The Yale expositor., 1899-06-23
WAR NOTES,

elgn service. IDdt Is 10 nave TWO bat
talions abroad fully manned and Off
cered with a home battalion To which
all those disabled by foreign service
may be sent to recuperate after active
service in the tropics. The invalidated
and convalescing thus have definite
home to which they may at once be
sent and the foreign hospital service
and the regiments in the field be re-
lieved of emil arrassment. Men absent
on furlough then have a definite loca-
ton to which they can report and such
of the officers as recover sufficiently to
perform light duty will be able to
render valuable service in putting re-
cruits destined for their regiments in
shape.
The departure of Brig. Gen. Schwan
for the Philippine will mean the dis
solution of the board which recon-
mended the rewards given To officers
and enlisted men who performed gal
liant service during the war with Spain.
Recommendations for awarding brew
cts, medals of honor, and certificates
of merit to officers and men for SER
vice against the Philippines are be-
ing received. Before the war it was
customary to refer such recommends
tions to the major-general command
ing, but this matter was taken from
Gen. Miles and placed in charge of the
Schwan board. 1t is understood the
question of referring the recommends
tions to Gen. Miles is being discussed.
The success of Lawton's troops in
Cavite province was much greater than
at first reported. The enemy, number
ing over 1000. lost in killed, wounded
and captured more than one-third.
The remainder scattered and retreat ed
south to linus, their arsenal. OF their
five pieces of artillery, three were cap
tured. The navy aided Gen. Lawton
greatly on the shores of the bay, land
ing forces occasionally. The inhabi-
tants in that country rejoice at deliv-
erance and welcome with enthusiastic
demonstrations the arrival of our
troops.
Gen Lawton unexpectedly stirred up
one of the liveliest engagements of the
war on the 18th, when he and his staff
were compelled to take the rifles of
wounded soldiers and fight to prevent
being captured. At the time when
the rebels were dis overed in ambush
the Americans were nearly out of am
munition and were retreatipg. But
Gen. Lawton succeeded in rallying
them and after hot conflict repulsed
the enemy. 1t is reported that so
Americans were killed and wounded.
Rebel loss not estimated
a battalion of the 4th infantry,
which left linus, where Gen. Wheaton
is in command, on the 10th, to recon
hotter towards Peres das Marinas,
where it was believed most of the reb-
els who escaped from Paranaque and
Bacoor had fed was attacked by APP
'parently friendly natives This brought
on a sharp engagement, lasting several
hours. resulting in five Americans be-
ing killed and about 25 being wounded.
The loss of the rebels were very heavy.
The northern insurgents had concen-
trated large force near San Fernando
and early on the morning of the 18th
attacked MacArthurr troops. The
enemy was quickly repulsed and
driven. leaving over so dead on the
field and large number of wounded.
Our casualties were ii wounded; mostly
slight Preparations for this attack
had been in progress several days, and
is believed to have been under the per-
sonal direction of Aguinaldo.
Can ;c in full onnfyN1
the rebels having evacuated Cavite
province Gen. Otis predicts that there
will now be no more trouble from this
quarter. During the recent engage
mcnt the Filipinos resisted tenaciously
until an American regiment swan the
Zaporte river and stormed the rebel
intrenchments, thus winning victory
after the hardest kind of fighting.
Statements to the effect that
Admiral Sampson was i'll and would
retire from the command of the North
Atlantic squadron, have been author
itatively denied by an officer of his
staff as wholly unfounded. On the
contrary Admiral Sampson is now in
better health than he has been at any
time since or during the war, and has
no intention of giving up his command
Information, believed to be reliable,
has been received of the assassination
of Gen. Luna and his aide-de-camp,
Lieut.. Pasco Ramon, by Aguinaldo's
guard at his headquarters. Luna and
Ramon, it appears, went TO AguiDaldo's
headquarters to confer with the leader;
that they got into an alteration which
ended by the guard killing them both
with their bayonets.
The local press OF Santiago are pub
fishing a number of signed articles
from prominent Cubans advocating an
nexation to the United States. The
articles are causing a vigorous dis
cussion.
The Italian government has de
manded satisfaction from France for
the arbitrary arrest at Nice of the
Italia, Can Cnatfa fakan No custody