopposed
The Filipinos, who expected the invad-
ers to approach from the sea, had that
side of the town strongly guarded, but
there was only one line of trenches be-
yond San Tomas, Two battalions of
the F'ifty-firs Iowa regiment, which
swan the rive rnorth of the city, were
smarty peppered while in the river, but
the rebels disappeared as soon as the
Americans reached the shore. In the
meantime the hospital squad had walk
ed across the bridge into the city, sup
posing the Americans were there. They
encountered no natives. The few Span
iards and Filipinos who were LETT well
coined the Americans and opened their
houses to them, General Macarthur ac-
cepting entertainment at the hands OF
Senor Hizon, a sugar magnate.
If the inhabitants of the San Fernan-
do region are to be believed there is
little sympathy with the insurrection In
that quarter Before evacuating the
city the rebels burned the church and
the public buildings and looted the
Chinese quarter. They drove many
rich Filipinos with their families out of
the city before them as well as hun
dreds of Chinese to prevent them from
helping the Americans. They cut the
throats of some. Many Chinese hid on
roof tops or in cellars, and some eseap-
ed by cutting off their queues There
are fifty fresh graves in the church
yard. The country beyond Calumpit Is
full of all sorts of ingenious trenches
and pitfalls in the roads, with sharpen
ed bamboo. Fortunately the Ameri ,
cans escaped the latter, In the swamps |
near San Tomas, where General Wheat
ons troops did their hardest fighting,
the men sinking to their waists in mud,
are many bodies of Fllipinos, smelling
The army is really enjoying life at |
San Fernando which is the most pic
turesque and wealthy town the Ameri-
cans have entered since the occupation
of Manila 1t is largely built of stone
the river is close at hand, and high
hills almost surround it. Many sugar
factories indicate a thriving Industry
in that respect; and there are numer-
ous fine residences. General MacAr-
thurs permanent headquarters is es-
Iablished in the best house in town.
The troops were encamped around the
suburbs and are beginning to think
they are quartered there during the
vet season.
After Bacolor has been cleared, water
with Manila may be es-
abl shed. Along the roads to Calum-
Dit the fuel wagons and bull teams
lragging provisiors have to be ferried
me by one across two rivers but the
7ilipinos have several launches in the
liver Delta. The American troops are
much exhausted by the campaign, ex-
,ept the Iowa troops, who are compar-
ltively fresh. The regiments of the di-
yision average less than fifty men to a
and all have weather-worn
appearance. Senator Albert j. Bever-
dge of Indiana is here studying the
question. Biieadier General
Charles King has sailed for the United
states on board the transport Pueblo,
Taken Ill on Chapel Street.
Harry N. Hall, veterinary surgeon
Who lives at 522 Elm street. was taken
uddenly i'll on Chapel street at $50 last