Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-17
HIDDEN COMPLETELY.
Actual Whereabouts OF AEuinnldO
UnlSnOwn-Gen. Young Says He
Has His Army Surrounded.

posed TO have reached San Nicolas,
about 30 miles east of Dagupan, but
his wagons are far behind.
Col. Hayes has captured Aguinaldo's
secretary and Maj. Coleman is in Car
rangolan, with an escort of 175 bolo-
men, on his way to the province of
Nueva Visaya.
The son of Gen. Llaneras and his
family are prisoners. The general
barely escaped.
The correspondent of the press with
Gen. Young telegraphs from San Jose
that Aguinaldo did not escape to the
northeast. He and his army, the cor
respondent adds, are surrounded. His
last orders to the Filipino commander
at San Jose were to hold San Jose and
Carranglan at all costs.
The whereabouts of Aguinaldo and
his army and cabinet is a perfect enig-
ma. Gen. Otis has learned that Agui-
naldo recently issued proclamation
transferring the capital to Bongabong,
giving as n reason for the step the un-
sanitary condition of Tarlac. 1t is sup
posed that the leaders of the insurrec-
ton who are not already at Bongabong
are retreating to that place, though
when they left Tarlac, whether they
are travelling with the army, how many
soldiers they were able to hold together,
and whether the leaders of the troops
have got beyond Gen. Lawtons line are
all unknown. 1t is hoped, however, that
Gen. Wheaton has effected a junction
with Gen. Young, forming a Gordon
from San Fabian IN San TSiIrp
Gen. Lawton has 5000 men and Gen.
Wheaton 2,700-a small force to con-
troll so many miles, but it commands
the main roads by which the insurgents
must move to the northeast. With the
Americans advancing at the present
rate they could drive the insurgents
from Bongabong in fortnight; and it
is impossible for the rebels to estab-
lish another capital in Luzon which can
not be captured within month.
The rapid approach of the Ameri-
cans was a complete surprise to the
insurgents. as the latter expected them
to move slowly, as they did from Manila
to Angeles. The Filipinos thought it
impossible for the Americans to make
headway in the mud which prevailed
everywhere, and the sudden invasion as
tounds the natives along the line of
Gen. Young's march, who had been told
that the Americans were confined to
the suburbs of Manila. A majority of
the natives welcome the army enthusi-
astically, but some, who have been de-
luded by stories of American cruelties,
hide in the swamps. Women who are
unable to flee fall upon their knees, up
holding crucifiXes and begging to be
spared. When the news spreads that
the Americans intend to remain and es-
tablish order, the population flock to
their homes, bringing with them their
cattle and household goods.
The insurgents have drained the re-
sources of the province. The army has
impressed large share of the crops and
the people are miserably poor. Every
where are elaborate trenches built by
the noncombatants, working day and
night. The Americans found big stores
of rice at Tarlac, Tubig and elsewhere,
and several thousand new Filipino uni
forms were captured at Tubig. Thirty
insurgents surrendered to Gen. MacAr-
thur, receiving $50 each and a gun.
Maj. Marsh's battalion of the Thirty
third regiment, which includes many
old rough riders from the southwest,
attacked 400 Filipinos three miles from
San Fabian, on the Dagupan road, on
Friday. The Filipinos had been firing
at the outposts. Maj. Marsh found
them intrenched across the river. Their
trenches had been made after Gen.
Wheaton's arrival. Maj. Marsh charged
them, a portion of his battalion fording
the stream and part crossing by the
bridge. When the Americans ap-
preached, the Filipinos, afraid to show
their heads, poked their rifles above the
trench and fired blindly. Mai. Marsh's
force pursued them for a mile. Four
teen dead Filipinos were left behind, in
Guiding the lieutenant colonel COM
manding on the field. Two Americans
were wounded.
The insurgents have resumed their
activity in the Cavite province, threat
ening an attack on linus. Yesterday
they attacked Calamba in the usual
fashion. A nightly fusillade between
the marines and the hundred insur-
gents who have again intrenched them
selves on the isthmus between Cavite
and Noveleta is plainly heard in Manila.